My Humble Low Tech Setup

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@ Ziyaadb: Yeah there was a episode of Carte Blanche on the poor state of our water works systems: http://www.puresa.co.za/SAWater/CarteBlanche.aspx Pretty shocking, but what can you expect from the current goverment...

 

OMW thats hectic. I dont blame ya heh.

 

A few more pictures of my HOB filter setup, plants and moss are doing great at sucking up the extra nitrates and other waste that is being produced by the fish:

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Nothing like doing some early morning maintenance and then sitting back with a cup of coffee and enjoying your handy work:

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So after much screaming and throwing toys out of cot I finally got the globes I was looking for the past month. They did not have 5600K so I got 6500K and they gave me a 25% discount so I paid R 70 for two lights.

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Seems they are rare as hens teeth...

 

Awesome where did u get the clip on light from?

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@Ziyaadb: Funny thing is it is actually meant for reptiles, so I removed the bulb and replaced it with 24 watt 6500 kelvin light. Works perfectly for my setup. I bought it for R 280 at a local reptile store.

 

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great stuff. i need to get me a light for my system

 

@Ziyaadb: How big is your setup and are you going high tech or low tech?

 

Almost the exact same size as yours. I do belive its 65*35*40 not 100% sure but its around 85 odd litres and Low tech. Want to keep it as simple as possible

 

@Ziyaadb: It would work perfectly for your needs then. What area do you live in Ziyaadb? Here is the model and make so you can ask around your local pet shops:


It is a Haiyang, and the model you are looking for is the SN-450. I bought it from Animal Kingdom in Pretoria but they have a branch and Roodepoort.

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yeah it would be awesome and it loooks great. need it looking hot as the tank is in me bedroom and the SO likes things looking neat and in place

 

@Ziyaadb: For the replacement globes you can find them here:

ACDC Dynamics, they have branches in CPT, KZN & JNB.
Their JNB branch is in Germiston (Ph) 011 418 9600/9700
The CPT branch is in Paarden Eiland (Ph) 021 510 0710
The KZN branch is in Pinetown (Ph) 031 700 4215


Please see their catalog (link underneath)


http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/acdc-dynamics/acdc-dynamics-catalogue/2010093001/#502


Ask for NB5025-24-D (24W 6500K) It is about R 45 a globe.

 

So the moss growing on the ramp of my planted HOB started to grow too much so I decided to trim it back:

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Was left with a nice big amount of moss:

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Which I used to attached to a piece of driftwood in my tank:

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While I was busy working on my tank I found that my Kribensis laid some eggs on a piece of wood looks like they are about to hatch. The mom and dad must have looked after them really good and cleaned them since there is no fungus on them.

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Good luck with the eggs. Hope they make it.

 

@Pierré Schoonraad: I hope so but highly unlikely too many hungry mouths, but I can hope since the spot were they laid the eggs are hard to reach and out of the way.

 

I have seen too manyy corri eggs dissapear. Fish are scaly for a reason.

 

Seems the Kuhli Loaches got to the eggs while the Kribensis were feeding pity it looked like they would have gone the distance with the eggs.

 

part of a community setup bru