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what LEDs are in the GU10 LEDs you are using. GU10 also run on 220V not on 12V. Not the best option in a marine tank :screwy:

are you planning on planting the tank? If yes, the Christmas lights will not do the job. Here's a link to a tank I recently set up http://irishfishforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=16846

If you are not growing any plants like java fern on the wood just take it out of the tank and pour some household bleach over it. Leave for a couple of minutes and then just wash down with clear water. The black beard algae you have will turn pink and die off. If you want to be on the absolute...

29 gallons is too small a tank for discus. That's for starters and as mentioned earlier they do better in groups, however, only if you upgrade the tank. Rule of thumb is 1 fish per 50 litres. Don't introduce new fish if your one is sick. Forget the salt unless the fish is suffering from...

very nice job. It looks like the tank sits directly on those 4x1s. I would put plywood between the stand. That makes for a better weight distribution. Maybe even add some foam like a camping mat or styrofoam

try an electric wholesaler. The same stuff is used as a light diffuser in offices

Can you get TEC7 in the US? Works well underwater

even says it in the ebay ad

SMD 5050are a lot brighter than the SMD 3528 but even at that a 5 m strip of SMD 5050s still needs about 70W. So per Watt a T5 is more efficient

Decking screws. Screw it, don't nail it and also glue it with Gorilla glue (that's what I used). 3/4 inch ply is plenty

no problem, I have been using newspaper for years. They also like potato skins, carrots (any root vegetable really), egg shells, tea bags. Avoid citrus fruits, though. Too acidic

stick a nylon sock over the filter inlet or the wrigglers will end up in your filter. Better still transfer the pipe into a separate tank. Add an airstone and half the recommended dosage of malachite blue. Make sure the eggs never come in contact with the air while you transfer them

Hi Justin, is that from Wiedner's 2004 book? I have that. Will have a look at it when I get home tonight

See what you mean about the double spot . A friend of mine suggested Geophagus spec. 'Sao Paulo'

only messing :) Here it says that they are mouth breeders http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile...ngensis&id=743 I might be completely off the beaten track but I have seen pictures of Gymnogeophagus meridionalis that look pretty close to the fish I have

Póg mo thóin ...profanity had to set in...:banhim: Geophagus iporangensis are described as mouth brooders. These guys are open substrate spawners. So definitely not Geophagus iporangensis.

the pictures I found on the net of Geophagus iporangensis look nothing like them. To answer your questions. They are breeding like mad. I have them in a mixed South American cichlid tank and three weeks after free swimming there are still about 50 fry doing well. I bought four fish and got 2...

Hi all, bought these as Geophagus iporangensis but I don't think they are. Can anybody ID these with any degree of certainty for me

Agreed, deformed fins, eye/body proportion is all wrong. It should have never been sold but culled. Have a serious word with your LFS. It is really annoying that shops sell awful fish like this.

wear a butcher's chain mail glove if you attempt anything like that again. Problem sorted