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Yo! No idea about the water, sorry.

Oh yeah, I see. Good explanation. I've just returned from the shop and spent about $80 on LED strips that take 12V. You can chain them as long as you have enough mA to support them. It's a bit more expensive, but should be heaps easier to install. I'll follow that Instructable that I linked up earlier, with the addition of a dimmer (potentiometer) so I can regulate the brightness of the LEDs.

And after more research, I've decided to just follow this handy guide: http://www.instructables.com/id/Fish-ta ... nlighting/

Okay, it seems I have wired it up all wrong :lol: LEDs are supposed to be in series, not in parallel. Back to Jaycar, to thank them for their lovely advice and heaps of stuff they sold me, and to get a completely different adapter, and more LEDs. If you want info on how to properly wire up LEDs, this page is quite nice: http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/Ligh ... gLEDs.html

Verdict: needs about double the amount of LEDs! It's a very eerie light right now, almost dark and you can sometimes barely make out a fish. Blue is definitely the right colour though.

Step two: COMPLETE. Step three: soldering LEDs in parallel: COMPLETE. Step four: Attaching LEDs to canopy with epoxy: COMPLETE. Step five: Wait until sun down...

Step one: versatile low voltage adaptor set to 3V: COMPLETE. Step two: zzz.

Ahh the joy of long weekends. Going to the electronics shop, buying supplies and staying up way too late trying to figure out how to piece this all together. Bought six 10mm blue LEDs, components to make a dimmer, power supply. Hopefully pics soon :') Or a post admitting my failure.

Check out this page, it has some info about dimming cold cathodes. http://members.misty.com/don/f-dim.html

Or rather: Flourescent Lamps 8) I found this little tidbit on dimming fluorescent lights: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp#Dimming

Uh, sorry, I mean tube lights. I'm not a native English speaker, and got confuzzled there.

One thing about aquarium lights that bugs me, is that I'd love to put a dimmer on them. So you can have a more gradual automated "dusk" at night. Too bad all aquarium lights are neon, which you can't dim. Anyone know of a solution for that? I'd love to hear it.

Just chiming in and registering interest.

The Bristlenose is on the job.

Haha, you guys are funny with your MTS. I say that, knowing that I secretly dream of many, huge tanks...

Some preliminary photos of the cycled tank and its inhabitants... If anyone knows a good resource to identify plants, do let me know. I know there's Java Fern in there and that's it! Head-Tail Light Tetra: Head-Tail Light Tetra, Opaline Gourami and Black Red-Tail Shark: Just put in heaps of new plants yesterday, as well as an airpump with some fizzy stones.

Yeah, my tank is near a window, but one that only gets indirect light. Not sure if I'm keen on calling in the snail army, yet.

Okidoki then. Yeah, I've noticed that my Java Fern are really good at resisting the Brown Algae - makes me think of the Red Weed from War of the Worlds...

I fear this brown algae - which most say is caused by silicates in the glass and stones of a new tank - is killing my plants. Amazonian Sword plants seems to be worst off. Their leaves are covered in brown gunk, which I can wipe off, but now it's starting to make holes in the leaves and it's making photosynthesis harder. So, my question, do I get a little magic algae remover solution from the store? Does it even work on brown algae? Or is there another way to save my plants and make my tank look nice again. By the way, my tank is 3-4 weeks young. Muchos gracias!

Good point, that. Although I don't eat drumsticks quite like that

Update: he seems to be getting better at eating...

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