http://www.kensfish.com/aquarium-supplies/aquarium-lighting/current-single-ramp-timer.html

Seems cheap! I'm still going to wait for the other models to come out, we're saving for a holiday in March plus I think it's good to let others work out the bugs with a new product.

Given that it plugs in-line with the DC plugs, I'm guessing I'll need two of them plus a couple of these; http://www.kensfish.com/aquarium-suppli ... itter.html

Putting leaf litter on the bottom of that tank would look cool, make it a real blackwater setup.

Putting leaf litter on the bottom of that tank would look cool, make it a real blackwater setup.

I completely agree. It's a a lot of work though, the Geos keep burying them in the sand and unless you keep unburying them they just lie under there and rot.

Got it in one, I can barely reach the back of the tank with my long rake thingy, I don't think I'd have a chance to keep the leaf litter "tidy"...

Just a quick update, nothing much new to report but the set up passed another "test" over xmas; being left unattended for two weeks with no water changes and a friend feeding the fish twice a week. The day before we left I cleaned out the first two sheets of Poret foam and changed ~20% of the water, parameters were:

pH: 6.6

TDS: 38

Ammonia: 0ppm

Nitrate: 5ppm

Got home late yesterday and fed them heavily, tested before the water change today and:

pH: 6.8

TDS: 63ppm

Ammonia: 0ppm

Nitrate: 10ppm

Better than expected! I think the pothos do a great job of keeping the nitrates down with the light feeding, and I have no hesitation leaving the set up for four weeks when we head to the US later this year, though I will get the friend looking after them to do a small water change after two weeks. The Poret hadn't clogged, I think it could have probably gone another week with the reduced feeding, perhaps slightly longer, but I decided to clean it today as I'll be feeding them well this week to make up for the past two weeks. Which is slightly ironic as I'll be feeding myself far less to make up for the past two weeks of too much good food and beer!!

:lol:

holiday plumpness.. i feel like a stuffed turkey. here's to beer guts :thup:

minor change, but how come your PH crept up a bit? i can only get mine to creep down, similar setup but a fifth the size.

I recently added a bit more beach sand/crushed shell to the substrate as it was starting to go the other way. It's such a tiny fluctuation it could well just be within the margin of error of my interpretation of the colour on the chart...

hello any updates new pics hows the aro growing

No new pics, everything just ticking over nicely. I've just been away to the US for four weeks and everything went well with minimal feeding and maintanence. I'll try to do a proper update soon.