Apr 22 2008

Bad lightning

Recently I discovered that the light in the aquarium was very weak, the reason was that two of the tubes was not running at all.
I started to disassemble the fixture to find the problem and i actually found the problem, it was a bad solder inside the electronic ballast, I am quite happy i found it as it saves me a lot of money.

I think the problem has been there for a while, i have a bit of a problem with staghorn algae and i think this is because of the change intensity as this should be the only change in the aquarium.


Jan 29 2008

Wide angel

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I recently bought a 15 mm full frame fisheye and tried to take a picture of the aquarium with it, I thing the picture turned out quite fun when I debaralized it.

The Aquarium is only light by two IKEA LED spotlights, which i am going to use as moonlight simulation.


Jan 15 2008

Lotus

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The latest few days my aquarium has been decorated with a flower from the lotus, this picture was taken while it still were a bud.

The flower seems to always blossom at night, I wounder if it is like that in nature as well, it seems strange but it has alwas been at night in my aquarium.


Jan 5 2008

Time for a new picture

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The aquarium yesterday.


Dec 19 2007

Overgrown

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After a hectic period where I hardly have had the possibility or the time to look at the aquarium one can easily  see that it works quite fine by it self, of course I have “everything” automatic but still.


Dec 3 2007

Seafood

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At least i have seen som aquariums, but maybe not the type i was thinking about.


Nov 29 2007

Kowloon

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Im at the moment sitting in my bed in HongKong / Kowloon after being out for a whole day since my arrival this morning.

This is the only fish related picture i have this far, it is a koi fish in the Kowloon park, but i got some information on the flight here that there should be a whole road with aquarium related stuff, I will have to wait and see.


Nov 17 2007

Growth is quite good now

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After the total remake the plants has been a bit slow growing but now the growth is quite good ant the bubble is also good, the only thing left is the alga which i hope soon will give up.


Nov 9 2007

Fluorescent LED

 

I recently found this post on APC , it’s about LED lamps which are compatible with normal fluorescent fixtures.

I guess they are not made for aquarium use but it would be nice to hear some comments about it.

The lamps can be found here:
http://www.environmentallights.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12149
http://www.luxeonstar.com/sub_category.php?id=1429&link_str=1429


Nov 2 2007

Aquasketch

This is my attempt to visualize my current scape with the excellent program Aquascetch.
http://www.theaquatools.com/content/view-your-sketch&num=10084

The program / site can be found here
http://www.theaquatools.com/aquasketcher

More information about it could be found here
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/42807-aquasketch.html