Hi

[Gingerlove05]

Thanks guys! Will do when it’s worth picturing! Plants are small, carpet isn’t established and there’s no livestock yet....!

Welcome to the forum, we love picture's, even empty tanks shots hehe

....and there's me thinking it was always @Gingerlove05 asking for pictures!

Greetings & welcome to



Nice setup, looking forward to seeing it fully stocked.

Depends on the pictures @Martinspuddle

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You might want to think about moving your heater to 45 degrees, over time their longevity seems to be shortened when mounted vertically.

Interesting I had heard of them being mounted on the 45 I didn’t realise it had an impact on their lifespan.
I guess when they’re in the vertical they sort of heat themselves...heat rising and all that.

Hit the nail on the head
They also spread out the heat to the water column when angled instead of heating straight up in a narrow column. Hope that makes sense

[AshLawson]

Hit the nail on the head
They also spread out the heat to the water column when angled instead of heating straight up in a narrow column. Hope that makes sense

Makes total sense! One of the reasons I placed it in front of the outlet of the U4 which I’m running in the “middle” setting which basically has a long vertical row of vents all the way from top to bottom rather than just coming out the top or bottom outlet. If that makes sense?!

[Gingerlove05]

Hit the nail on the head
They also spread out the heat to the water column when angled instead of heating straight up in a narrow column. Hope that makes sense

Makes total sense! One of the reasons I placed it in front of the outlet of the U4 which I’m running in the “middle” setting which basically has a long vertical row of vents all the way from top to bottom rather than just coming out the top or bottom outlet. If that makes sense?!

Perfect sense, i have a u2,u3 and u4

[Martinspuddle]

Depends on the pictures @Martinspuddle

Notice: .....for those who are puzzling what sort of pictures @Gingerlove05 likes, I give you all a hint, he's Welsh.



Sorry @AshLawson but you'll get use to this on our forum.

[Stephen]

Your tank looks really good



Stay safe & healthy everyone

[AshLawson]

Your tank looks really good



Stay safe & healthy everyone

Thanks Stephen! It'll be good once the plant life has filled out a bit, and I've fiddled with the arrangement of the wood some more.
Just checked the PH agains the tap water for the first time since I filled it and its well down from a tap reading of 7.2, to about 6.4. I was surprised by this much of a drop but I guess so long as its staying stable it's going to be fine for the types I'm planning to keep.