My3kidsfather

I knew i could tap you for a few cuttings when its all ready. Thanks Jay.

Thankyou fir the advice, contrast makes it interesting.

Bump?

I am new again to AlbertaAquatica. So i have the pleasure of starting a new tank for fish and plants. It is a 52 gal., 39.5w x 20h x 16d. I am about half way on the stand, current pic included below. A friend gave me a 48” twin tube T5 HO with adjustable legs, this will be the daytime light. I intend to find a suitable moonlight for evening viewing. Playsand will be ranging from 2” in front to 4-5” in back of tank. I do not pretend to know how much light a twin-tube T5 puts out, i am told it is more than enough for the lowlight plants. Fish could include he simpler fish, Barbs, Tetras, etc. A 15 gal. sump will be in the stand for heating, water changes and filtering. I intend to drill the upper tank for in and out. I like contrast in color and texturein plants. So i put it to you, what would you plant first?

So it never occured to me that the timer needed to move into the set times in order to work in auto.. but you are right. In order for the auto setting to work the start time must be in the future, where the timer moves from before the time setting to into the timer setting- ex. timer set for 9:00 am to 10:00 am, current time is 8:55 am. If current time is within the timer setting it will wait until the next cycle. Thank you for your solution.

Thanks Jason I will leave it plugged infor a while and see.

I have bought two timers to replace my mechanical timer that has gone caput. Both are probably from the same assembly line as they have identical instructions and controls, and exactly the same battery installed for the clock. Both have been initiallized and programed and do not work at all. What is it with these things? I can hear the electric switch working as I repeatedly push the mode switch thru off, on, auto and random. It only works in on, not auto within the programed times. On is flat on no program followed. Anyone know what to do?