UPS - a requirement for your tank?

With winter approaching, now may be a good time to consider whether a UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply - would be helpful.
A UPS is essentially a large battery which will keep electrical things running in a power cut.
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How to Calculate the Glass Thickness for your Aquarium

For too long now the thickness of glass required to make an aquarium has been a mystery. There are various tables and guidelines that specify the thickness of glass for a given size aquarium. The major drawback with the information is there is no indication of safety factors for the specified glass thickness or any indication of how the suggested thickness was calculated.
Find out How to calculate the correct thickness of glass ...

Aquarium Filtration

A set of articles designed to help you decide which is the best filter for your aquarium. Materials and construction methods that work well and cheaply. A new approach to aquarium filtration will be discussed that has probably not been seen before. The article due to its size will be split into multiple sections.
Filtration part 1, Filtration part 2 and Filtration part 3

A few thoughts on filtration

An understanding of the basic principles of filtration in an aquarium (or pond), and a simple overview of what is available in NZ and how to use it. Valuable insight by a professional aquarist with day to day hard experience with most types of filters, and many other aspects of fish-keeping,
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DIY Backing for Tanks

A sheet of polystyrene and some paint and you have a great backing for your tank.
Read here how to make a backing for your aquarium ...

Large tank set up (Franks way)

If you are considering the possibility of building a large tank set up, some of what is to follow might be of use, so please enjoy, laugh at my methods or just completely ignore everything, either way I got a kick out of building it. While not a HUGE tank, a 7 footer is still quite a substantial piece of furniture.
Read what Frank learned while constructing a large fish tank ...