{"title":"Bioscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBioscape\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the small-tank end of the aquarium market: desktop and nano aquarium units, ultra clear glass tanks, clip-on LED lighting, and — the part that keeps an existing tank alive — the replacement cartridges, pumps and transformers for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLighting a small tank\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clip-on LED range comes in four versions: a 3W broad-spectrum spotlight, 5W and 8W linears, and a 10W round. The clamp is the reason to choose one — it fits a rimless or open-top tank where a hood light has nowhere to sit, and it moves between tanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick by shape as much as wattage. A spotlight throws a narrow pool and suits a single feature or a very small tank; the linears spread light along a length; the 10W round is the most output here and the one for a nano tank with demanding plants. Then put whichever you choose on a timer at six to eight hours a day. More light in a tank without the plants or the CO2 to use it grows algae, not plants — if algae appears, cut the hours before changing anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpares for the Tropic Clearview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Clearview desktop range has three consumable or failure-prone parts stocked here: the three-stage filter cartridges, the replacement pump, and the dual transformer. The transformer is the one worth knowing about, because it runs both the light and the pump — when it fails, two things stop at once and people assume the whole unit has died. Light and pump both dead is almost always the transformer; a dead pump with the light still on is usually just a clogged impeller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFilter media in a small tank\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cartridges hold most of a small tank's nitrifying bacteria as well as the dirt. Replacing everything at once restarts the cycle and gives the fish an ammonia spike — change one element, wait a fortnight, change the next, and rinse anything you are keeping in old tank water rather than under the tap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fish-supplies\" title=\"Fish Supplies\"\u003eAll fish supplies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fish-filters-and-media\" title=\"Aquarium Filters and Media\"\u003eFilters and media\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bioloark\" title=\"Bioloark\"\u003eBioloark\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.peekapaw.com.au\/collections\/bioscape.oembed","provider":"PeekAPaw Pet Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}