Blue Aquarium

Jervis setup 4 foot planted tank. Let me present you about his project….

Once the foundation is laid, I dump in 40kg Dennerle Crystal Quartz Gravel as the main substrate. Underneath the black gravel, I laid a thin layer (9L) of ADA Malayan Aquasoil to help lower pH in the long term. It’s a 4′ x 2′ x 2′ standard glass tank using 12mm Grade 1 float glass with black silicone (for marine). White laminate cabinet with hood… the tank is 2 years old, used to be a full fledge marine reef tank primarily keeping SPS. As for the substrate, decided to go with Dennerle for this project. The lighting. Decided to go with an ATI Sunpower T5 fixture. Manage to buy the fixture without the marine-bluish light tubes. And fitted it with 4 Osram tubes.

Here’s a simplified diagram of my tank setup. finally decided to remove the Dennerle C.O.400 filter from the main tank and added a Jaqno CO2 reactor into my sump instead. The main tank is now totally free from equipments. Did a pH probe calibration using pH10 and pH7 solutions. Off by pH 0.08 since my last calibration.

Here’s my final flora plan…

Here’s a full tank shot (at an angle)… tank is 3 weeks old

Here’s the sump tank. My cooling fan controlled by Aquatronica. Hopefully will be able to maintain my tank water not exceeding 28ºC.

Source : Aquatic Quotient

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