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90P Journal by tcy81

Blueaquarium — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:59:54 +0000

The package.

The aquascape tools.

The Iwaki Magnet Pump.

The Tank and filter.

The Light

The Rocks

The Driftwoods

Using cardboard to separate the decorative sand and aquasoil.

To prepare the substrate, sprinkle Penac W, Penac P, Bacter 100, Tourmaline BC & Super Clear at the base of the tank.

Using powersand special & Xingu sand

Using a “flattener” to spread out the powersand special.

Pour some aquasoil powder on the edge of the cardboard. Add the Xingu sand on the other side of the cardboard. Pour in the Aquasoil till desired level and Flatten/spread the aquasoil and remove the cardboard.

The tentative layout of the driftwoods and tying of ferns and bolbitis on the driftwoods.

Starting to plant

Source : aquaticquotient.com

Technorati Tags: aquarium, Aquascape, driftwood, filter, magnet pump, powersand, tank

ADA 36 Inch Grass Cylinder Tank Setup (cylinder has been turned into shrimp)

Blueaquarium — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:07:08 +0000

Iochak8 who setup this tank by using ADA Tank and ADA GRAND SOLAR Lighting.

New cylinder with the coarse salt before dipping for a few days left …

After a hard work, then drill another Dem, and finally to a light aircraft fitted with sticks

Good lighting installed, it will only water cylinder out, and then washed with water once, began to fall off the mud with five treasure

Put shrimp in the tank.

Source : http://www.aqugrass.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=158052&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

MASADA 128L by andrecardoso

Blueaquarium — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:36:23 +0000

Working with the hardscape

Flora:
Eleocharis Acicularis
Eleocharis Parvulus
Glossostigma Elatinoides
Ludwigia Arcuata
Echinodorus Paleofolius
Rotala Rotundifolia
Blyxa Aubertii

Elos Material

elos terrazero

Elos bottom mineral

Elos terra S

It’s growing some green hair algae but i’m not alarmed since andrecardoso can pull it off and control it with some water chage (5 liters daily)

Source : aquaticplantcentral.com

Technorati Tags: blyxa aubertii, echinodorus paleofolius, eleocharis acicularis, eleocharis parvula, elos, glossostigma elatinoides, ludwigia arcuata, rotala rotundifolia

4FT planted tank by Jervis

Blueaquarium — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:08:34 +0000

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

Technorati Tags: ADA, ADA Malayan, aquasoil, gravel, substate

Un bout de nature by olileon

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:36:01 +0000

Olileon planted tank. tank size : 160cm*60cm*60cm (576 liters). This tank name : “un bout de nature”.
I use Powersand, Clear super, Bacter 100, Tourmaline BC and Aquasoil Amazonia. Lightining : 3*150W HQI (5200K). For fertilization : Tropica Aquacare Alimentation+, Easylife Easycarbo and CO2.

The hardscape at the beginning :

Olileon separate the ADA Soil from Sand

For lighting, Olileon use 3*150W HQI (5200K)

After two months :

For plants : echinodorus tenellus, eleocharis parvula, rotala rotundifolia sp green, rotala indica, bacopa caroliniana, eustralis stellata, ludwigia arcuata, bolbitis heudelotii, hygrophilia polysperma, cryptocoryne parva and wendtii.

And with Oliieon son

Source : Aquatic Plant Central

Technorati Tags: aquasoil, aquasoil amazonia, bacter 100, clear super, planted tank, powersand, tank size, tourmaline BC

ADA 60 Stone Formation Project by Jervis 2

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:28:29 +0000

Latest scaping with some temporary plants just to help with excess nutrients… the algae situation is under control now… I believe the increase of CO2 actually helps

Just wanna share with you guys something I discovered in Japan. A range of products for beginners by ADA called Do!aqua. Apparently all the products are a lot “friendlier” to the wallet take these glassware for example. The 12mm diameter Lily Pipe Outflow is selling at 3,570 Yen (S$48.50) and the 12mm Inflow is S$54.00. The design is slightly different but quality feels the same. Maybe these are Made In China (not stated in packaging).

Bought these from Japan… are they considered “special”? Not expensive but I spent more on shipping them back

These Zebra rocks gave me the impulse to start another nano

Added more shrimps today… hopefully they will help consume some of the hair algae plaguing my tank ever since I return from my trip

Now 1 month later, the new stems started creeping (spreading low which is very nice) and the leaves are completely different It sorta wrapped round my “mountain”.

Full Tank View I added the Eheim Hang-on Filter (from previous setup) to help combat algae… seems that the extra filtration power and surface agitation helps a lot.

Here’s an update… did a major trimming yesterday and 30% water change.

Source : Aquatic Quotient

Technorati Tags: Do! Aqua, Eheim, Hang-on Filter, Lily pipe, plant

ADA 60 Stone Formation Project by Jervis 1

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:20:19 +0000

Tank: 60×30x36cm ADA Cube Garden with Juwel cabinet
Filter: Eheim Professional II 2026 canister with ADA Lily Pipes*
Filtration Media: Eheim Substrate Pro, ADA Bio Rio & ADA Bamboo Charcoal
Lighting: ATI Powermodul 4 x 24W HO T5
Chiller: Arctica Mini 1/15hp*
Substrate: ADA complete substrate

Let’s take a closer look at the lighting fixture… an old 2ft ATI Powermodule (can see all the battle scars)… I will decide on the final tube mixture tomorrow… it’s nice to see a hanging fixture over a braceless glass tank

Nothing out of the extraordinary… my usual way of preparing the substrate… I am really getting the hang of it

My first mistake… I think I am too used to buying rocks for nano tanks. Putting all those small pieces of Black Granite to use will be my biggest challenge!

looks not bad
you stacked rocks above another on the left side to achieve the height?

Eheim ProII 2026 comes with 2 trays:
Bottom tray: Eheim ceramic rings and Eheim Substrate Pro
Upper tray: Coarse blue sponge (base), a bag of ADA Bamboo Charcoal surrounded by ADA Bio Rio and lastly, a top layer of fine white sponge.

Daily ADA Green Bacter dose to help enhance the cultivation of beneficial bacteria

Went look for light tubes today… bought 2 Arcadia Plant Pro (was told 8000K) and 2 Osram 6500K tubes.

The effect is quite nice and crisp… but somehow lacks yellow… might replace 1 Arcadia Plant Pro with a yellow tube (somewhere in the range of 4500K)

Now let’s see some greens…

First plant to go in… Anubias nana Must thank bro Illumnae for suggesting me a nice location for it

Tied the plant to some tiny lava rock using ADA Moss Cotton… the string is actually quite stiff… easier to handle than I thought

How about an angled shot?

Took me almost 3 hours of planting

I am very pleased with the crystal clear water actually… and the glass clarity is unrivaled IMO (for that price range)

You can see the pinkish spectrum of the Arcadia Plant Pro T5 tubes.

Here’s a FTS for your enjoyment

The temperature shot up to 27.5ºC this morning

Quickly installed a fan to tackle the situation… by end day the water temperature is at a comfortable 24ºC

Time to feature some equipments…

Eheim Pro2 2026 (the heart of the system) and CO2 system, shared with my 1ft cube.

Added a chiller today… set at 25ºC for a start

I am glad that the Eheim Pro2 2026 produce enough flow to run through the chiller

My tank going high-tech today… with Aquatronica pH probe and Water Level Sensor (able to automatically top up fresh water).

The Hemianthus micranthemoides are looking quite healthy

I am “misting” the tank with CO2

Tank pH is within acceptable range… here’s a graph chart.

Highest point – 10am today (CO2 starts at 10am)

8th day and I performed my 3rd 40% water change…the 2 Otos are becoming fatter… perhaps it’s time to add some shrimps

PART 2 > > >

Remark : This tank create and write setup process by Jervis, you can read more information at AquaticQuotient

Technorati Tags: ADA, Anubias nana, Eheim, moss, plant, rock, T5 tube

W120D45H45 Iwagumi Layout by Aen

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:29:16 +0000

I have been away for about 3 years from the aquarium hobby, due to military service and work. Now I’m back and have started on a new tank. The name of the design is “Kokou”, meaning austere, worn and weathered. It is a Iwagumi (Rock Arrangement) layout with Seiryu Rocks and Eleocharis Acicularis.

Water Parameters at DAY 2

Tank Dimensions: W120xD45xH45 cm
Lighting: 4×54W T5 (7000K)
Illumination Time: 10 hours a day
Filtration: Atman CF-1000 external filter, ceramic rings, activated carbon, filter wool and small amount of coral chips
Substrate: ADA Aquasoil Amazonia + Powersand Special (contains Bacter 100 + Clear Super)
Fertilizers: Potassium Sulphate + trace elements mix every 2 days.
CO2: Pressurized system with external reactor, 4 bubbles per second.
O2: 10 hours every night with air pump.
Temperature: 26 deg.C
pH: 6.3
kH: 2

Project Log

ADA Powersand Special (containing Bacter 100 and Clear Super) on the bottommost layer.

ADA Lily Pipe knock-off from AquaticMagic, recommend by tcampbell of AquaticQuotient.com.

IIITools, including a long tweezer, bent long scissors and a sand flattener, also from AquaticMagic.

Atmn CF-1000 Canister Filter (with hose-adapters to fit the Lily Pipes) and 5L CO2 setup.

ISTA Max Mix CO2 Reactor with glass bubble-counter and MUJI push-rack on castors with my equipment.

1st layer of ADA Aquasoil Amazonia.

All 4 9L bags of ADA Aquasoil Amazonia are in and creating a slope.

Planning the layout.

Iwagumi (Rock Arrangement) Planning.

From paper to tank. Shortage of rocks to really fill the tank. Left some gaps for later addition of rocks.

Spent 2 hours untangling, separating and planting the Hairgrass in about 4cm intervals.

Flo Lily Pipes in action.

Fan to cool the tank water to 26 deg.C.

UPDATES: 02 Aug, 07

The hair/staghorn algae has died down. I added Yamato Shrimps too early, 10 of the 30 perished probably from CO2 and Ammonia overdose. The remaining ones are doing well and cleaning the tank well.

Otocinclus all survived, even though I added them within 1 week of cycling. I guess Activated carbon didn’t absorb enough Ammonia and it was still too much for the other shrimps.

No signs of algae except for Green Dust growing on the white parts of my rocks. Looks good so I don’t plan to remove them. Had the same kind of green algae in the past. CO2 is kept high.

I’m testing the water every other day closely monitoring NO3 and PO4 levels. The Redfield Ratio is kept around 10. pH has stabilized a little at average 6.4 in the day. kH at 2 (some coral chips in the filter) or 4 baking soda.

Hairgrass putting out runners and new leaves. Immersed leaves almost half melted. Didn’t cut away as I want the some PO4 from the decaying matter.

Today is 2nd water change, water becoming clearer. White water reduced.

A very low plant mass tank but somehow I don’t see any signs of algae. Let’s hope it continues to be algae free after I add fishes.

UPDATES: 03 Aug, 07

Tested for Nitrates today. Dosed to 10ppm the previous morning and this morning it dropped to 0. Could it be my plant growth is accelerating and it’s taking in more?

It has been about 10+ days of cycling. I saw some Celestial Pearl Danios in my LFS and I couldn’t resist the temptation and bought all of them (about 46, 1 for $1). 1 was out of water for a few minutes during catching, didn’t noticed it jumped out. It didn’t survived and died after a few hours in the tank.

I will take some photos when the Galaxies have settled and showing their colors.

Source : Aquatic Plant Central

Technorati Tags: ADA, aquarium hobby, aquasoil, Atman, bacter 100, clear super, Iwagumi, layout, lily pipes, pressurized

120P Journal by Wonderboy

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:23:46 +0000

I’ll be keeping a journal of all progress on this tank setup for all to learn from and critique.

Aquarium: ADA 120P tank
Stand: Leemar custom-built stand

This is exactly the same stand as the ones at Aquatouch…

Equipment:

Filter: Fluval 405 (had one laying around)
Heater: In-line Hydor 300w
UV: 36w Jebo uv-sterilizer
CO2: 5lb cylinder with milwakee regulator/solenoid

Lighting: Tek T5 HO 4x 54w fixture

CO2 equip.: rip-off co2 glassware, cabochon ruby check valve

Glass filter stuff: Cal Aqua lily pipes, glass softenizer

Substrate: ADA aquasoil, powersand, tourmaline bc, clear super, bacter 100

Decor: rocks.

And the fun part:
I had a friend of mine blow glass elbows so I could do this for my lily pipes’ return and intake:

OKAY! I got all my plants, so without any further waiting:

Step 1: Tourmaline BC

2: Powersand, clear super and bacter 100

3: Aquasoil

4: Hardscape

5: Foreground planting

6: Background planting/final outcome!

And here’s how the CO2 glassware turned out:

This is how the glass elbows for my filter intake and outtake looks when finished:

Plants used:
micranthemum micranthemoides, hc, blyxa japonica, eriocaulon cinereum, and didiplis diandra.

Source : Aquatic Plant Central

Technorati Tags: ADA, aquasoil, bacter 100, CO2, glassware, Jebo, lighting, lily pipes, plant, powersand, regulator, rocks, solenoid, T5, UV

José Luís Silva 120cm tank

admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:50:40 +0000

Setup:

Name: REALidade (Portuguese name = Reality)
Date:: 31/03/07
Aquarium: Natural AquaGrande 120M 120×50x50 (cm)

Furniture:
Natural Aquamovel 120M 120×50x80 (cm)

Light :
2x Natural Aqua Sun 1 8k HQI 1×150W (Version with ADA LAmp 8000k included)
2x Natural Aqua Armstand 60P

Filtration System:
1xEheim Cl***ic 2215
1x Natural Aqua Inflow 13
1x Natural Aqua Outflow 13

Heat :
Termostacto Fluval Tronic 300

System Substracto:
4x ADA Aquasoil Malaya 9L
3x ADA Power Sand 2L
1x ADA Bacter 100
1x ADA Tormaline BC
1x ADA Clear Super
1x Plocher Penac

CO2:
1x Sistema de Co2 Pressorizado 2kg DYT
1x Natural Aqua Safe Difuser 1

Hardscape:
25kg Natural Hardscape Mini/Medio Iwagumi
7kg Natural Hardscape Wood Amazonia

Fertelizer:
1x ADA Bright k 250ml
1x ADA Green Bacter 50ml
1x ADA Green Bright STEP 1 250ml
1x ADA EAC 50ml

Flora da Tropica e Natural Aquario:

Planta Ludwigia Inc****ta var. Cuba
Planta Rotala rotundifolia
Planta Anubias Barteri var. nana “Pe***e”
Planta Anubias Barteri var. nana
Planta Microsorium pteropus
Planta Echinodorus barthii
Planta Hemianthus Callitrichoides Cuba
Planta Rotala Sp Green
Planta Anubias species
Planta Echinodorus tenellus
Planta Vesicularia sp mos
Planta Vallisneria Nana

Fauna:

50 Paracheirodon innesi
20 Caridina japonica
10 Otocinclus spp.
6 Crossocheilus siamensis

Source : The Planted Tank Forums

Blue Aquarium » Aquarium Plant Setup

90P Journal by tcy81

ADA 36 Inch Grass Cylinder Tank Setup (cylinder has been turned into shrimp)

MASADA 128L by andrecardoso

4FT planted tank by Jervis

Un bout de nature by olileon

ADA 60 Stone Formation Project by Jervis 2

ADA 60 Stone Formation Project by Jervis 1

W120*D45*H45 Iwagumi Layout by Aen

120P Journal by Wonderboy

José Luís Silva 120cm tank

W120D45H45 Iwagumi Layout by Aen