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Tank: 60x30x36cm 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