Shots of my ADA-120P - Page 6 - Aquascaping

zQ. · 11-17-2007, 09:56 PM

Very nice and Clean.Is that Grand Solar II hang over this tank ?
@ DonaldmBoyer :
Hi man,long time no see

Dany · 11-18-2007, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by zQ.

Very nice and Clean.Is that Grand Solar II hang over this tank ?

I pretty sure its a TEK T5HO fixture.

DonaldmBoyer · 11-18-2007, 06:42 AM

Hey zQ: Yeah...it has been too long! Work issues and hours were finally resolved by taking a different job. Aside from having to travel, I'll be here more often now! Whoo-hoo!

Getting back to this scape, I just find it amazing that the anubias growth is so lush! Especially in a tank where rotala magenta is growing, because I would think that the light needed to grow the rotala would be so high/intense that algae would grow on the anubias leaves. Major props for the absurd cleanliness of this tank!!

zQ. · 11-19-2007, 07:22 AM

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Getting back to this scape, I just find it amazing that the anubias growth is so lush! Especially in a tank where rotala magenta is growing, because I would think that the light needed to grow the rotala would be so high/intense that algae would grow on the anubias leaves. Major props for the absurd cleanliness of this tank!!

Yeah,as he said,combining those low light and high light plants are difficult,at least for me

So could you share your exp ?
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Thanks.

SuRje1976 · 11-19-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by zQ.

Yeah,as he said,combining those low light and high light plants are difficult,at least for me

So could you share your exp ?

Hmmm...this is a tough one. Well first off, I think we may overestimate how much light a "high-light" plant really needs. I'm using a 4x54W Teklight (T5HO). The tank gets 2.5 hours of the first bank (108W, or 1.7wpg if you're into that kind of designation), then 3 hours of both banks (216W, or 3.3wpg) and then 2.5 hours of the second bank (108W, or 1.7wpg).

I think maintaining consistent water parameters is very important as well. I keep parameters pretty close to the following:

NO3 = 9ppm
PO4 = 1.5ppm
K = 30ppm (mostly from Equilibrium to reconstitute RO/DI)
Micros dosed @ Flourish 8mL daily, Flourish Iron 8mL daily.
GH = 4 dGH
KH < 1 dKH

Keeping organics under control with water changes (this tank gets a 15% change daily via auto-water changer) helps. Occasional spot treatment with Excel never hurts.

zQ. · 11-20-2007, 06:39 AM

Thanks very much ! I'll try mine,aww gotta do some testing stuff,some thing that i really hate

iORi · 11-21-2007, 06:32 PM

wow that's an amazing tank. gj on it!

SuRje1976 · 02-20-2008, 07:07 PM

Realized I haven't updated this in a while! This whole ordeal took place about a month? ago.

Well my intent was to do a little trim....

Jessie · 02-20-2008, 08:36 PM

Sergio! What are you going to do now?

SuRje1976 · 02-21-2008, 04:35 PM

LOL - It was redone entirely about 36 hours after previous picture.

Have a look!

Got everything back in the tank approximately where it's going to stay. I've got some tweaking to do. As can be seen, this particular layout is going to rely on trimming. Things haven't really perked back up yet, so it looks a bit dull, but:

As always, comments & suggestions welcome!