saintly

maybe a little premature, but i've got the hardscape arranged. i now just need the plant order which will be on it's way in a few weeks. still undecided on that.

this is a follow on from ny previous scape which was called pastel shades, so i'll try to better this...





the tank is 60 x 30 x 36
lights are to be upgraded to a suspended MH
substrate is Oliver knott nature soil
filter system will be a eheim 2180.

hardscpae is seryiou stone and borneo wood



to be updated soon

mark

hooha

I like the hardscape, now the hard part is preventing the planting from masking it too much....

saintly

thanks for the feedback guys.

here's the newly made (homemade) lighting stand. i bought everything i needed from a hardware shop and assembled it myself





the height is due to the fact I'm suspending a metal halide lamp.

dont be shy in responding

Mikeracing77

Very nice! What MH are you going to use?

catfishbi

wow nice layout, great job man, can't wait to see when it finished

hooha

do you really need to make the light stand that high for a metal halide?
that looks like it's 4 feet above the tank....

saintly

in all honesty hooha, i'm not sure how high it needs to be. i'm familiar with t5 tubes but MH is new to me.


when they arrive, i'll need to experiment with them. how high would they need to be on this tank considering its @ 36cm high?

cheers Mikeracing77, i'm using the arcadia series for mini pendant with 1 x 150wMH

thanks catfishbi, i too cant wait to get it planted. it's been like this for a few weeks now.

i have to drive 8 miles to my LFS display to get my enjoyment...this is the new set up that i've created for them

Bunbuku

Lovely hardscape! What kind of stones are those? You home built stand looks really good too! The clean line minimalist look really appeals to me.

On your pic the LFS display tank above, I found my self wonder what kind of stone that was behind the driftwood... then I realized it was someones head ! Gives new meaning to the term "living aquascape"

Re: Pendant height - I have a similar pedant, the Aquamedic Oceanlight 150 watt. It hangs 30 cm above the tank and I get plenty of photosynthesis even in the foreground plants like HC.

hooha

honestly I couldn't tell you how high it needs to be with the MH, I would assum 12 inches would be a good starting point - looking at the light stand right now, it makes it seem like you're going to put a fixture that's 24 inches tall 12 inches above the tank under there

saintly

well, i've got my light fitted. and tremendous it is. it's such a lovely colour rendition. just like real sunlight entering the room.

i've ordered the plants so i should have them in a week or so. list to follow.