Project L: journal.

[yangqian]

Are those glass feeding dishes? From the picture, it seems like you drilled a hole to accommodate the suction caps and if indeed so, how did you drill through glass?


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Yes they were glass feeding dishes. I silicon the suction cup to the dish.

[thebaldingaquarist]

Swee lah (very nice)!! flower!

[yangqian]

A little photo log on the development of the flower. Pretty excited about it. Haha

[yangqian]

[yangqian]

You cannot get bored of them....













Pardon the lousy photo quality.

[bennyc]

Hi yangqian, what is your fert dose like?

[yangqian]

Hi yangqian, what is your fert dose like?

Excel: 6 pumps daily.
Essence K: 4 pumps weekly.
Lush: 4 pumps weekly.

Temperature: 22.6-23.0

I have ceased co2 regime for a couple of months now.

[tjy]

Very very very nice tank!!! really amazing!

[bennyc]

Excel: 6 pumps daily.
Essence K: 4 pumps weekly.
Lush: 4 pumps weekly.

Temperature: 22.6-23.0

I have ceased co2 regime for a couple of months now.

Thanks! Took me sometime to figure out the level of ferts to bring the buce to pink color. Still trying to bring up to the color level like yours (blue or darker color)

No problems without using pressurise CO2? Perhaps liquid carbon is more suitable for a long tank like yours in terms of distributing CO2.

[cherabin]

Hi Yangqian. It's fantastic to see that your buces are doing excellent with only Excel dosing, in the absence of CO2 injection. I'm a great fan of the fore mentioned tank type but have failed miserably when I tried buces in Excel only tank. They simple withered or melted away in my experience. With the account of your success, it does make me tempted to try out buces in Excel only tanks. Kudos once again.


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[yangqian]

Ordered a new tank and did a rough scaping.






Shall start a new journal soon.

[blue33]

Looks like a shallow tank setup? Looks similar to one of Amano recently setup. Soon you going to use a carton of Excel by the rate you using. Lol...

[yangqian]

Yes. It is inspired by takashi amano's recent series of set up.
The tank is 20cm high.

Haha yes, I have used 3 bottles of excel already

[Numbskull]

poison ..... poisonous setup!

[qngwn]

Yes. It is inspired by takashi amano's recent series of set up.
The tank is 20cm high.

Haha yes, I have used 3 bottles of excel already

3 bottles of 4L right lol.. Definitely not 3 bottles of 500ml..

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[Nevada84]

I like how you come out with the tank size and shape. Itz not easy to consider the waterflow. Great job!!!

[apek19]

WOW! Can't believe I missed this thread over the past months! Inspiring!

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[bluebubbles]

If someone were to have a L-shaped tank like yours with everything you did, I wonder how much budget should one set aside to achieve that kind of result or rather, what is the damage to set up a complete tank like that, I am very addicted to it already...lol.

[yangqian]

If someone were to have a L-shaped tank like yours with everything you did, I wonder how much budget should one set aside to achieve that kind of result or rather, what is the damage to set up a complete tank like that, I am very addicted to it already...lol.

My friend used to tell me this, when i start to doubt myself if i could do up this tank successfully due to its size: 要做就做大。

To be honest, a reasonable sum of money had been spent on this tank. However, i did plenty of research, sourcing the equipment and materials at the lowest costs possible but at the same time considering the best alternatives that would be cost efficient in the long run. I spent more time and effort sourcing the equipments such as light fixtures and inlets/outlets from Taobao. Plants direct from the farms and buceps from indonesia. Rocks direct from distributor and tank from a custom tank maker who is my friend.

As such, i managed to build this tank with, i believe, the lowest cost i can go. And i believe this brings alot of satisfaction, knowing that i did this tank all by myself and with as little money as possible. (:

[bluebubbles]

My friend used to tell me this, when i start to doubt myself if i could do up this tank successfully due to its size: 要做就做大。

That is very true, like renovating a home, you go for the cheapest quotation. Seeing your plants thrived and even florished, the satisfaction is inexplicable. I hope you can grow a lilly in there too, like you did in your previous tank...lol. I won't be surprised, someday your tank will catch SPH's attention and they may visit you for their column page. I love every bit of it, but if I want something like that, it will be an acrylic L-shaped instead of glass material. I have phobia for glass,sharp or cutting object.