Project S: journal

[fireblade]

wah .. must really find my way to the rock distributor!!!
nice placement of the rocks... looking forward for your updates...

[limz_777]

nice going , real effort journal there

[memzsa]

awesome work, waiting in suspense.. for the outcome

[yangqian]

Base ferts.



Finalised.




Soil in.

[yangqian]

ADA La Plata sand.

[Sidney]

Very excited to see the end product of this tank !

[AQMS]

What light set are you using?

[qngwn]

What light set are you using?

He should be using the ANS Stainless Steel 4 Tube T5HO Light Fixtures.

[nicholasliao]

What are the base ferts? Looks like shrimp stuff to me. Tank is just for shrimps?

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[thebaldingaquarist]

Hi Yangqian,
you are going to use tubes for lighting, this means there will be a light set across the wood?
Personally i feel sad. the wood outreaching is so nice, i feel like scraping my rock scape plan and do more wood...

as an alternative, can i propose to you to use high powered LED e27 bulbs to "spotlight" the tank? clamping the lights from both vertical beams?
This is purely a suggestion.. don't want it to affect the end product that you wished for.

[yangqian]

What are the base ferts? Looks like shrimp stuff to me. Tank is just for shrimps?

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Sharp eyes. As you can see, there would not be any plants in the front portion. So i do not need any base ferts for plants. Using shrimp ferts allow me to be more versatile with the fauna in future.

[yangqian]

Hi Yangqian,
you are going to use tubes for lighting, this means there will be a light set across the wood?
Personally i feel sad. the wood outreaching is so nice, i feel like scraping my rock scape plan and do more wood...

as an alternative, can i propose to you to use high powered LED e27 bulbs to "spotlight" the tank? clamping the lights from both vertical beams?
This is purely a suggestion.. don't want it to affect the end product that you wished for.

Hi eric, the light fixture will be hung above the wood.i do not intend to block any piece of wood as i bought them for their shape and texture. Honestly, i have considered clamp-on spotlights from ikea. However, i am afraid i do not get equal distribution of light as they will be clamped on the vertical beams. Nonetheless, i will still be using 2 spotlights, as ambience lights.

[thebaldingaquarist]

Hi eric, the light fixture will be hung above the wood.i do not intend to block any piece of wood as i bought them for their shape and texture. Honestly, i have considered clamp-on spotlights from ikea. However, i am afraid i do not get equal distribution of light as they will be clamped on the vertical beams. Nonetheless, i will still be using 2 spotlights, as ambience lights.

Great choice!

camping to see the end result.

[nicholasliao]

What's the difference between shrimp ferts? Ferts save for shrimps? Do they enable growth for plants like normal ferts do?

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[yangqian]

What's the difference between shrimp ferts? Ferts save for shrimps? Do they enable growth for plants like normal ferts do?

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The plants i am keeping are just buceps, which do not need a lot of ferts. And since the soil are all piled up at the back, i reckon i do not need alot of base ferts dedicated for plants.

Furthermore i have plans to breed taiwan bee shrimps. Hence the shrimp ferts.

[blue33]

You might face BGA.

[yangqian]

You might face BGA.

All tanks have the possibility to encounter any type of algae. Haha i will just treat it as a challenge. (:

[marle]

your hardscaping skills getting more n more pro.

[yangqian]

What's the difference between shrimp ferts? Ferts save for shrimps? Do they enable growth for plants like normal ferts do?

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Anyway nicholas, i use substrate capsules for additional nutrients.

[yangqian]

Plants in.