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Bro! Where you get the mini canister?
Hey guys! left planted for about a month ago when i torn down my 422 planted tank and guess the poison didn't left me afterall. Its been quite sometime since i started a thread in aquascaping and a long time since i dealt with small planted tank.
The tank specs :
Tank : 31x31x36cm from curved glass.
Lighting : Aquazonic 6.72w double Bright LED (24white, 4blue)
Filtration : Kotobuki Power Box SV MINI (a pretty interesting canister filter hybrid!)
Substrate : 4kg GEX powder soil
Cooling : Dymax w-7 fan
Planned flora : US fissiden, Mini Fissiden, Mini Pelia and Hairgrass.
Planned Fauna : Shrimps.
The tank, just a cheap simple 31x31x36cm front curved tank. I usually don't like front curved, but this curved tank looks sexy to me!
Lighting :
i chose the Aquazonic Double Bright G2 LED. it consist of 24 white LEDs and 4 Blue LEDS. Total of 6.72watts, which should be more than enough for my low tech planted. and the design is really sleek and nice! LED is really the trend now!
turning on all whites and blue will give a cool white color, turning on only the blue will give a very nice moon light..
Substrate :
4 kg of GeX powder plant soil. Have been a fan of GEX since it was introduced. love the clear water and love how cheap the price is for powder version.
Filtration :
Now heres the interesting part. I chanced upon this Canister filter and it attracted me mainly due to its price. most of the good canister filter you see of similar size is twice as expensive (e.g. Eden 501) and its a japan brand! making me more attracted to it.
But one negative thing about this filter is that, the pump is situated IN your tank. the canister acts as a pre-filter and the pump will pump water from ur tank through it. it was something i didn't know when i bought this filter as everything was written in japan. Well, i don't have an issue for having a small 300l/hr pump in my tank just that it may raise my tank's temperature by a little.
the Canister is small and cute, perfect for 1ft cube or similar sized tank.
The internal compartment. unlike normal canister, it uses cartridges to hold coarse and fine wool as well as bio-media which all is included.
as you can see, there are still spaces around the filter will can be filled up with bio media.
The catridges, i wont be using the middle one because its mainly fine wool and carbon. the coarse wool is pretty thick and will be able to filter out most debris.
Media will be a Seachem Matrix
Hardscape :
Today went shopping at GC and came home with some wood and graphite rocks. Heres a sneak peek on how the scape may look like.
Will update once i set up this tank tomorrow!
Bro! Where you get the mini canister?
Seaview aquarium! so far of all the popular LFS, seaview is the only place carrying this unique filter.Originally Posted by alvin235800
I'm using that mini canister buy I don't like it...
Ah, that filter is SEXY! mind pm the price? Whats the watts usage like?
Advice from boss Felix
Oh, why is that so bro?
indeed it is! love the shape and built quality. a pity the pump has to be in the tank. Price is around 2 red notes and wattage of the pump is around 4 watts if im not wrong.
@EvoZ: what happened to your massive 422 then? Not heartpain? Tearing a mature planted tank down?
it was getting too messy as i didn't had the time to maintain such a big tank, right now just a simple wood with sand without any plants. heres a pic :
How do you prevent the baby shrimp from being suck into the pump?
alright, noted. Looking forward to your awesome setup
Advice from boss Felix
Hey guys, some updates :
Had a change in mind for filter as i was thinking the internal pump could raise my tank's temperature, found no place to hide it and it could suck in baby shrimplets. so end of the day, bought myself a GEX L hang-on filter. able to fill in about half a liter of seachem matrix!
The hardscape
after tying the main woods with us fissiden and mini pelia, its time to flood the tank! check out the almost crystal clear water!
Final scape! us fissiden on mesh in front and Japanese hairgrass at the back. i made quite a deep slope at the back with the support of the stones, end of the day still looks kinda flat.
hidden right inside my cabinet..
Thanks for viewing!
Do elaborate & share on your fissiden & mini pelia tying techniques & experience. Was it challenging?
Alamak, why put until so low? Lol
Just lay the fissiden/mini pellia on the wood and tie. i tied some mini pellia on some small rocks to fll up the gaps in between those graphite rocks and they were quite challenging. Patience is the key.
No other space to put a tank already, This is the best spot for me now. Its actually not bad! sitting down on the floor enjoying the small little tank.
nice scape!
Hahaha... very nice, by the way, the sponge that comes together with the GEX is not actually shrimplet safe. You might want to change to those air sponge type which is a lot better.
Thanks!
Thanks bro, oh.. didnt know about that. i wonder those metal inlet shrimp safe anot?
Very nice setup. I am camping here to see the progress of the planted scape. Can't wait to see the carpet of US Fissiden.
Your patience is.
I gave up tying my mosses/fissiden already. Now I just dump everything on the soil.
from 14L to 8L tank.
I did not use the metal one, too expensive for me. I used the air sponge type. Perhaps bros that use the metal could give some advise.
Need more slope! Hehehe poison runs deep eh?
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