equidorz's 4 ft planted tank - 2nd week

[equidorz]

hi all just set up this tank 2 weeks ago. hope to recieve some comments. Any critics welcome too..

Below are some of the photos i took...





Did some rescape please comment and tell me how i can improve my scape more.




blxya japonica. Can any one tell me why it become copper colour instead of remaining light green like when i just bought them?


my japanese hairgrass lawn

Tank size: 4ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft

Lightings: mh 150w x 2( 8 hours /day)
Filtration: Eheim 2028 connected to a resun 650 and Jaebo connected to a uv light.
C02 injection: around 4bps with reactor ( solenoid turn on and off with my lightings)
Substrate: layer of black quartz followed by Ada amazonia on top
Flora:Spiky Moss on dw, jap hairgrass, bobiltis on dw, red Lotus, crypt(name not sure), and a few unknow flora. care to tell me what other flora?
back ground plant ( name not sure), fissiden on dw, and a plant similar to red tiger lotus

[eeeeemo]

wad moss is that on the wood? does not look familiar to me.. looks little like fissiden.

[Jungle-mania]

Its peacock moss and your tank looks good, might have to wait for the plants to bloom before we can really make a judgement call since everythings looks fine.

[equidorz]

wad moss is that on the wood? does not look familiar to me.. looks little like fissiden.

hi if you are refering to the wood on the left it's us fissiden.. haha!

[equidorz]

Its peacock moss and your tank looks good, might have to wait for the plants to bloom before we can really make a judgement call since everythings looks fine.

thanks for the compliment, i also waiting for my plants to boom.. waiting patiently btw there isnt any peacock moss in my tank, the other piece is anchor moss if i am not wrong..

[o2bubble]

Hi bro, setup looks quite neat and presentable However, my comment is the lights are too strong (6 x 54w T5 HO !). For your set of plants and your tank is still new, I think you better start off with 4 x 54w. Speaking from my own experience. I also have 6 x 54w 4x1.5x2 tank. Kenna green water and hair algae when I switch on all 6 tubes when my plants are not ready (mine 80% all fast growing stem plants).

Take care and do update on the progress!

[zenscape]

Looking great just 2 weeks of set up. Watch out the red lotus in the middle as it will grow tall and disturb the layout you planned.

Do you use a curved tank? (curve at the edge) Which brand is it? As a matter of caution and not to scare you, 5 years ago, mu curved tank cracked after 4 weeks of use because the glass was too thin to support the weight of water and sand.

[equidorz]

Looking great just 2 weeks of set up. Watch out the red lotus in the middle as it will grow tall and disturb the layout you planned.

Do you use a curved tank? (curve at the edge) Which brand is it? As a matter of caution and not to scare you, 5 years ago, mu curved tank cracked after 4 weeks of use because the glass was too thin to support the weight of water and sand.

thanks for replying zenscape, yeah the red lotus just kept growing and growing even after a major pruning it still kept growing, btw it's not those normal tiger lotus, its a different kind, i got the normal tiger lotus at the right side of my tank its growing really low and slowly just a few leaves. My tank is a curved oceanfree tank, the glass is quite thick actually, i have been using it for like 3 years already still strong and steady, anyway thanks for the advice.

[equidorz]

Hi bro, setup looks quite neat and presentable However, my comment is the lights are too strong (6 x 54w T5 HO !). For your set of plants and your tank is still new, I think you better start off with 4 x 54w. Speaking from my own experience. I also have 6 x 54w 4x1.5x2 tank. Kenna green water and hair algae when I switch on all 6 tubes when my plants are not ready (mine 80% all fast growing stem plants).

Take care and do update on the progress!

Yeah will update when my tank becomes more mature. regarding the lightings so far still ok only some spot algae on the glass apart from that still ok, if i find things get worse will reduce the lighting.
cheers!

[equidorz]

Update of my tank. Please give me some more feed back to improve my scape. thanks.

[equidorz]

my tank too ugly? how come no one give me feed backs? haha.. need more advices and feedbacks from the pros out there.

[kr0nic]

Thats one of the best hairgrass lawns iv seen in a while

Any tips on keeping it so low ?

[xaine]

the setup looks pretty pleasing.
great that you have rescaped the hairgrass, it looks better now.

[stmoo]

nice set up.. with the japanese grass lawn.
what is the background plant with big leaves?

[dwgi32]

Bro, good job man. Well balanced setup. Will definitely have a splendid look once the tank mature. Considering to add in a bigger DW as the focus point of the tank? Keep us posted.

[equidorz]

nice set up.. with the japanese grass lawn.
what is the background plant with big leaves?

thank you stmoo. the plant with big leaves u refering to should be rubin. not sure if it is narrow leave rubin.

[equidorz]

Bro, good job man. Well balanced setup. Will definitely have a splendid look once the tank mature. Considering to add in a bigger DW as the focus point of the tank? Keep us posted.

actually i thought of rescaping my tank real soon. maybe will some bog wood or driftwood. will try to add in a bigger driftwood to adjust the focal point. any idea where to place it?

[equidorz]

the setup looks pretty pleasing.
great that you have rescaped the hairgrass, it looks better now.

thank you xaine. acutally i also just learning to scape, still have more to learn from more of the pros in aq. you will definetly have a nice scape if you have patience. haha. cheers.