EvolutionZ's 2nd 1ft cube journal.

[EvolutionZ]

hi guys, i have ordered a 1ft cube ADA style tank from Davidsws 1 week ago.. and it came to me on saturday night.

tank specs :
30x30x30cm cube ADA Style.

lighting: 1x 36watt PL (2ft lighting on 2 1ft cubes).

substrate : bottom layer 1.5kg ADA II soil, top layer 2kg
Dazs soil.

c02 : daily dosage of seachem excel.

ferts : none for the moment.

Flora : didiplis diandra, unknown black ground plant, spiky moss and taiwan moss.

as for ADA style, it simply mean lesser and thinner silicon.
i feel in love with the tank once i saw it!.


lets compare, both 1ft cube side by side both made by davidsws, right being the normal type and left being the ADA style.


back to my new tank, had placed in 1.5kg worth of ADA II but still not enough to even cover half of my tank.. and so i went and intend to get GeX but, i chance upon this Dazs soil and bought it.


hard scape!(those pebbles are tied with taiwan moss)


filled up with water.. and planted heavily on stem plants.

can anyone give me some advice on what plants to put in the middle between the didplis and the pebbles?


last and for all, 2 1ft cube side by side on my lower 2ft tier.

this scape is not yet settled.. might change the wood or add another piece if i can find a nicer one.

comments please.

[EvolutionZ]

forgot to add that, i will get a hang on filter tomorrow and will try to fill up more plants.. do pop in for more updates

cheers!

[Jervis]

Your bamboo charcoal is so cool!!! Can it remain inside the tank indefinitely as part of decor?

[EvolutionZ]

haha thanks jervis, its just there for the first 2 weeks to remove excess ammonia

[EvolutionZ]

update!
japanese hair grass added.. us fissiden on mesh added.. and normal hair grass added as well.. really love my didiplis diandra!
did some cropping of pic.. really ulgy

side view.. wood looks like a monster with mouth open

[Panut]

why all your tank got moss

[EvolutionZ]

mosses and fissiden are one of my favourite plants.. next is didiplis diandra

[Jervis]

Those feeder Guppies are there to help cycle the tank?

[carlfsk]

haha thanks jervis, its just there for the first 2 weeks to remove excess ammonia

Hey man, where do you learn this trick of using charcoal to remove ammonia in the 1st few weeks of setting up?

[EvolutionZ]

jervis : ya they are used to cycle the tank.. but they are not feeders.. they are solid red strip endlers bred by me

carlfsk : haha, knew it long ago when i started keeping CRS.

[bubberls™]

Evo,

Where did you get that net? Or are those some recycled nets?

[EvolutionZ]

got them from c328.
those are filter bags used in filter to hold filter media.

[bubberls™]

got them from c328.
those are filter bags used in filter to hold filter media.

Ah i see... ok thanks... they are way better then using string to tie...
butter fingers

[EvolutionZ]

yea.. its almost immpossible to tie them using string.. cause they have smooth surface..

[fireblade]

actually have not seen one of your stone with fully grown moss or fissiden using this type of net , wanna see the final result of it.. any to show?

[EvolutionZ]

nope sorry.. all of my moss on pebbles are newly tied.. previous one taken out le..

[Verminator]

Definately keeping tabs on this thread.

Diggin' the pebbles with their little jackets

[EvolutionZ]

the taiwan moss on the pebbles are starting to show new lime green fronds!
i chose taiwan moss because they are very fast growing

[torque6]

I ordered a similar ada styled tank from weeyang this week. 30cube as well, been dechlorinating it for 2 days after a bleach to remove kerosine. Very simplistic and i must say much much cheaper than the ADA 2 thumbs up ! Great service from weeyang as well lol. He got a shock when i recognise him at N30.

Evo,
Looking forward to your creation , so this the dual tanks that you'll be spanning over 1x 2FT light hehehe. Actually, if you top up the soil in the new tank to the same level as your first tank, it will look better.

[EvolutionZ]

hi torque, yea, was told that ADA is using normal glass but just with thinner and lesser silicon... so might as well order from tank makers is so much cheaper.