Je®vis 4FT PLANTED TANK

[illumnae]

lovely scape as usual jervis the stems look like they still need to grow in a little before your first trim to create more sideshoots.

[aquaSynthesis]

Side tracked a bit....

A100 to A350?

cool bro! Upz for alpha user...

[Jervis]

lovely scape as usual jervis the stems look like they still need to grow in a little before your first trim to create more sideshoots.

I trimmed them today to colonize more of the tank... I am addicted to red stems

[Jervis]

Side tracked a bit....

A100 to A350?

cool bro! Upz for alpha user...

Haha... you checked me out

Yeah it's a well justified upgrade as I use a DSLR almost on a daily basis. I love this new camera

[Jervis]

Time for some serious updating

What's new:

1. Added a 4ft (2 x 54W) Illumax for better coverage. I can finally achieve even illumination throughout the entire tank now.

2. Added/replaced some new plants in the foreground. I am running out of tanks to adopt those Swords

3. Trimmed and replanted some stem plants.

Alright... less talk more pix

[Jervis]

Here's a better angle to view my foreground... a combination of Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' (HC), Pogostemon helferi (Downoi) and highlights of Rotala sp. 'Pearl' as midground.



I really like this combination. Here's a closer shot.

[Jervis]

Really putting my new Sony Alpha 350's Live View to the test... extreme angle shot like this is so easy to capture... I don't even have to bend my back



It's a great feature

[Jervis]

Feeding time



What ya lookin' at?

[EvolutionZ]

wow.. beautiful pleco! and of course the photo was good too...

[blue33]

If you can tie some moss on the wood will definitely look much better, you can tie between the joint part, not the whole piece, especially the ugly part.

[route]

beautiful tank very well taken photos
love the red stem plants too!

[Verminator]

That will be one amazing forground once grown in. Downoi and HC - fantastic!

[fireblade]

really like the Downoi and HC combination!!
too bad got no luck with these 2 plants..
find that the red plants on the left is a bit disturbing.. maybe they are too tall?

[chaq]

Hi, Very nice tank and photos, which do you feel is better substrate system, dennerle or ada?

[blur2x]

Those are all old equipments bro... the few new equipments I bought specifically for this tank are:
1) Dennerle C.O. 400 Filter
2) ATI Sunpower T5 Fixture
3) 12" Clip-on Fan
4) Media and sponges

May I know where/how did you get the Dennerle C.O 400 filter? Thanks.

[Jervis]

wow.. beautiful pleco! and of course the photo was good too...

Thanks! Too bad these 2 don't mingle Each take a corner of the tank

If you can tie some moss on the wood will definitely look much better, you can tie between the joint part, not the whole piece, especially the ugly part.

Will consider that

beautiful tank very well taken photos
love the red stem plants too!

Thanks! Now I gotto find ways to maintain their redness

That will be one amazing forground once grown in. Downoi and HC - fantastic!

The HC pearl really nicely... glad I'd gotten the submerse form from Mizu

really like the Downoi and HC combination!!
too bad got no luck with these 2 plants..
find that the red plants on the left is a bit disturbing.. maybe they are too tall?

I think once the plants on the right side grow taller... the balance will improve. I intend to let all stems reach to the water surface... most probably

Hi, Very nice tank and photos, which do you feel is better substrate system, dennerle or ada?

That's a difficult question really... it's like choosing between BMW and Mercedes Benz

May I know where/how did you get the Dennerle C.O 400 filter? Thanks.

I got it from Polyart (a few shops away from C32... very old stock as Dennerle has already stopped production on this model I just bought it out of curiousity

[Verminator]

Mizu have submersed HC - i shall concider Mizu for when i get my plants for my 2ft. Most forms of HC i find here in UK seem to be emmersed and just melt on me. Even those direct from Tropica in Denmark

[blue33]

To get redness of the plant is pretty easy, starve your plant with phosphate and nitrate, before competition shoots, those people will starve their plant to get the extreme redness. Normally they dont do that to their plant before competition shoots.

[Jervis]

Mizu have submersed HC - i shall concider Mizu for when i get my plants for my 2ft. Most forms of HC i find here in UK seem to be emmersed and just melt on me. Even those direct from Tropica in Denmark

I believe so as they look really healthy after planting... I will take a pix tomorrow and you can decide from there

[Jervis]

To get redness of the plant is pretty easy, starve your plant with phosphate and nitrate, before competition shoots, those people will starve their plant to get the extreme redness. Normally they dont do that to their plant before competition shoots.

Yeah that's what I've been told... but I wonder how the "starving" will affect the other plants Maybe I can rely on some marine equipments... Fluidized Reactor running PO4 remover and Nitrate Reduction Reactor