Je®vis 4FT PLANTED TANK

**Jervis** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:31

Will post a FTS soon... meanwhile let's look at some familiar faces in a brand new "light"

The LED does bring out the colour of the fish pretty well.

My Anubias coffeefolia been inside my sump tank (with PL light) for months... hopefully it will do better in the main tank now

A hint of my new scape... Spiky moss clumsily tied to some old wood.

**blink_willie** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:33

That's plenty of savings there.Can't wait to see your new scape.

**EvolutionZ** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:33

though its clumsily tied.. it does bring out a natural effect.. great job jervis.

**Jervis** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:38

Originally Posted by blink_willie

That's plenty of savings there.Can't wait to see your new scape.

The savings don't stop there... 10 years worth of tubes changing... now that exceeds $1000 easily

**mkt** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:43

hi - did you get the oceanus brand LED or something else? How long have you had this LED for your planted tank?

Did you try this LED lights on your marinetank? Is it bright enought?
Does the light suffice to bring out the colors of the corals if you did?

appreciate your feedback

**Jervis** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:47

Originally Posted by mkt

hi - did you get the oceanus brand LED or something else? How long have you had this LED for your planted tank?

Did you try this LED lights on your marinetank? Is it bright enought?
Does the light suffice to bring out the colors of the corals if you did?

appreciate your feedback

Oh no! This cannot be the LumenAqua (by Oceanus)... coz it costs only 1/10 LumenAqua's price

Today is the third day... a few more weeks of testing is required.

Yes, I did put it over my marine tank for 2 mins... hate it! The whole tank looks yellow and my corals brown... they do not have the blue LEDs at the moment. Just white

**EvolutionZ** · 27th Nov 2008, 22:47

his led is from NA.. mr chan DIY it with atman light casing.

**Flowerhfanatic** · 27th Nov 2008, 23:08

hi jervis, so you bought this LED light from NA? can you pm me how much it cost? my intention is also to convert to moss tank that can survive on LED lighting... thanks!

**Jervis** · 27th Nov 2008, 23:44

Originally Posted by Flowerhfanatic

hi jervis, so you bought this LED light from NA? can you pm me how much it cost? my intention is also to convert to moss tank that can survive on LED lighting... thanks!

I have 2 fixtures:
2 tubes fixture = $210 (can add another tube later)
3 tubes fixture = $290

Right now it's still not entire proven... give me 6 weeks

**ghim** · 28th Nov 2008, 00:14

Glad to find someone using the same kind of LED lights.

For mine, most of the plants are doing pretty well. Will be posting on my 2ft tank soon.

Have you observe the light penetration and shadows? Most aquascapers are concern with flora which needs high lights. Would really like to see the impact on tanks with more than 1.5ft depth.

Tried the oceanus LED light(not the LumenAqua36), 1 tube of 2 ft LED cannot make it. Not even brighter than my 5w PL light.

For those who wants to get LED lights. Please make sure that the LED works on 230V, directly plug-in to the your power supply. Dont get those that are using 12V AC/DC adaptor. And the number of LED light bulbs Do make the difference.

Been surfing the web for other types of LED lights configuration. Saw 1 with 225 LEDs and arranged on 1ft x 1ft light set. Hopefully someone will bring this in.

**newtank** · 28th Nov 2008, 10:05

Originally Posted by Jervis

The Rotala wallichii is growing quite nicely

Can someone help ID the pinkish tip stem on the left?

The UG is not growing too well... probably acclimatizing to the submerse environment

That's all for tonight.

Jervis,

would you let me know what is the plant at the bottom left hand corner, the ones with the broad leaves. Is this an Echinodorous? I have been looking for such short plants with broad leaves for my mid ground.

thanks

**Jervis** · 28th Nov 2008, 20:13

Originally Posted by newtank

would you let me know what is the plant at the bottom left hand corner, the ones with the broad leaves. Is this an Echinodorous? I have been looking for such short plants with broad leaves for my mid ground.

Hygrophila corymbosa 'Compact'

**Jervis** · 28th Nov 2008, 20:14

My latest FTS

Still not entirely happy with a lot of things... will improve slowly.

What do you guys think?

**sfk7** · 29th Nov 2008, 10:48

very ADA!!

Changed to sandy foreground huh?... bitten by corydoras bug too jervis?

**Jervis** · 29th Nov 2008, 10:53

Originally Posted by sfk7

very ADA!!

Changed to sandy foreground huh?... bitten by corydoras bug too jervis?

I guess I can't deny that fact... been trying very hard to be the opposite of ADA in my previous scape and ended up with "Rojak" and "jungle"

It's not really a sandy foreground. It's still Dennerle crystal quartz but the previous sand bed was too messy after all the uprooting

Cory bug? Emm... so far still haven't seen any that excites me

**EvolutionZ** · 29th Nov 2008, 12:59

corydoras panda... get 50 for this tank!

**WiNd08** · 1st Dec 2008, 11:24

i like the new setup !

maybe some e. tenellus on the left foreground?

OH, i think you need more fish.. like congo tetras.. they look so lonely

hinting

**Jervis** · 7th Dec 2008, 19:18

Time for an update.

First of all I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the bro who's suppose to adopt my 3 Discus... a sudden change of mind canceled the deal and he was very understanding and graceful.

Did a minor rescape to this tank yesterday. What I did was to push some brown sand towards the back between 2 branches. Hoping that by doing so, the path can add depth and interest to the scape.