Je®vis 2009 Competition Tank

[Jervis]

Decided to use a CO2 reactor this time round to achieve a better CO2 dissolving rate... but of course, it's debatable



Riccia fluitans is reacting to the CO2 quite immediately



I added a black piece of paper behind and it looks better Will go get a thin piece of matte black plastic this weekend.

[Jervis]

Coming along wonderfully. Certainly got me hooked on this thread

Pleasure to have you tagging along

[JadeIceGreen]

I have never seen that hydor inlet before, looks like it works very well. Hehe.

The good thing about a external CO2 is one less equipment (CO2 diffuser) in the tank so that is a good thing. And I bet it is as good as a diffuser or better, unless you are like me, I love pretty CO2 bubbles..

Which Lily pipe model is that bro? For 60cm? And what filter are you using for this tank?

[ghim]

This CO2 reactor is good. Cause I am using it too. Please fill it up to 3/4. Water level will drop when CO2 is injected. 3/4 full is to ensure that all the pipes are in the water.

Black definitely looks nice.

[WiNd08]

love the sandy bed !

i guess corydoras are a no-no ! or else they'll mix all your sand and ADA gravels together!

[Jervis]

This CO2 reactor is good. Cause I am using it too. Please fill it up to 3/4. Water level will drop when CO2 is injected. 3/4 full is to ensure that all the pipes are in the water.

Black definitely looks nice.

I didn't fill it up to 3/4 A little too much work to fill up now but all the pipes are submerge... so it should work fine. But I do find this gadget to reduce the canister flow very significantly

[Jervis]

My pH is a little low I guess it's normal for new ADA soil

[Jervis]

love the sandy bed !

i guess corydoras are a no-no ! or else they'll mix all your sand and ADA gravels together!

The beautiful sandy bottom is already quite messy without any fish Guess I will have to perform some cleaning up... and to flatten the sand properly before final photoshoot

[Jervis]

Completed the Taiwan moss barrier and planted the Glossostigma behind the moss. I hope the Glosso can quickly cover the planting area within the next 2 weeks... need to introduce my usual steroid

[oblivion]

Completed the Taiwan moss barrier and planted the Glossostigma behind the moss. I hope the Glosso can quickly cover the planting area within the next 2 weeks... need to introduce my usual steroid

the tying of your little moss ball clumps looks pretty neat!
a man of art definitely does it better eh

can i ask you to tie little moss balls for me in future???

[vwsj84]

Wow... I like that idea of using biohome to tie ur moss... very innovative ! May I have your permission to copy?

[Jervis]

Wow... I like that idea of using biohome to tie ur moss... very innovative ! May I have your permission to copy?

Go ahead and have fun It's really not as difficult as it seems, in fact I find it easier to tie as it's just running the wire round-and-round

[JadeIceGreen]

Jervis, how are you going to clean the sand?
Looks like the CO2 mixer is good for people who wants to slow down their flow rate.

[Jervis]

Jervis, how are you going to clean the sand?
Looks like the CO2 mixer is good for people who wants to slow down their flow rate.

I will have to figure out... for sure I can't siphon the detritus/dead leaves out Will share with you guys once I manage to find an effective way in handling that.

There are other ways to slow your flow rate, but a CO2 reactor is neater (inside the tank) but messier (outside the tank) as you will have additional rubber pipings

[mordrake]

Jervis, another 1st for you... biohome moss!

[Jervis]

Which Lily pipe model is that bro? For 60cm? And what filter are you using for this tank?

I'm using P-6 (13mm) brought back from Japan. It is suitable for tank up to 3ft I believe

[Jervis]

Performed my first 30% water change this morning



The next water change will be next Monday.

The freshly cured tap water is almost 3 pH higher than my tank water That's why it's important to introduce the new water slowly to avoid pH shock

[Jervis]

Jervis, another 1st for you... biohome moss!

I was just lazy to look for small stone and stealing a few biohome from my 4ft sump tank is very convenient

Anyway I implemented another new idea this morning (well... it's a new idea to me at least).

I needed some rooting plants at the sandbed but I can't possibly plant them into the sand... so I came up with this idea of having small transparent planter containers



I filled it up with ADA Powersand and ADA Amazonia II Powder

Pushed it into the sandbed and cover with moss



Hope this method will work well

[Jervis]

If this method works... it will offer me much greater flexibility in terms of moving the "planter boxes" around. Perhaps an entire tank can be implemented using this method



I need to give it a sexy Japanese name

[mordrake]

if it works, you need to drink more chicken essence lor.