Reply With Quotewhao how much water do you have to top-up daily due to evaporation?
My first ADA cube garden 45x24x30 planted tank.
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whao how much water do you have to top-up daily due to evaporation?
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Is the fan DIYed? or ready made?
I tested even 1 fan or 5 fans made no different. The lowest is 27C and the evaporation rate is about 5 mm per day.Originally Posted by boxedfish
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Hi,
Looks very zen, I am inspired to start something similar
Can advise on the lighting, ferts, temp, CO2, lighting hours. etc?
Decided on planted tank for now
DIY
5 pieces 80mm PC fans, see below close-up photo.
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I love the simple and zen looking tank. The challenge is how to keep and maintain water clean and clear. It looks peaceful.
Tank setup details:
Hardware
Tank: ADA Cube Garden L (45x24x30cm)
Soil: ADA Amazonia (normal type)
Rock: From China
filtration: Eheim 2213
CO2: JBJ CO2 soleniod (0.5 bubble per second)
Cooling unit: DIY 5 pcs 80mm PC fan (~ 27c)
Lighting : Zoinc 16W x 2 (14 hours)
Liquid Fertilizer : ADA Brighty K, ADA Step2, Seachem Flourish excel
Water conditioner: Bioearth
Change water 30% every two days
The flora
Japanese Hairgrass short
Normal Hairgrass Long
10 Crystal Red Shrimp
10 Sakaue Shrimp
4 Amano shrimp
2 Oto
5 clithon retropictus
Last edited by Star-flog; 9th Nov 2009 at 15:54.
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Nice lawn! Thinking of adding some other taller plants?
Mind to share how you attach your fan set to to tank/light?
Thanks for the advice, I was hoping that normal hairgrass to grow taller but it was not successful.
I use 4 thin wire for fan to an angle and 2 wire to hang the lightset. See photo
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look like Australia Uluru - Ayers Rock
Thanks for sharing, your fans looks like floating in mid light at first sight, well done. haha.
hmm.. Probably you might like to try some E. tenellus.
They are taller and should grow bronze / red under your setup.
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That is because of lack of rich CO2. But you have to watch out for your CRS once you increase the CO2.You also must trim the HG often to stimulate the growth.
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heehee one fan save more electricity compared to 5 fans?
is your
Lighting : Zoinc 16W x 2 (14 hours)
The AquaZonic? you bought from NA?
your lightning on for 14 hours non-stop ? any algae problems?
Look very similar..look like Australia Uluru - Ayers Rock
Thanks for the input and will consider this plant.
It can be the reason why hairgrass did grow tall, my co2 only 0.5 bubble per second.That is because of lack of rich CO2. But you have to watch out for your CRS once you increase the CO2.
Actually 1 PC fan only consume DC 12V, not a lot. Reason for using 5 fans is easy to balance and hang it. Also like the LED effect especially at night. Thanks
Thanks. It's AquaZonic from NA. Difficult to find 1.5ft light set elsewhere.
Thanks. I on the light from 9am to 11pm non-stop. Algae problem not so obvious.
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Actually you just need one fan but placing at breath direction instead of the length direction, result would be better and save electricity.
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How long have you been using the light for 14hour non stop? mine got 2 spoil after using for 8hour+
Last edited by Simon; 11th Nov 2009 at 11:43.
nice zen scape. any pics of your fauna? i can't seem to spot any fauna in your pictures..
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