My Outdoor setup

[Ahxren]

Bro... For glosso, would 15.72 watt LED light for a 1 foot tank be alright? I have spiky moss and hair grass inside..

[felix_fx2]

If you need help with solar powered,battery powered or hamster powered filter for your out door tank
give me a ring,i would be happy to help.

If need i whatsapp you lor... but for now... the tanks have been pretty happy.

how often you do waterchange ?

very seldom have actual water change once matured, since i use tank water to water my plants. Everyday i can use around 2-3% water even more when i wash the floor.

Bro... For glosso, would 15.72 watt LED light for a 1 foot tank be alright? I have spiky moss and hair grass inside..

which led is that?how many watt per LED? For those running mw rating i don't think will grow nice carpet.

btw, does your setup have anything to do with mine anot? i see no link.........

[Ahxren]

Aquazonic 27cm. 10X1.5W plus 3 x 0.24w..

What do you mean by running mw rating?

Well, my setup does not have anything in common but because I am thinking of carpeting plants.. So your glosso interest me..

[felix_fx2]

Long time did not want to update.
had some changes, tried some new challenges...swapped all to more matching tanks.

This are not the latest pictures. backdated October 2013

Tank 1 (Play scape tank 6 weeks after setup)

Foreground: Brazilian Micro Sword (Lilaeopsis brasiliensis)
Midground/Slope holder 1: Staurogyne sp
Background/Slope Holder 2: Ludwigia beprives
Background: Echinodorus Vesuvius
Floater: Water Lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes)

Tank 2 (Submerged farm)

Plant list:HC, APP,Nana+Javafern on dw,Glosso,Echinodorus Vesuvius, Cabomba, Staurogyne sp, Ludwigia beprives, Test tub of Micranthemum umbrosum + unknown emersed plant, Hydrocotyle sp
Floater: salvinia natans


Tank 3: Livestock breeding tank (Decided to decom as of mid january 2014, due to major neglect, now become testing scape 2)

Glosso, Ludwigia beprives
Floater: Frogbits


Tank 4: Scape

Plant (Front to back):APP, staurogyne sp green, Japonica, Cabomba, Cryptocoryne wendtii, some nana on DW
Floater: salvinia natans

Note: APP did not thrive in the conditions, the tank above showed better results. Removed them all already.. added more staurogyne


Emerse farm 1

Plants (left to right): JHG, Glosso, Glosso, Hydrocotyle sp
Thanks to qngwn for JHG


Emerse farm 2

Plants: Brazilian Micro Sword (Lilaeopsis brasiliensis) pot 1 & pot 2, HC (Hemianthus callitrichoides) pot 3


Plastic Tubs section

HC, Micranthemum umbrosum
HC, HC
Ludwigia beprives
Hairgrass
Barcopa
HC (above compost maker in extreme right)
Compost maker (I stopped buying soil, now is recycle the endless amouth of floating plants that i stopped posting for FOC LOL)





Thank you for viewing this long thread.

RIP, Dear mighty Catus that poke me numerous times. Fate has brought you to fall and give way to future plans

[qngwn]

jhg... and the riccia nightmare..

[Dodofish]

Wow i will like to have a neighbour like you. Free greenery view, free fertile water for my plant and free plants.

Any open house coming up?

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[KilliNewbie]

Tell us when u have ur hands full ! Would love to take some off you haha

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[bennyc]

Wa see your photos, then i really see you are really "farmer". Your scale is no kidding. Extreme impress!

[Adrain]

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This is my share of my outdoor tank!
Just plain gravel with some ferns tied on driftwood and frogbits.
Garden pebble and slates as decor.
Housing 4 pearl gourami and 10 mosquito fish.
No filter no pump.


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[cherabin]

Fantastic pictures. Is the brazilian micro sword faring well in the low-tech tank?

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[Adrain]

Just a simple tank for easy maintainence cause of Hectic army schedule.


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[KilliNewbie]

How do u not get algae in outdoor tanks ? I always end up with the whole tank filled with algaes of different kind

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[felix_fx2]

Wow i will like to have a neighbour like you. Free greenery view, free fertile water for my plant and free plants.

Any open house coming up?

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Can come up when ever i am at home.
My accommodation very humble, only stools & 3 in 1 coffee.

Wa see your photos, then i really see you are really "farmer". Your scale is no kidding. Extreme impress!

Then when you coming up drink 3 in 1 coffee. I just passed some MS to qngwn, with my catus down... no choice but to expand further (LOL)

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1390616265.049423.jpg
This is my share of my outdoor tank!
Just plain gravel with some ferns tied on driftwood and frogbits.
Garden pebble and slates as decor.
Housing 4 pearl gourami and 10 mosquito fish.
No filter no pump.

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That looks wonderful Adrain. Looks like you keep it on top of shoe cabinet?
"Bo chup" tank always the best

Fantastic pictures. Is the brazilian micro sword faring well in the low-tech tank?

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it's not out competing hair algae too well, but is easily maintained with a tooth brush since they root well. The absence of co2 makes alot of difference in growth rate.

How do you not get algae in outdoor tanks ? I always end up with the whole tank filled with algaes of different kind

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There IS algae, mostly hair algae.
GSA is a indicator of sorts to me, means off balance.

Limit the light is the easiest method. Lower intensity, Cover the direct path light takes.
The farms i been to grow plants under some netting for the same reason.

I am not as pro as farms, i never will be.. so i have a company of algae eaters... 5 x sae , 7-8 yamato big & fat fat now, maybe around 200-300 malayan & cherry (they also serve as food source due to my super random feeding habbits)

[KilliNewbie]

Kids from next door always messes with my tank altho freq complains to their parents

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[Dodofish]

Stools with 3-in-1 coffee is very good hospitality already!

[Dodofish]

Kids from next door always messes with my tank altho freq complains to their parents

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Maybe you can put a signboard, my fishes may BITE!

[AQMS]

Kids from next door always messes with my tank altho freq complains to their parents

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You can put signage, like what i stick on my tank... which is indoor by the way.
i can share it with you....

[felix_fx2]

Kids from next door always messes with my tank altho freq complains to their parents

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The kids from the other end of my block come see every now and then, another toddler everyday must go over... he says.. fish fish...
The worse was some idiot throw sweet wrapper...

Stools with 3-in-1 coffee is very good hospitality already!

Maybe you can put a signboard, my fishes may BITE!

I am ok, but seldom got folks come over.. no fate haha.
It's amazing when door to door sales women come by.... WHA like botanic garden ar... "looks at inside* wha like SEA aquarium arr... (and i think that was really noob LOL)

You can put signage, like what i stick on my tank... which is indoor by the way.
i can share it with you....

After put signage I can install IP cam and record to my NAS.. better idea... LOL...
Since already have 1 in the house

[wongwong]

wa respect Brother Felix!!! we group of 3 go visit can?

No need 3 in 1 coffee and stool. we will jut quietly see finish then go home~

[Adrain]

I used tetra brand algae remover and it works wonders for green water. Algae wise I just have a normal pleco in it.


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