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General look.
Life.
One Betta named Adodo.
Celebrates with home made cherry beer.
Water.
Bubble show.
General look.
Life.
One Betta named Adodo.
The cover.
Lights effects only with U R B A N LED BACK LIGHT.
LED Light for planted aquarium
U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW
My friend and I worked in the past six months
on that project, It was important for us to create
LED light fixture that is equivalent to a pair of
54 watt T5 high quality fluorescents.
We took into consideration the light wavelength
combination that will help create photosynthesis.
Optical components were integrated in order to
produce maximum light scattering in the water from
top and all the way down to the substrate.
A lot of thought were given to the practical
aspects so we designed 3 operational modes;
Mode 1- Main light
Main light includes 3 illuminations levels;
Low, Medium and High that will allow maximum
flexibility while one monitor the plants growth.
Illuminations levels also enable to easily create
the course of sunrise-Midday-sunset light as a
reflection of natural behavior of sun light in our planet.
Mode 2 - View
View mode can be very useful for general
inspection and maintenance at any time of the
day or the night, on top of that the View mode
will illuminate the aquarium in nice and bright
light and that can be also very helpful when
guests arrive to visit while the main light is off.
Mode 3 - Moonlight
Moonlight is integrated in the fixture.
General information
The LED light pushes at least 2,500 clean luminous
and power consumption is up to 45 watt, we also
install digital controller and the fixture is water proof
Length 122 cm, Width 4 cm, Height 2 cm.
General view of the LED fixture that is design for planted aquarium.
Light check.
Moonlight.
General view, the bowl is inside in order to measure the light.
LED Light for planted aquarium
U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW
My friend and I worked in the past six months
on that project, It was important for us to create
LED light fixture that is equivalent to a pair of
54 watt T5 high quality fluorescents.
We took into consideration the light wavelength
combination that will help create photosynthesis.
Optical components were integrated in order to
produce maximum light scattering in the water from
top and all the way down to the substrate.
A lot of thought were given to the practical
aspects so we designed 3 operational modes;
Mode 1- Main light
Main light includes 3 illuminations levels;
Low, Medium and High that will allow maximum
flexibility while one monitor the plants growth.
Illuminations levels also enable to easily create
the course of sunrise-Midday-sunset light as a
reflection of natural behavior of sun light in our planet.
Mode 2 - View
View mode can be very useful for general
inspection and maintenance at any time of the
day or the night, on top of that the View mode
will illuminate the aquarium in nice and bright
light and that can be also very helpful when
guests arrive to visit while the main light is off.
Mode 3 - Moonlight
Moonlight is integrated in the fixture.
General information
The LED light pushes at least 2,500 clean luminous
and power consumption is up to 45 watt, we also
install digital controller and the fixture is water proof
Length 122 cm, Width 4 cm, Height 2 cm.
General view of the LED fixture that is design for planted aquarium.
Light check.
Moonlight.
General view, the bowl is inside in order to measure the light.
Two weeks of system check-up only with water,
some fish and some plants were important.
The parcel.
The contents.
900 grams of Sagittaria subulata.
1.5 kilograms of Ludwigia repens x arcuata.
0.5 kilograms of Hydrocotyle verticillata or maybe Hydrocotyle leucocephala.
The teacher came to help with the full set-up,
he helped a lot at the final stage of the project
and I would like to share my deep appreciation
and gratitude for the knowledge he share.
Empty the water.
The curtain.
The lower substrate contain:
40% Peat PH4.8
30% Vermakolight 2/3 mm
10% Humus
At first we apply thin layer of 20% pumice.
The lower substrate go to the net pillows.
The net pillows in the water above the pumice.
Anubias petite go to the 'Pendulum Ball'.
Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia go to the 'Crinum Pillars'.
Microsorium SP & Microsorium narrow leaf go to the Cryptocoryne petchii "Chair".
After 18 months of preparations U R B A N AQUASCAPING is finally in the water,
14 species of plants are part of the set-up and that is important to the initial cycle as
well for monitor the new LED Light for planted aquarium U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
And now just visuals without translation.
Thank You all very much.
Flexibility is important.
Baby mangrove is been prepared to be set near the 'Mother'.
Piece of glass is attached for submerged the mangrove.
The 'Mother'.
Memorandum - The New Hydor Ario 4 House - Prototype 01.
Memorandum - The New Hydor Ario 4 House - Prototype 02.
Ario 4
Both models were tested under water for two weeks
and the I have decided to do as at the follow visuals.
Little piece of mangrove.
Cut.
Result.
Black quartz.
Bubble window.
The New Hydor Ario 4 House - Prototype 03.
The little piece of mangrove were design for
tying plants (in that case Java moss) but they
also play an aesthetic role and contribute to the
harmonic general view of U R B A N AQUASCAPING.
U R B A N AQUASCAPING
is about harmony between
Hardware and Software.
Hardware is done and now there is plenty of
work on the Software (Flexibility is important).
T H E . C H A R T
General information
Category: Planted lowtech.
Dimensions: 130x45x60 cm.
Current setup age: 50 days.
Aquarium volume: 351 Liter.
Aquarium volume Net: 210 Liter.
Brand: U R B A N AQUARIUM.
Water values
Water Type: Treated tap water.
Temperature: 26c.
Hardware
Substrate:
Lower substrate: 20% Pumice.
Mid substrate: 40% Peat PH4.8, 30% Vermakolight 2/3 mm, 10% Humus.
Upper substrate: 6 cm of black quartz.
Filterisation: Dubble RENA xP2.
Heating: Hydor External Heater 300 watt
Air pump: Hydor Ario 4, 10 minutes every one hour from 17:00-01:00.
Main Light: U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW - LED Light for planted aquarium.
Back Light: U R B A N LED BACK LIGHT - LED Light for light table effect.
Aquascaping: U R B A N AQUASCAPING
Software
Water change regime: 15% weekly.
Light regime: 8 hours.
Fertilization regime: Potassium & half quantity of Leaf Zone weekly.
Fauna
x9 Xiphophorus Hellerii / Swordtail.
x3 Poecilia reticulata / Guppy.
x3 White Poecilia / Molly.
x3 Ancistrus.
x6 Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon Axelrodi)
x1 Red Beta.
x1 Crossocheilus siamensis.
x1 Zebra Nerite Snail )Neritina natalensis sp. "Zebra"( a.k.a Tiger snail.
x1 Horned Nerite Snail )Clithon corona(.
x10 Neocaridina denticulata.
Flora
Some of them represent what I hope to achieve and some are temporary,
since above the aquarium you will find U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW
Proto-Tipe of an LED Light fixture for planted aquarium that my friend and
I build and it is equivalent to a pair of 54 watt T5 high quality fluorescents,
we find it important to monitor plants growth in order to understand the
efficiency of the fixture, enclosed the full list of the plants and the growth
progress that was made since the first day of the Setup (only 44 days).
01.
Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
Fast growth.
02.
Crypto wendtii
growth.
03.
Lileaopsis brasiliensis
Stable and very small growth.
04.
Echinodorus tenellus
Stable.
05.
Microsorium SP
Stable.
06.
Microsorium narrow leaf
Stable and very slow growth.
07.
Ludwigia repens x arcuata
Stable and very slow growth.
08.
Sagittaria subulata
Stable.
09.
Hydrocotyle verticillata or Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Stable and very slow growth.
10.
Anubias petite
Stable and very slow growth.
11.
Elodea nuttallii
Fast growth.
12.
Stringi moss
Fast growth.
13.
Vesicularia barbieri (Java moss)
Fast growth.
14.
Hygrophila polysperma
growth.
15.
Bacopa monnieri
Fresh planting, one week and Stable.
16.
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Fresh planting, one week and growth.
17.
Echinodorus cordifolius
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
18.
Pellia - Monosolenium tenerum
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
19.
Ceratophyllim drmersum
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
20.
Hygrophila polysperma Sunset
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
21.
Egeria najas
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
22.
Egeria densa
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW
Fresh leafs of Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia.
Fast growth with U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
Stringi moss.
Fast growth with U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
Elodea nuttallii.
Fast growth with U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
Ceratopteris thalictroides.
Fresh planting, one week and start to growth.
Floating Java moss.
Fast growth with U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
Anubias petite at the ''Pendulum ball'.
Stable and very slow growth with U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
Unidentified, identification will be welcome.
Stable growth with U R B A N LED NATURAL GROW.
Unidentified, identification will be welcome.
Fresh planting, no conclusion.
Water cooling with P.C.S*
Here in Israel it's get hot in summer, the most common way
to cool the aq' water is by installing fans in the "hood" but the
disadvantage is huge evaporation that can rich up to 400 Liter
per one month and aquarium fridge is too expensive for me.
Curent situation: 27C.
We need: 26C.
Aquarium volume: 350 Liter.
Aquarium volume Net: 220 Liter.
Cooling body.
Cooling core.
Water fall down at 10C.
Water fall down from 1 mm holes.
The fusion show.
Analoge thermometer.
Color effects from the cooling core.
The streams touch aquarium water at 20C.
After one hour the result is 26c.
How P.C.S* works
Simple 2 liter Take Away box that is sitting on
the center glass shelf, to that box I add frozen
water from the home freezer and it's work.
P.C.S* = Primitive Cooling System.
Dosing with P.D.S*
Two syringes of 60mL.
One black office folder.
White plastic bag.
Cut one syringe.
Wrap the other syringe.
Glue the measurement scale but with the white plastic
as the first layer so that the measurement will be clear.
After assembling it became clear that the first syringe
is unnecessary and uncomfortable so it much better to
create the measurement scale on the syringe itself.
Black hose.
Done and will be good for 12 dosing
of 5mL each, that is about 6 weeks.
System check just to be sure that aquarium water
won't dilute the clean fertilization that in the syringe.
P.D.S* = Primitive Dosing System.
4 month after setup
Little fish that were found in the filter during maintenance
after 3 month form initial setup, my young daughter ask me
to keep them for a while in a separate space until they will
grow a bit, after 2 weeks we put them back in the aquarium.
Water that were 15% yellow because of the Lower substrate
(Peat) became only 5% yellow after replacing the old and the
brown perlon with new and fresh one.
Floating & dynamic flowerbed
Black corrugated plastic sheet.
Create a hole.
The hole.
Strips.
Create a ring.
Glue a net.
Glue a gentle net.
Glue the ring.
Result.
Floating Checkup.
The anchor.
The floating & dynamic flowerbed is ready to
role with Hydrocotyle verticillata, Stringi moss
and Vesicularia barbieri (Java moss).
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