new office tank

[swish]

IMG_0027.JPGIMG_0064.JPGafter stopping the hobby for 3 years i just set up this office tank for my brother.

[Weiyo!]

your tanks looks huge, your office can out such a big tank?

[edw7636]

Really nice. And welcome back to the hobby. Hope you can contribute helping those new in the hobby

[magpie]

Is the tank seated on a marble table?

[swish]

nope its not marble its a customised cabinet. the tank is only 3.5ft length, 1ft width and 1.5ft height. its a 2 way looking tank hence need to becareful of the scape.

[magpie]

Nice setup.

[tiongleong]

Very nice..

[swish]

thanks. now i am wondering if anyway i can force my plants to bubble. i do know they will only bubble when O2 is saturated, just wondering what can i do

[theludicrous]

pearling usually occurs when the lights are strong enough right?

[swish]

my lights are strong enough, 4 X PL light i bought from nature aquarium. think its 36w if i am not wrong. the plants will pearl if oxygen is saturated in the tank hence excess oxygen makes it visible.

[theludicrous]

so you need to make the oxygen saturated, does adding fish help?

[gryphon]

Nice scape.
I thought it is to add CO2 and strong lights so that the plants will pearl O2 out

[theludicrous]

Oh, I'm not sure myself.

[felix_fx2]

my lights are strong enough, 4 X PL light i bought from nature aquarium. think its 36w if i am not wrong. the plants will pearl if oxygen is saturated in the tank hence excess oxygen makes it visible.

The co2 & o2 given off by the plants are not taken (or rather dissolved) in the water fast enough. That Is when bubbling/pearling occur.

More likely to occur when people enrich water with co2. (this is the part making the water saturated)

[swish]

yes that is why i am thinking what to do to make everything dissolve fast enough. maybe i need to change a diffuser, but it looks neat as its small.