Experimental 1ft Tank

[zoombee]

I am trying out a HC lawn using the emersed method.

Tank : 30cm x 20cm x 30cm (Braceless ADA Styled Silicon by Davidsws)
Substrate : GEX (Red Package)

[vurbul]

How many watts of lights you have there? I'm trying this method too. Really slow.

[Shadow]

you can put it under direct sun light (or much higher wattage) to speed it up and you can also put cover on top to reduce evaporation.

[zoombee]

direct sunlight will it dry the silicon of the tank? i am worried about that..thats why i did not deploy that method..any advice as i could be wrong

[Shadow]

good point, no idea

So how about double your light? My experience growing HC emerse, it is slow starter.

[EvolutionZ]

i try growing emmersed. using BOYU 18watt single tube.. they creep pretty fast IMO.

[zoombee]

my lights is 20w PL...let me experiment and see how it goes lol...by the way whats the duration you guys keep your lights on?

[torque6]

very nice 30cube tank, david did a very good job. How much did you pay for it?

[zoombee]

very nice 30cube tank, david did a very good job. How much did you pay for it?

2 red red man

[EvolutionZ]

bro.. i think thats 20w FL.. this lighting tube is not straight one.. its something like a ball one right?

[torque6]

2 red red man

wa, so cheap, tanks like this cannot find in LFS, all curved at the 2 frontal sides, cannot stand them as they make angel shots distorted. I will give him a call once my nano iwagumi tank matures.

[zoombee]

wa, so cheap, tanks like this cannot find in LFS, all curved at the 2 frontal sides, cannot stand them as they make angel shots distorted. I will give him a call once my nano iwagumi tank matures.

he is the man behind all my tanks its good price and workmanship

yup its 20w spiral bulb

[zoombee]

bro...how much did you spend for the light? care to pm me the infos? thx man..

light i spend one red note at polyart

light i spend one red note at polyart

btw how long you guys turn on your lights? i only on for 4hours enough?

[EvolutionZ]

for HC i think best around 8 hours.

[zoombee]

i noticed quite a handful of the hc turned brown or black like dying...anything wrong with my setup? i mist the tank twice a day and 8hours of light (4hours with 4hours break follow by another 4hours)

[EvolutionZ]

bro, dun need any break.. just let the 8 hours run through...

[torque6]

I running lights with breaks as well, though I'm not sure whether its really effective.

[zoombee]

Update on my HC growth. Is it consider very slow? I am doing 8 hours lighting and tank is cover by clear cooking wraps to retain moisture.
quite abit of them have melted too. anything I have done wrong?


before



10 days after (today)

[torque6]

Hmm, rate is pretty slow. Theres was someone trying this method as well but his HC melted too, failed project. It is possible 12w not enough.

Evo,
I remembered you using 2x 9W for a HC setup? Can confirm ?

[zoombee]

Hmm, rate is pretty slow. Theres was someone trying this method as well but his HC melted too, failed project. It is possible 12w not enough.

Evo,
I remembered you using 2x 9W for a HC setup? Can confirm ?

my light is 20w bro