ADA Cube Garden - 60P - 11-29-07 update - Page 2 - Aquarium Advice

rkilling1 · 08-25-2007, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Zezmo

A fellow SFBAAPS member had him over to his house before the presentation, which gave us a nice opportunity to meet one on one and talk about aquascaping with rocks.

And just the other day I had Karen Randall over for dinner and we just talked about plants. :P (I wish)

Can't wait for the scape to come together. I can't wait for more pics.

Zezmo · 08-25-2007, 02:07 PM

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And just the other day I had Karen Randall over for dinner and we just talked about plants.

She is a very nice lady, we had a chance to talk last year at the AGA convention. With her knowledge and experience in our hobby, she offers some very keen insight into what makes a "good" scape. She, along with Ole Pedersen and Dorothy Reimer, were the judges at the Iron Aquascaping contest.

Thanks for all the input on the rocks. They arrangement is pretty much settled in, with only maybe some minor adjustments. The other pictures were taken with my cell phone. Not bad for a phone, but I decided to take my real camera to work Friday and snap a few shots.

Front:

Above:

Here are some detail shots of each Rock. I really like the colors on these stones.
Front Rock: This one has a nice green crystal formation.

Left Rock: This one has some very colorful nodes all over it.

Main rock (right): This one just has a lot of character.

The filter is one the way, it is going to be a Eheim Ecco Comfort Canister Filter- 2234, with a Hydor ETH 200 In-Line Heater-200 W for the heater.
I have also started to plan the plant scape, the hard part, as always is limiting myself to only a couple plant types instead of stuffing it with every plant I like.

**Devilishturtles** · 08-25-2007, 02:30 PM

Very, very nice.

newfound77951 · 08-26-2007, 09:24 PM

Looks great, now get some water in that thing and get planting!

The rock in the back left almost looks like a dinosaur skull, very cool.

WaterPond · 08-26-2007, 10:41 PM

OMGosh! Dorothy Reimer! what an amazing lady. She is actually the founder of my aquarium club.

Good luck with the scape, i cant wait to see some green

Zezmo · 09-20-2007, 06:08 PM

Well It took me the better part of two months to finish this tank. But it is finally all together. Since I planned it to be low maintenance, it will prolly tanke a good 3-5 months for it all to fill in.

These were taken with my cell phone, I will bring my camera to work in a couple weeks when things begin to fill in.
After planting:

Left:

Rocks Closeup:

I got the last of my plants in yesterday. Here is the finished tank.
Office Lights off:

Office lights on:

Plants:
Crytpocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Lobelia cardinalis "Small form"
Pogostemon helferi "Downoi"

I also have some red rooted floater (Phylanthis fluitans) in there temporarily, just to hold off algae until the other plants settle in.

Hardware:
ADA 60p "mist"
Nova Extreme T-5 Fixture 24" Freshwater (48w)
Aqua Soil - Amazonia (12 liters) - Normal
Power Sand Special-S (2 liters)
Natural "local" Volcanic Rocks
Hydor ETH 201 In-Line Heater-200 W
Eheim Ecco Comfort Canister Filter- 2234
Smith CO2/Argon regulator
5lb CO2 Bottle
STC Needle Valve
Generic Glass Diffusor w/ built in bubble counter
Digital Timer

rich311k · 09-20-2007, 08:15 PM

Nice, that is going to be a great tank.

Jchillin · 09-20-2007, 09:08 PM

Nice, I see the finished product already. Keep the updates coming.

travis simonson · 09-25-2007, 12:51 AM

You're off to an excellent start

C. parva and P. helferi will certainly make for a low-maintenance aquascape. I've been considering C. parva for a foreground because it is such a slow-grower but I've never seen a good example of it used this way (until now

). I'm anxious to see how your tank looks after things grow in.

And the iwagumi rock placement looks perfect to me - off center, three rocks, largest in the rear, tilted just right - very natural. Nice work Zezmo

Zezmo · 11-30-2007, 02:10 AM

This tank is really filling in nicely. I replaced the Nova Extreme T-5, with a Satellite Dual 2x 65w CF. It has the stock Current lights, a dual daylight bulb, and a dual actinic. The actinic is mostly for after hours viewing.

I also build a light box on the back. It is lit with 60 blue LED's, a strand of x-mas lights. They are in a 3x20 pattern at the bottom.

08-26-2007, 10:41 PM	#15
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	OMGosh! Dorothy Reimer! what an amazing lady. She is actually the founder of my aquarium club. Good luck with the scape, i cant wait to see some green __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

09-20-2007, 09:08 PM	#18
Jchillin Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY (The Big Apple) Posts: 12,970 Images: 47	Nice, I see the finished product already. Keep the updates coming. __________________ _________________________________

09-25-2007, 12:51 AM	#19
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	You're off to an excellent start C. parva and P. helferi will certainly make for a low-maintenance aquascape. I've been considering C. parva for a foreground because it is such a slow-grower but I've never seen a good example of it used this way (until now ). I'm anxious to see how your tank looks after things grow in. And the iwagumi rock placement looks perfect to me - off center, three rocks, largest in the rear, tilted just right - very natural. Nice work Zezmo __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

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Zezmo Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,112 Images: 14	Well It took me the better part of two months to finish this tank. But it is finally all together. Since I planned it to be low maintenance, it will prolly tanke a good 3-5 months for it all to fill in. These were taken with my cell phone, I will bring my camera to work in a couple weeks when things begin to fill in. After planting: Left: Rocks Closeup: I got the last of my plants in yesterday. Here is the finished tank. Office Lights off: Office lights on: Plants: Crytpocoryne parva Cryptocoryne retrospiralis Lobelia cardinalis "Small form" Pogostemon helferi "Downoi" I also have some red rooted floater (Phylanthis fluitans) in there temporarily, just to hold off algae until the other plants settle in. Hardware: ADA 60p "mist" Nova Extreme T-5 Fixture 24" Freshwater (48w) Aqua Soil - Amazonia (12 liters) - Normal Power Sand Special-S (2 liters) Natural "local" Volcanic Rocks Hydor ETH 201 In-Line Heater-200 W Eheim Ecco Comfort Canister Filter- 2234 Smith CO2/Argon regulator 5lb CO2 Bottle STC Needle Valve Generic Glass Diffusor w/ built in bubble counter Digital Timer

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Zezmo Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,112 Images: 14	This tank is really filling in nicely. I replaced the Nova Extreme T-5, with a Satellite Dual 2x 65w CF. It has the stock Current lights, a dual daylight bulb, and a dual actinic. The actinic is mostly for after hours viewing. I also build a light box on the back. It is lit with 60 blue LED's, a strand of x-mas lights. They are in a 3x20 pattern at the bottom.