Office space planted nano concept.

[Rcguerra]

The lights that come with the tank are completely disposable.

The tank is not 12", but use the Finnex Fugeray pictured below as a guideline: 12" lights most likely can be used, the LEDs will be facing the inside of the tank.



The glass is awesome, everyrhing else is cheap-looking. The stand is a loose pease of lifht plastic, the pump is very tiny, all the plastic parts seem to be "budget version".

I will keep the tank, but I will modify things. Might even consider a classy wood stand for it.


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[Brookster123]

You guys have been busy here.. I like the column look! I think that baby could win an award with an eseries. . Nice dw with moss climbing top to bottom and a lush hc carpet..

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[Rcguerra]

Not sure if HC carpet can survive with my tendency to neglect daily glut doses, but we can work on something...

This is far from perfect: I neither have room to remove the cartridge to clean the filters nor have space to flip the light up. This tank could be 3 inches shorter and would be perfect for my desk.

It also is about one inch higher than ideal in regards of the lights and my eye level. Take a look at these pictures:

My eye level:


If I spend all day with the Yogi posture:



I am still considering keeping it. Lets see if the concept expands during the day or if I will replace it with the shorter non-columnar version with less water volume.


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[Rcguerra]

For a better view:



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[Brookster123]

Check this out guys..

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[Rcguerra]

I am keeping the tank. Once a month I can remove the entire shelf to reach the back if necessary, or I can slide the tank forward. This is not happening weekly, so it will be fine.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

For a better view:
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It certainly looks nice setup on the desk like that! Especially after seeing the plastic underside of where that LED is, which looked a little on the cheap side. But setup, it looks much much better.

 

[Rcguerra]

Or




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[Fishperson]

I don't know they are both very cool looking! I guess the second one just because the first looks a bit too big like it might crowd the tank. I'm assuming the green box is the tank dimensions?

I guess the piece that suits best depends on which plants you plan on having.

 

[Rcguerra]

The green perimeter is the area of the tank.

I really like the more robust one, but it would really crowd the base, not allowing me to have some more plant diversity.


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[Brookster123]

I'd trim the bigger one and make a moss tree out of it!

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[jaketetra28]

I'd trim the bigger one and make a moss tree out of it!

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^^ that would look really cool


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[Rcguerra]

The tree concept was in my mind too, but I want an asian biotope with less maintenance. I don't want anybody thinking that the tank is time consuming, otherwise I might be the victim of some kind of witch-hunt.


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[Sk3lly]

I prefer the second one. Would look great covered in fissedens moss


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[Rcguerra]

Here's the coupon code for the light.
"get 10% off your first purchase on lights with coupon code: tptlightclub2014"

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[Brian_Nano12g]

What? There has to be a mistake. Did you message them?

 

[Rcguerra]

I did message them. In the meantime, I am reading that for the 16" depth of this tank, the PAR that I am getting with most of the LEDs is quite minimum to do some "high tech" stuff.

LED Lighting Compendium

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Where do you see the e-Series in that thread? At 18" the fixture gets 60 PAR, and 12" it gets 105. So at 16", minus 2 to 3" in substrate depth, it's pretty safe to assume you can get 80+ PAR at 100% intensity ... which is high light. Luckily, these LEDs are dimmable because with that much light, it'll take more work to balance. I'd dim the lights a bit since it's at work.

http://www.ecoxotic.com/community/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/E_Series_Technical-Specification.jpg

 

[Rcguerra]

My bad, I saw a different Ecoxotic (not the e-series).

I am still waiting on their reply. In the meantime, is there anything bad about the Kessil line?

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Not sure.. never used them. But I hardly think twice anymore for any lighting that's not dimmable or color changeable without RGBs. LOL