Office space planted nano concept.

[Brookster123]

I've heard good things about the Kessel line.. only negative would be they emit a low hum from the fan.. in a quiet office setting it could either blend in with computer fans or eat away at you until you are sent into a murderous rage..

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[Rcguerra]

Hmm, I would have to hear that before making a decision.

Man, I really can't believe this: all I want is a high intensity, 80+ PAR @14" deep LED (or, at this point, even CFL or whatever) and there is nothing out there. Someone, please take my money and give me the goodies!


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[Brookster123]

The Kessel seems like a good fit...

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[Brian_Nano12g]

LOL.. are you looking at the PAR chart on the diagram I just linked to? It looks like 80 PAR at 14"

 

[Rcguerra]

But that one is not available, nobody answers their phone number and I sent the e-mail to them about 20 hours ago.


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[Brian_Nano12g]

Well.. You can order it from marinedepot or Dr. Fosters if that's the case.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=28436

 

[Rcguerra]

Done!

Substrate and plants now?

Thank you Brian and everyone else involved.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Well since it's a pico nano tank, small substrate might be nice. Something like ADA aqua soil "power type," or fluval shrimp stratum, or up aqua shrimp sand.

On Dr. Fosters, there's a new substrate from Brightwell that's suppose to be good.

Sand might look good for foreground.

 

[Rcguerra]

I am thinking black sand for the foreground with some rivery gravel near the centerpiece and around the perimeter where the long background plants are. I might be able to sketch something in a moment.


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[Rcguerra]

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[Rcguerra]

Short: Blixa
Medium: ludwigia cuba or rotala rotundifolia
Not sure what to use as the really long plants for the background.


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[Fishperson]

Perhaps bacopa or ammania bonsai?

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Here's some inspirational scapes:

 

[Brookster123]

That rot rot is going to overtake mid ground under that much light.. what about ar? Nice reds there..

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[Rcguerra]

Alternanthera reineckii?

 

[Brookster123]

Yah, not mini, i got it at petsmart.

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[Brian_Nano12g]

I'd try to go with small leaf structure plants to help with scale. Hemianthus micranthemoides would be a nice background, it looks like a small rotala green. AR mini and/or S. Repens midground. Marsilea crenata or minuta. Narrow leaf chain sword. Lots of mosses.

 

[Rcguerra]

Under highlight: doesn't the plant you suggest for background end up carpeting?


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[Brian_Nano12g]

It might. It's always grown upward for me. Guess I'm always at medium light.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Here's how HM looked in my 6g (left side). As you can see, it can be trimmed into a nice round bush. The small leaf structure and bright green color makes this one of my favorite.