ADA Mini-S, the black rock [Lesson Learned]

Storm_Rider · 04-16-2007, 06:06 PM

how did you get the crypt out without disturbing everything else and clouding the water?

kzr750r1 · 04-16-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Storm_Rider

how did you get the crypt out without disturbing everything else and clouding the water?

You don't in most respects.

Go real slllloooowwww, but it will still kick up some crud.

Sweet tank BTW! Like the rock!

Yzmxer99 · 04-16-2007, 08:22 PM

D.gilly

Oh dear lord. I'll tell yah, that something I didn't know. Oh well. If the crypts sprout up form the roots it will be off to the swap and shop.

EdTheEdge Yup, it's obsideon. I got it from Thompson building supply in torrance Ca. Cheap too.

Storm_Rider Like kzr750r1 said, I pulled it up real........ slow. There was a little cloud, but not to bad. The filter took care of it quickly The picture was about 2 minutes after it got pulled, so you can see it wasn't to bad. I'm still worried that I'm going to cycle the tank a bit, so its getting a water change later.

kzr750r1Thanks! Glad you liked the rock, just trying to do something different. Everyone does the ADA rocks japanese style, but I'm trying to pull in elements from my local region. Plus it was a boatload cheaper

kzr750r1 · 04-17-2007, 02:13 PM

Kind of like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Wish I could sit through that entire move in one sitting... It's so slow.

Do you hear a vocal chorus screaming at you when returning home from work.

And the theme music.
Bum Bum Bum Bum daaaaaaaaa..... daaaaaaa.... daaaaaaaaa..... Duh Dummmmmmmmmmmm...Bum Bum Bum Bum.....ect..

The crypt will sprout some runner growth but they will be small and easy to pluck out when you find them. Or let em grow out a bit as it will provide a different texture than the HC carpet. They should stay complact with that fixture.

Thanks for sharing this setup. I like it. Plus you know that rock is inert. It's friggin glass.

Fish'InMN · 07-06-2007, 09:53 PM

.........Update?

sandiegoryu · 07-06-2007, 10:04 PM

I demand one too :-D.

mrbman7 · 07-06-2007, 11:28 PM

Great Tank! Im planning something very similar for the external heater design. less clutter =

garuf · 07-07-2007, 01:31 AM

a wonderful tank, i realy like the "hc" lawn, (sorry, but just what is hc?)
can we see some more pictures?

sandiegoryu · 07-07-2007, 01:33 AM

Hemianthus Callitrichoides

juanBeegas · 07-07-2007, 05:39 AM

That is a sweet tank. I have a suggestion though... Try placing sandblasted window film as the background to the tank. You should be able to get it at a building supply store. It basically looks like frosted glass and acts like it, but is nothing more than a vinyl sticker. It'll still let light in from the back, but make the back of the tank look like it has a white background, this way the room that's viewable in the back won't distract the viewer from the tank.

Does any of that make sense to you? If it doesn't, I'll try to get some pics up of what I'm talking about.

04-16-2007, 08:22 PM	#33
Yzmxer99 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Orange County, Ca Posts: 174	D.gilly Oh dear lord. I'll tell yah, that something I didn't know. Oh well. If the crypts sprout up form the roots it will be off to the swap and shop. EdTheEdge Yup, it's obsideon. I got it from Thompson building supply in torrance Ca. Cheap too. Storm_Rider Like kzr750r1 said, I pulled it up real........ slow. There was a little cloud, but not to bad. The filter took care of it quickly The picture was about 2 minutes after it got pulled, so you can see it wasn't to bad. I'm still worried that I'm going to cycle the tank a bit, so its getting a water change later. kzr750r1Thanks! Glad you liked the rock, just trying to do something different. Everyone does the ADA rocks japanese style, but I'm trying to pull in elements from my local region. Plus it was a boatload cheaper __________________ -ADA mini s- 29g low tech -

04-17-2007, 02:13 PM	#34
kzr750r1 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tracy, CA Posts: 1,234	Kind of like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Wish I could sit through that entire move in one sitting... It's so slow. Do you hear a vocal chorus screaming at you when returning home from work. And the theme music. Bum Bum Bum Bum daaaaaaaaa..... daaaaaaa.... daaaaaaaaa..... Duh Dummmmmmmmmmmm...Bum Bum Bum Bum.....ect.. The crypt will sprout some runner growth but they will be small and easy to pluck out when you find them. Or let em grow out a bit as it will provide a different texture than the HC carpet. They should stay complact with that fixture. Thanks for sharing this setup. I like it. Plus you know that rock is inert. It's friggin glass. __________________ ~Sean 55g - Eheim 2026 and 2217 - DIY CO2 reactor - Turbo Twist 3x - Tek Light t5 pendant w/ 2x54 6500k - ecocomplete mixed with Red Sea florabase. "Better to be shot out of a cannon then squeezed through a tube" - HST

07-06-2007, 09:53 PM	#35
Fish'InMN Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MN, USA Posts: 88	.........Update? __________________ Eheim Pimp Club Member #245 Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart. Douglas Adams

07-06-2007, 10:04 PM	#36
sandiegoryu Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,471	I demand one too :-D. __________________

07-06-2007, 11:28 PM	#37
mrbman7 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 283	Great Tank! Im planning something very similar for the external heater design. less clutter = __________________ Filstar Pimp #130 My 55G: Here

04-16-2007, 06:06 PM	#31
Storm_Rider Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 517	how did you get the crypt out without disturbing everything else and clouding the water?

07-07-2007, 01:31 AM	#38
garuf Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Leeds, United Kingdom Posts: 1,466	a wonderful tank, i realy like the "hc" lawn, (sorry, but just what is hc?) can we see some more pictures?

07-07-2007, 01:33 AM	#39
sandiegoryu Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,471	Hemianthus Callitrichoides __________________

07-07-2007, 05:39 AM	#40
juanBeegas Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 159	That is a sweet tank. I have a suggestion though... Try placing sandblasted window film as the background to the tank. You should be able to get it at a building supply store. It basically looks like frosted glass and acts like it, but is nothing more than a vinyl sticker. It'll still let light in from the back, but make the back of the tank look like it has a white background, this way the room that's viewable in the back won't distract the viewer from the tank. Does any of that make sense to you? If it doesn't, I'll try to get some pics up of what I'm talking about.

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