Marimoball's ADA 120p

MARIMOBALL · 06-27-2008, 06:28 AM

I am in kinda in hurry because the fish I want are seasonal. I have a 40 that I have on my deck with the filter running from m old 120gal and as thinking of leaving the fish outside. Its shaded and cool but last week temp here was 110F so the fish stayed at the LFS.

Tex Gal · 06-27-2008, 06:53 AM

Been there done that with fish in a rubbermaid bin while my ADA AquaSoil cycled! It's been 1.5 months! That's a S L O W hurry! LOL Hope you get them in soon. I've been waiting to see it all. Love your rocks!

**stargate_geek** · 06-27-2008, 02:52 PM

Oh, I hope you get them soon! What fish do you want?

jazzlvr123 · 06-27-2008, 04:39 PM

nice start now lets see some plants!!

MARIMOBALL · 06-28-2008, 06:54 AM

stargate I wont disclose what fish I will be adding yet. But the tank now has substrate and has been scaped. will update with pictures soon.

deleted_user_16 · 06-28-2008, 07:03 AM

hurry!!! we want to be jealous!!!

CobraGuppy · 06-28-2008, 01:21 PM

What he said!

Can't wait to see the scaped tank.

MARIMOBALL · 06-29-2008, 11:36 PM

Things are gonna move faster now, I hope. I filled the tank with aquasoil first then placed the rock and played with it for a while. I had another rock about the same size but it did not look good with both in them. I tried smaller rock but did not look proportioned. BTW my best friend helped me out, and he really thinks its fun. Even though he has not had a fish tank in ten years. Ok so my friend suggested we break one rock in half. So we drove back to his house, took his sledge hammer and broke the rock in two pieces right in half. We drove back to my house and placed the rock until we both were happy with it. Now after all that work the tank was emptied to add power sand, tourmaline BC, Bacter, and some Penac. Then refilled the tank with aquasoil and repostioned the rock.

first try with two large rocks.

I like this scape

added all the power sand and ADA extras

refilled the tank with substrate

Final scape

close up

Tex Gal · 06-29-2008, 11:37 PM

Where are the plants!? Love the rocks!

MARIMOBALL · 06-29-2008, 11:46 PM

Oh, forgot this forum is for aquatic plants. LOL. Im going to go with glosso in the foreground and E. tenellus in the background. I thought about HC and D. hairgrass but my experience with HC is that it has a very short root and tends ro lift up in patches. Glosso has a deeper root system. I may use blyxia triponica instead of E. tenellus. If I order plants this week then It will be planted. but Ineed about 30-25 pots of glosso and 10-15 of E. tenellus. No emereced growth here, don't have time for that.

CmLaracy · 06-30-2008, 12:14 AM

Looks very nice. I like it, and I think it's gonna be great

One suggestion would be to maybe add some smaller (less than like 50lbs

, those are HUGE) rocks in there to surround the larger rocks and soften the appearance? Some accentual pieces?

I really like it better with the larger piece split up. How are you going to light this behemoth?

**stargate_geek** · 06-30-2008, 12:16 AM

Love the rocks!

Tex Gal · 06-30-2008, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARIMOBALL

If I order plants this week then It will be planted. but Ineed about 30-25 pots of glosso and 10-15 of E. tenellus. No emmersed growth here, don't have time for that.

That'sa lotta spicey meatballs!

Do you mean blyxa Japonica? I have some of that. How much do you need?

MARIMOBALL · 06-30-2008, 01:02 AM

Tex I like blyxia triponica instead, its a liltle smaller. I will post a wtb thread soon. If not then Ill order online. The smaller rocks are about 10-15 pounds a piece but Ill try some of them. I was going to get Aquamedic pendants, but fishneedit.com has similar ones for way less and they have 8k bulbs. If I find a good deal on a MH/T5 combo I will go with that. For now I will start the tank with my Catalina Aquarium 4x65watt PC. this will allow me to control the light better . In case I run into algae problems.

Tex Gal · 06-30-2008, 01:23 AM

I was trying to find blyxia triponica but don't come up with anything. Do you have a px of it OR does it look just like the other but smaller? I've seen the blyxa alberti. I really like the red color it has. Someone had posted that their Blyxa Japonica turned red in high light. Have you heard of that? I have 3wpg and mine are green. I'm getting new lights soon so maybe I'll be able to test it out myself.

06-27-2008, 06:28 AM	#46
MARIMOBALL Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 979	I am in kinda in hurry because the fish I want are seasonal. I have a 40 that I have on my deck with the filter running from m old 120gal and as thinking of leaving the fish outside. Its shaded and cool but last week temp here was 110F so the fish stayed at the LFS. __________________ ADA 120P x2 Iwagumi ADA 75P, 60Px3, 30Cx3 ADA Mini S solar (LED) Mini M solar Do!aqua Mini M http://socalaquascapers.com/

06-27-2008, 06:53 AM	#47
Tex Gal Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (78/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,734	Been there done that with fish in a rubbermaid bin while my ADA AquaSoil cycled! It's been 1.5 months! That's a S L O W hurry! LOL Hope you get them in soon. I've been waiting to see it all. Love your rocks! __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 95g Rimless

06-27-2008, 02:52 PM	#48
stargate_geek Geek of many things (View User Tanks) PTrader: (20/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 385	Oh, I hope you get them soon! What fish do you want? __________________ ~Tori My 20L "garden" My 10g "mangrove swamp" My 2.5g shrimp tank

06-28-2008, 06:54 AM	#50
MARIMOBALL Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 979	stargate I wont disclose what fish I will be adding yet. But the tank now has substrate and has been scaped. will update with pictures soon. __________________ ADA 120P x2 Iwagumi ADA 75P, 60Px3, 30Cx3 ADA Mini S solar (LED) Mini M solar Do!aqua Mini M http://socalaquascapers.com/

06-28-2008, 01:21 PM	#52
CobraGuppy Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (27/100%) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 843	What he said! Can't wait to see the scaped tank. __________________ 5.5G RCS Journal

06-27-2008, 04:39 PM	#49
jazzlvr123 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (36/100%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: manhattan Posts: 601	nice start now lets see some plants!!

06-28-2008, 07:03 AM	#51
deleted_user_16 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (40/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 4,255	hurry!!! we want to be jealous!!!

06-29-2008, 11:36 PM	#53
MARIMOBALL Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 979	Things are gonna move faster now, I hope. I filled the tank with aquasoil first then placed the rock and played with it for a while. I had another rock about the same size but it did not look good with both in them. I tried smaller rock but did not look proportioned. BTW my best friend helped me out, and he really thinks its fun. Even though he has not had a fish tank in ten years. Ok so my friend suggested we break one rock in half. So we drove back to his house, took his sledge hammer and broke the rock in two pieces right in half. We drove back to my house and placed the rock until we both were happy with it. Now after all that work the tank was emptied to add power sand, tourmaline BC, Bacter, and some Penac. Then refilled the tank with aquasoil and repostioned the rock. first try with two large rocks. I like this scape added all the power sand and ADA extras refilled the tank with substrate Final scape close up __________________ ADA 120P x2 Iwagumi ADA 75P, 60Px3, 30Cx3 ADA Mini S solar (LED) Mini M solar Do!aqua Mini M http://socalaquascapers.com/

06-29-2008, 11:37 PM	#54
Tex Gal Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (78/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,734	Where are the plants!? Love the rocks! __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 95g Rimless

06-29-2008, 11:46 PM	#55
MARIMOBALL Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 979	Oh, forgot this forum is for aquatic plants. LOL. Im going to go with glosso in the foreground and E. tenellus in the background. I thought about HC and D. hairgrass but my experience with HC is that it has a very short root and tends ro lift up in patches. Glosso has a deeper root system. I may use blyxia triponica instead of E. tenellus. If I order plants this week then It will be planted. but Ineed about 30-25 pots of glosso and 10-15 of E. tenellus. No emereced growth here, don't have time for that. __________________ ADA 120P x2 Iwagumi ADA 75P, 60Px3, 30Cx3 ADA Mini S solar (LED) Mini M solar Do!aqua Mini M http://socalaquascapers.com/

06-30-2008, 12:14 AM	#56
CmLaracy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 1,808	Looks very nice. I like it, and I think it's gonna be great One suggestion would be to maybe add some smaller (less than like 50lbs , those are HUGE) rocks in there to surround the larger rocks and soften the appearance? Some accentual pieces? I really like it better with the larger piece split up. How are you going to light this behemoth? __________________ 75P ADA v.5 New! Started 6/13/12 75P ADA v.4 75P ADA v.3 75P ADA v.2 75P ADA v.1

06-30-2008, 12:16 AM	#57
stargate_geek Geek of many things (View User Tanks) PTrader: (20/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 385	Love the rocks! __________________ ~Tori My 20L "garden" My 10g "mangrove swamp" My 2.5g shrimp tank

06-30-2008, 01:02 AM	#59
MARIMOBALL Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 979	Tex I like blyxia triponica instead, its a liltle smaller. I will post a wtb thread soon. If not then Ill order online. The smaller rocks are about 10-15 pounds a piece but Ill try some of them. I was going to get Aquamedic pendants, but fishneedit.com has similar ones for way less and they have 8k bulbs. If I find a good deal on a MH/T5 combo I will go with that. For now I will start the tank with my Catalina Aquarium 4x65watt PC. this will allow me to control the light better . In case I run into algae problems. __________________ ADA 120P x2 Iwagumi ADA 75P, 60Px3, 30Cx3 ADA Mini S solar (LED) Mini M solar Do!aqua Mini M http://socalaquascapers.com/

06-30-2008, 01:23 AM	#60
Tex Gal Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (78/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,734	I was trying to find blyxia triponica but don't come up with anything. Do you have a px of it OR does it look just like the other but smaller? I've seen the blyxa alberti. I really like the red color it has. Someone had posted that their Blyxa Japonica turned red in high light. Have you heard of that? I have 3wpg and mine are green. I'm getting new lights soon so maybe I'll be able to test it out myself. __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 95g Rimless

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