[FlyingHellFish]

+1 Ikea Besta stand!

I see they came out with new colours for the doors. I like the look you have with the HOB and the Current lights, very clean and professional looking.

Ops, didn't see the drawing.

Edit: The corner where the ADA sticker has a weird silicone look, can you take a closer pic?

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Yeah I already noticed imperfections in the silicone work. I'm a little disappointed but not overly critical... I read the reviews out there how quality has dropped since they started getting them built in China.

Is there something you see that I should be worried about?

Nothing to worry about, it's fine. The silicone job on mine is all that great either.

I seen picture of the old ADA tanks and they look perfect, it's as if there no silicone at all.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

I was sticker shocked to discover the gray glossy door and some other glossy finishes are $50! Quite the markup!!

DUDE, same thing happen to me! :icon_eek: They only had the glossy red glass one on sale, I guess nobody liked red. I got two doors for 40.

IKEA for the WIN!

 

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^ You can be 1, I'll be 2. :bounce:

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Very nice tank! I like the sand contrast, which I was afraid to even try. The one thing I really like is the HOB and surface skimmer, they're barely noticeable.

She's going to be a beauty when she fills in!

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Brian, it looks like HC is going to carpet just fine with those LEDs. You're getting the same growth I got at the start, so welcome to the wonderful world of HC Cuba carpeting.

Be sure to enjoy the tedious trims and removal of leafs,

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Holy cow, that a nice set. Good choice going with high quality gear, my cheap asian tools are dull and breaking apart at the seams. The package said stainless steel but I kid you not, there rust on it.

What the middle right funky looking one for? Carpet trimming I'm guessing?

 

[FlyingHellFish]

PUT THE 60P BANNER BACK ON! Do not denied the people of this forum the work of art you did.

Kidding aside, how you like the new gear? My cheap scissors pulls up on the HC, which in turn uproots a few stems. I want something that will cut through a thick layer of carpet like butter.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

A dimmer timer for LEDs? You're making it tough on my wallet. Any word on the new planted version of the Satellite? If I remember correctly, there was talk on a higher output version with planted tanks in mind.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

I'll let you in on a secret, HC Cuba loves medium LED lights.

Shhhhhhh... :biggrin:

 

[FlyingHellFish]

That diatom bloom will die down in less than a month, I went through the brown version of that. Mine was never as majestic as yours though.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

That so strange, white UG? Got a close up of them? I'm sure they are transitioning, I get a lot of funny colours whenever a plant is damage.

If you pinch DHG, the top of the blades turns the a beautiful ruby red. Then it you knows, dies and falls off.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Updates! How the UG going? I had a horrible time trying to grow UG, I spent quite a bit of money on two pots that just melted.

Oh and Brian, any word on the new Satellite for plants?

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Hey Brian, could you get a close up picture of the HC Cuba? I want to see how the SAT+ is fairing. I don't think I can wait for their Planted version, trying hard to resist not buying it.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Thanks for the shot! It's creeping nicely for you, I guess it's not such a high light requiring plant after all. How many bps you pumping?

If you were to rescape the tank, how would you separate the sand from the soil?

 

[FlyingHellFish]

^ hahah Brian, I'm not that dumb, I know what a strainer looks like.

Oh and don't add Cherry Shrimps, they breed too fast. When I trim my HC Cuba, I'm constantly getting nip by them. It also takes twice as long because you have to avoid all the small babies.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Congrats on being featured by current USA!

Oh their facebook cover photo too!!! NICE!

Congrats Brian! I wish I could get my photo on a big company's facebook page. You got a great tank, I hope Current USA gives you something from all the SAT+ attention you got them.

I notice they posted the image today, pretty much at the same time. :flick:

 

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Did you change the lighting mid way on that video? That a really nice effect, can you set the light to rotate through presets?

I like your Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, how did you tame the growth? I couldn't get it to grow in one spot, it just exploded all around.

 

[FlyingHellFish]

Drop dead gorgeous, Brain. I like the mixture of colours with the red in the middle. Your ball of rotala actually looks like a ...ball of rotala.

Is there an amount of trimming rotala will tolerate before it just dies? I'm thinking I need to uproot mine and replant, any advice on creating the ball?

Oh and is that phoenix moss in the middle left? Did you just tie it with floss?

 

[FlyingHellFish]

BRAIN!!!, er... Brian, sup.

Really liking the L. Aromatica, I wanted that plant but it grew funny in my tank. Oh and do you pull out the stumps? I find that if I leave the stumps, they regrow and it messes up the replanted stems.