[chaaban]

Hi there, I am new to this hobby and I am looking to start a nano planted tank using a Iwagumi Layout which will be started on a dry start. So far I have the folowing material on hand:

Tank- Fluval Edge

Substrate- ADA Aquasoil Amazonian II

Heat source- Small hydro heater

CO2- Hagen CO2 canister and CO2 safe tubing, with a glass difuser (I will be mixing my own mix in the canister, not buying the pouches)

Plants- UG (which I need help with, It came in the mail today and I dont know how to plant it, and I dont want to kill it! Please help!)
HC (doing great)

Supplies comming in the mail shortly:

Hard scape- Seiryu Stone

CO2- Drop checker , Bubble counter, and check valve (all these are glass made)

Pictures below...

 

[chaaban]

Forgot to mention, that once the Stone comes in the plants will be re-arranged but I need to male sure the UG will stay alive, how do I plant it?

Thanks

 

[Dollface]

You can seperate the UG and plant it in small clumps of one or two leaves.

 

[rasbora]

Those are cool little aquariums. Did you get the factory stand?

 

[chaaban]

Thanks DollFace, I have tryed that, and I will take a picture of it tonight to show you.

Rasbora, no I didnt even know they had a stand for it.

 

[ALIFER]

Looks like you might have different lighting over the tank. Are you supplementing or replacing the stock lighting?

I'll be keeping an eye on Ryan's Fluval Edge ... :hihi:

-Rick

 

[kelly528]

Definitely keeping tabs on this! They are such gorgeous tanks!

 

[rrrrramos]

In my experience UG is tough to kill, especially with a dry start. I literally just laid mine down on top of the AS and let it do its thing. So far so good! But yeah like Dollface said, planting it in small clumps works the best. Same with the HC. Interested to see how this works out, always been curious to see someone try and plant one of these guys.

 

[chaaban]

Thanks everyone, I always like trying new things, so I decided to try this tank out as my first planted tank since it is fairly new to the market.

As for lighting, What you see in the pictures is just temporary and I will be trying out this light once I can get the money for it:

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/acdc-cool-white-leds-dome-light-lumen-p-1707.html

Do you think this light will work? The reason I am looking to get this light is because I know it will fit in the "canopy" of the tank, so let me know what you guys think!

Pictures of the UG seperated, like suggested:

 

[JoePhish]

Hey, I like what you got but what I'm realy interested in is your substate. What is that?

 

[rrrrramos]

Hey, I like what you got but what I'm realy interested in is your substate. What is that?

All the specs are posted in the first post. According to that it's Aquasoil Amazonia II...

 

[chaaban]

Thanks rrrrramos, here's a link if your interested in purchasing it-

http://www.adana-usa.com/index.php?main_page=afa_product_info&cPath=12_21&products_id=266

 

[ALIFER]

As for lighting, What you see in the pictures is just temporary and I will be trying out this light once I can get the money for it:
http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/acdc-cool-white-leds-dome-light-lumen-p-1707.html Do you think this light will work? The reason I am looking to get this light is because I know it will fit in the "canopy" of the tank, so let me know what you guys think!:

The LED light you had linked is only 6-watts, do you think two would fit in the "canopy" of your Fluval Edge?

 

[cale262]

I bought some 10w LEDs for mine off of ebay but because I have less than 5 posts it won't let me post the link


just goto ebay and search "Brightest MR11 12 V 10 SMD LED White 160 Lumen Wide Ang" and they should come up...


Here's a pic of the lights, they work great...

 

[chaaban]

I dont think two of these will fit unfortunatly, any other sugestions?... The cheaper the better...:red_mouth

 

[chaaban]

Cale 262, those look great, do you know if they will fit in the fixture of the fluval edge? Do they have a nice clean white light to them? And also do they give that "spotlight effect"? Im trying to get away from that.

Thanks!

 

[chaaban]

Is this the link? http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Brightest-MR...-Wide-Ang_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ390079024120

 

[cale262]

Cale 262, those look great, do you know if they will fit in the fixture of the fluval edge? Do they have a nice clean white light to them? And also do they give that "spotlight effect"? Im trying to get away from that.

Thanks!

They fit right into the fixtures, they give off a nice white light in a wide pattern unlike the supplied, spotlight halogens... I'll take some pics and post them later today.

 

[cale262]

Not the best picture but it gives you an idea...Lights are not as piercing and have much better coverage IMHO...

 

[Phoenix-cry]

I want one of these tanks sooooo badly. I must wait till Dec though. Sigh. These both look great!