Mini M setup

[fwazeter]

Very nice!

Thanks eklikewhoa!

I love it! You don't see this very often. I have very long photoperiods (12 hours a day) which is longer than anyone else I know, but I like to actually see my tanks so I want the lights on. Most people tell me they're running 6-8 hour photoperiods which is really short. Nice to see someone else with a longer photoperiod! The results are looking good, too.

Really, about a 10 hour photoperiod is pretty ideal for a full photosynthetic period for the plants. Anything less than that tends to kind of stunt growth a bit.

outstanding, thats a no messing around setup right there!

Thanks!

VERY nice set-up. There are now a lot of jealous people on this thread, including me. I love to see this, too- we run 12hrs on all of our tanks, sometimes more.

In all fairness, it took about 3 years to assemble the whole thing! Longer photoperiods are good!A few photos from today (3 weeks from original setup) :Tennellus sending out runners:Another fun shot:

[Complexity]

we run 12hrs on all of our tanks, sometimes more.

total time comes to 12 hours

I knew there was something I liked about you guys!

I'll probably add a noon burst on my bigger tanks once I get them settled.

[Totenkampf]

i had mine broken into two photoperiods a day so that i can enjoy it while i am home, total time comes to 12 hours on with mid 'day' bursts, when i get my co2 system put back together then i will go back to this

[LooksLater]

VERY nice set-up. There are now a lot of jealous people on this thread, including me.

I love it! You don't see this very often. I have very long photoperiods (12 hours a day) which is longer than anyone else I know, but I like to actually see my tanks so I want the lights on. Most people tell me they're running 6-8 hour photoperiods which is really short. Nice to see someone else with a longer photoperiod! The results are looking good, too.

I love to see this, too- we run 12hrs on all of our tanks, sometimes more.

[Totenkampf]

outstanding, thats a no messing around setup right there!

[Complexity]

Lighting for 10 hours a day

I love it! You don't see this very often. I have very long photoperiods (12 hours a day) which is longer than anyone else I know, but I like to actually see my tanks so I want the lights on. Most people tell me they're running 6-8 hour photoperiods which is really short. Nice to see someone else with a longer photoperiod! The results are looking good, too.

[eklikewhoa]

Very nice!

[fwazeter]

cool tank! come on now post some specs, amano style!

Alright, here are the specs:

Tank / Cube Garden W36xD22xH26 (Mini M)
Lighting System / Solar Mini, FPL27 (27W Twin fluorescent lamp)
Lighting for 10 hours a day
Filtration System / Eheim 2211 (NA Carbon, Bio Cube 20)
Substrate System / Aqua Soil - NEW Amazonia, Power Sand Special S, Bacter 100, Clear Super, PENAC W for aquarium, PENAC P for plants, Tourmaline BC.

Co2 System / Pollen Glass Mini - 3 bubbles per second with Co2 Bubble Counter. (System 74-YA ver. 2 (Co2 Advanced System)

Additives / Brighty K & Green Brighty Step 1
Aquatic Plants / Hemianthus Callicthroides
Riccia Fluitans
Fontinalis Hypnoids
Echinodorus Tenellus
Eleocharis Acicularis

Fish Species / Cardina Japonica

[Complexity]

cool tank! come on now post some specs, amano style!

+1

[Totenkampf]

cool tank! come on now post some specs, amano style!

[fwazeter]

I live directly in front of the Galleria, if anyone's ever in the area feel free to get a hold of me!

[sunkenmetal]

Live in the Galleria area.... Baller

[madehtsobi]

Great! They can be a bit goofy over there sometimes, but they're good people. Hopefully more get good lessons out of that thread than not!

Live in the Galleria area? I do as well.

Haha yeh I just read there don't post much. Very good info though!

More like city of Bellaire. Galleria is just up the street!


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[mnemenoi]

I had thought about shrimp, but having done that so many times in Nanos, I really wanted some fish this time - I'm thinking some type of microrasbora.[/QUOTE]

Very cool, I really love the different microrasbora that have come into the hobby as of late. I saw some very wicked Butterfly barbs at Frank's aquarium and thought they would be a terrific centerpiece to this style of tank and have never seen it done before

[sunkenmetal]

I see that ada stand with all the goodies... Jealous i am