diy aquaponics tips | 2ft River Valley

diy aquaponics tips

Many aquascaper have created mountain scape, so this time around I decided to try one for myself. I want to make mountain scape but I do not want it too look like another Iwagumi. Time to ask uncle Google for advice. I am browsing around internet looking for idea and the first photo that caught my attention was lake Moraine. I decided to make something similar. After few months of plants grow, I notice the scape become too borring. My team mate call it newbie tank.

I am having trouble creating large size lake just like in the photo without making it too boring. In the photo the water in the lake create ripple and reflection which make it interesting. No way to re create that with white sand. Large empty area with same material or plants always make it boring. I need to find the way to break it. Searching for alternative way, I found fantastic photo of Toad River from National Geographic. So I change the lake into small river with many branch and twist. It wasnt a great scape but at least it shouldnt be too boring.

O... by the way this tank was suppose to be experimental tank. Many people (I was one of them) believe that flame moss need cold water (around 25 degree C) to have nice flaming effect. But I was wrong this tank water temperature was hover around 28-30 degree C with the help of 24hrs fan and yet the moss give nice flame effect. On hot day, it can even go up to 32 degree C. Also if you are notice, I use only 36W PL to grow HC on 2ft or ~20 gallon tank. Again many people was think that HC require very high light but not necesary the case.

The only different is moss grow in high water temperature look skinnier as seen in 100% crop below. The moss on top is flame moss and the moss below is spiky moss. See how skinny the spiky moss is compare to the same moss on my other chilled tank.

Tank specification:
1. Tank size: 60x30x32cm
2. Light: 36W PL
3. CO2: 2bps injected using inline diffuser
4. Temperature: 28-30 degree C
5. Filter: Eheim 2215
6. Substrate: ADA Amazonia
7. Fertilizer: EI

Plants list:
1. Hemianthus callitrichoides
2. Taxiphyllum sp. (Flame moss)
3. Taxiphyllum sp. (Spiky moss)

Some photos showing where the idea come from. Photos was taken from the internet, not mine. So if you are the owner, please let me know and I will take it down.

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diy aquaponics texas | GEX Aquarium Fan

diy aquaponics texas

The problem with living in tropical country is the weather is hot all year round. That not really help aquascaper hobbyist since plants metabolism is increases at higher temperature. Thus their require more CO2 and Nutrient. In addition to that some plant grow differently at different water temperature. It is very obvious in moss. So I decided to get fan for my newly setup 2ft tank. I do have chiller for my 3ft tank but running 2 chiller is not pocket friendly as well as space friendly.

After some looking around I decided to get GEX mainly because space constrain, GEX have the mechanical design that allow it to be configure in 2 different ways. It also have removable nets on the air intake that make it easy to clean.

GEX fan come in 3 different sizes, this model is for 60cm tank as indicated on the box (left bottom corner).

What inside the box:

Be careful with the holder, make sure use the piece of plastic provided to prevent the screw from scratching the glass tank. You can also take out the small protrusion as shown on picture below.

One of the reason why I choose GEX is because I dont have space to get those typical aquarium fan. I have 2x55W PL light that occupy the whole top of my 2ft tank. There is only small space left in between the light where I can put the fan.

Configure the fan so that it can fit the space. By the way, there is another tank beside so I can configure the other way.

One problem with this fan is it is quite noisy. I expected it to be quieter since it is 2 or 3 time the price of normal aquarium fan. So I decided to reduce the voltage from default 12V to 9V, it reduce the noise quite a lots but you need to buy your own adapter.

Conclusion

Pros: Good mechanical design, compact and flexible design, easy to clean.

Cons: Very noisy with the default 12V. Need to reduce supply to 9V to reduce the noise

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