325 l. ??? ?? ~ "A Moment's Pleasure..."

[Alastair]

Looking even better mate. Lots of colour showing. I like it. I noticed you've switched from the ati unit to halides. What colour bulbs are you using?

 

[Park]

Looking even better mate. Lots of colour showing. I like it. I noticed you've switched from the ati unit to halides. What colour bulbs are you using?

I actually don't know because they were in the lamp when I bought it... But my guess will be around the 5000-7000 kelvin according to the white colour the light has!

 

[Park]

New photo (8/12 2011):


Fissidens:


Hydrocotyle sp. Japan:

 

[Alastair]

Looking better all the time this Daniel. The different colours are really nice. Is one of my faves so far. What's the really red plent at the back?
The hydrocotyle is looking lush. I'm hoping mine stays as low as yours

 

[Park]

It's Nesaea sp. - Some of the nesaea sp. will be replaced with some green because I think it's too red at the moment!!! Perhaps Rotala sp. green or Heteranthera zosterifolia

 

[Park]

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVleeIPwWI&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-W7DKyLQnE&hd=1

 

[Park]

New pictures - with different camerasettings. If trying to find the best setting



Just got my new water values:
Carbondioxid at 12 oC (CO2) mg/l - 21
Hardness - permanent dH - 3,8
Hardness - carbonat dH - 16,5
Hardness - total dH - 20,1
Iron - total (Fe) mg/l - 0,2
Potassium (K+) mg/l - 4,2
Magnesium (Mg++) mg/l - 20
Fosfor - total (P) mg/l - 0,011
Nitrate (NO3) mg/l - 2,6
Calcium (Ca++) mg/l - 112

New additions to the tank:
- Anubias Nana var. Petite
- Fissidens US mini
- Hemianthus sp. ~ "pearl grass"/"amano"
- Crescend Moss (Drepanocladus aduncus)

New video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4jIBuPKRvE&hd=1

The Heteranthera zosterifolia in the middel of the tank is just temporary and will be removed soon and the same with the root in the right side; it's just dumped in because I need to get the Xmas moss on it to grow faster 🙂

 

[Park]

New pics:

 

[Park]

More pics:

 

[Park]

The tank is now empty and I'm redoing the scape. Same general idea, but some change i plants... E.parvula is gone and will be replaced with glosso and elantine hydropiper!

The big lotus is gone and new plants like Ech.Indian Summer, R.Wallichii, Staurogyne, hemianthus umbrosum and Myriophyllum tuberculatum is introduced!

 

[pariahrob]

Lovely scape and some great photography. Looking forward to seeing the new version.
Rob

 

[Park]

Thanks, the water is clear now, so tonight I'll post some photos of the new scape! ;p

 

[Park]

Here's the new FTS:


And this is with Esha2000 (medicine for fungus) :

 

[Gary Nelson]

This looks great! I actually prefer the second pic as it looks so natural, just like a portion from a river bed.... Really well done

 

[Park]

This looks great! I actually prefer the second pic as it looks so natural, just like a portion from a river bed.... Really well done

Haha, the picture's a bit misleading when the water is bright yellow fluorescent!!! So NOT so naturel 🙄

But thanks I'm also quite happy with this scape and will properbly keep it for a long time! The last scape wasn't good - the right side was wrong, so I finally redid the scape and had a fellow scaper helping me. Beers and scaping is a good cocktail

 

[Park]

New video - testing JVC GC WP10 in the tank:

JVC GC-WP10
Specifikationer:
CMOS: 1/3.2"
No. of CCD/CMOS Pixels: 5.13M
Zoom Ratio Digital (max.): 4X
Focal Length (mm): 3.9 (35mm film equivalent: 29.8)
F Stop: F2.8
JPEG Still Shooting: Yes
MP3 Audio Recording: Yes (Stereo)
Video Recording Modes:
HD 1080 (16:9): 1920x1080/30p
HD 720 (16:9): 1280x720/60p
iFrame (16:9): 960x540/30p
QHD (16:9): 960x540/30p
Video Recording Time (max.): 11hr 40min (HD 1080) / 27hr 30min (QHD)
Audio Recording Time (max.): 1093hr
Still Image Sizes: [4] 2592x1944 / 1920x1440
No. of Still Images (max.): 9999
SD Memory Card Slot: Yes (SDHC/SDXC Compatible)
Clear LCD Monitor: 3", 230k-pixel
Touch Panel: Yes
Time-Lapse REC: Yes
Waterproof Design: Yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DscEJnnJWmM&hd=1

 

[pariahrob]

I like the look of being able to move the camera around the scape better. It looked to me like you might have had some air trapped in front of the lens though, as there was some distortion.

Love the new scape by the way. Glad you kept lots of pogo.

 

[Ady34]

Hi Park,
cool 'fish eye' view, very unique.
Love Royal whiptails.
Cheerio,
Ady.

 

[Park]

I like the look of being able to move the camera around the scape better. It looked to me like you might have had some air trapped in front of the lens though, as there was some distortion.

Love the new scape by the way. Glad you kept lots of pogo.

I'll keep that in mind next time. Also next time I'll make small recordings from different positions instead as the camera is very sensitive to "shaky hands" 🙄 and make a movie from the clips!

And thanks - Yes I love the use of pogo to "soften" the hardscape! I tried with E.parvula last time, but it wouldn't work - the parvula grew only 1-1½ cm high - I don't know why!?? :?

 

[Park]

Hi Park,
cool 'fish eye' view, very unique.
Love Royal whiptails.
Cheerio,
Ady.

Thanks! Royal whiptails = Sturisoma panamense???