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Beach Cliff - ADA 60 cm - w/video Step-by-Step - NOW ENDED

Pedro Rosa

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Beach Cliff
ADA 60 Cm Aquarium
Pedro Rosa, 30 June 2012
Portugal

Video step-by-Step included
Date: 30 June 2012
Duration: 4 hours (21h00 - 01h00)

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Products ADA (Aquarium and Fertilisers)
Eheim Ecco 2234 Filter
Heater Jagger 75w
CO2 TMC 567g Pressurized, Solenoid Valve
Lights Aquaeden - Ramirezzi Solstar 4x24w (only two are used)
Substract Ada Penac-W, Ada Power Sand S, Ada Amazonia Aqua Soil
Hardscape Maple Leaf Stone
Tropica Plants:
- Juncus Repens -> in Feb/2013 i took it out and put Rotala Macandra Japan. Reason: to look different :)
- Cardamine Lyrata -> In Nov/2012 i took it out and put Pogostemon Stellata. Reason: 1) to look different :) ; 2) Cardamine grows a lot!
- Echinodorus Tenellus
- Eleocharis sp. Mini
- I Feb/2013 i added Blyxa Japonica also

Video Step-by-Step multicamera.

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(se preferir em português veja aqui).

Video Index:
0:28 - ADA 60-P Aquarium
1:32 - Aquarium layout
1:51 - Starting...
2:55 - Adding La Plata Sand
4:18 - AddingPenac W
5:09 - Adding Power Sand S
6:48 - Adding and adjusting Aqua Soil Amazonia
10:00 - Cleaning the rocks - Maple Leaf Stone
11:29 - What is an Iwagumi
12:46 - Adding rocks to the layout
22:36 - Plants preparation
27:36 - Starting to fill...
40:38 - Adding equipments.
41:30 - Fertilisation plan.
41:54 - Some details.

Description:
On June 30, 2012 i made this aquarium that was planned for some time. I still have Valley Roots of 320L (which can be seen here).
I decided to invest in an ADA Cube Garden Aquarium 60x30x36, extra-clear glass with a ratio of 1.6 vision.
Very expensive stuff but with exceptional quality. In the video I have some pictures of the details of the tank.
The idea I had for this assembly was: "A sort of Iwagumi"
A "sort" because I do not want to restrict to the rules but do something similar.
It has the usual rock, carpet and plants.
I used sand "La Plata Sand" from ADA in the front to form a "kind" beach wrapped in a cliff formed by the rocks.
Behind, i used Aqua Soil-Amazonia and plants: Eleocharis sp. Mini for the "carpet" and behind Juncus Repens (right and middle) and Cardamine lyrata (left).
After 7/8 months i replaced Cardamine lyrata by Pogostemon stellata and Juncus Repens by Rotala Macandra Japan.
The stones are Maple Leaf Stones. It is a beautiful stone. By min. 41:54 Video can be seen in close-up detail some aquarium rocks and the beautiful Maple Leaf Stone.
They are extremely lightweight and breaks very easily. They must be thoroughly washed to remove the "dust" orange.

I have lots of photos of aquarium evolution:

First Day:

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Later Days (first month):

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31 day - details:

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Following months:

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On this day (97) i added 5 CRS Grade S - after two months i added a lots of small CRSs :) Today i have lots more.

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After two more months i added these lovely fish:

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Day 153:

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One week ago:

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Enjoy!

Pedro Rosa.
 
Pedro, beautiful tank,lovely photo's.Really nice to see the progression of the plants over the months.Well done :thumbup:

Cheers
Martin
 
Great step by step and a lovely scape, thanks for sharing.
 
Hi there,

This is the goodbye video from this aquarium.
Very nice images with the details of CRS grade S.

Have you ever seen shrimps so close?
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Pedro.
 
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