James Marshall
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- 14 May 2009
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For some time I have been planning to scape something larger than my usual 2 to 20 litre tanks and really fancied doing an ADA 60p. On phoning the green machine to investigate they suggested that I scape a full ADA 60p setup and photograph it for their website.
I visited their store in early December to pick up the following car load of goodies:
ADA Cube Garden 60p (60x30x36cm)
Do!Aqua wood cabinet
ADA Solar II lamp
ADA Arm Stand
Do!Aqua Violet glass 17mm outflow
Do!Aqua Violet glass 17mm inflow
ADA clear 17mm hose 2m
ADA Bio Rio 3 litres
ADA NA Carbon 1 litre
ADA Tourmaline F
Do!Aqua CO2 Diffuse
ADA 22m glass joint x 2
ADA clear CO2 hose 2m
ADA Panac P
ADA Panac W
ADA Tourmaline BC
ADA Power sand Specail S 2 x 2 litres
ADA Aquasoil Africana 2x 9 litres
ADA Nile sand 5.2 litres
ADA Congo Sand 2kg
ADA Ryuoh Stone 10kg
ADA brighty K 500ml
ADA Green Brighty step 1 500ml
ADA Green Brighty special lights 500ml
ADA Green Gain
ADA Phyton Git
ADA Green bacter
The set up was started in my christmas break
First the Arm stand and lamp is fitted
The glassware and hoses are sorted for easy refit after planting
Panac p, Panec w and Tourmaline BC are spread evenly on base
Power Sand is poured carefully in
The Power Sand is scraped back from the front and sides of the tank.
Aquasoil is poured in and shaped with a soft brush
The first stone is placed to from part of a mountain.
The second stone in the formation is placed so that the stratas match.
A suitable stone to complete the mountain cannot be found at this stage, other stones will be palced first
The lower stones are placed to create a plateau at the foot of the mountain
A third stone for the mountain formation has been found, the gaps will not be visible once planted
The plateau and mountain are now complete
The last stone will provide a transition between plants and sand
A card divider is used so that soil can be removed without the rest collapsing
Nile sand is poured into the cavity then the divider is carefully removed
The last stone is repositioned and some Congo sand is used to give a natural effect.
Glossostigma elatinoides is planted in the foreground
Hemianthus callitrichoides is planted in the mid and background
half of the plateau is also planted with HC
the rest of the plateau is planted with Echinodorus tenellus
The tank is slowly filled and the equipment refitted
The full ADA setup in situ two days after planting.
Will add more photos as the scape grows in
Cheers,
James
I visited their store in early December to pick up the following car load of goodies:
ADA Cube Garden 60p (60x30x36cm)
Do!Aqua wood cabinet
ADA Solar II lamp
ADA Arm Stand
Do!Aqua Violet glass 17mm outflow
Do!Aqua Violet glass 17mm inflow
ADA clear 17mm hose 2m
ADA Bio Rio 3 litres
ADA NA Carbon 1 litre
ADA Tourmaline F
Do!Aqua CO2 Diffuse
ADA 22m glass joint x 2
ADA clear CO2 hose 2m
ADA Panac P
ADA Panac W
ADA Tourmaline BC
ADA Power sand Specail S 2 x 2 litres
ADA Aquasoil Africana 2x 9 litres
ADA Nile sand 5.2 litres
ADA Congo Sand 2kg
ADA Ryuoh Stone 10kg
ADA brighty K 500ml
ADA Green Brighty step 1 500ml
ADA Green Brighty special lights 500ml
ADA Green Gain
ADA Phyton Git
ADA Green bacter
The set up was started in my christmas break
First the Arm stand and lamp is fitted
The glassware and hoses are sorted for easy refit after planting
Panac p, Panec w and Tourmaline BC are spread evenly on base
Power Sand is poured carefully in
The Power Sand is scraped back from the front and sides of the tank.
Aquasoil is poured in and shaped with a soft brush
The first stone is placed to from part of a mountain.
The second stone in the formation is placed so that the stratas match.
A suitable stone to complete the mountain cannot be found at this stage, other stones will be palced first
The lower stones are placed to create a plateau at the foot of the mountain
A third stone for the mountain formation has been found, the gaps will not be visible once planted
The plateau and mountain are now complete
The last stone will provide a transition between plants and sand
A card divider is used so that soil can be removed without the rest collapsing
Nile sand is poured into the cavity then the divider is carefully removed
The last stone is repositioned and some Congo sand is used to give a natural effect.
Glossostigma elatinoides is planted in the foreground
Hemianthus callitrichoides is planted in the mid and background
half of the plateau is also planted with HC
the rest of the plateau is planted with Echinodorus tenellus
The tank is slowly filled and the equipment refitted
The full ADA setup in situ two days after planting.
Will add more photos as the scape grows in
Cheers,
James