Boredouttahell's High Tech Fluval Edge

[Boredouttahell]

Hey guys,

This is my first high Tech Tank, its still a work in progress and any insight/ideas will be much appreciated.

Heres My Setup:

6g Fluval Edge
Paintball CO2 w/ceramic diffuser
Lighting upgraded to LED + 10W CFL + 13W Daylight Desk Lamp >4 wpg

Plants(so far)
HC
HG
Cryptocoryne lutea
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Red Ludwigia
unknown grass like Plant(ID would be appreciated)-grows like a weed in my low tech 46g

Fauna(as of now):
5 Cardinal Tetras
~20+ RCS

Lighting Upgrade:


Tank From front w/Desk Lamp:


One of my RCS:


I need a few more plants in there because i want to remove the grass like plant.

Do you guys have any Ideas for some plants that stay relatively short <12" ?

[weckedy]

Very nice tank sean. anubis nana would be a nice plant to consider.

[1aqumfish]

Very nice tank. Some questions about the led upgrade what are those leds and the sockets you are using? Are they 120vac types?

Tony

[Boredouttahell]

Very nice tank. Some questions about the led upgrade what are those leds and the sockets you are using? Are they 120vac types?

Tony

Tony,

They are hooked in to the stock sockets which i think are MR11 Halogen sockets I think these are 12V AC/DC from what i recall.

Heres the actual bulb im using:
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Brightest-LED-Angle-Lumen-1113WH/dp/B002L2AIIE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295739612&sr=8-1[/ame]


Wicky,

Thank for the input, do you know of any place close to UCR that has anubias nana?

[Neon Shrimp]

Hi Sean, thanks for sharing your nice setup with us. Keep up the good work and updates.

You can sometimes find these at the monthly club meetings especially if you post up that you are looking for them here:
http://socalaquascapers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8630

You can find out more about the meeting by clicking the link at the top of this page.

[1aqumfish]

Sean thank-you for the info.

Tony

[Atticus27]

I like how you added the fluorescent light there. I'm trying to do something like that. Where/how did you do the bulb connector. Did you buy the screw-on part separately?

[Boredouttahell]

I like how you added the fluorescent light there. I'm trying to do something like that. Where/how did you do the bulb connector. Did you buy the screw-on part separately?

you can but the socket at home depot or lowes but you have to wire it yourself. Wiring is really easy though, what i did was buy a cheap 2 dollar extension cord and I kept the wall plug and cut the end off and wire the stripped ends to a the socket. In total it cost me about 5 bucks plus the bulb of choice.

[Boredouttahell]

Update:
I had a bit of trouble with the CO2 set up and ended up nuking my tank... then afterwards i got a problem with a huge BBA and hair algae bloom, which I have been dealing with since.

Got most of the stuff sorted out, the tank has been mostly empty except for a couple RCS. I also changed out the driftwood for some rocks and removed the most of the crypts because they started to melt.

what do you think?

[Coleman]

Looks awesome! The stem in the far right corner looks lonely, Try and get a bush going there, and try and find a cool center piece stem plant that can go behind that rock in the middle and it will look a lot better IMHO. But Love it so far, the Crypt looks really healthy

[RcScRs]

Looking good! You should dose some more Iron though, your plants are looking a little yellow.

[Boredouttahell]

Thanks guys! I know It needs more improvement in the background, I'm still working on that. If you guys can recommend some good stem plants that would be great.

As for the Iron, How would I dose that? I have just been putting in flourish comprehensive.

I have a test for Iron at home and ill do a test when I get home.