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Ryan C - 8 years ago

Hey Dave - I'm curious what lighting you had on this tank and what the lighting schedule was. I'm trying many of the same plants and trying to get the same colors but have been having issues. I think I have maybe TOO MUCH light for everything else to keep up? 4x24W T5HO (96W total with 2 hour ramp up [48W], 6 hour peak [96W], and 2 hour ramp down [48W]) over a 29g with CO2, EI dosing, etc. I'd love to know what lighting and any other secrets you were using to achieve this awesome tank!

Vin Roxas - 8 years ago

nice tank :) what did you used on your background ( the black one)painted?

Vin Roxas - 8 years ago

thanks :)

ADU Aquascaping - 8 years ago

+Vin Roxas (alastrez) Yeah this was painted with black matte spray paint.

Tropictank - 9 years ago

Nicely done good job.

ADU Aquascaping - 9 years ago

+Tropictank Haha, this old thing! Yeah this is the tank I was referring to. There is another video that shows the tank fully mature. It is a couple uploads after this one. Thanks for supporting my channel.

ADU Aquascaping - 10 years ago

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ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

I do have rocks in the scape. They are covered in moss. The one on the right is a rock coming out covered in moss creating that nice overhang. It really is considered a nature aquarium because 2 out of the three depths are nature aquarium style. The foreground carpet and midground-being the rocks. The background is dutch, but only somewhat, it isn't quite as extreme. Overall it is actually a nature/Japanese scape. Amano did scapes like this in the late '80s! lol

soulstarr - 11 years ago

Compliment is well deserved and thanks for the info. Regarding dutch style tanks, do you not have any hardscape in this tank?

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

thank you so much for this compliment. I am using ahsupply lighting. retro fit fluorescent bulbs. 2-6-10 bulbs are the model. They give off balanced 2000K 6000K and 10000K light. A lot of red and blue.

Irritable Jon Syndrome - 7 years ago

Of course, I finally find lights I want and the website is down. Unreal....

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

thank you1

soulstarr - 11 years ago

Awesome tank man. What lights are you using?

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TheGuardianFID - 11 years ago

Gorgeous, subbed. 8)

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man. You can see it in all its glory in my 4 year planted tank progression video. I show it at the end.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks for watching. Do you have the tank set up yet?

Tom's Fish Tanks - 11 years ago

Gorgeous scape

debtimes2 - 11 years ago

I love this tank.. going to try and do something similar..have most of the plants on list and a few different..Thanks for the eye candy!

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Once the scape is complete I rip it down! I have to keep being creative and practicing. I don't have time or space for another tank so I just do a new scape. Its good practice and needs to be done. I miss all past scapes, but they will live on through YouTube. lol

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

haha, thanks! You are probably pissed off that I took it down. I have some never before seen footage of the tank at its full potential that I will upload as a RIP video for the setup. I am already not liking the new scape I just did. I think it is too lame. lol I am seriously considering getting a new 55 gallon with no scratches on it and setting up a Marine aquarium.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

No it does fine. Just used dark green thread and eventually the thread just falls apart and you can pull it out from within the moss. Java moss loves to stick to rocks and wood. Just keeping trimming it over and over again and IMO will look just as good as ANY moss. It is probably my favorite moss.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks for the kind words, first off you really want a lot. Somehow, because these two guys have always been about the same size, I lucked out. I had to get rid of all my other rainbows because they were too mean to each other. I had 6. These two were always more mellow. Could be that this species is just more mellow than the others. Honestly I would shoot for at least 7 and only 2 males or maybe even one male. These guys are mean to each other, but they can handle it because of similar size.

HybridHerps - 11 years ago

Gotta ask, because I'm a fan of this tank and style, how do you find the bosmani rainbows do as just the two males? I'm thinking about doing rainbows of some sort (melitinoma or however you spell it) and orignally wanted to do 6 of a single species, 3:3 ratio or 2:4 ratio, but THEY ARE EXPENSIVE MAN. Do you think it would benefit the fish in terms of behavior keeping them as a group of 6, or do you think just doing 2 or 4 would be fine? Also, congo tetras...so nice....so expensive lol

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ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thank you! Thanks for supporting my channel.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man.

almcloud - 11 years ago

Scape is looking awesome !

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man! It is finally complete and I am now satisfied with the scape.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man. Wow , thanks for the nice compliment. I should and always want to, but I don't know what I should explain or how to teach it. It is hard for me because I don't really have a method or follow steps I just do it without really thinking about it. What are some Qs you or others would want answered? Or do you have any ideas I could put into the series?

njw1383 - 11 years ago

You can make that guitar sing Dave! This is probably one of the best tanks i've seen on youtube so far!! I think you should do a series on how you aquascape your tanks

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

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Allen Tan - 11 years ago

lol, yeah, that clarifies a tiny bit. where did you get the bulbs?

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah there always is...

dimps1066 - 11 years ago

Stunning tank, what's not to like? there's always got to be one!

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ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Haha! Yes! Haters gotta hate. F! off!! Fool!

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Excellent. Both great! I love mine.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Does that help? lol

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

pellets in the substrate while using a good planting substrate like eco-complete I will be able to acheive this goal. I barely do water column dosing as it is...

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

You don't have to use Aquavitro. You could do it with dry ferts. I just dose so little so it isn't really that expensive and I have gotten better results with Aquavitro combined with slow release pellets in the substrate that I don't want to change it. No sense if it is working, not worth the risk. My plan is to do no liquid dosing even though eventually everyone says you have to even with Aquasoil. I plan on proving them wrong one way or another. I believe with good sustained slow release

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

I use 100% RO water and dose potassium bicarbonate for my buffer and then light dosing of macros and micros with Aquavitro. I overdose phosphates and underdose nitrogen to get really red growth. I overdose Excel a few times a week and do only 20% weekly water changes (ruffly) which is only 10 gallons. I could do bi-weekly and probably experience no major issues, I don't want to risk it. Slower growth, but more sustained. I don't have to crop like crazy or waste ferts.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

They are ahsupply bulbs. Stands for 2000k 6000k 10000k So they give a good amount of red and blues with full spectrum all at once. When you first get them they do put off a pink hue, only for the first 100 hours. All my bulbs are pretty new. Good eye! I don't dose a specific method, I just do what I do. I try to have a lot of nutrients in the substrate through slow release fert pellets and then lightly does Seachem Aquavitro. Not a lot, just enough. I do have a schedule and routine.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

It is an F1 wild strain. You can call it a green blotchy, but really it is a wild strain.

Omar Alvarez - 11 years ago

what type of swordtail is that ?

Allen Tan - 11 years ago

what are 2-6-10 bulbs? and i forgot how you dose your ferts, i know its not ei. can you refresh my memory?

shizdank - 11 years ago

very nice! i have a schecter stiletto

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man. Do a rescape if you want. This setup has been a challenge, I kept changing so many things. It is finally balancing out. I don't have any pink bulbs. I think it is from all the red and orange plants and it is reflecting into the lens. I have 2-6-10 bulbs which do give off a good amount of red, so I guess you could say there is more red and blue coming out of the light than a standard T5HO.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man, Yeah but your fish are the most bad ass fish on the planet! Thanks for watching again. Had to take the other vid down because of the song.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man. Yeah I had to make a new one. Last song wasn't really royalty free and I may have gotten in trouble if I continued using it.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man, yeah in a couple weeks it will be about perfect. HC and blyxa still need to grow some more.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man. I had to take it down. Nothing I could do. Hopefully this song stays free, it is supposed to be, so was the last one. The website just lies to people, really it isn't royalty free.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks! I know it sucks, the website just lies and says it is royalty free. I didn't want to get in trouble, the new intro is more appropriate and shorter.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks brother! Love my Schecter Hellraiser!

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks, almost there, a couple more weeks and it will be complete!

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks man, you know it. I babysit this thing too much.

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Allen Tan - 11 years ago

woah dave. this is really cool. this makes me wanna do a rescape on my 55. do you have a pink bulb? looks reddish

Paul Jones - 11 years ago

Damn nice. fantastic work. im keeping to wrong species to try to create something like this.. i need to sort it out! Ace video

Jwhiser1302 - 11 years ago

Man this tank is outstanding!! Love the intro!

jeremiemcd - 11 years ago

Great video Dave tank looks very beautiful :) keep up the great wrk:) :) look forward to seeing it transform more

Amber Courtney - 11 years ago

Your tanks are always so beautiful Dave! Blows me away! ~ Liking the new intro. Sucks you had to take the other off though. Changing things up is good too. ;)

shizdank - 11 years ago

nice axe!

NickMach007 - 11 years ago

Really nice. Tank is look just about perfect.

Mrmomtanks - 11 years ago

great job man..youve got some work in that scape i know..thanks for sharing..

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Thanks, I had to take down the other video because the old intro and video song are no longer royalty free and I can no longer use them. Hopefully people will watch the video again.

Brian's Fish Tanks - 11 years ago

Dig the new intro!

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