pics from my 250 liters

[António Vitor]

http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/image1.jpg
the orange circle points to the place were my 3 discus likes to hide...
:)

http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er.jpg
hygrophila corymbosa 'stricta'


http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er2.jpg
some leafs of my lotus zenkeri

ludwigia inclinata
http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/inclinata.jpg

hope you like it...

[Richard]

"António Vitor" wrote in message...
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/image1.jpg
> the orange circle points to the place were my 3 discus likes to hide...
> :)
>
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er.jpg
> hygrophila corymbosa 'stricta'
>
>
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er2.jpg
> some leafs of my lotus zenkeri
>
> ludwigia inclinata
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/inclinata.jpg
>
> hope you like it...


Nice tank, good pics. You put me to shame in the live plant department.

[António Vitor]

thanks!

António Vitor
Lisbon, Portugal


>
> Nice tank, good pics. You put me to shame in the live plant department.
>
>

[António Vitor]

I forgot to mention my tank parameters
KH-3
pH-6.7
GH-6

250 liters (66 gallon)
300 watts MH.
DIY CO2 (3 bottles of 2 liters)
10 ml of TMG



"António Vitor" > wrote in message
...
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/image1.jpg
> the orange circle points to the place were my 3 discus likes to hide...
> :)
>
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er.jpg
> hygrophila corymbosa 'stricta'
>
>
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er2.jpg
> some leafs of my lotus zenkeri
>
> ludwigia inclinata
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/inclinata.jpg
>
> hope you like it...
>
>
>

[António Vitor]

10 ml of MG every day of course..
;)

"António Vitor" > wrote in message
...
> I forgot to mention my tank parameters
> KH-3
> pH-6.7
> GH-6
>
> 250 liters (66 gallon)
> 300 watts MH.
> DIY CO2 (3 bottles of 2 liters)
> 10 ml of TMG
>
>

[Dave Millman]

"António Vitor" wrote:

> 10 ml of MG every day of course..
> ;)
>
> "António Vitor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I forgot to mention my tank parameters
> > KH-3
> > pH-6.7
> > GH-6
> >
> > 250 liters (66 gallon)
> > 300 watts MH.
> > DIY CO2 (3 bottles of 2 liters)
> > 10 ml of TMG

How much nitrate are you adding to that tank? There's none in TMG, if I
recall correctly.

[António Vitor]

I have 3 discus that I feed 5 times a day (automatic feeder with flake food
4 times a day), and beefheart 1 big piece a day...
so I have enough nitrates and po4...
:)

sometimes I have lack of NO3, bellow 5 ppm, in those times I put some KNO3
to achieve a level of 5 ppm. (this is extremely rare)

PO4 is non existent on the water (it's what my test says ), but my plant
stick fertilizer that I use ... sometimes...have a big ratio of PO4 versus
nitrate.

Regards!
António Vitor


"Dave Millman" > wrote in message
...
> "António Vitor" wrote:
>
> > 10 ml of MG every day of course..
> > ;)
> >
> > "António Vitor" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I forgot to mention my tank parameters
> > > KH-3
> > > pH-6.7
> > > GH-6
> > >
> > > 250 liters (66 gallon)
> > > 300 watts MH.
> > > DIY CO2 (3 bottles of 2 liters)
> > > 10 ml of TMG
>
> How much nitrate are you adding to that tank? There's none in TMG, if I
> recall correctly.
>

[Ian Mather]

Just out of curiosity, where did you grab your MH fixtures? They look like
outdoor Mercury Vapor lights.

"António Vitor" > wrote in message
...
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/image1.jpg
> the orange circle points to the place were my 3 discus likes to hide...
> :)
>
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er.jpg
> hygrophila corymbosa 'stricta'
>
>
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/ou****er2.jpg
> some leafs of my lotus zenkeri
>
> ludwigia inclinata
> http://aquarium.planetaclix.pt/temp/inclinata.jpg
>
> hope you like it...
>
>

[350X_Rider]

> Just out of curiosity, where did you grab your MH fixtures? They look
like
> outdoor Mercury Vapor lights.

I believe they are.... I could be wrong.... but a construction friend has
them over his tank... and that's what they are, and how he got them....

[António Vitor]

yap for outdoor...
cheap!!!
:)
but of course for metal halide....
100US$
(Here in portugal some fixtures could reach 1000 US$ !!!! )


"350X_Rider" > wrote in message
...
>
> > Just out of curiosity, where did you grab your MH fixtures? They look
> like
> > outdoor Mercury Vapor lights.
>
> I believe they are.... I could be wrong.... but a construction friend has
> them over his tank... and that's what they are, and how he got them....
>
>
>

[350X_Rider]

Here the ballast for a MH is nearly $90USD, and a 175W bulb is $110USD...
the housing itself is only $39 or so....

OUTrageous.....

but you can't beat the light output...

Antonio, how hot do yours get???


"António Vitor" > wrote in message
...
> yap for outdoor...
> cheap!!!
> :)
> but of course for metal halide....
> 100US$
> (Here in portugal some fixtures could reach 1000 US$ !!!! )
>
>
> "350X_Rider" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > > Just out of curiosity, where did you grab your MH fixtures? They look
> > like
> > > outdoor Mercury Vapor lights.
> >
> > I believe they are.... I could be wrong.... but a construction friend
has
> > them over his tank... and that's what they are, and how he got them....
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[António Vitor]

HOT!!!

It burns if I touch the glass of the fixture, in the metal work of the
fixture it is hot, but I can touch it,

My cheap fixture dissipates the heat amazingly well.
it have more surface for dissipation than most expensive fixtures, like the
heat sink of most computer chips...
but...
it can increase my water temperature ... In the winter (27º-28ºc ) my
heater is allways off..("daytime"), that is a good thing (electricity
savings), BUT....In the
summer, I get some problems...

In the hottiest days of the summer it can reach 29-30ºc (again "daytime"),
allmoust all my plants were chosen on the temperature factor ...
that is why I have an open aquarium...
....and because I want to see some flowers...;)

water evaporation keeps my water cool enough even for glossostigma...even
in the summer.

the perfect temperature for my aquarium is about 27ºC, I have discus... they
tolerate and I am allmoust sure that they prefer this temperature .

I bought (last week) 2 (5000 Kelvin) 150 W MH bulbs for 46 euros (1 euro =
1US$) each,
on a Germany online shop....
http://www.aquaristikshop.com/

the cheappiest bulb MH that I found on an portuguese aquarium shop was about
150 US$...

I had to resort to non aquarium lamps (4200 k) for allmoust a year...(25
euros for those lamps here in Portugal) and my plants did amazingly well..
:)

I made a new topic with newer photos...(with my newer MH bulbs)
I think I did improve something...

Regards!
António Vitor

"350X_Rider" > wrote in message
...
> Here the ballast for a MH is nearly $90USD, and a 175W bulb is $110USD...
> the housing itself is only $39 or so....
>
> OUTrageous.....
>
> but you can't beat the light output...
>
> Antonio, how hot do yours get???
>
>
> "António Vitor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > yap for outdoor...
> > cheap!!!
> > :)
> > but of course for metal halide....
> > 100US$
> > (Here in portugal some fixtures could reach 1000 US$ !!!! )
> >
> >
> > "350X_Rider" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > > Just out of curiosity, where did you grab your MH fixtures? They
look
> > > like
> > > > outdoor Mercury Vapor lights.
> > >
> > > I believe they are.... I could be wrong.... but a construction friend
> has
> > > them over his tank... and that's what they are, and how he got
them....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>