Journal 22 gallon long bookshelf

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Yeah that Ludwigia is a beaut!

 

[SkaleyAquatics]

Magtool BRITE:

How do you think 1 or 2 of these would do over a 40gal breeder? I am looking for a cheaper alternative for my farm tanks, main tank will always have the best light I can get on it but those get expensive fast.

 

[HardeeParty]

How do you think 1 or 2 of these would do over a 40gal breeder? I am looking for a cheaper alternative for my farm tanks, main tank will always have the best light I can get on it but those get expensive fast.

I think one of them would work great for a farm tank depending on what you’re trying to grow. Right now I have one over my 15 gallon farm tank and it’s working out great at about 50% power. There seem to be some QC gripes online from some people, but the vendor is great about replacing them. I’ve never had an issue with either one of mine. I highly recommend them. Can’t beat the value for money on this one.

 

[HardeeParty]

Lucky day. Happened across some Lagenandra meeboldii ‘bleeding heart’ the other day, and picked up a brand new Waterbox Mini 6 off marketplace today.







The Rotala ramosior ‘Florida’ motherload…



Emersed Ludwigia alata starting to stand up.

 

[Art]

I really like my Waterbox so congrats on that find. The plants look very healthy and growing strong. Will be interesting to see a transition to life underwater.

 

[HardeeParty]

My 20 gallon long turned emersed growout.

 

[Art]

Those plants look great. They must be creating massive shadows underneath though. What do you have below them?

BTW, how did you navigate the hurricane?

 

[HardeeParty]

A massive shadow lol. I’ve just been letting it work itself out since I’m going to be redoing my entire rack setup this weekend (hopefully). Just finished my horizontal reactor and need to finish cementing my overflow and pvc tank bridges.



We fortunately skated through the storm relatively untouched. Couple fence panels down, no biggie. Other parts of St. Lucie and Martin county were completely wrecked by the tornadoes though.



I was monitoring our signalized intersection PTZ cameras for work and saw some interesting stuff.

 

[HardeeParty]

• DIY dual overflow to sump

• DIY Yugang horizontal reactor

• Week Aqua L900 Pro

Now to plumb the garage for semi-auto water changes with an RO water fill station and drain.

 

[HardeeParty]

Ahh that’s better. Thanks @le.nella !

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

What’s the pink stem to the left, middle, and right? Is that a Ludwigia you grabbed from the wild?

 

[HardeeParty]

One of them. I have 10-12 Florida natives I’m trying to adapt and cultivate to introduce into the hobby. Those are Ludwigia alata.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Yeah I love it look at you, so productive

 

[le.nella]

One of them. I have 10-12 Florida natives I’m trying to adapt and cultivate to introduce into the hobby. Those are Ludwigia alata.

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you have my address , haha. I would be interested to see how it continues to grow!

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

you have my address , haha. I would be interested to see how it continues to grow!

Excuse you, get in line

 

[HardeeParty]

Big changes. Some deconstruction and reconstruction. This may or may not have turned into a full farming operation with emersed grow-out greenhouse…. Still a mess. Stay tuned.










The display tank has taken a big hit from neglect but it’s coming up on a full year anyway and long overdue for a full restart. Once I get the new rack and plumbing straightened out I’ll start the main bookshelf teardown. I think all the hardscape is going and this iteration will be a garden style tank.

 

[Art]

Wow, you've got a lot going on! Those floaters look beautiful!

 

[le.nella]

Have you been pushing out little by little every day? We also need to see that green house

 

[HardeeParty]

Some cool stuff from @le.nella taking shape.

 

[Art]

What is the last one?