Journal 22 gallon long bookshelf

[MrJG]

That second pic with the purple stem is sweet! Rotala sp?
Epic gda! Wonder how portly an otocinclus could get in there?

 

[HardeeParty]

That second pic with the purple stem is sweet! Rotala sp?
Epic gda! Wonder how portly an otocinclus could get in there?

Not sure which one you’re looking at there.

Anyway I caved in and started the breakdown. Pulled all the native/rare stuff to clean up and keep quarantined until I can get the tank sorted and the Biomaster swapped over. H2O2 bath for now.











Will scoop out most of the substrate and use it for an emersed plant substrate mix. Going to give the classic safe-t-sorb a try this time around.

 

[Count Krunk]

What did you use in the first version? For the sub

 

[HardeeParty]

Fluval stratum. We had a good run. I don’t think it’s as terrible as reported but i don’t have any alternate reference other than blasting media.

 

[HardeeParty]

We move into the kitty litter era.





Man this Biomaster2 600 kicks. Looking forward pumping out some natives again.

 

[JayP]

We move into the kitty litter era.

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Man this Biomaster2 600 kicks. Looking forward pumping out some natives again.

You see complaints about the Biomaster flow but yeah, a 600 on a 22g tank will be like a Florida hurricane.

 

[HardeeParty]

lol yea and there’s a filtosmart 100 on the opposite side.

Trying to plan out a yugang reactor now for behind the tank.

 

[Count Krunk]

what kitty litter is that?

 

[HardeeParty]

It’s Safe T Sorb

 

[HardeeParty]

Bad news bear is here to tell you that charging your safe t sorb is not really a suggestion.






Will be resetting, tilling, and flushing it with tap water to make sure it’s completely saturated.

A more appealing update involves a fresh co2 tank and ditching the Fluval nano. Such a good feeling. The light is an Amazon special from some fleeting no-name brand liquidation, but it’s actually pretty decent. All RGB diodes, Bluetooth control, and a power output of about 30watts. Really nice stand too. Have not spent too much time tweaking the spectrum yet but it’s primarily just for growth. It has a telescoping optical lens to change the beam angle which is actually a pretty cool and useful feature.

So satisfying.



Fluval Planted Nano:



China special:

 

[JayP]

My 22 long is sitting behind me ready to be scaped as I look at the photo of yours. I'm covering it's eyes.

Are those kids watching a plant identification video?

 

[Koan]

light is an Amazon special from some fleeting no-name brand liquidation

Do you have the link?

 

[HardeeParty]

Do you have the link?

https://a.co/d/0dhWpSKy

No longer available.

I have a handful of impulse-purchased generic brand lights I’m starting to use and have been really impressed with the performance of them.

Like these for example. These pendant lights are 75 watts, Bluetooth controlled, active cooling fans, and have WRGB diodes. Currently running them on 30% and the output is insane. They were about $22 each. Also long gone from Amazon.





Grown under those lights, without co2.

 

[HardeeParty]

My 22 long is sitting behind me ready to be scaped as I look at the photo of yours. I'm covering it's eyes.

Are those kids watching a plant identification video?

It’s actually a kids show called Creature Cases and this scene was comparing different species of snakes to identify features that differentiate them. We’re working in that direction lol.

 

[HardeeParty]

My 22 long is sitting behind me ready to be scaped as I look at the photo of yours. I'm covering it's eyes.

Are those kids watching a plant identification video?

It looks worse than it is. All the walls are covered with algae and the top layer of substrate is dotted but once I scrape everything, replace the lily pipes, suck the top layer off and deep vacuum the substrate it should be pretty clean.

 

[Rob23]

So, this pump is absolutely silent…

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@HardeeParty What fittings did you end up using to adapt the input to a barbed fitting on your Jebao pump? I just picked up a DCP 3500 and it comes with barbed adapters for the output, but the input appears to be a slip fitting. Did you use pvc cement for the slip fitting on the input? I can't quite tell from the photo. I'm thinking I need to use charlotte pipe reducer coupling into which I can thread a 5/8" barb.

Anyone else have suggestions?

 

[HardeeParty]

The DCW 1500 came with a threaded inlet and outlet so I just used the barbed adapters that came with it. Does yours not have threaded inlet/outlets like this?

 

[JayP]

@HardeeParty What fittings did you end up using to adapt the input to a barbed fitting on your Jebao pump? I just picked up a DCP 3500 and it comes with barbed adapters for the output, but the input appears to be a slip fitting. Did you use pvc cement for the slip fitting on the input? I can't quite tell from the photo. I'm thinking I need to use charlotte pipe reducer coupling into which I can thread a 5/8" barb.

Anyone else have suggestions?

For the input side of my MDP-3500, I used the "flat" side of a 3/4 PVC union with the stock Jebao ring so I could use a 3/4 slip to 3/4 fnpt elbow, and then a 3/4 mnpt to 5/8 barb (Amazon). Not all 3/4 unions are the same though and may not fit the Jebao ring. The one I used is from Lowes.

 

[Rob23]

For the input side of my MDP-3500, I used the "flat" side of a 3/4 PVC union with the stock Jebao ring so I could use a 3/4 slip to 3/4 fnpt elbow, and then a 3/4 mnpt to 5/8 barb (Amazon). Not all 3/4 unions are the same though and may not fit the Jebao ring. The one I used is from Lowes.

Thank you @JayP . For the connection between the stock Jebao ring and the "flat" side of the 3/4 PVC union, are you referring to the left-most part in this picture? Did you use anything else with that union piece to get a leak-free connection? Tape or pipe dope? @HardeeParty , I apologize for the thread hijack.

 

[Rob23]

The DCW 1500 came with a threaded inlet and outlet so I just used the barbed adapters that came with it. Does yours not have threaded inlet/outlets like this?

Thanks for the reply James. Yes, mine does come threaded like that. However, the two different size barb adapters that come with it only fit the threaded ring for the pump's outlet. The threaded inlet ring only fits an included slip fitting. Not sure why the DCP-3500 doesn't include a barbed inlet fitting option out of the box.