Aquatic Cebu Enthusiasts (ACE)

[galactic armada]

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PLEASE do update this post with the sizes of your tanks.
We need the LxWxH for the stands.

Update intawn mu guys kay diri mag agad ang atong stand, so palihug intawn ug post sa dimensions. salamat kaayo.


ACE EXHIBIT (this is made possible by Alain, PIPER'S PETSHOP)
Updates!

This will be held this first week or second week of December. Will be filling you in with the details later if it is finalized, since we don't want to preempt anything. But for sure, there will be an exhibit.

How are the tanks doing guys?

1] Markykoi 15.6X10X11.1 inches (seamless tank)
2] Dingo Spike
3] Alain
4] Eskeryon (2)
5] Aqua99
6] marknicho & lyledu 15.6X10X11.1 inches (seamless tank)
7] zen aquatics (2)
8] Smalltime_guppy
9] belgianmalie
10] swordfishh
11] glenris
12] jjyo
13] Edgar (2)
14] commonsense 14.5X9X10.5 inches
15] grim
16] Allister

Some GUIDELINES: (will be adding more in the future)
1] Tank must have its own styro or rubber matting at the bottom for safety purposes.
2] DIY CO2 bottles should be painted black or covered with black.
3] You should have your own lighting fixture and filter.
4] Tank must be completely drained before transporting.
5] Must bring water using water containers (5gal bottles), the water you have drained from that aquarium so as not to stress the fish if there's any.

ex:
Tank title:
Tank size: (LxWxH)
Tank volume: (in gal)
Substrate:
Lighting: (watts and lighting hours)
Aquatic Plants:
Fishes:
Invertebrates:

Thank you very much guys!!!

pwede pa moapil? tank size: 35x22x28 cm.(seamless), volume: 5.5 gals.

[coolnerd]

@lyledu :

master lyle.. mao ni nga exact link gihatag ni vp_julie nako https://www.istorya.net/forums/pet-di...here-_-41.html

[zhero_id]

hala ga experimento diay mo og cooling system hehehe, mao pod ni akong ge google tibuok adlaw.

so far ang sayon ra mahimo nako is ang Bong Cooler.

gamit ra og PVC Pipe + Y or T ba na + FAN

sa pag ka karon ga assemble pa ko og upat ka CPU Fan powered by a PC Power Supply hehe

[lyledu]

aw young pa kaau akong tank ana bai.. hahaha! baga2x na man karn gud. ^^

[gamemaster21]

aung gbie.............................................. ...

[markykoi]

@marky- pa seminar ko balik sa lighting basics ha kalimot nko hehe

hahahaha

try these guys:

Lighting the Planted Tank | Rex's Guide to Planted Tanks

Minimum Light Threshold | Watts Per Gallon | Rex's Guide to Planted Tanks

Color temperature

Color temperature refers to the Kelvin rating of the bulb, light has different color temperatures as shown in the chart below.

Correct me if I am mistaken but I think the Kelvin refers to the temperature needed to heat a bar of lead to produce the same color.

As seen on the chart, the lower the temperature the closer to red the color of light is, higher means closer to blue. To make it simple plants generally photosynthesize light with colors between 5,000 and 10,000 kelvin, if you look at the chart these are the “whites”. Mixing and matching different Kelvin bulbs produce better results.

In planted tanks and generally in the lighting industry we have “colors of white”. This may sound weird at first but this simply refers to the different “whites” that are available for different applications.
In example you might run in the following types of bulbs in ACE hardware, Cool White and Daylight.

Coolwhite is 4,000 ++ Kelvin.
Daylight is 6,000 ++ Kelvin.

If you look at the cool white bulb it would generally appear normal or white, but beside a daylight bulb it would appear yellowish. The same thing will happen if you put a daylight bulb beside a skywhite bulb which is 8,000 kelvin.

Remember the pinkish aquarium bulbs that we talked about earlier, these are specialist bulbs, even higher in the Kelvin scale, too high in fact for plants, if used on their own.

In simple terms just use daylight for planted tanks and you will be safe. (6,500 kelvin), Why daylight bulbs?

These are the reasons why.
1) Readily available everywhere
2) Relatively cheap vs specialist bulbs.



Lighting a planted tank, I know first thing that would actually come into your mind is costs and effectivity of the lights that you use on the plants that you are planning to put on your planted aquarium.

One thing I like about planted tank is that you could customize, you have options on what type of lighting, the intensity/watts or lumens, and you could be creative in setting up your lighting setups or even your hood.

Our goal here is to simulate the sun. So basically we will be using daylight bulbs or fluorescent. And since our resources here in the Philippines especially here in Cebu is quite limited, we usually improvise. Those who has the upper hand would setup high tech lighting setup and for those who has limited resources will usually resort in DIYs (Do-It-Yourself). In my own opinion, it doesn't matter for me if you have the be$t lighting $etup or just the regular daylights, as long as you get the plants needs to show its potential then you are doing great already.

Diri sa Cebu, usually atong makit-an ug common nowadays are the CFLs and more on T5s na. Although we have metal halides, but those are still very expensive and I think they have low kelvin ratings, most of them don't display that specs on their boxes gani. PLs are good, I was able to find some, well, China made.

Right now, experienced aquarist nowadays are looking into the LED technology. LEDs are low in heat and low in energy consumption. Pero ang LED (superbright) available karon diri sa Cebu is not that bright jud so, you need a lot of it with a price to pay. Sa pagka karon, LEDs are used as night lights and also in moonlight for saltwater setup.

So, be creative, I would really suggest to plan ahead, research on the plants that you are going to use and by that data, you could think about what type of lighting and intensity that you want to use on your planted setup.

Goodluck and Godbless.

[markykoi]

pwede pa moapil? tank size: 35x22x28 cm.(seamless), volume: 5.5 gals.

PLEASE do update this post with the sizes of your tanks.
We need the LxWxH for the stands.

Update intawn mu guys kay diri mag agad ang atong stand, so palihug intawn ug post sa dimensions. salamat kaayo.


ACE EXHIBIT (this is made possible by Alain, PIPER'S PETSHOP)
Updates!

This will be held this first week or second week of December. Will be filling you in with the details later if it is finalized, since we don't want to preempt anything. But for sure, there will be an exhibit.

How are the tanks doing guys?

1] Markykoi 15.6X10X11.1 inches (seamless tank)
2] Dingo Spike
3] Alain
4] Eskeryon (2)
5] Aqua99
6] marknicho & lyledu 15.6X10X11.1 inches (seamless tank)
7] zen aquatics (2)
8] Smalltime_guppy
9] belgianmalie
10] swordfishh 32 x 25 x25 cm
11] glenris 32 x 25 x25 cm
12] jjyo
13] Edgar (2)
14] commonsense 14.5X9X10.5 inches
15] grim
16] Allister
17] galactic armada 35x22x28 cm.(seamless)

Some GUIDELINES: (will be adding more in the future)
1] Tank must have its own styro or rubber matting at the bottom for safety purposes.
2] DIY CO2 bottles should be painted black or covered with black.
3] You should have your own lighting fixture and filter.
4] Tank must be completely drained before transporting.
5] Must bring water using water containers (5gal bottles), the water you have drained from that aquarium so as not to stress the fish if there's any.

ex:
Tank title:
Tank size: (LxWxH)
Tank volume: (in gal)
Substrate:
Lighting: (watts and lighting hours)
Aquatic Plants:
Fishes:
Invertebrates:

Thank you very much guys!!!

hala ga experimento diay mo og cooling system hehehe, mao pod ni akong ge google tibuok adlaw.

so far ang sayon ra mahimo nako is ang Bong Cooler.

gamit ra og PVC Pipe + Y or T ba na + FAN

sa pag ka karon ga assemble pa ko og upat ka CPU Fan powered by a PC Power Supply hehe

nindot ni nga design sir. pero murag dili ni siya maayo sa planted nga naay CO2, mu gawas ang CO2 with this method.

[eskeryon]

PLEASE do update this post with the sizes of your tanks.
We need the LxWxH for the stands.

Update intawn mu guys kay diri mag agad ang atong stand, so palihug intawn ug post sa dimensions. salamat kaayo.


ACE EXHIBIT (this is made possible by Alain, PIPER'S PETSHOP)
Updates!

This will be held this first week or second week of December. Will be filling you in with the details later if it is finalized, since we don't want to preempt anything. But for sure, there will be an exhibit.

How are the tanks doing guys?

1] Markykoi 15.6X10X11.1 inches (seamless tank)
2] Dingo Spike
3] Alain
4] Eskeryon (2) 32 x 25 x25 cm and 35x22x28 cm.(seamless)
5] Aqua99
6] marknicho & lyledu 15.6X10X11.1 inches (seamless tank)
7] zen aquatics (2)
8] Smalltime_guppy
9] belgianmalie
10] swordfishh 32 x 25 x25 cm
11] glenris 32 x 25 x25 cm
12] jjyo
13] Edgar (2)
14] commonsense 14.5X9X10.5 inches
15] grim
16] Allister
17] galactic armada 35x22x28 cm.(seamless)

Some GUIDELINES: (will be adding more in the future)
1] Tank must have its own styro or rubber matting at the bottom for safety purposes.
2] DIY CO2 bottles should be painted black or covered with black.
3] You should have your own lighting fixture and filter.
4] Tank must be completely drained before transporting.
5] Must bring water using water containers (5gal bottles), the water you have drained from that aquarium so as not to stress the fish if there's any.

ex:
Tank title:
Tank size: (LxWxH)
Tank volume: (in gal)
Substrate:
Lighting: (watts and lighting hours)
Aquatic Plants:
Fishes:
Invertebrates:

Thank you very much guys!!!



nindot ni nga design sir. pero murag dili ni siya maayo sa planted nga naay CO2, mu gawas ang CO2 with this method.

Ang akoa kay mao ni 32 x 25 x25 cm and 35x22x28 cm.(seamless)

[boomer887]

mayng buntag ace!!!

[kenny_tiu7]

mga pips naa ko gidevelop ron na improvised tank chiller using TEM-ThermoElectric Module...currently naa na nako 75% sa materials needed sa paghimo apil na ang TEM na lisod kaau pangitaunon..hehehe...

mao ni siya ang concept sa TEM sa pagpabognaw: Thermoelectric Modules

mao ni siya angTEM: http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto...-main_Full.jpg


maau tah mo work ni siya!!!!

mu work ni but di kaayo effective and depends sa imu module if dako or gamay. naa ko ani naa lng ni allister its attached to HOF it does 25-26 to my 16x12x12 tank.

yup readily available ang most materials ang wala jud nko nakit-an is ang TEM. been looking for it for about 3 months sauna wa jud ko kita dri sa pinas. for what i know TEM naa sa kato sa building sa singapore forgot the name of the building(anyone can help? sikat na siya na daghan floorsd selling electronics and stuff.)