Ripariums for Plant Filtration

[hydrophyte]

That light is the 2' Hydrofarm Jumpstart with a 24-watt 6500K HO T5 lamp and it's super economical. I got it for just around thirty-five bucks. They don't have it as a regular catalog item, but the Paradigm Gardens store can special order it. It is important to ask for the T5 lamp kit only. They also sell it as a "Grow Light System", but that includes a metal stand and it is more like $60 I think.

I made a blog post a while back about a (also cheap) way to hang up that light...

An Economical T5 Striplight for a Planted Riparium

 

[Conner]

Cool, thanks!

 

[hydrophyte]

You got it man!

 

[hydrophyte]

Here are a couple of quick shots of my new setup from the other night. The plants are looking pretty happy.

There are no monster fish in here. This tank only has ~12 gallons or so of water.

 

[hydrophyte]

I was over there at the garden center servicing the 55-gallon tank today and I got a couple of shots. The plants have grown up quite a bit. Here is a view in through the top.

 

[hydrophyte]

Here's that FTS. The fish were all hiding in the shade--I should have thrown a food wafer in there.

The stem plants have grown up quite a bit.

 

[hydrophyte]

Here quick is another view.

 

[hydrophyte]

I was reminded that there is a quick demo video on using those riparium magnet planters and trellis rafts over at http://www.plantedbox.com/. Here is the link to the Vimeo video.

http://vimeo.com/10117690





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[hydrophyte]

Here's a quick shot of the 15-gallon setup from a couple of nights ago. There's nothing much new in this tank--it has been real easy care.

All I do is change the water, feed the fish and clean the glass. The plants have grown in a bit more.

 

[hydrophyte]

I put together a blog post about moving my 55-gallon setup over to its new spot there at the Paradigm Gardens store. Here is the link...

http://hydrophytesblog.com/?p=1799