This is Utricularia sp from Batang Pinang. First time trying this was back in 2004 and under good lighting condition it can grow pretty good with out CO2(here CO2 only make them grow faster) for a very long time.

spec:

Tank: 48 inches 40 gallon

Light: 32 watts 6500k bulb x 2

CO2: 1 bubble/second

ADA Cube Garden 60P is the most popular fish tank which I sold the most.  The dimention was perfect for the layout design with good … ratio and the size was just right for alot of people.  It was so easy that you can simply either add some ADA’s Old Black wood or any kind of rocks they carry and it easily form a nice looking under water garden. Here I have a good 60P example from one of my client — Lori. I used 4 peices of small to mediem Old Black wood and I used bunch rocks that were collected locally to hold them naturally together. Each element was supporting each other in a way that it can not stay if one is missing.

• 60cm x 30cm x 36cm high clarity glass – containing less iron
• Lighting : 65w / 6700k
• CO2 : One per second
• Substrate: Aqua Soil Amazonia II
• Temp : 26C

When I saw the ADA 45F I just knew it is a perfect “indoor pond” setup tank.  But it would be hard for me since I’ve never done it before. I had so many ideas for it, but the first one was 侘び草 (Wabi-Kusa) style, which stands for “lonely grass” or basicly just a ”pedunculated grass mix on a ball.”  Here I used Wabi-Kusa as the base and put our design twist on it.

Here is how I started the build. Most of the design ideas are cretided to the future owner of this tank – my GF Ginny!  We decided to have a front beach look, so we laid it out normally as a regular design: with silica sand up front and the ADA Aqua Soil in the back.  The only thing we did differently was to reduce the thickness of soil and sand because of the shallow depth of the tank.  (It would be very tough to plant plants later on).  Ginny loves the driftwood which give that Zen feel.  As shown in the pictures, two small ADA Old Black wood were used to achieve the effect.

ADA 45F Tank

• 45cm x 26cm x 16cm high clarity glass – containing less iron
• Lighting : 27w / 10000k
• CO2 : None
• Substrate: Aqua Soil Amazonia
• Temp : 25C

A close up look of Echinodorus aflame, aka the Purple Knight in Asia, because it turn black or deep purple.  A very rare, hard to get  Sword plant.

Plants:

• Echinodorus aflame “Purple Knight”
• Chrismas moss
• Anubias petite nana
• Hydrocotyle verticillata
• Micranthemum umbrosum
• Lysimachia nummularia

Cost for set up as shown:

• 45F tank $75
• Clip on 27 watt Power Compact light $60
• GEX Japan/Ultra slim filter $45
• ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia $12
• Some silica sand $5
• ADA Old Black Wood $40
• Rocks $20
• Plants $30

For those interested, I can set up the tank as a whole or customize something similar for you.  I’m in the Seattle area.

Can’t read the license plate though.

Mike (93TyGuy) sent in pics of his car with Importology grille and lip installed. Mike, do you plan to paint the grille at all? Hope not. We think that flat look is outstanding! Thanks again for sharing.

We’ve shipped our Importology lips, grilles, and eyelids internationally before – Greece, Australia, Singapore.. oh and Canada. (Puerto Rico doesn’t count.) But for some reason, orders from Greece started to trickled in at the beginning of 2009. As of right now, I’m working on 4 separate orders of various items for our Greek friends.

Deeply puzzled, I popped the question to Gregory Balodimos, one of the waiting buyers. He wasn’t sure if he knew the other guys, but mentioned he is part of SubaManiacs.  So I snooped around online.  Apparently the scene is hot for the Subie owners in Greece.  I don’t know the size of SubaManiacs.  (This lazy bone didn’t want to Google Translate some of the pages).  But I gotta say the Forester owners are passionate and they truly represent!    

Google did find some 2008 WRC Greece videos.  But check out this entertaining production on Vimeo by Dimitrios Papadopoulos.  (Go directly to Vimeo. Embedding here the video turns off HD)  Turn up the volume too.  Greek Subies rock HARD!

P.S. Is that our grille at 1:49?



 

Subamaniacs@ Serres Racing Circuit, North Clubs Trackday 2008 from Dimitrios Papadopoulos on Vimeo.

People have been asking what painted Forester accessories are available for purchase.  A quick inventory shows one black grille left.  As far as eyelids, we have 9 sets of white, silver, and black ready to ship.

The painted grille is $199 + shipping.

Painted eyelids are $69 $129* + shipping.

* The price adjustment is due to the old paint shop no longer working with us. The new painting comes with a lifetime warranty, which if you reside in the US, we’ll be happy to transfer to you.

Here is the instruction to install the Importology grille on your Forester. We understand most people may not need it, but since Tony had already created it, let’s publish it

Importology Grille Install Instruction

While installing the grille is highly DIY-able, putting the lip on the car is a different story.  We strongly recommend having a pro shop do it for you.  It is also recommended that painting comes afterwards.  With all that said, we gather there are highly skilled owners, who, with the help of ample 3M automotive adhesive tape (the dark grey foam tape with red lining), will do a great job fitting the lip to the bumper.

Importology Lip Install Instruction

We warehouse most of products in Newcastle, WA; however, we don’t have a Forester there. Thanks to Chris, we were able to fit the lip, grille, and eyelids on his car when the shipment arrived from Taiwan.  Everything looks good!