@ adrian..

Are you telling me that you turn on your light for 24 hours??? Algae is sure to come.. plant's cannot absorb more than 8~10 hours of lighting and nutrients.. it goes to the algae after that...


@ tenchi,
Sad to hear you have low levels of movtivation and determination.. do let us know if you intend to keep going or give up so fast

and..
I agree with playerseeker..

Something is defintiely wrong with your tank shortpants.. how about we STOP adding fishes and let the tank stabilize first eh..

@usermode,
determined as ever to not join competitions LOL!!

Drew

I'm with Pinchy on not enough filtration power...

Golden fish?? Is it the arowana?? lol.. not very familiar with that name..

@ adrian,
Haven't answered me yet on your lighting periods..

Drew

Same family as goldfish then..

back there Iw as thinking too far.. coz some people in Penang came up to me.. worried that i don't know hokkien saying golden fish... I said goldfish?? He said.. not that cheap one.. LOL!!!

Well,
Not too good with goldfish.. But I hear they like stable temperatures and filtration is most important as they poop a lot. LOL

Drew

lol .. really an LOL i stumbled upon myself!!he didn't provide image maahh~~ XD lol..

Well, all's well that end's well.

Drew

Here's what you should do... throw that plant into a bucket somewhere first..

try to change the water as often as possible(de-chlor first of course..) Some new plants from the LFS contain some chemicals on them.. usually pesticides... So do this to make sure..

best bet is to obtain plants from other hobbyist...

@ tenchi

Hang in there!!!

Drew

I wouldn't buy that.. if you can reduce it further.. then maybe I would..

and seriously Adrian... Let me ask.. how long have you been with this 24 hours lighting period?? And how long has it been going on??

Drew

Also Adrian,

I believe all AquaSoil have the same price be it Amazonia, Amazonia II, Africana or malaya... As Yujin mentioned, rm 88 is retail price(-NORMAL-)
.. be grateful as a couple of years before.. retail price was rm 111 for a normal bag of soil!(i think)

Drew

@ adrian,

Where is this place you're talking about .. Powder type for rm 88 as well??? I want loo....

Drew

It varies I believe.. I couldn't afford to buy enough to remember the price.. Any thoughts pinchy??

Lol now adrian is selling pulak =.=

Bro, are you talking about selling POWDER TYPE ADA AMAZONIA AQUASOIL??? Just checking as you seem to be very VERY confused between Powder type and normal type..

Drew

Waitaminute,
Now u got me confused as well.. Rm 170 Per bag of amazonia 2??? thats definitely overpricing.. please state clearly again what you want to sell thanks.

Drew

Sae and flying fox not same LOL!!!


I think I have a guide somewhere .. hmmm
http://www.my-mac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?...ilit=sae#p77062

Drew

Sure you can.. But don't expect the exact same results comparing to fertilized Ada soil...

Scooby iph...

That works!! Use the gravel method if you wish.. you know.. layer with base fertilizers.. then put this decoration sand.. it's a technique apparently

Drew

It's not plainly about rescaping = maintaining... that's jsut to satisfy your boredom..

To maintain your water parametres.. proper water changes at proper times come to play.. having a nicely sized filter+flowrate is the main backbone... All tanks need to WC IMHO... without it.. how are we gonna get rid of the gunk or continuously piling Nitrate levels ... Of course.. some tanks without a nicely sized filter would end up having high levels of Ammonia and Nitrite as well... All these could lead to fish death.

Before adding livestock.. it is common practice to let your tank cycle.. cycling periods would span from 2 weeks to 3 months!! Once your tank n02,n03,amm. levels are stable.. you can start adding livestock little at a time.. not a sudden huge amount of fish.. that will upset the balance.

Just sharing what I know and what I think is right

Drew

@kev sensei.

I'm not saying that the fishes would immediately die the very day you set up and put the fishes in... It's just for long terms sake we cycle our tanks for a week or two.. otherwise, the filters wouldn't hold enough bacteria to aid the nitrogen cycle.. even in my fish only tanks.. I let them cycle for 2 weeks at the very least.. BUTT

Believe what you will.. It's not my rights to force upon the people my ideals.. just sharing my opinion.

Drew

Oh you're saying you have like 2~5 fishes in a 2feet or so?? What I was tryong to say was an entire populace.. like.. 30 fishes maybe? at one go?? apparently the major LFS here in Penang fails to educate new aquarists that idealogy. Seen a 2 feeter with 40 fishes from day 1?? Been there and done that..

Just stating my experience and knowledge only. Hope I didn't make you or any other readers out there Upset.

Drew

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Added on June 30, 2009, 10:30 pmOh I've read that somewhere too. they followed the marine aspects of adding one measly damselfish to a large tank to help boost the cycle period.. If I'm not wrong it's supposed to continue nurturing the filter media bacteria to grow more...

Drew

This post has been edited by chuppy2: Jun 30 2009, 10:30 PM

As what yujin said.. Have it face to face as if you're taking the images for IALPC.. Not angled.. Then we can talk scape

Drew

You dont need Tripod to do that.

Drew

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Added on July 3, 2009, 11:17 amWhat I'm trying to say .. just view it as if youre looking Point black straight at your tank.. your previous image in angled fron the top.. different Angles show different faces of the Wood/Rock.. What if we say that the rock is nice from your picture angle.. but in reality.. looks bad front the front view.. here's an IDea..


ANGLED


toward direct facing...

I know that my angled shot is off set to the right.. Let's not view in the angles of it horizontally... I know I'm wrong there..

Just stating it Vertically..

Just my 2 cents.. feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Drew

This post has been edited by chuppy2: Jul 3 2009, 11:17 AM