planning to set a low tech tank.. just plant some mosses and anubias.. what liquid fertilizer is recommended guys ?

@fongzai, to what I can see from your pictures, your current set-up looks a lot like a low tech set-up to me already lol...

Drew

I came acrosss some shrimps sold as food for arowanas / crayfish..transparent and very cheap. What are they called? Can they live in a planted tank?

THey are known as Ghost shrimp. Kinda pointless to keep in a planted tank

Drew

they might eat up ur plant somemore ?

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Added on October 17, 2009, 12:50 pmthose ADA soil are too expensive la bro..

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Oct 17 2009, 12:50 PM

@fongzai.

Having ADA soil doesnt mean = high tech.. It's basically what plants you keep and how you keep it...

What you're looking for maybe it's a Low maintenance tank..

Also, I said that coz you mentioned you want to start a new low tech set-up? IMHO, improve on your current one first. Multiple tank syndrome is common.. and maintaining more than 2 tanks can be a pain at times.

Drew

yes... looking for low maintenance tank.. now the bacter ball became orange colour sand..
can i change water the next day i put the bacter ball ? or maybe delay to next week better ? because normally i will do it every saturday..

no la.. i mean do some little improvement for this currenty 1ft tank...

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Oct 17 2009, 01:21 PM

Hehe thanks..ghost shrimp..kinda fascinated by them though...i will try to put some into my next tank..poor man's CRS/RCS

just ignore the bacter ball... no problem one...

you can put once a month

how long that the bacter ball can last ? maximum period ?

pinchboyz san mentioned, can put in once a month

Though personally i put in once per 2 months..

Drew

why needed to put bacter ball is constant time ? the bacteria will die or gone after a period ?

that's the idea, we need to have a constant level of bacteria action going on in the filter.

Drew

i see... thanks chuppy kor.. learnt a lesson again.

Hi guys,

Any idea how to trim vivipara? Little plant let is sprouting on the tip.
Can I trimmed it all the way down just like hairgrass since I want a more uniformed height?

is that water flowing to the plant will make the plant dying ?

seem my algae problem solved by 3 algae eater and the bacteria... very hardworking black algae eater !

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Oct 18 2009, 04:21 PM

@fongzai, No they wont die.

Think of it this way, you see those plants in the rivers. also got high water flow what.. still alive.

Drew

i see... any method to let my moss grow faster than stick to the wood ? because most of them are not likely to stick to the wood instead float on water..

depends on what moss u have...
not all moss can stick to the wood...
for me, the taiwan moss for sure cannot stick...
java moss, yes...

hey pinch if i bought thr 3ft tank from u got free more crs for me??^^