Pj area ? Sunway mas 88.. Or ikano pet shop... About diy co2.. Just connect to the diffuser and put into tank will do...

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Added on October 24, 2009, 12:35 pmFertilizer.. Co2.. Water quality are factor to effect to a plant

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Oct 24 2009, 12:35 PM

Need fertilizer wan arh? aiks.. i didnt know about that, the water is fine i'm using Diamond filtered water at the moment.

Btw is it advisable to crowd the tank with alot of plants and a big wood? Cause i recently added in a wood and now it look very crowded plus adding in java moss at a particular spot of the wood. Does this mean i only can put in a very minimum number of fish only?

plant as much as you can.. but of course, if no c02 and all, no point also, those hi light fast growers will melt sooner or later...

Having a lot of plants does not determine your amount of fish. it's the tank size.

Drew

calculate how many gallon of ur tank has.. for my 6 gallon tank.. just keep around 12 fishes are enough... fertiliser is a food for the plant.. just like car need petrol.. about use what fert.. better ask for chuppy.. but currently i using double black water and cheap fertiliser... rm7.50, green in colour.. they serve my nana and moss well....

initially..plant as many as possible when in starting phase...so tat ur plant able to compete with algea for the nutrient....then wait till ur main plant already full grown...then only take away the supporting plant ...cause starting phase is critical...algea easy to attach..ur plant not mature and ur water as well.......

drew, how to dose excel effectively to get rid of algae ah??... i bought myself excel d... last nite pour 2 capful... dunno overdose or not... lucky my yamato didnt fly out... haha...

Effectively?

Spot treatment. After WC... off all filter/flows.. then use a syringe or turkey baster to take that concentrated excel.. Aim and fire

If there's too much BBA around.. do it over several sessions rather than the whole thing .. it's risky due to excel overdose.

Drew

after spot treatment need to do WC again??...

Just checked my new tank and its leaking
Gonna go back tomorrow and replace it

Also, the free bundled HOB filter seems to have VERY slow flow rate
dunno whether filter faulty or its memang slow
any good but cheap filter to recommend? budget RM30-40 >.<

mine china brand HOB... 600L/h.. around rm3X

Cheap Thing not good, Good thing not Cheap lol!

@cata, no need.

Drew

Found out that the filtration rate is slow because i tried it on a low water level. Pump have to work extra hard to pump the water. Tried it again it higher water level and it worked fine.

Changed the leaking tank today and bought some Gex substrate. RM29 for 2kg pack. Put it into the tank and now its running. No plants no fish yet. Water very murky >.<. I also notice that if i move the soil. lots of air bubles comes up. Do i need to move the soil around much and get rid of all the trapped air?

u should plant the plants while put the soil into ur tank... previous post are stated i think... water murky is normal..

Don't stir the soil too much LOL, they are not gravel they are baked soil granules. To avoid air bubbles, fill in the water slowly and evenly.

>.< i thought so too but the aquarium fella ask me to let it settle for 2-3 days before i plant

haha okay noted =D but i did fill the water very slowly. air still get trapped =.=

use newspaper covered the surface of soil... then only u apply the water into tank ? i saw it on youtube~

listen to fong, what he said is right.. plant from day 1. most guys from lfs dont know much and are only after your $$

=D i listened and went out to get some plants. altho the LFS i went to know nuts about 'hornwort' or 'anubias' so i just hentam some plants. they are out of java moss too. i bought a driftwood tho. how should i clean it? just put inside the tank, or rinse it or let it soak?

i had problem keeping them in the soil as they keep floating, so i tied them to a rock to anchor them. am i doing it right? also my temp gauge shows me 29.6C at night . i scared in afternoon will be gila hot there.

would a diy air cooler help?




anyone can identify these plants?

This post has been edited by daijoubu: Oct 25 2009, 10:10 PM

not so sure of the name but im 100% certain that the one on the right is aquatic.. I think it's rotala sp. needle leaf green if im not wrong.. and try to plant more!!

Drew

this is kinda my test run first =.= cause i scared of the below problems

- lighting enough? currently 11W, but next to window so during daytime shud have some extra power
- temperature might get high during day. now at night when its cold, its already 29.6C. scared during daytime can get until 32-33C. the puffer fish might not like it . anyway to cool it down without spending big? i have some computer fans can i use em =.=
- soil, is it enough? currently 1 inch. do i have to top up with a layer of gravel?
- co2. shud i just go ahead with DIY CO2?

Next would be java moss + driftwood =D