Not clear but hope it helps.

Drew

i'll try compare with mine... vr hard to locate mine as they hide in the bushes all the time... are they vr shy creatures??... well at least my otos will hang around the wall being lazy when lights are on... my garra straight zoom into the bushes whenever lights are switched on... so far never see my garra munching on anything before....

thanks anyway...

My garra ceylonensis Shy? Please.. When I clean my fish tank they even come to my ahdns and give free 'spa' service lol... no they are not those garra ruffa spa fishes, same gene nia~~ Also Mine works very well at the rocks / wood ..

Drew

radi0head : planted tank, dont worry to much..dont think of gravel soil etc, i only used medium size gravel to plant (only applied for some plant, try it ur self) the base i used the filter cotton, to help the `akar pokok jadi elok`
if u used 3 -4 feet should no problem to much in maintaning..before i planted on 3feet aquarium, maintained the plant 1month twice, just to cut2 the extended, unwanted branch..try it la..fish will be more healthy, barb especially, they like plant as i used in my tank...

that pic is my old fish tank, nowdays no keep fish anymore, fish tank n all system da kna curik..now only read on forum n net to gain knowledge, for my next project on my father 1m+ x 1m x 1m..have 2 of this both empty because my father didnt kept arowana anymore, thinking of plant it ...

*order from thailand, really cheap, deal at sbrg perai aquarium seller, forget the shop name..


chuppy, green algae at start, if leave it for too long period then it change to brown..i dont know how to manage this, for that 1.5feet tank with that fish capacity i change water every week..it rise only for 2 3 days after change the water..tap water problem?

means mine not garra ceylonensis??... each time i go near the tank they sure go crazy try find place to hide...

I already mentioned, if you are referring to that picture you posted, defiitely not ceylonensis.

@akmal,

You mean this algae is on the glass or in the water itself.

Drew

on glass, water ,even on the plant..
what i notice first is the glass start to have a very2 little bit green spot, then the water become yellow a bit, then it over the plant.. with brown color..

Do you change your water regularly akmal? the one on glass with 2 big spots, if its slimy it is known as green dust algae, if its hard, green spot algae.. the brown stuff on your plants and etc, Diatoms or brown algae. Water yellowing also a sign of it.

Shows to prove there wasn't much TLC given, or too much lighting/fertz.

Drew

newbie here...huhu...
im interest bout this aqua plants hobby..
hv read all posts but cannot understand lo how to bela pokok dalam air nie...anyone can help me..

guys, sorry, a bit out of topic. I wish to make a fish pond outside my house. Will this algae eater fish help to prevent algae growing?

nope, pond have their own type algae eater....

dat picture i take from google mar... not mine... i still not sure how my garra looks like... alwiz hide in da bushes....

Any example?
plecos? I read that it will eat up my plant and small fish in the pond.
How abt SAE?

In a pond? I used common pleco, the black ones in the lfs.. cheap ones.. I don't use things like SAE and stuff cos it is not a planted pond lol.

Drew

hmm.... act not really a fish pond, i plan to plant lotus.... it is a small tangki.
and wont pleco be quite destructive?

If it's a tangki, then it's a tangki. A pond is more of a KOI pond or stuff like that bro...

Drew

alrite, sorry bro.

If it's just a normal tangki, ( i hope it's not those LARGE fibreglass type la) SAE's would do the trick..

Drew

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Added on November 3, 2009, 12:09 amOh what kind of algae are you having problem with if I may ask?

This post has been edited by chuppy2: Nov 3 2009, 12:09 AM

err, those grow as a result of exposure to sunlight one. In the end the whole tank grew green, is it hair algae? I dun have a picture right now.

>.< i now realise that there are brownish dusty thing coating the leaves of my plants
whare are these?

green dust algae or diatoms/brown algae?