my 'hadiah' arrived and are in the tank now

u bought crs again cata?

Speaking of snails,

@ yujin
Ever came across Sulawesi snails?? They're very fancy.

Drew

what filter again? and the flow rate?

ok ma.....
2ft, 600L/h, not so fast ma

I believe IMHO,

It's the same reason why the price is so different between normal tanks, and ADA tanks.. It's always the cosmetic issues(i think)

The ones we use that hangs above the tank, are more err.. aesthetic in terms of looks as the MH and the provided T5hos(or PLLs) are all encased into one case..

The industrial one, may look , well, Industrial. Unless you have a hood to cover your tank(well ventilated) you would be able to see the casing, etc. etc.
But once again, it's up to the buyer/tank owner, if he's going full budget, they usually go for these industrial ones.. If you have extra money to play with, they go with the sunsun MH fixture, even more $ they go for arcadia or ADA LOL!!!

The bulbs on the other hand, if it's the range of 6500kelvins to 10000kelvins, you're good to go.. (Preferably try to get 8000kelvins.. but anything in that range is doable...)

Hope this helps. I'm still new to the MH quips.
Drew

MH power consumption i dunno much but if im not mistaken, MH light penetration is a lot better than PLL. but i might be wrong as I also dun really have MH myself.

for me, it's not worth yet to have MH for the moment when i can use PLL without any problem. another thing i've learned in this hobby too... "if nothing is broken, dont fix it" (as usual, learnt the hard way). hahahah~!!!!

use slide cucumber will do the job...put before u sleep...tomolo u will see those snail having party on it...then take the whole piece out together with the snails...

natural predator is the puffer lo...after they deal with your snails...it will target ur shrimp n small fish...

@catacombs
scoop the top layer out but u need to be rajin lor... or,... get a surface skimmer it;s not that expensive anyway.

weak gene... this might be the reason..
and, that rcs u shown is male, dun expect too much from them...

female has bloated stomach and yellow ovari on top of their head...u can see it all the time...and normally they're more red...

mine female dem red and can see egg in the stomach and ovari on the head all the time.....they keep on producing tho...lol

male will be slightly smaller and more transparent (less attractive)

yeah just install a co2 tank set to my planted tank...all riccia are look so pearly!!!going to get the chiller next week!!!^^

may i know what co2 use for???....still newbie in this aquarium matter.

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Added on June 28, 2009, 2:27 am can someone tell  me more about the co2 n show me the picture of co2...and the price of co2..

do i need co2 bubble counter for DIY co2???