WELCOME TO THE PLANTED TANK THREAD VERSION 3

- FYI, the first edition of Planted Tank initiated by nezumitaro
- All this is taken from the previous thread, thanks for those who did it.

Below are picture of tank/tanks by members based on their appearance in previous thread;

1) nezumitaro

2) crazymouse_yyh

3) SweetPuff

4) darkages

5) geediver

6) coldfusionpower



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7) michanz

8) dildream

9) ldragon

10) mudz

11) DiverGenCe

12) kenichee

13) pinchboyz



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14) chong82

15) rySse

16) presario316

17) kashikitsu

18) optimyst83

19) hihi

20) paan

21) the_catacombs

22) WeSLeY



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23) newjack

24) badrang

25) usermode

26) playerseeker

27) red_dream83

28) tenchi0205

29) chuppy2

30) SengCheong

31) rySse

32) Zangetsu



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33) trickZ

34) pioneer411

35) fongzai92

36) blinded

37) shortpants


All these pictures is taken from previous thread, credited to nezumitaro for the 1st thread and pinchboyz for the 2nd thread.
If anyone i miss out or what please do let me know.

This post has been edited by zoejehuty: Jan 12 2010, 12:25 AM

this is the new thread for the planted aquarium.
since i not really contribute anything in here, so i just help to open the version 3 thread.
hope this will help out.
thanks.

This post has been edited by zoejehuty: Nov 28 2009, 01:38 PM

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hi new ts.. u hav ur own planted tank as well ?

waoooo alot of nice setups...btw do you guys need to change water ?

Why my flying fox fish always chase rumming nose tetra (most of the time) and cardinal tetra? Thought it is friendly fish. I can see some tetra fish tails got bitten too. Please advise, i am newbie . Thx

zoejehuty, i think you need to updates some of the picture.. i see you still post out their old setup, while some oredi release out their new setup picture.

my tank pic are still there lolz

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Added on November 28, 2009, 7:21 pmofcourse we do jhave to change the water to keep the water quality up

This post has been edited by michanz: Nov 28 2009, 07:21 PM

good, at last ppl open it...

need moar pics..then oni siok see mah

flyingfox over active sometime.. they not only chasing my tetras.. also made my new planted hairgrass get out from the soil.. at the end.. i caught it and leave it at my dad's pond.. otto still okay.. no give me this kind of problems...

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Added on November 29, 2009, 2:15 amts.. can u add my photo in the list ?

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Added on November 29, 2009, 4:09 amhey. i just saw there are a mini canister filter on sell... somebody still interesting ? http://www.my-mac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10274

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Nov 29 2009, 04:09 AM

lipoting in...

TS, change my photo to this current one ok??..

As far as I know, it depends on ur setup. Most ppl change 20% water monthly or maybe every 2 months provided they have nice CO2. Some manage to maintain it without changing water for half a year or so. Still, you gotta add water once in awhile anyway. Seems to me my tank drys up pretty quickly. Anyone care to share some tips bout less changing water or making dripping tank? Nice pics btw.

yaya flying fox sumtimes quite annoying.I just scope out my flying fox 15min ago.now he ends up in a pail of conducting a crime of chasing my lovely tetras.

i didnt do water change for about 8months edi =X always just add water! my water can evaporate like an inch a week.. how do i slow dat down? i just did a rescape last week so i finally did a waterchange. a whole 40% waterchange

This post has been edited by michanz: Nov 29 2009, 11:02 AM

Thanks for reply, i have no other tank to move the flying fox, think i should just let it stays there.

Will the flying fox be less aggressive when it grows mature or bigger like CAE? Currently its size is around 30mm.

i change 20% once a week...

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Added on November 29, 2009, 11:38 ami think the more bigger they are.. the more aggressive they have..

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Nov 29 2009, 11:38 AM

Today, i notice the flying fox is nicer, not chasing tetra any more, but it chase itself by looking at the glass

Here's photos of my small fish tank: -

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i do have my own planted tank, but then is off track planted tank. is way more unsuitable to post up here though. hehe.

normally change around 20% to 30% of water only.
i only change water when there got algae attack, if not it can last long for like few months.

sometimes they are active, hyperactive. lolz. try observe it, if still happen, then take it out, after that replace with otto.

i will try to update it. but need help from you all to post up the most recent picture...

walau, so nice already your tank. find one day need to charge in to your house see it le...

mmm my flying fox is very active during daytime.But in nightime it seems slowdown. Duno wher to put it.

haha, build up another tank then put it inside lo...

This post has been edited by zoejehuty: Nov 29 2009, 02:33 PM

den i nid investor.come come i build another tank jus for abondoned flying fox. whu wanna sponsor me. Den i can establish a rumah kebajikan for unwanted flying fox's .

haha. if not then you just give other people then.
me now save money to build my shrimp tank.
no money ar...

whu wan it den. wa like tat all sae getting bigger will b more active. den all have to gif ppl o.u how come will got no money eh.

I think my flying fox was on bad mood (hungry?) yesterday, today it's very gentleman lol. I already have two ottos.

Hi Bro, i'm new here...I've been keeping freshwater fish for quite sometime...
now kinda interested in aquascaping coz it seems nice & eyecatching. i've got few question as per below...

1) how frequent do you guy change the water? let say i'm gonna setup Freshwater fish+planted tank. does the water easily get clouded??
2) how frequent do u guy trim the plant on average??

as far as i know, for a healthy tank....
we, aquascaper normally did this

weekly water change ~30 - 40%


using DC fan to cool down?

welcome to aquatic plant layout world...

1) normally we practise weekly water change of 30 - 40%, water get clouded? so far, nope... with a stable and well develope system, ie bacteria system is healthy, u hardly get this...

2) depends on the plants type... high light plants, stem plants, i will trim roughly every2~3months....

hope will answer ur doubt...
anything not clear, please do ask....

now i found my otto starting chasing my tetras and black neon tetras.. WTX..

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Added on November 29, 2009, 11:28 pmimho... if u really interested with it and PLAN to start with it... better look for the equipment it needs.. and ofcoz do some research for each species of plants..

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Nov 29 2009, 11:28 PM

haha... last time my otto gentle only... only my tetra chasing them.
by the way, fongzai, i update your picture in first page already.
go and check it out.

and to all planted tank lover, if your have any information need to share on the 1st page. please do let me know.
i will help you all post on the 1st page since i reserved some of them...
thanks.

actually not vr nice only... scape too high liao... coz last time thought wanna do iwagumi... end up not enough lighting power, revert back to jungle theme... haha...

u want used ADA soil or not??... i scoop out frm my main tank for u la... wanna lower my scape so can plant bigger plants... lolz... used soil no need cycle mar... can straight masuk shrimp inside...

planning to breed CRS??... go lubang get cheap or not??... i also wanna try leh... my RCS are breeding... hehehe... wait for few of my young ones grow up and start breeding some more den i give u some ok...

Hmm, seems you guys does that water change 30~40% weekly. Mine is sort of shrimp tank. Did some research and found that to maintain good bacteria cycle for my shrimps I cant do that much water changes. Maybe I should do erm, 20% every 2 or 3 weeks (now I still doing 20% monthly)? How does that affect to the plants for you guys? So far my plants seems fine since most of them are moss, easy to take care of. But cant be sure for long term view like maybe 1 or 2 years.

wah, sure bo about the soil? then give me la... free thing sure take one lo...lolz.
but then you wan to scoop out how much? then i need to see how big my tank lo.
havent decide about the tank size also.

plan to breed crs, wait my bro at spore there got any lubang or not lo, then ask him help me buy lo.
yeah yeah, then later can give me the rcs lo. but then i need to get the tank 1st lo...

@Kinci, I wonder how that applies, I'm also running a shrimp tank and I do WC 20% weekly.. Oh I oversize the filter though..

Drew

for my crs tank, i mostly top up water, and wc 10% every 2~3wk....

dunno leh... tak sampai hati wanna uproot my hair grass... haha.... other stem plants nvm la cheap cheap only + dying liao... lolz...

hoho...oledi move to V3 liao...

got free RCS ?! i wan~ just joking.. my tank has 4 tetras.. 2 black phantom tetra... cannot keep shrmp 1.....

haha... ya lo, your hair grass also nice...
then u see how lo, wanna scoop out the soil then just give me la...

wanna come see my tiny shrimplets... damn cute sial...

eh ask u guys sum opinion a. i seldom post here wan. my tank amonia test resulted at 4.0 oh. Normal ka. I do weekly water change n suck sum of wastes from the fishes. i googled tat say if got many plant the higher amnonia o. rili ka.

HCTH. Your ammonia levels should be zero and having more plants Doesn't mean you will get higher ammonia readings.. Have a stronger filter or add bacteria additives.. should reduce that ammonia readings to nil.

my tank 2 1/2 feet tank o. i using eheim 2211 ler.filter i clean it once every 2 month o.

2211 IS NOT ENOUGH for 2 1/2 feet tank.. For these sized you need at least 2215 or 2x 2213...

That filter is underpowered therefore the ammonia readings is present.. the filter media and flowrate isn't enough to support your 2 1/2 feet tank.

Drew

aiya u not the first one point tis to me.las time i use it for my 1 feet tank.las 2 month i upgraded to a new tank. mahal ler 2215.sure is filtering not efficient enuf a.

nice le... your tank picture or the one at the shop there?

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Added on December 1, 2009, 12:48 amwan wan... i free i go there... but then dunno how to go your house liao. hehe...
take some pictures and post it up here la.

This post has been edited by zoejehuty: Dec 1 2009, 12:48 AM

An update on my fugly tank


BGA starting to appear on the soil edges.
Growth seems to accelerate a little bit after dosing proper NPK and trace elements.

and

I broke my glass diffuser This is the third one LOL.

stanchung's tank??..

i stay near wed pasar malam there liao...
dun have pics of my baby shrimplets la... dun have DSLR to shoot... my N73 not sharp enough...



one of my mommy shrimp heavily loaded with eggs... pity see her crawl around while juggling thousands of eggs under her... hope those eggs can hatch safely....

nice mar... love ur hairgrass... like carpet... mine like shit...

This post has been edited by the_catacombs: Dec 1 2009, 04:00 AM

you wan me to use this [icture to update the 1st page picture?


haha... later i free then i go you please there la.
so envy see you can keep shrimp...

no need to envy mar... u also can... quick setup ur shrimp tank la...

@blinded, looking good, keep it up.

@cata, that pic was taken by stanchung..

@ HCTH, If I'm not the first person to point that out , why still doubtful of the ammonia readings? Get some other canister filter, be it MIC or EHEIM.. as long as it has a larger media space and bigger flowrate, go for it.

Drew

[quote=zoejehuty,Dec 1 2009, 12:45 AM]
nice le... your tank picture or the one at the shop there?

The tank is at Aquatic Paradise Sg. Kantan, Kajang.

They are selling all kind of shrimps from Sulawesi, CRS , Yamato and Etc...

They also sell plants from A.Ulvaceus, A. Madagascar, mini windelov and Etc...

today went to a couple of LFS in subang.. NA and the one in ss14.. go alone damn sien.. they dont have good stuff nemore nowadays

This post has been edited by michanz: Dec 1 2009, 04:17 PM

haha, no money to set up le... u sponsor me the soil la... then can lo.. others i buy lo..

aiya soil cheap only mar... but mine not amazonia soil la... africana... not vr nice match with RCS or CRS....

Yours also nice ler...I like all those stem plant that you have
My tank too small for all that hehehe

That would be great Thanks

Thanks Drew

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Alamak. Everybody is going shrimp crazy la...make my hands itchy..LOL

This post has been edited by blinded: Dec 1 2009, 11:45 PM

boh lui change filter ler.my eheim oso = maggie few months eh.

perhaps... think about DIY canister ?!

soil where got cheap oh...
i plan to do it on 2ft tank le... few liters of soil needed le...

blinded, i update your picture already. check it out.
anything just let me know.

i tot u wanna ask bout small tank with shrimps?

Hai.. everyone.. hehe

been reading here and there.. but still d0nn0 what happen.. currently I got 2 2ft setup.. using GEX soil and 55w for light.. d0sing with Seachem flourish and pottasium. I find that my moss isn't that 'ngam' and my Hairgrass (dunno what type) also not greening.. hehe.. damn.. anybody can help me...

haha, yaya, i wnat to keep small tank. but then a lot said hard to take care.
then some more i always got 2ft tank, free one as well...
my house now got 1.5ft tank for my gerbils, 2ft tank for that off track planted tank, then a 3ft tank put aside.
if wan to get other tank, i can get 2 4ft tank for free as well. lolz.

a picture will tells million words....

3 ft tank no use? then wait wat??
free tank? i also wan, 4ft...

nah...
small tank how small, and what type of shrimp?
u have to say out loud only can help u figure out ma...

how much does ada soil costs nowadays uh guysssssss?

my stem plants also no place to grow la... vr fast reach the water surface... trim it den stop growing liao... need to uproot buy new plants again... argh...

use JEBO sudah la..

mix with holland sand la... or use GEX soil... cheaper mar...

shrimps better keep in medium/big tank lo... water parameter more stable mar...

waa u got so many tank... give me la..

cheapest rm80 per bag (9L if not mistaken)

any recommendation ma. may b add 1 more MIC canister. Have to go b c still got space or not .

finally i saw hairgrass has RUNNER !!!

haha how long did it take for u o get the runners btw? nice!!the soil ADA soil ah fongzai? im thinking to choose either ada or gex or others

This post has been edited by michanz: Dec 2 2009, 06:35 PM

it tooks me around 3 weeks time.. yea.. the soil i use is ADA amazonia...

3weeks? you're a very patient guy..

im thinking whether to go for ADA or GEX... cuz im planning to plant HC!

ADA if u ask me

ADA with me too...

@ HCTH. Add at least a filter which is 3~5x your current water litreage in L/H.

mine took more den a month..

guys.. i just bought a timer.. but i dunno how to set up...


need helps please~

1) turn the dial so that the exact time NOW is at the little Arrow indicator. If it's 11:00PM now, then turn until 23 is at the Arrow.
2) To set the time when u want it to switch on, push the little black 'keys' down. If you want it to turn on from 15:00 - 20:00 hrs, then push down all the keys in that region...
3) Set the button on the rightside to reveal the "timer/clock" symbol. Plug it into the socket, and switch on the main power source. Done.

the problem is, the bigger there are , the less useful they will be. when small, they are very effective in removing BBA.

about this im not really sure woh.. right now just left my ottos do some clean job...

im still blur with the timer.. T_T

U see the black ring around the numbers??

First off the numbers are set to 24 hour system.. as Tut mentioned.. depending on the time you wish to set.. just push in the black 'keys' at the desired ON time.. For example.. Mine is from 11a,m.-7a.m. .. So all the keys from 11 to 19 is pushed down to indicate ON. whereas the others which aren't pushed in are OFF..

HTH
Drew

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Added on December 3, 2009, 12:13 amI can see from the picture that ALL THE RINGS ARE PUSHED IN / ON.. just pull em out.

Drew

This post has been edited by chuppy2: Dec 3 2009, 12:13 AM

finally i knew the " black key " is what... is those little black colour bar.. thanks TUT and Chuppy... THANKS~

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Added on December 3, 2009, 12:47 am@chuppy.... i heard the LFS fish shop said... need to apply the Penac-W and P once a month.. is that true ?

This post has been edited by fongzai92: Dec 3 2009, 12:47 AM

May somebody roughly estimate for me what's the budget look like in order to setup decent medium light 2 feet planted tank with basic equipment/material (soil, fertz)...excluding plants/fish...
Also wish anybody to enlighten me on the specification of equipment/material (i.e. filter flowrate, light wattage/temperature etc) to maintain a 2 feet planted tank ???

This post has been edited by silverbolt143: Dec 3 2009, 01:13 AM

aih have to change filter again a. mmmm wher to get money leh. u all tank so nice. so envy

what happen to ur filter ?

setting up a new tank a. u can look for those sifu advise like chuppy , fongzai92 and cata kor kor. They had planted tank untill shrimps oso feel comfortable to breed in the tank.

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Added on December 3, 2009, 1:18 amfilter knot support well my 2 1/2 feet tank o.u say die o not.

This post has been edited by HCTH: Dec 3 2009, 01:18 AM

lights if diy about roughly the bulb would cost rm30? then balast another 10 bucks and the casing about rm5..if a nice light straight off the shelf i would reckon i bout mine at rm130.

the soil gex would be rm30 per bag you'd need 2 bags rm60

filters varies.. from canisters from rm150 to thousands. hob would cost u rm40 60. or normal overhead filter cost u about gah, rm30?

fertilizers mine is rm20. thers alot of types as well..

lights about not sure.. 50watt?

temperature ideal is colder waters better plant growth? too cold also not good.. my temp avg is at 22degrees.. too low i think..

basically.. including tank, gah.. rm400.. maybe less maybe more..