thats because thats the price of the cheapest soil.. a brand named GEX.. high end soil are from the brand ADA. gex would fetch at rm30 per bag. ADA would go from rm80 to rm120++ per bag.

price of liquid fertilizers also differs.. from rm20 per bottle to rm 50 60 as well.. and theres alot of kinds of fertiizers u need to look at!

i personally arent fond of using HOB because of its size. its so small fr me    im using overhead filter with a 2ft filter box ontop of my 2ft tank. match it with a very powerful filter and u have urself a very good filtering system. flow rate im not sure though.. but any good sized filters would do

if u have an empty tank and wana fill up with soil go for ada 9L which is rm80!
the flow rate i think it would be suffice. but make sure the size of the filter is big enuf as well!

true true! but students like me cant afford to fork out rm80 at one go xD cant seem to find LFS selling lose bags around subang tho 

That's good one bro  anyway i'm going for medium light (not to high, not to low)...
i'm kinda going to budget planted tank as beginner...something basic to start and learn with...
do wanna take risk straight away go for high end equipment later if failed will greatly feel depress 

For Lightning and Water Temperature, i'm goin to DIY the stuff...
i noticed nobody mentioned about CO2 supply...do i need CO2 supply with this medium light 2 feet tanks???

riccia as ur foreground plant??... they grow on what??... i assume not rooted into the soil rite??..

ordered 10 pair liao! cant wait.. so cheap!

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Added on January 13, 2010, 2:50 pm
wheres ur location btw

   

there are many things....
kidney, you have two, sell 1, still got another 1....
blood, go sell blood...

hahahaha

beautiful moss michanz.

how leh.. im thinking to get CF1000 but really worry about too strong.

@shortpants.. why dont u reduce the flowrate by the control valve ?