Seachem contains micro trace right....? and Brighty K for potassium.... I notice that ADA line of fertilizer don't have supplements for nitrogen and phosporus....Should i go for Seachem instead ?

if u have the cash to spend then go for DO AQUA ! they have NPK

Erk Michanzz i dont know where i read in My-Mac forums someone said dosing alot Fert wont caused algae... algae attack due to the other circumstances... i forgot about what already... someone mind to explain ? Chuppy? haha

about the Nitrogen of ADA i believe they have, just that they change their bottle name... eg Brighty K = Potassium... try google ADA Step 1 and 2 and etc their product description ..

No nitrogen and phosphorus? sure? Brighty Special Lights/Shade is the key..


Aiya.. We have been repeating the theory on algae's appearance..

DOSE too much, not enough c02 and light.. ALGAE COME
Dont dose at all, a lot of light, no c02... ALGAE COME..
Dose adequately, a lot og c02, not much light.. also ALGAE COME..

Strike a balance between the 3 and you would have MINIMAL algae..

Why? So we can let our plants to grow at optimum strength so no excess nutrients for the algae to feed on..

Drew

Conclusion please? lolz !!
lazy to use brain =X

like that ma no brain hahahah.

I already said the conclusion ma.. =.= read please.. I won't spoon feed.

::Simple conclusion::
Provide all the necessaries for your plant to grow at it's best ( c02 light fert) and your plant will grow healthily.. when that happens, algae will be minimal.. so to overdose is not a wise decision as well.

Cheers
Drew

This post has been edited by chuppy2: Apr 2 2010, 01:35 PM

Hi , my tank is 1 month old.. there are some neons in it.. i bought some RCS and i put some of the water from the tank into the plastic.. and put my plastic in the tank.. but the shrimp seems to be agitated..

People Rescape I 'Rescape' Like Baby Playing Mud..
Now Water Muddy Like "Loji Kumbahan"..

Gonna Wait Till 2nite Only Clear..
BTW Its Hardly To Catch The Neon Tetra..

wen30: i would suggest wait until your tank matured 1st better... my tank already 3 months i also haven put in shrimp yet lolz...

Theangel: lolz... should siphon out all the water to 10 % just rescape better IMO =)

i just buy a few to test only.. play play only.. haha..
1 feet tank with 250l/hour filter consider too much?

niasink! different tanks will have different requirement, no 2 tanks are the same, same size?yeah but different types/amount of plants will need different requirements for ferts/chemicals/waterchanges/water conditionings or whatever.

so its up to the tank owner to get a feel of their tanks.. monitor tank conditions, water parameters algae sightings. with just monitoring the types and amount of algae that grows, u can learn alot about ur water parameters.. see what algae you got, google up and read why u have that particular algae. from there u try to alter the conditions of the tank, less ferts? less co2? less lights? or the other way round?

so no one can tell you use this fert or add that much quantity of co2 specifically, people can recommend you to try this or that, well use that as a basicpoint and try and see how ur tanks react to it, from there u alter a little the changes according to your tank..

basically most of us will have to go thru trial and error. see what suits ur tank best!





it is sometimes normal for shrimps to be agitated, either ur tanks isint suitable yet for shrimps, filter not mature and etc,

or just that the shrimp from the shop is already used to the tanks in theshops, now u bring them home they have to get used to your tank water condition pulak..

i sacrificed about 30 - 40 shrimps just to test out my water.. my tank got stable and shrimps start to breed only afer 1 - 2 months i set up my tank..
all u have to do is read up more on their requirements and how to implement it in your tank water conditions..
with a little patience you'll have them breeding!

next time take out the water keep in in a baldi, rscape without the water in the tank.. then masukkan new water 50% then take it out again.. then u slowly slowlyslowly slowyly pour in the original water u took out earlier..

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Added on April 2, 2010, 2:20 pmhaha i did that too last time, buy some then campak in tank to test my water.. about 40 shrimps later then oni i know my water is good enoufh!

1ft tank has about 30liters? i think less? maybe 25liters?

my calculations based on chuppy, (dontwant take blame if wrong so points to chuppy) is ur tank 25 liter x 10 - 12 = 250l/h - 300l/h filter is neede

This post has been edited by michanz: Apr 2 2010, 02:20 PM

Yes Sir Sifu Michanz^^

join IPLC need fees one ah??... i also wanna submit my paliah tank try try, if free la.. haha...

never submit before so i dunno lolx..

ask chuppy! he every year submit one

my tank is only 13 liter.. haha small tank..

i think my shrimp play April fool with me.. 1 of them went missing from the plastic when i woke up this worning, i placed the plastic bag at a corner last night.. no body found...

then ur filter is very powerfull! hehe

why do u keep it in the plstic? means that ur neons had shrimp cocktail for dinner

IAPLC no need to submit any fees.
But better be fast, as the deadline only around 2month ahead.

hmm i don't think so.. the neon are in tank.. i just bought the shrimps and realized one of them missin when i wan to put them into tank this morning.. i think it crawl out last night and died somewhere in my room..

never keep shrimp before until these few months get interested in them.. i think i got a lot to learn from you..

still alive ar u? hahaha

they do jump! once in awhile ill see a dried up shrimp on the floor! brings me to tears! hehe

snap a pictue show us ur tank

my rcs i threw in after 2 weeks but i did put 2 bacter ball inside filter & 1 inside tank...

from 30 rcs now become 300+ after bout 4 months haha..