err... moe81
im shocked with the diy thing you doing... but i dont encourage you to screw the driftwood to the stainless steel plate... as they might rust... i know you will say STAINLESS STEEL... for a long period of Chemistry Dosing AKA Fertilizer it will RUST... and if doesnt... it will affect your water ph or condition too.. if im you i wont take the risk... it will have alot of dilemma happen later..

about soaking the driftwood, i dont think you need as you bought from fish shop... they have soaked it already...
except you get it from wild you need soak urself... =)

nope they wont.. the only fish u can keep safely wit shrimps are ottos lo

better soak than sorry lo hheehehhee

wah moe so maju edi.. show us MORE

Soap better, My new driftwood also give me yellowish color when I soap.

Any Penang people need Spiky Moss, I have 1 plam size and will give for free but need come and take at Penang Island

oh, ppl call me the man of DIY. maybe because i just have the resources. i'm lucky in that sense. here's my other DIY outta so many i've made.




snake hooks. top quality.


Thanks for the feedback brother..
We are machine manufacturer. one of the machine that we make is a cryogenic blasting machine. this particular machine need to be fully stainless steel, made with chemical resistant grade stainless steel. there's two grades of stainless steel. there's 304 and 315 grades. the 304 is the regular grade and the 315's are chemical resistant. this is the grade we use to make our machine. the pieces that i use are extra laser cut pieces from makin the machine. even the screws are special ordered 315 grade. i'm more than confident that the fertiliser won't cause any corrosion on the SS pieces.

so, i guess we're good to go. but anyhow that's for the concern. sorry i had to be a smarty-art and get all technical. i just wanted to make sure that u know that i'm aware. thanks again.


yes. as michanz said. i'd rather be safe than sorry. i'll just soak the wood just to satisfy my conscience.

well is good you can diy, why dont diy lily pipe?
it's ok to be soak... anyway the stainless steel round thingy you wanna attach to ur driftwood not preferable to natural aquarium... if you insist to do so... go ahead... =)

Wao...next time can request you DIY some gear for us

Hahahaa. i actually never thot of DIY lily pipes. but by the looks of it, it requires much more resources than what i currently possess. i believe it requires mass manufacturing to lower the costing. then, it won't be DIY anymore. other than working with flat glasses, i don't think shapy glasses can DIY. period. such a bummer isn't it.

but RM 150 for a set of lily pipes isn't too bad now, is it?

erk... kinda stupid already since this hobby is the stupid thing i have made... BUY ROCKS and put in the aquarium lolz =.=

u wanna collect rocks from beside the roads or river ?!

quit lolz... dont want any rock... haha... now i really felt silly and stupid spend rm 75 just for 5kg rock =.=

wah!!! what rocks are those? even layer rock is just 4.50 per kg..

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Added on July 21, 2010, 3:52 pmGuys, anyone knows where i can get lotsa background choices. i need sorta same color with two tone background. for example, dark blue at the bottom and it get lighter as we go higher.

This post has been edited by moe81: Jul 21 2010, 03:52 PM

i bought Ryu Rocks... rm 12/kg

oh ya i bought 7kg not 5... my mistake lolz xD

anyone selling RCS??
moe-try go 88 pandan indah or jalan pasar....

ive seen people diy lily pipes using acrylic tubings.. lazy to google the site..

first they take a small acrylic tube, burn the end close, then from one end blown air while u heat up the acrylic tube and the acrylic expands into a bubble.. from there on he cuts it at an angle and POOFF! become lilly pipe lol!

usually planted aquariums dont play background image punya.. lol!! well if u cant find any out there i suggest u photoshop watever color and howmany tone u want and go kedai print to the size u need.. lolz

cherry shrimps? berapa lu mau hihihihihihihiihih

Well, usually when i DIY something, i'd like it to look very professional, almost up to perfection. I'm sure making lily pipes outta acrylic tubing would show some blemishes and imperfection. it defeats the reason of using lily pipes in the first place(to have a very classy and sleek look). and unlike glass, acrylic can stain( become milky) after a long period..for that very reason i dun see any harm in getting the rm150 glass immitation lily pipe.

hmm, bout the background. if u say so. then ai-ai captain. will stick to no background for now. i'll see what i feel like doin later on.

I use dark golden cloth on the back of my tank.. look quite nice too
I warp the cloth around some polystyrene board and stick em to the back of the tank using velcro..

hmm,good pointer. thanks. that's a very doable option if i can't find the color i want in background paper.

help me



Why the natural co2 see the tip of the tube, got those kabus-kabus white stuff ... is it poisonous?

not poisonous.. ur co2 mixture temasuk into the tank.. slowlyslowly that thing come out.. clean it oni no prob

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Added on July 21, 2010, 9:32 pmtank updates~~!

cleaned up a really thick layer of GSA! giving me cramps cleaning them up! and did about 35% water change!! it looks so cleaaaaaan nao!



This post has been edited by michanz: Jul 21 2010, 09:32 PM

got home just now. unwrapped my tank and cabinet. placed it in a temporary place, set all the wood inside and filled with water to soak it.. also got some redish layer rocks to make bank for white river in the tank.

here are some pics: