the parts that leaks air are usually seals.. it pretty impossible for all oil seals to go bad at the same time. so try using thick soap water and a brush and apply it gently on the area that leaking so u can pin point where the leak is comin from.. from there, can see what need to be done.

Good luck

The guy from pets mart 88 showed the leak in front of me.
He remove the solenoid from the regulator and submerge the CO2 tank in the water.. bubble is coming out from everywhere..

strong lightin to make it pinky pink?
well dude, if next i start, can i have some...
maybe i can preview at ur place how it really look like, then i might need some...

then ur solenoid is good right? just go to pasar road(jln pasar, pudu) and buy a regulator and fix back ur solenoid valve to it la... does this help?

can get good regulator from jln pasar meh?, all those I found are good for welding type wor,....

the other very good regulator I found (which is demm expensive) are medical regulators that makes controling bps as easy as open and close water tap (but really expensive lah)

@monsterjin, Island preferred. places like e-gate or tesco.

@yujin, I can upload a pic later tonight(tmr)

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This post has been edited by kylim85: Aug 13 2010, 09:43 PM

E-gate and tesco might be your lucky place !

SOS ..... tank infested with algae lol..
patch of brown color thingy all over my glosso, java moss and some green spot on glass ...

any recommendation for chemical remedy ?

done some unker google all say oto and sae ... hmm how much those fella gonna cost eh ?

otto can get around rm3.5 to rm4..
sae cheaper.. around rm1-2 if i not mistaken.

Just sharing my tank picture...time for trimming...

Appreciate comments, suggestions, anything...Thanks!



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a. brown color thingy - how is it like?
a.1. slimy, if u pick them up, it looks like a cluster of hair?
a.2. looks like a layer of coating?
a.3. short tuff of hair, feels like fur

for a.1. 50% chance BGA/50% is BBA - ref to a.3
for a.2. 90% chance BGA
to confirm BGA, check your pH if it is like 10 or 11, you definitely got BGA

b. green spot.
b.1. green dot on leaves?
b.2. powdery green stuff that looks like coating

for b.1. add K
for b.2 BGA

For fighting BGA, in steps
1. clean up composting material e.g roting leaves, fish poo, and food left over
2. re-cycle the water, good bacteria will eat up BGA (and BGA is actually poisonous to OTTO and SAE)
3. trim your plants, to improve water circulation BGA thrives on slow flowing water with lots of waste, good water flow will actually move the waste material around and hence easier to clean up.
4. clean your filter, BGA thrives also on the waste material inside the filter.

recmd tools
1. use the tank vacuum cleaner, LFS will know (a big tube that connects to a small tube device)
2. increase water acidity, all plants can tolerate ph4 for a short time (a few days) BGA can't stand acidity and BGA actually can change the water to alkali (I normally add 1 cap of white vinegar)

If you follow the SOP, and the BGA still hold strong, then you can resort to use medication (google for antibiotic for BGA, and there is a human antibiotic that you can use and if the clinic do sell to you, it only costs 50 sen per tablet)

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Added on August 14, 2010, 12:41 amhow old?, i like the way you manage the japonica, mine always end up being too dense, did you trim them off time by time or re plant them?

This post has been edited by Monsterjin: Aug 14 2010, 12:41 AM

wow bro, u're very resourceful... i'm glad we have great sifus like u here that can help us new comers out..

i realised some bad algae two days ago in my tank.. i think it's diatoms(brown algae). it looks pretty much like the pic below:


it was all over my moss too.. i wondering for the past week or so y wasn't all my plants breathing properly(having small bubbles comin out of the leaves when light is on), then i realised this slimy brown thing covering all over them..

i siphoned all the algae out. trimmed a lot of my moss and fissiden. brused my plants with my fingers vigorously, made a mess outta that clear water, and siphoned out more of the stuff in my water. did some 1/3 WC. after half over i saw most of the plants were bubbling so much.. i hope that's a good sign..

is there anythin i shud do to follow-up? to keep the algae from re-appearing? anything at all that u can think of would be of a great help for me.. thanks in advance.

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Added on August 14, 2010, 1:09 amGreat setup...

This post has been edited by moe81: Aug 14 2010, 01:09 AM

ottos are great with diatoms, try rearing snail right now east aqua got new stock, get the spiky ones, yesterday they got about 300+ new snails, 50% transferred to mid valley oredi, be quick, they don't last long.

btw, i want fissidens, do you have spare?, I am also looking for mini pelia, you have?, my tank is half dead because of some major transfer from 3 ft to 2 ft and also lightning problem.

becareful with slimes, traditionaly BGA is blue green, I have seen brownish ones too, BGA likes to appear as slimy stuff, and they are very good at photosynthesis hence produces air bubbles.

the best way to fight BGA is prevention, the main source of BGA is too much dead stuff with poor water flow (which is why you get them when the tank is old and the hardware are getting weaker e.g. filter flow rate reduced and plants getting too bushy). Also skimmer is also helpful because skimmer reduces the surface film (which is not water, but by product of free floating BGA, if surface film is a consistent problem you could get BGA, skimmer actually sucks them into the filter and drowns them)

Hence, the tank vacuum till date is the most effective way to clear the dead stuff (cost abt 15 - 30 depending on size), and the best way to clear waste is to add bottom feeders like snails (that is why I mention earlier, those ugly white small snails is good to have them around), and also bacter ball, till date bacter ball is the most effective ones (if u dun mind, we can buy 1 bottle discounted from east aqua and share among us)

Proper macro nutrients dousing can also fight algae, so far I learn from other sifus, adding N prevents BGA, adding K fights spot and dust algae, (that is because certain algae thrives on shortage or surplus of certain nutrients) that is why seachem or ADA is worthwhile.

At this rate, I think I wanna start blogging about this,.... will you guys read it? LOL

This post has been edited by Monsterjin: Aug 14 2010, 07:12 AM

hi all its me danish new to aquascaping still, really into tis new hobby hope all the sifus here can help,
live in dungun terengganu and the LFS store over here are not into aquascaping so it difficult to find
anything related to aquascaping , can someone tell me what other substract can be use beside ADA soil?

I am liking the very bushy stem plan t, how you trim them??? Share your skill , I want to make mine like that also.

Your aquarium very high lighting also, how you diffuse your co2??? Cannot find any diffuser in your tank.

Crystal clear water

Very hard and almost impossible to find ADA product here in Terengganu right???
Although the best would still be ADA soil IMO, but if you can't find any, you can always use other brands of soil like RedSea which also claims it has pH buffering capacity.

Or if you cannot find soil, try getting the JBL aquabasis and top it up with gravel, I heard you can get some decent growth from it also.

As a last resort, you can also do like me , use black gravel only and depend on water column fertilization. I'm telling you before hand its not easy and there will be algae problem if you use this method. I'm controlling my algaes with 4 oto and 25 algae eating shrimps. And also there is a lot of plants you cannot grow with black gravel substrate, especially the ones with large and deep roots.

Why don't you show us the picture of your tank currently , even if its not finished. We can guide you better...

wah those soil u say does'n have here , can use beachsand r ? right now i'm only use gravel like u but the plant root not sticking to it la always floating around . can i use potasium nitrate as fert?

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