why put fertilizer when there's no plants?

that's what the seller told me . put first then only have plants.

that guy making good money from you lol.

Its like, why buy petrol when no car ( or any engine like tools ) >.>

Well try this, I'm not sure how you set the stuff up. Stop dosing fertilizers..

Anti chlorine dose with water change only..

Whats the soil you're using? What filter? Tank size? any Picture??

Drew

I just put one pack of it .
I never put anti chlorine the first time and it turns yellow also .
ADA soil , Normal HOB filter , Roughly 1ft . Will post when i have my camera .

aha! if u are certain it is not caused by anti-clorine, then it must be the fertilizers...

the last time i had a yellow tank is after dosing them, and i only have JBL Ferropol and Excel Flourish.

then what should i do?

Maybe he got the April batch of ADA amazonia II which makes the water yellowish???

Is it new soil or old soil???

hie guys, my alge issue seems ok abit liou after doing some water change, adjustment on the output flow, OD with NA super K, seachem trace & flourish and some help from yamato shirimp
thanks guys for ya valuable feedback.

will post some pic after i rescape my tank ... current setup wereeee way toooooo noob to show

This post has been edited by nicotine: Aug 18 2010, 12:54 AM

i think its becoz of ur hob too strong... i guess... i had the same prob last time hob too big for my 1ft tank so the current will stir the soil and make it yellowish... but that time i was using used soil...

what type or how big ur hob for ur tank?

Did you also wash and rinse the sand itself numerous times? All the smallest particles will start to float once submerged in water.

Do know that due time plants will filter your water too, so does your actual filter. Did you fire up your filter already?

If you leave the filter on...and wait for some hours...does the water turn ok again (as in particles sink to the bottom again)?

It's either driftwood or the soil/sand ... in both cases clean/rinse more and better. Did you actually buy actual fish tank driftwood? I know I guy that used a regular stick he found in the woods; that didn't end so well as all his fish died after that.

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Added on August 18, 2010, 9:36 amGuys...is it difficult to find a 3'x0.8'x0.8' tank?

I saw one recently at the Perfect Living Fair, but it looked custom made. It's a small but wide tank...especially suitable for panoramic aquatic scenes; I was hoping to put some small fish in there....

Please advise

This post has been edited by DikkieD: Aug 18 2010, 09:36 AM

hmm

from what i hear, the edgy driftwood tend to excert the yellow dye upon submerge in water over time comparre to the smooth type drift wood.

usually i dont wash the ADA sand, although there are lots of particles after adding in the water, i will jsut suck them out during a water change.


off topic, clean filter yesterday, found 10-15 shrimplets swimming and living in the filter ......

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Added on August 18, 2010, 9:59 ambro dikkie, i think i seen a tank like that before at NA ss19.

This post has been edited by William7: Aug 18 2010, 09:59 AM

I suggest you start planting, since most of the stuff you already have. I recmd the following check list

a. light - E27 6.5k philips 18W or 23 W will do
b. cooling fan - you must because 1 ft tank heats up pretty fast

Recmd plants (medium size and easy to handle)
a. ricia or glosco
b. blixia japonica

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Added on August 18, 2010, 12:23 pmYou can custom made it, East aqua do accept custom orders

This post has been edited by Monsterjin: Aug 18 2010, 12:23 PM

a custom tank that size wuld cost prolly around rm40 - 50 if u go make one at glass shop. if the lfs sells cheap then buy oni lo


ADA soil shouldnt be washed btw. u wana wash can also.. but wash then all the fertilizer enriched soil gone la into the drain.

yelow water if it were me id just change the wood. and do WC often since i think he has no fish yet

Wonderful news guys! I'm going to pay a visit to those shops soon...but ej...what's/where's 'NA'

maybe get some Activated carbon.. it should resolve you issue

planning to get more acrylic tube soon..
hahaaa...maybe want to make intake pipe pulak...

NA is Natural Aquarium, the location is in SS19 Subang Jaya

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Added on August 18, 2010, 4:28 pmThen can sell to me cheap2 la

This post has been edited by Adremier: Aug 18 2010, 04:28 PM

let see.. heheee...

please do that, that will be better

but my filter using different size of hose.. 16mm i think..
this size if i not mistaken around 70 for 2m...