no, all this is special bacteria combination from ADA. It is highly recommended to put correct combination of them if your tank is new.
All this powders will help grow bacteria faster in your tank.

Pleco is not bandaraya
Pleco looks like bandaraya
i want to know khalemi is using OTTO or bandaraya.
OTTO is out of stock at KL, if you found someone selling it, please post here.

Bandaraya you can find in normal fish shop for rm2 per fish
Pleco, go find in google image
It is cost rm150-500 for 2 inches baby pleco

27-29C is good enough for moss
Unless you got extra money, go ahead for chiller :)

Lance888: just get normal sand from fish shop.
Or just take from waterfall :p
If you gonna put it into normal fish tank, the sand will turn yellowish and sometimes algea :)

Kabyss87: please read first page of this topic :)

As you said, if bottom is empty then not nice.
So some ppl put sand or small stone as decoration

If you are using stone you pick from roadside, please beware that those stones might give acidic or alkaline effect to your water
If those stones are from fish shop, I still recommend you to soak in water first for one week before put into aquarium

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Added on June 16, 2011, 3:40 pmKabyss87:
Yes you can do it in smaller tank, 1 feet or even smaller
Good side of smaller tank is that you need lower budget to setup
But for small tank, chemical swing is very large, let's say one fish died at a 3feet tank and 1 feet. Other fishes in 3 feet tank dont effect much. But in 1 feet, this might wipe out your whole population

Co2 tank is not necessary if you are having some moss, rotala and fern. Try look at page 96- now. We had a short discussions about this not long ago

This post has been edited by weijie: Jun 16 2011, 03:40 PM

How much is 2215 and 2213 now?
Did they dc eheim submerge pump?

this is what we hate most.
it is called algea
buy some yamato shrimps / SAE / otto to attack it

I using ADA Amazonia II when keeping glosso last time.
They grown too fast so i remove them when last rescape

room temperature.

just get a china made ballast. problem solved

Wow Tyja. You invest a lot in planted tank.
I only dose 5 drops of Azoo ferts weekly.

would it be you light not strong enough?
I m using 56w x 2 + 18w in my 1.5feet cubic tank

Qieroxer89:
In my opinion, (this is my personal point if view)
Your fishes is too big for your tank
Trim your rotala.
Maybe you should add another 18W for your tank. Only turn on light maximum 8hours daily

Superdude : you adding new soil or just the plant?

As long as the water flow doesn't reduce too much, I think it should be ok
Did you wash the media before adding?
When does the shrimp start dying? After add media or after add plant?

Did you wash the plant before adding?
Is the plant clean?
Where you brought the plant?

No prob!
I am using AZOO ferts. So far so good. It is cheap too

Myak: it is like comparing honda and BMW. Those got budget go for ADA and of course the effect is better. I using Azoo (proton) only

I am keeping guppy with my fire red shrimps
You need to provide a lot hiding places and plants

Where got baby SAE for sale now? I need 4 of them

Gosh need to go NA this Saturday
I m sooooooooo lazy~ anyone from serdang or seri kembangan heading there this few days? Help me buy 4

Guys,
Need some help here
Newly setup 3 feet tank. How many scoops of ADA "5 element "?
Anyone know the combination?