Anyone know any LFS in Klang Valley that sells fine brown sand? Similar to Shirui sand, but light brown / brown in colour. Looking for about 2-3kg.

Bored of white sand already

Anyway, not much problem keeping my sand white since I always have a bunch of corydoras and dwarf loaches.

Recently, I noticed in my tank that there's actually a group of cherry shrimps that are not 'red'. Looks like those wild caught cherry shrimps. They're smaller sized compared to the cherries.


This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Dec 28 2010, 10:45 AM

They'll end up snacking on your poor little shrimplets as they grow bigger, unless you have sufficient plant mass for shrimps to hide.

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Added on December 29, 2010, 12:26 pmFor small fish fries, they are quite vulnerable though.

Easiest for me is to get 1 male guppy + 3 female guppies. Eventually babies will come. But if not enough hiding places for the fries, the parents will eat the babies.

This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Dec 29 2010, 12:26 PM

Sakura shrimplets in my 1ft tank:


See how tiny they are compared to the 10sen coin.

Sharing is caring. Macro shot of my sakura shrimplets. The size of the food pellet is actually about 1-2mm.

This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Jan 17 2011, 11:17 AM

Mini puffer guarantee will tiong other fishes. Even fishes that are bigger than it.

When your tank runs out of snails, then you'll start to see your other fishes will have nipped fins and tails.

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Added on January 17, 2011, 1:26 pmWater temperature is 27C mah. With fan. Mosses look much greener in lower temperature.

This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Jan 17 2011, 01:26 PM

Notice any LFS in PJ selling rotala sp green?

How much space you can accomodate? With that budget, you'll only have the option for either a low-tech 1ft or 2ft tank with plants like ferns, moss, marsilea or sagitaria subulata.

For a complete beginner, best you go for a 2ft. It's easier.

+1

With a RM200 budget, you'll definitely won't be getting a CO2 tank. Do list down your current equiptment.

Your plants died most probably because you didn't have the right lights, water temperature or even fertilization.

Tell us more about your tank. Like what sort of filter are you using, etc.

Actually, kinda hard to get surface oil when you're using a HOB, unless it really doesn't have enough power.

Any LFS in PJ selling 2x36 PL light sets for 3" ? Looking for 2.

My 4x39w T5HO rosak liao.

Nope. Whole thing cannot use any more. Looking for a new set.

Erm... what gravel did you buy? If your tank is just being set up, it's possible to be due to trapped air pockets.

Something could have frightened the shrimp. Even lights turning on/off will sometimes scare them. Or there could be some sort of change in the water.

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Added on January 27, 2011, 12:41 amBro, what's your lighting and tank size?

This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Jan 27 2011, 12:41 AM

I have a 2213, 2215 and 2217. I only clean them between 6-12 months or when the flow slows down

But then again, my tanks are pretty established and mostly running low maintenance setups So less for me to worry.

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Added on February 13, 2011, 10:41 pmDo you have surface skimmer installed?

This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Feb 13 2011, 10:41 PM

Anywhere I can find drop checker in PJ? Looked in 3 shops and the people also dunno what that is. Too lazy to drive to Subang

I managed to breed fire red in my 1ft tank at around 27-28C. Just need an aquarium fan. It cost me RM8 per ekor when I bought it last year.

You got cardinals means very hard to breed shrimps liao. Shrimplets will become snacks unless you got lots of hiding places for them. They're pretty easy to breed since they're similar to cherry shrimps.





I got it from ggMing. I think he posts things in LYN too.

This post has been edited by SweetPuff: Mar 2 2011, 05:28 PM

Got them directly from ggMing's shop in OUG.