normal pelia.. not mini.

very good amount of pelia and spiky moss rm20.

tmrw? subang ss15? add me in msn freeky_bowler@yahoo.com

if i not mistaken... maybe around 70-80 at jalan pasar...

what algae, picture please.

Chuppy,

I am not too sure is this BBA or GSA. It started from the glosso's root and up to the leaf. I try to rub off with finger but now it spread too fast and almost all the glosso affected. It looks like a brown or some black coating on the leaves.

Another photo is my hemiathus also have same problem. When i bought it back the leaves all look very greenish but now the whole plant was covered with the black coating.

Any method to handle this algae? Real headache now as too new in planted tank.

Many thanks.

How long is your photo period and how frequent do you water change? and How much you water change?

How big is the tank, what fishes are in there.

What are your lights, what are your c02 dosing method.

And finally, what are you dosing.

Cheers

Chuppy - I am not there yet . . . still need to learn from you and the rest of advance aquarist out there.

Maybe not enough CUC. Any idea how many does he has?

Btw, since i never post any picture in this thread (Most of the time in MAC).

Here you go . . . latest FTS for my new planted tank project.

Err.. what does this 'power growth' consist of? Surely its written there somewhere

Douge. How much for it?

Only if you don't feed them and keep them hungry, any fish will choose commercial fish food over algae... Except otto la...

Any particular reason? I have 6 in my tank now. Will increase to 10-12. Nothing much for them to eat now.
You will be surprised with my water change..It is not recommended to do large water change but if do it correctly, everything should be fine. I always re-seed my tank with bacteria after large water change.

Hey Guys.. wonder wat fish is this.. i got new stock 10 of this yesterday. My guys say This African Filter Shrimps 10cm - 5cm long can mix with my dwarf shrimps, any of you guys got try before? the Shrimps i google up also say can the Scientific Name - Atya gabonensis. Thinking to get 2 - 3

Yes it was a bit expensive. But the hair and thread algae was getting on my nerves. Have to clean the tank every 3 -4 days, and seeing 30 cm long strands in my tank was not very pleasing.

But most importantly, I'm going back to Kuala Terengganu on the 5th of February, 3rd day of Chinese new year, so I think most of the LFS will still be closed. And also the toll money and petrol of getting to the LFS from my place is not cheap. As if I want to bring back here, I need to go to SS19 before I go to the airport, which will add another hour to my journey. I usually get them right before the flight so I won't have any casualities. So in my shoes, its not that expensive if you take in consideration all the factors.   

usually lfs will seel fissiden attached to DW d.. they can sell higher price.. more profit.. lolx

if u wan the few types of fissiden just with stainless steel mesh.. i can pm u =) i usually get my plant from this guy too

give me a palm of glosso,i'll try it out to bust it out xD

how about other plants? r they same as ur glosso?

another question-->
how long do u switch on the light for the 1st week? r u switching the light on for 8 hours everyday?
if so, it's normal as i have seen quite many of the tank like this...

Hello welcome,
fiona i would recommended you cycle your tank 1st before put in fish to stress them... and if you want to start a planted tank ,
for 2 feet aquarium i would recommended canister filter.. over filter is provide the good deliverance of fert for more information
below is the link that recommended to you to have some reading

Souce : http://www.littlegreencorner.com/tipsFilteration.html 

about the all in one fert, yes it is cheap but one thing is uncontrollable, if you over dose algae will come easily or you less dosage, the plant wont have enough fert...
and about the substrate, just amazonia regular will do, dont need those power sand... this is cost budget suggestion =)
lastly please take note.... Filter is Heart of Aquarium... so invest in a canister if you wanna go for planted tank...

IMO,
these is the minimum requirement for starting planted tank to invest in

1. Canister Filter RM200 can get a good one already MIC brand =)
2.Substrate ADA 9liter RM88 regular type enough for 2 feet starter tank ( dont need slope yet =) maybe can do abit slope hehe )
3. Co2 ( RM 200  already can get 3kg + Manual Regulator )
4. Light ( RM 35 for a 2 feet PLL 55Watt MIC brand , buy at Electrical shop... DO NOT GO FISH SHOP BUY... they WILL POTONG U !! )

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Added on April 11, 2011, 10:37 amops sorry to mention im freestyler87 ( my account has banned haha )

Penang here less than RM2 for Yamato.