I think he mean that the picture in first page, teaching how to setup, is not clear.

yes... you are right.... RM3 each
get 8, left 4
I top up the amount back to 8 with neon last night
If no one look very closely they won't notice

the color will be very very obvious when they grown up

LOL...sorry for confusing you.. I'm newbie, need the guidance of setup the planted aquarium.

However the following pic is not clear. Anyone got clear copy?

but so happy to see them swimming in group
at least the "sayonara process" paused yesterday
praying hard it stop forever

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Update
gahhhhhh, another tetra just sayonara
nothing special happen, PH and temperature both stable

it just suddenly lose control and float with the water flow
when I see it, it was gasping for air and gone within 5min

he was still swimming happily in the group half an hour ago

This post has been edited by timichang: Dec 27 2011, 07:14 PM

New Tank?

copy from my thread at MAC..

yes
started running on 16 dec, with 2ft tank, yeats CO2, 55watt lighting, HOB filter (360L/H)
added a tiger bard for water cycle purpose on next day
(I heard it quicken the speed to start a new tank)
get about 10 pcs ghost shrimp (those use for feeding) on 19 dec

everything was fine

until 3 days later, i took out the tiger bard and add 16 tetra in (8 cardinal tetra, 8 black neon)

and I start lost 1 or 2 of them everyday
first was black neon, until the number of black neon down to 5

It is cardinal tetra's turn
there is only 3 cardinal tetra left now

another thing that I wonder..... they often swim like /\/
go up up and swim strait for like 1cm and "zoooom" down
is this normal? because i don't see those in LFS do this

from your description.. it seems that your tank has been running/cycling for only one week

a totally new tank will need around 3weeks to cycle properly, and if u using any soil, ie ADA, it will be leaking ammonia during the initial stage of planting

min 2 weeks to be safe

Your forget to check for ammonia, but the best thing is try to rinse it or put your plants at 1 spare tank "nothing inside just for cleaning purpose" for 1 day then only put it to the main tank... did what you did last time end up 3 RCS, 2 at day 1 and 1 at second day same anubias plant..... reason could be either copper or ammonia spike from the plant (notice some soil at the driftwood?)... just rinse in if you prefer to see the plant in the tank than idle around

This post has been edited by naoki666: Dec 27 2011, 10:24 PM

yalah weijei, salah read already...huhuhuu, anyway, how is ur planaria attacks? mine also got planaria and small tiny worms...no wonder i lost my shrimp 1 in every week...

This post has been edited by amafz01: Dec 28 2011, 12:55 AM

oh... I see....
I plant with only holland sand and fertilizer ball
PH stay at 7++, I read that these fish prefer water around 6+ but didn't manage to get it
really should let it run with blank tank for a month before getting fishes

added the bottled bacterial
and not expecting any of the tetras will survive till next month

I see they all accusing me from the afterworld

GUyz....Do brand of aquarium lighting give anything different in term of brightness?

Except ADA

it seems u play with chemicals a lots in the first stage... go for nature as long as u can, then start using chemical after your tank is settled down...

i not sure if "no-planaria" is not working or i seeing the wrong creature. My tiny worms doesnt dissapear.
In fact, they are multiplying very fast.
I also not sure they harm my shrimps or not since i have too many to count them one by one

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Added on December 28, 2011, 9:34 amBasically no. refer to the color temperature of the light bulb.
different brand gives different design of casing, light bulb life span and PRICE. hehe

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Added on December 28, 2011, 9:35 amPlease refer back to ciohbu's post previously and you shall find a table showing us how to lower/higher ph level.


Ciohbu:
would you mind to post that picture in first page of forum? so everyone can find it easily.

This post has been edited by weijie: Dec 28 2011, 09:35 AM

nice tank

wanna ask. if the rocks is covered with algae, some will remove the rocks to clean them. in your case removing the rocks will mess up ur white sand and may need to do some minor rescape when putting back the rocks... true ?

i've an algae problem in one of my tank. I've switched the filter to a smaller filter and plan to use this filter on a new tank. Do you think the algae spores will survive in the filter media and spread to my new tank ?

This post has been edited by surfsmurf: Dec 28 2011, 01:50 PM

@surfsmurf - the algae will slowly disappear if you have healthy ecosystem in your tank. I never scrub or clean my rocks and my tank has been running for a year. Rocks are clean without algae. Scrubbing it won't help because algae will grow back on it. Get Oto to help but that is not the absolute solution.

Normally new tank need 2 - 3 weeks to cycle, add air pump can help also.

Last time, I used Betta for new tank due to they are hard fish...lol

wanna ask...

why those rocks n driftwood is SO expensive ?

if u use PLUS highway, sometimes u see rocks similiar to those sold in lfs..

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Added on December 28, 2011, 1:53 pmthink i've seen it in kl/pj lfs...sorry can't recall where

This post has been edited by surfsmurf: Dec 28 2011, 01:53 PM

i know whre is the spot u mentioned, coz i'm the PLUS guy...huhuhuhuhu but pls dont stop for the reason, u might kill yourself