Reputable since I don't plan to travel too far, I'm currently in Taiping and the selection here is absolutely horrible. If I wanna get anything it's probably by post. Meanwhile I have tried asking about plastic plants in flowershop but apparently the plastic there is bad and will rot in a watery environment. Or so that's what they claim.

Using artificial plants to lessen the maintenance. I've been fed by many horror stories about live plants dieing all the time. Also, for such a big tank, I'd need almost 2k just to setup C02 and other stuff for a proper running tank. Am running on 1k budget and below and that's not even counting the fish. Also, if I happen to go on holiday I don't want my plants and fish to die en mass like the poster above. Sorry bout that. Hehehe.

haiz.. same here. i cant trust anyone in my house to take care of my tank. they'll just leave it like that with excuse "im afraid/dunno how to touch ur tank" even after i gave the schedule. no need my tank la, even my simple plants in pot also no one wanna help take care like pandan and cili api. haiz..!!    just help pour water only... people need to know how important to make earth green. 

is all ur plants melted? no chance to revive?

haha...i m still finding the way to keep my shrimps alive after my 1 week balik kampung holiday...do u hv any suggestion? 

Meanwhile guys, my tank is very big and I kinda have a problem. My sand substrate is rather shifty and I am worried bigger fishes will uproot the fake plants. So I plan to keep only small ones like tetras, barbs and corydoras. However, with such a huge tank the problem would be algae.

I plan only to use those small golden plecos. Will say 6 or 7 of them be enough to keep my tank moderately clean?

heh, i got timer too. but no food timer. >_< well... for a week, so far i never had a fish died starving at least so far. the only thing is, POTASSIUM!!!!!!!!!!!! heh, i dont know but usually i just leave my tank just like that since no one gonna take care of it anyway and so far nothing been wrong so far even without potassium (shorter photoperiod). i dun have any problem to topup water also since my water evaporation rate is damn slow unlike using fan. just, afraid of algae if it occured anytime during my absence and when i came back... walla!! algae took over the tank already (crossfingers.. so far never happened)
hurm, i dun know about CRS but my other shrimps never die also for one week holiday previously. they wont get the best buffet of course, but the tank usually have something for them to much on naturally.... oh, and as long no electrical blackout happened during my away time, i wouldnt worry so much.

wah..!!!    29C? u not using fan but not using chiller? im using chiller and keep my temperature around 23-25. above 25 is consider 'hot' for me already for my tanks. LOL!!.. i wont ever let it go beyond that. average temperature around 24C for my tank.

eh btw bro, can tell me ur rotala is which type of rotala? full name? or pic would tell...

I feed my shrimps once a week or sometimes twice a week. It is protein based food that will induce breeding. Basically from 4 shrimps to over hundreds. Fire shrimps will eat algae but occasionally require protein. In the wild, they got it from eating dead fishes and so on.

Contradict to what people may believe, captive fishes usually die because of over feeding which pollute the water faster than bacteria can process.

I will not worry much if you are not going to be around for few days. Just let it be and your fishes will be fine especially in planted tank.

Please take note not to put too much food in the auto feeder. I would suggest putting 50% of the food amount that you will feed for x days. You obviously do not want auto feeder to fail and start dropping all the food into your tank. Test it a couple of time just to ensure everything is working in proper order.

gosh i just found the BW fish and shrimp food in lelong for the prices
really first class food there, may need to get from online cos my place not much selection
shrimp is more exp and more varieties... walao

weijie - it is possible. Stan and the gang did it with Ah Yee 3ft tank before for aquafair. Basically they drain out the water, transfer the tank to a wood platform and put it into a van. They move back the tank after aquafair and everything look alright to me.

Update:

G Series - Snail Killer has proven to be effective in killing snails without harming fishes/shrimps in the tank. Snails are disappearing in less than a week of using it. I didn't follow the recommended dosage because I am losing patience with so many snails crawling all over my tank. So far I have dose 2ml x 4 instead of dosing 2ml once or twice weekly. I did a large water change yesterday and dose another 2ml again.

Recommended for people that is having snails problem. I am literally skeptical at first but this product prove me wrong. 

Note - Snails in my tank are Ramshorn. Size about 1-2mm.

anyone that used to shop in Singapore can recommend me any shop to go? i'll be there on this CNY holiday. especially those that carri BW stuffs.
EDIT: i mean LFS... not some fruit shops.

oh... 26th? im just going there for a day trip on 25th. not staying since my hometown is in JB anyway.... better go back home. LOL! MACers told me somewhere in Clementi LRT got a lot. but price not be as cheap as in here... duh!!

i wonder wher those people got BW stuffs and then sell in here and still gain untung (assuming price in Singapore would be cheaper). LOL!!.. looks like im gonna order from prox >_< *paging PROX*

cheaper? is it? hurm.. never do shopping in sg LFS before so i dont know. if really cheaper, can go buy chiller straight away. hahahahaha!!!!! ok just kidding. but im seriously looking for BW products. trying to have my tank with BW instead of ADA this time and see how it goes. LOL!...

plus, maybe i could find some nice stuffs in SG LFS.. how knows. heh... so clementi station will be then!!

fert basically. i want to have all their 3 type ferts and maybe some hardwares like scissors or something (optional)  and give em all a try. i dun use brighty K anyway. i used saechem potassium for K and step 1+2, and green gain. those only fert from ADA i am using. so i wanna try to switch to BW and see if my tank can adapt to it. but im afraid later cant find it anymore in KL. red plants? get more lights!!!! hu hu hu ... i have 254W (72 + 72 + 110) above my 3ft tank. LOL! and i still dun dare to go with red plants... erm.. actually i dont find it attractive anyway that's why i dun like them in my tank. hahahaha..!!!!

I saw what's called an "orange lobster" in pet lovers center at SS2 mall. Since sometimes these shops seem to tag funny names on animals, can someone help me ID them? care sheets and what not please?

crab!
try go there with my colleague, couldn't find the place, then i call up to there, today they close at 4pm cos of company dinner.. with not enough time remain, decided not to find as it will be closed by the time im there

haizz.. wrong day, wrong place, wrong time

got plants, moss, fishes, wood and stones..
i personally think the moss they sell is a bit more quantity then others.. 

hi all sifus.
noob here, trying to make a planted aqua. some q??

izzit possible to replace the DIY bubble counter with after market?
eg:
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or
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try to DIY first b4 going for serious mode

how much is the budget to get a budget planted aquarium tank
so many gadgets to buy..

meaning, i dont need to install extra 2 check valve??

How long does a 0.5L co2 tank last? Been using it for a month now, meter reading drop 2 bars, so if i guesstimate it right, it should last me for about 5 months. Is that normal?

Here are my nooby tank

- this is just me la... (not a pro advise.. just personal way), i'd leave it and just take care of the tank without touching it. LOL!!! 10 days is just too early to know anyway. i'd leave it at least 2 weeks minimum and if after that still no new growth and only melting keep going on, i'd plant new one (and of course figuring out what did i do wrong like increasing co2, lightings, etc). LOL!!!
- and yes... most of us bought the stones. very few that are super hardcore would go out in the nature and find it themselves, then treat the stones/woods. it's just superbly ma fan..