They open at 10am until 10pm
Ah yee usually available around 12pm then MIA around 2pm and depend on his activities
At night after dinner around 9pm he should be around...maybe u can give him a call before u plan to visit
Tuesday he off but sometime he'll b around at night time

Yup he is the boss of the shop, even easier to kowtim if aunty is not around....

Hi KG,

Im not sure the last plant is from me, seems like one type of Ludwigia maybe Rapens

Dont worry the plant is not green enough, the rotala(1st pic), cos it not suppose to be green
i think u lack of iron or lights, not sure about Depont content with, plus try to dosage ferts on daily basis instead of 1 shot....and WC also good for remove exceed nutriens in your tank.

the rotala u just trim as low as you can and replant it trimmed stem as dense as u can

the Pogostemon sp Babien Laos(2nd pic) u can cut them anywhere you wan and replant it by removing the lower leaves then plug it into ur soil. same goes to ludwigia

once you get the dense plant, then you can start shape your scape for the stem plant
you can refer here
http://www.adana.co.jp/en/sc/news/detail/196
see how they plant the plant....

hope this might be helpful

depend on what you up to

amazonia good for plant, africana good for chiclids and malaya in between
http://www.adana.co.jp/en/products/na_substrate/aqua_soil/

IME i've use amazonia n malaya both can grow plant but amazonia the growth rate faster
Never use africana b4, so cant say much

powder or normal also depend on what plant you want to put,
small carpet plants(glosso, hc, HG) prefer powder, echinodorus n crypt can use the normal type.
and of cos powder more expensive

and try not to mix up the soil(amazonia,africana & malaya), otherwise u will get belang-belang layer

Dont put cosmetic sand on top of your aqua soil, otherwise your waste your aquasoil...
powersand is not a must....u can replace it with like others said lava rocks
Yup Book of ADA is a good book, it shown some how to guidance eventhough is a ADA catalogue
it might be better also you get the book b4 u get ur soil

2bps consider to low unless you let it run 24hrs(but it wasted since at night no co2 utilization)
plus if u r using glass diffuser, the diffusion level maybe a bit lower compare to inline
try to increase it to 3-4bps and add more lights, but aware with ur photo period

sometimes algae is good, dont worry about it...its a learning process

Words from Cliff Hui
Algae
My spy, it tells me the condition of the tank.
You care when you start, you don’t care when are experienced, and you started to care again when you are lazy

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Added on October 13, 2011, 5:01 pmLFS or Lelong also have

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Oct 13 2011, 05:01 PM

yup yellow powder might get ride bga
if u hv extra budget, bacter 100 can be used

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Added on October 13, 2011, 10:49 pmu can scrap it using old credit card or what ever card, plastic scrapper, magnet scrapper, old toothbrush or blade scrapper
then suck it using tube
add otto, they luv it

u can refer
http://www.adana.co.jp/en/sc/news/detail/201
somewhere in the middle of the view10 clip, it shown how to clear it, but in this case green color instead of brown

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Oct 14 2011, 12:03 AM

kg,
the light recommendation a bit low, perhaps the spec for low tech setup

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Added on October 15, 2011, 7:16 amyup a pic might b great
or u can try to hang a pack of active carbon in ur tank

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Oct 15 2011, 07:16 AM

just want to share, my fren blog where to get good bargain co2 tank

sorry guys, have to remove this link since it is one of the supplier of one of the member here
just google it, best of luck

btw u can ask weijie directly for co2 tank n me for co2 aluminium tank

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Oct 16 2011, 10:19 AM

2gold mean gold fish?

cool
thanks for sharing
for clearer high rank tank
http://adana.com.my/gallery/contest2011.htm

im not sifu but ill try my best 2 answer

- can i setup the aquarium without the co2 system? it looks like expensive
of cos u can, but some plant can survive and some cant....moss, fern, anubias,some stems,HG can but the growth rate much better when then co2 supplied, perhaps u can DIY using the yeast formula or can use liquid carbon.....

- can tell the price range for the aquasoil and the powersand?
there are several types of aquasoil in market...price range might be various depend on the brand and types, powersand also hv two types normal n special(more expensive)....but some can growth plant even using garden soil n sand...powersand is not a must, u can replace it using rocks or lava rocks

- how do u guys control the water hp and temprature?
im so sure about hp, but temp u can use fan, chiller or in ac room....fan also not a must if ur tank reside in cool area

- do v need to clean the aquarium? by using the gravel vacumn?
cleaning aquarium is part of the routine of this hobby, while doing water change u can scrap the glass n suck out unwanted stuff from ur aquarium.....never use gravel vacum, im using water hose tube instead....



This post has been edited by sisaiko: Oct 20 2011, 03:45 PM

care to elaborate more what u mean by "make the plant"......

mini riccia require high light or else will grow like normal riccia
normal riccia itself require high light

cholorine do evaporate itself, if you have time put ur pipe water in container in 24 hrs it can be used for ur tank

yup its enough but if u using metal halide for your ceiling light

yup u can, thats the way it is

perhaps ur flow towards it so it bending to it
u just trim as low as u can then replant the trimmed stem decently each other

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Oct 22 2011, 04:13 PM

if moss only tank u even dont hv to put the 5 elements n amazonia
can use sand e.g river sand

ceiling light is not consider as low light thou

those who don want to hv light, co2, soil n even filter
there always an option

http://www.adana.co.jp/en/sc/news/detail/224

bro amein
or u can gather ur info at
http://my-mac.net