Oo..i pour slowly,
mayb is my output filter put in wrong direction..
i didnt put 5 element on bottom, may i knw hw much for tht?
about the output which direction should i put more better?

in my opinion,
cories eat all the lefover food on the bottom, kinda like bottom tank cleaner or little army of vacuum machines~

otto took longer time to acclimate and easily stressed from transportation/journey and will only eat veggies
they are cute but not beautiful to me

i heard Siamese Algae Eater are the best, but they kinda like to jump and move fast, ideal for big tank and is not aggressive and will eat BBA.
while Flying Fox is slightly aggressive towards other species but more aggressive towards members of their own species.
and for False Siamese Algae Eater, they have a similar behavior with the flying foxes

thanx to the sifus in here, i now know how to spot the difference

This post has been edited by LuQEE: Feb 27 2012, 03:59 PM

i agree cory is the bottom tank cleaner but they don't eat poo..they eat the leftover by other fish who can't feed in time so it's a good bottom dweller and cleaner
Not sure if any fish species/others eat fish poo at all, mostly they eat algae
also not sure if shrimp eat fish poo.. my feeder shrimp too show hiding under the rocks so I don't see them eating fish poo before
maybe best bet is go have good water pump and filter/cannister

my plecos has grown and if it eats a lot (algae and fish food), just seeing the long trail of its poo is so gross inside my tank!! arggghg eewww

how long do each of you spend in front of your tank everyday?
i spent like around an hour a day if nothing to do and more on weekends. Well, if I'm busy then i just watch for a while when they're eating away

my otto luv JBL shrimp food..

i saw got lobster from taiwan selling at LFS. i ask them, don't mix with other fish. anyone here rear lobster at planted aquarium?

not sure how to answer ure question, but read this one previously
|>> Crayfish Thread <<|

ermmm ... thanks Luqee for the link.

Err sifu, im in a dilemma...
my front tank is empty, so im looking for a suitable foreground plants? any suggestions?

*i dont care about the tedious trimming
i got sufficient light(i guess)
i will install co2 set when buying the plants
i will buy ferts when im starting to plant them
i prefer carpet type look, not grassy lalang type (but if cant, ill just take the lalang la..)
also, i dont have any soil in my tank, just small semi-fine gravel chunks.*

heard riccia, just need to tie on mesh or rocks? so it doesnt need those aqua soil to grow healthy? glosso,hc and those grass need soil right?

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btw, no moss carpet plz if possible, still got a plastic container full of java moss.
tired of tepuk tepuk that moss everyday, to make them fluffy and dirt free

This post has been edited by LuQEE: Feb 28 2012, 01:16 AM

LuQee, perhaps you may try glosso, HC and hair grass as your carpet. Cucuk in your soil and it wil grow.

Those lalang i saw it in jalan pasar b4..like those grass beside road..haha..still the selling price is rm10-12.

get your co2 kit from weijie la~!good and nice seller.

yeah, well i want them(those plants)
but can they survive without soil? my substrate are jsut small pieces of sand+rocks(lfs cheap gravel+pasir sungai hehe)

since u plan to hv co2, u can try gloso but u must put iron inside the sand ADA multi bottom or BW boost A for instance
the thing is u hv to keep feed them with those irons time to time

This post has been edited by sisaiko: Feb 28 2012, 08:31 AM

err, wont that cause water poisoning to my shrimps boss?

Update (2)


now looking for...

1. 4ft Aquarium - Confirm 4x2x2 12mm thickness Aquarium
- Looking for Wood Cabinet (Island style)
2. Eheim Classic external filter-Done Eheim 350 (gonna mod the Classic 600 shaft for faster water flow later)
3. Lighting for 4ft -Done got a T5 x 6 should be pretty bright
4. CO2 tank - Got my self a CO2 Fire extinguisher 6.9KG gonna mod it
5. Soil and Rock
6. Plant (This no issue)
7. FIsh (No issue I can source for hi grade guppy from thailand)

I still have scrape and tweezers.....

I need a CABINET for 4x2x2 Aquarium Island Style

This post has been edited by calvin_ng: Feb 28 2012, 09:37 AM

nope

most carpet plants need soil. if you using liquid nutrient to replace soil, it will burn a hole in your pocket in long run.

aiyoo...
bad planning already..

but i heard riccia is a floating type plant, so they dont neccesary require soil right?
any advice? gonna tie them to mesh btw~

i m using orista CO2 0.5L set kit and my bps is just around 1 bubble per 2-3 second 12 hour daily. Seem like 2-3 week CO2 used up

yes, riccia dont need any soil to grow.
yeps, you can tie them with mesh. and you would need to trim it every week, or soon they will be floating everywhere and growing everywhere (thats what happened to my tank currently)

Aluminum tank co2 finish very very fast. i strongly not recommend any ppl to use it.
My steel 6kg tank can last 8months, with 5bps 8hours daily.

what the reason this will happen?
thought is depend on bps? ppl thought that can last 2-3 month with that bps i setup. confused here

my company office in singapore using planted aquarium as featured walls in the corridor and the meeting rooms. feel so relax