since adding the fan..my guppies starting to suicide..probably unrelated.

cardinals and oto are doing fine.
and yamatos start to lepak near the filter only....

28 is ok for guppy.
banting near to the sea...maybe the weather a bit hot here.

mr. ciohbu,
how do you install fan? DIY or buy from FS?

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

-moss tank doesn't need co2..
-different fish shop, different price bro..+/- rm120

newbie here, may i know how u make the plant inside your aquarium? im planning to do so, thnx!

buy from my source.. lolx.. lazy to DIY

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

Where can I get green tetras?

anyone wanna sell their crystal shrimp off,need a few only

sorry, i mean how do you make those plant grow inside the aquarium? what do i need for a start? is there any seed or what?

Actually bulb Kelvin (K) rating is not the exact indicator of spectrum.

I am currently using Giesemann Midday tube rated @ 5600K (similar to sunlight during mid day) and manage to grow Glosso in a very healthy state.

Do any1 know what the name of aquatic plant look like Banana 1?

Do Mini riccia require high lighting?or medium?

i wrote a brief intro on starting a planted tank in page one.. post number 7 i think.. the basic stuff u need to start a planted tank.. after reading through it im sure ull understand quite abit on how to start hehe

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

can you show us the photo...and where u get it?

my guppy giving birth again. 18 fry detected. hehehe.

TGIF red wine for poison

Sulawesi~~~

Planaria - A how to get rid off!
Panacur and Flubenol are medicaments used for de-worming cats, dogs and other pets. Due to the lack of missing drugs for fish tanks, shrimp keepers use them to get rid of planaria. Planaria are limped worms with triangular heading and can harm shrimp and their offspring. If your shrimplets always disappear after a few days, planaria may be the reason. They even attack full grown shrimp

Here is a step by step guide using Panacur:
-Try to catch as lot of planaria as possible with a planaria trap and remove them from the tank. Remove snails before using Panacur, also.
-Do your weekly water change (20-30%) and remove as much detritus (=biological waste) as you can.
-Add the medicament. Prefer to do under-dosing more than overdosing! One pill Panacur KH 250 (with 250 mg Fenbendazol) is sufficient for 432 liters. Check out the table below and only calculate with the nett water volume of your tank!
-After 5 days change 30-50% water and repeat the treatment and dose Panacur second time.
-After 5 days, do another water change (30-50%) and filter with carbon to extract the leftover of medicament.





credit to : http://www.shrimpnow.com/content.php/278-P...-to-get-rid-off

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Added on October 21, 2011, 10:33 amhehee.. sulawesi is a bit different




for more sulawesi species.. -> http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/02/07/new-sulawesi-shrimp

WATER PARAMETERS
Parameters should be almost exactly as follows:

The best way to achieve these parameters is to use water with the correct GH, the PH and KH of the source water not being important as the crushed coral will take care of that. The substrate should be crushed coral. Many people mix the coral with sand because it looks a lot better that way. You also need to use water with the correct parameters for water changes, so you will need some kind of bucket with crushed coral, a heater and an air stone in it. These shrimp are so sensitive it is not recommended to do any more than 10 percent water change at a time. This should be plenty however as you shouldn't be keeping these with any fish.

Water Parameters Towuti Lake - Harlequins, Redlines, Red Orchids, Yellow cheeks and many others are from here
Temperature average: 30 C


Water Parameters Mantano Lake - Where Cardinals are from


http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/shrimp-o...e-progress.html
http://www.planetinverts.com/sulawesi_expedition.html
http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/02/07/new-sulawesi-shrimp

This post has been edited by ciohbu: Oct 21 2011, 10:33 AM

I have one way to kill my BBA or BGA etc without affected any fish and shrimp, without hand wet and save your seachem excel

1. Cut off the bottom part of 1.5 little minimal water and the small bottle (small bottle is to come out from the water surface)

2. join the 2 bottles tip together (i put rubber band in the between to get tight rip)

3. cover up those plant affected by BBA

4. pour 0.5ml- 1.0ml seachem excel to the bottle tip

5. let the plant soak for one hour or more

6. say bye bye to the BBA