yea thats right but since i fill the space in my HOB with bio rings theres no more room for sponge. now theres bacteria in my hob doing their stuff of decomposing etc but no sponge to filter the dirts. lol. maybe 2moro i will make some modifications...

just went to clean my HOB filter. found a guppy fish bone inside hahaha. been quite a while since i cleaned my HOB. normally only do water change only dats y din realize. now left bone only and how the heck it got there i really dont know lol

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 22 2012, 01:06 AM

cant be. its too big to be sucked in. maybe it jumped in and cant get out as i always leave the cover of the HOB filter open. R.I.P my guppy...

walao 1 got fishbone 1 got dead shrimp. this 1 got whole living colony samore. hahaha reli is sifu lol

wahh ur riccia so nice... envy~~~

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Added on April 23, 2012, 8:28 pmi think SAE when grown up already will be quite aggresive but when they're small they will be very rajin clean ur tank 1. this is what my sifu teach me 1 wakakaka.

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Added on April 23, 2012, 8:32 pmADA amazonia and malaya soil got what difference? also if i remembered correctly got another 1 call africana soil also?

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 23 2012, 08:32 PM

might be a great idea to wrap the tank with clingfilm so that dust and other bad stuff dont go inside if u dont plan to plant yet... just my humble opinion...

cardboard kenot la, box will suck the moisture dry, use plastic wrap better i think...

my BluePrint for my upcoming Tank. idea taken from Filipe Oliveira's pinheiro manso tank. any suggestions/ideas please kindly share. ^^

i got the main piece of the dw(tree trunk) already. now just looking for more nice dws to attach to my truck only...

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Added on April 24, 2012, 10:56 pmadvice to you, dont rush your aquascape. do your homework and research about it 1st. better use 6 month to research and do your homework 1st than starting straight away and then regretting for the next 6 months... anything dunno can ask ppl here. alot of friendly people here willing to teach.

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 24 2012, 10:56 PM

since i saw ur hardscape is similar to the idea of filippe oliveira, i just wanna share this article with u.
Syrah Planura
hope it helps. ^^

u can try weijie's blog. very helpful to newbies...
http://aquascapeworld.wordpress.com/

believe it or not, fish is the least important thing in a planted tank. judging from ur answer above, i think u still have lots of homework to do.

aquarium - self explanatory...
filter - it will be better if you have a cannister as it provides spacce for good bacteria to grow...
lighting - not the normal cheap lighting u can just buy at any local fish shop. must be high voltage so that the light can reach until the bottom of the tank. also depends how deep is ur water in the tank.
sand - not just any sand, most of us here use ADA soil for the tanks but heard others using JBL as well.
plants - try to do some research and start with low maintenance plants.
5 elements - Penac P, Penac W, Clear Super, Tourmaline, Bacter 100 ( this helps grows bacteria to grow in ur tank and decompose harmful material such as ammonia and nitrite to harmless materials. they also helps the growth of plants and provide supplememnts for the plants...
Co2( very important) plants will need co2/carbon dioxide and light for the photosystesis process.
diffuser - to diffuse ur co2 bubbles so that the co2 will melt in ur water rather than floating to the top and wasted.

also, search up the meaning and ways of cycling a tank.

hope i din miss out any important things here...
ps: anything u dunno, try google search or youtube it. thats how i learn most of the time...
pss: 6 months of planning is better than 6 months of headache and regretting... do sufficient homework before you start anything...

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Added on April 25, 2012, 10:23 pmby the way, can i ask the sifus here, whats the different between ADA amazonia and ADA malaya soils? and if im right theres also ADA africana? Whats the main difference? or are them just for different looks for your tank? i dont think so personally...

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 25 2012, 10:45 PM

thanks!

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Added on April 25, 2012, 11:36 pmure most welcome. most of the things i noe come from all the sifus here also. just dont hesitate to ask.
heres how to calculate ur tank volume => Tank Volume Calculator
and how much watt u need for the lights in ur tank. => lighting
as for the plants, u will constantly need some liquid fertilizers added into the water after some time where the plants had already sucked dry most of the nutrients in the soil. theres a lot of brands and types out there but it is up to you to decide which 1 suites ur plants needs best...
as for the trimming, there are special scissors out there and it depends on the grade. some good surgical grades ones actually cut the plant itself while other cheap scissors just bent and break the leaf which is bad for the plant.
as for co2, yes u will need extra outsource co2. those in the tank itself will not be sufficient. and it is necessary to count how many bubbles of co2 per second so that you dont release your co2 too much which will kill off fishes and shrimps or too little where it is not enough for the plant to do photosyntesis process...

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 25 2012, 11:44 PM

got pic?

okok... thanks bro... ^^ cant wait for ur pic haha

suck out most of the water and put inside some container/oail and ur fishes in the same water/community tank if u have 1, then it would be much lighter to move i guess?

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Added on April 28, 2012, 1:34 amdidnt know guppies school... lol!

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 28 2012, 01:34 AM

healthy hobby. not bad mah hahaha. ^^

wah... so nice ur tank. can upload full tank view for us all newbies to view?

morning~~~ ^^

sit at home watch bersih live stream and give mental support. ^^cant afford to get hurt and caught in the sit-in and absent from work on monday lol. im quite important in my company lol!

This post has been edited by melodyworm: Apr 28 2012, 10:00 AM