yes !
if your tank has stray snails please buy and save the assassin snails.

woot. then you can sell planaria to those aquarium full of stray snails.

yes, but you would not able to separate them if you want to rescape your whole tank in future.
and all substrates that you put inside aquarium will act as ph buffer. in other words, you will have different ph reading if you using lava rocks/holland sand/fine gravel as base layer. do more study and testing before starting.

no-planaria powder will solve your problem. it will not affect your shrimps and fishes.

as kurangak said,

brighty k, special lights, special shade, they having almost same chemical substance, just different proportion. plants that grow fast needs different combination of ferts compare to slow growing plants. your light wattage and co2 bps also determines how fast your plants growth, and what mineral they need most.
i am trying to minimize usage of ADA products since they are really over pricing in malaysia. i would recommend you to go for Borneowild ferts as alternative.

Iron bottomw is for red plants only. you need it if your soil is old (3month plus) and you need to push iron bottom stick into soil nearby your red plants.

about adding old soil into new tank, yes, you would save some money, but old soil has very limited nutrients. you would need to pump more nutrient in order for plants to grow well.
after you disturb the soil, most bacteria colony is destroyed. you might face ammonia spike.

fresh water 6.0 - 7.5ph. but this not meaning that ALL fresh water fish can survive between this range.
you need to be specify on which type of fish, where is their origin (local breed or wild caught), what is their previous water ph.
some fish or shrimps will die with slightly fluctuation of ph. thats why we prefer harder water as there would be minimal ph swing while water change.

you can always use back 50% of old soil, just top up some new soil on top.
nutrient ferts can put underdose, unless you want to boost up the growth then you put according to recommendation.

what did you changed until so much of temperature diff? did you modify light wattage? is your room temperature hot also?

refer to this for ADA products >> http://www.adana.com.my/products/liquid_system.htm
google will give you more accurate answers if you are asking about products.
IMHO, i dont really support ADA as they are really expensive.

if you havent done anything, why does the temperature spike up 4celcius? you must had done something and temperature increased.
i dont think your glosso died of insufficient ferts. modtly is due to water temperature.

learn about macro nutrient and micro nutrient.
you can find related information from my blog or google it

normal ballast only has 2 output wires, you need to find E-ballast that designed to run PLL (which has 4 output wires).

if i not mistaken, it is early stage of BBA~

IMHO, you dont need a wavemaker if your tank is 2feet or smaller. i would suggest to you wavemaker instead of power head because they are smaller, and generate much lesser heat.
i am using a wavemaker rated 2000L/h in my 3feet to blow co2(light period) and o2(when light off). you need to know which flow rate of wavemaker is suitable for your aquarium.
flowrate too low, you dont feel it is helping.
flowrate too high, moss flying everywhere.

wavemaker >> make wave

welcome welcome

This would be my offer for co2 set:
1. co2 tank steel 4kg - Rm180
2. ANS solenoid (2big gauge with fine tune regulator) - Rm250
3. UP bubble counter pro D-499 - Rm30
4. Super diffuser G-024-L - Rm30
5. high pressure resistance air hose 10ft - Rm15
6. UP co2 indicator - Rm25
Total price is just Rm500. Price will be reduced more if you take with other items such as ADA soil, 5elements, lights, etc...

just attach my solenoid with timer, then it will automatically switch on/off everyday.

dont worry. i planning to bring in custom made LED lighting end of this year.
will let you guys know after i make and tested it
current LED light sets either too expensive or light spectrum not suitable.

visit my forum, you will see huge bunch of HM at right corner

anyone selling ADA soil in loose so cheap?

yes you can buy an aircon, then make a CRS room!!
have multiple of 2feet tank for S grade, SS grade, black king kong, snow white.

i am using it right now. not really efficient.
our home florescent light is about 18W, so i would use this as comparison.
Example: 3feet planted tank.

Chiller 1/10hp = you use 10hours of this chiller = 1hour using aircon 1hp

light 150W = consume most electric in planted tank equipments. more worst if you are using PLL which release a lot of heat.
There is a rule that says"energy could not be created/lost, it can only be converted from one form to another". So Input = electric, output = light + heat. more heat = less light. hope you guys understand what i saying. lol

solenoid = 5W to 15W = about your toilet light wattage. open 8hours per day.

canister = eheim 2217 = 20W.

SAE, yamato noh~
or you can get badass american flagfish

badass = very aggresive.
i once put one pair of young flagfish into my 2feet tank with only 10guppies, second day most guppy has broken tails.
but flagfish is the best algae fighter i ever encounter.
my supplier demonstrate by putting one driftwood full with hair algae into flagfish tank, they immediately head over and start ripping it apart
the only fish that eat FRESH BBA

This post has been edited by weijie: Apr 13 2012, 10:41 AM

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