Last time I had 4 Yamato posted to me and it got stuck in the post office because its not opened on weekend. Lasted 4 days and 3 nights and all was alive...

Just connect and start using la. I've never hear that we need to do anything to it before we start using.

Just be very careful when you connect or disconnect it from the air hose, thats when most of us broke ours...

With the condition that the RCS has been in the tank for quite some time and is adapted to it before you put in any fishes. That was my experience la...

If you put in fishes first then RCS, you'll lose a lot of them, less likely if you put RCS first then fish...

Product Review / Update : Ocean Free O' Algae (Algae treatment)


Do you have any moss in the same tank??? Were they affected???

I'm using computer fan, 2 unit on my 2 ft, no noise at all... Use fan that don't rotate too fast, the faster they are, the more noise they produce. So I use slow rotating, but using 2 units to make up for the slow speed. 1 computer fan RM10 and 1 adapter RM15. My total cost RM35, been using for >2 years now.

Temp, 28-30c, if it rains come to down to 26c... My tank just beside my bed.

And just to add, if your not using external canister filters, but internal water pump, the heat generated from the pump will heat up the tank...

This post has been edited by radver: May 8 2012, 11:34 AM

Busy... Preparing for my final exam, if pass can graduate in Jun. So my tank got very neglected, now more algae than plants, Will reset up the whole thing after I graduate first.
Your welcome...

This post has been edited by radver: May 8 2012, 07:44 PM

Its just a guide, but if your tank is 50 litres, then its a 2 feet tank already. My 2 ft using 55watts...

If you not sure, just measure and calculate the volume of the tank, height X width X length in cm

1 cm cube is 1 ml...

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Added on May 8, 2012, 7:55 pmTo make plants pearl is a combination of adequate lights, Co2, fertilizers and appropriate plant types. Not just lights and not all plants will pearl.

LED very expensive, if budget allows please go ahead... Light must be around 6500K spectrum, should be stated on the box.

This post has been edited by radver: May 8 2012, 07:58 PM

http://www.my-mac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6093

The link above will divert those interested in DIYing your own fans to the Malaysian Aquascaping Community. The topic is discussed in detail by a very senior aquascaper. Covers everything from buying fans, connecting them and also various ways to hold the fan up bu the side of the tank.

I found it especially useful when I decided to DIY my own fan, so I though I share it here. All credits goes to the forum and the forumer.

IME, there is only 2 wires, even if you connected it wrongly it won't burn out the fan or the adapter. I had to cut the wires and reconnect it the other way when the fan didn't spin on the first try... Hehe...=P

The adapter for the fan can be found in any hardware store, just ask for AC to DC adapter, or the other way around I forgot already.

To hold the fan up on the side of the tank, I'm using some clip for the tank divider and should be available in any LFS stores too.

If the fan does make some unpleasant noise, you can actually disassemble the fan and lubricate it with oil. I did mine and the noise went away...

My 2 ft tank with these 2 fans losses about 1 to 2 liter of water a day, depending on the weather, temperature lower by 1 to 2c as compared to without fan.




This post has been edited by radver: May 9 2012, 12:53 AM

That picture was taken when I first made it... Haha... But I do clean it regularly, just use tissue and wipe...

Eh your cherry barb not eating up the RCS ar???

Crystal clear water... Very good...

Diatom, brown algae... Usually found in new tanks, how long you set up tank already? Otto will take care of every inch of it.

Confirm diatom, brown algae... Usually in new tanks or after rescaping, sometimes never goes away, for me la...

Otto is "ottocinclus", to me is mother nature's greatest gift for the planted tank. Haha... its algae eating fish, strict vege so won't disturb any shrimps or other fish.



Around RM3.50 to 4 only... Buy 2 or 3, they quite sensitive actually.

This post has been edited by radver: May 17 2012, 11:25 PM

They are group creatures, but he only got 1ft tank, I don't think there will be enough algae for > 4 otto in 1ft tank. And IME its very hard to find suitable food for them other then algae, tried to feed them various vege, only the shrimps and fish eating them. Otto never touched the vege at all.