OTW. HEHEHE~

[quote=ciohbu,Mar 16 2012, 10:31 PM]
prelude....

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Added on March 16, 2012, 11:11 pm

looks like sleepy hollow theme from ADA 2011

oh..long time didn't show up

oh..which 1? fish? plant?

plant : japanese hairgrass, riccia and mini riccia. simple iwagumi only


noob cincai setup i'll add after this. internet speed problem.



This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 17 2012, 11:22 PM

woah! how much does it cost me if buy from..you?

hehe.. how much?

maybe usefull for my new marine setup

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cincai setup show off :

day 1

(8.00 am) :



(8.55 am) :




plant : 1) java fern
2) weeping moss
3) japanese hairgrass
4) cambomba
5) chendol (utricularia sp m20? i've forgot) (at the back of java fern)
6) mini fissiden (on small driftwood)


driftwood taken from kuala selangor ...paya bakau damn. how to spell it in english. pond?

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soil and fertilizer :

ADA new amazonia
ADA 5 elements
river small rock.

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water parameter :

ph 6.9

p/s :
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tank size : 2 ft tank (old fashion)

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Filtration :

budget filter (modified for filtration experiment)

im adding bio filter at the end of the hose. and wrap around filtration sponge over it.

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Light :

T5 12w (experiment purpose)

note : this one may consider as budget setup at the beginning. i'll add more photos after this. internet problem



This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 18 2012, 12:18 AM

anyone willing to pre-order ricciaa nd mini riccia? this small plant always grown up a lot faster than any plant in my tank.
just DIY using H.E.L.P soil. im selling it starting from RM 1 for small 1. the large 1 for RM 5. more cheap than buying from lfs

Week 2 :

all this setup is just experiment purpose for budget tank setup(long term keeping). you may follow this guide for starting your own budget setup.i recommended chendol plant (utricularia sp. i've forgot which 1. m20?) which have an ability to trap pathogen (bad bacteria) and small organism. based from my experience. planaria is one of his main diet (if their accidentally try to pass bladder like traps.




pict removed. wrong weeks


Filtration experiment as i already mention in my previous posting :



- ADA bacter ball (within filter sponge and foam inside the container)
- bio ring
- activated carbon and ammonia chips

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plant :

1) java fern
2) weeping moss
3) japanese hairgrass
5) chendol (utricularia sp m20?)
6) mini fissiden (on small driftwood)

add ohers :

7) riccia
8) mini riccia
9) glosso


new driftwood which comes with moss that i buy before. untie the moss, than use as decoration.

- remove cambomba

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water parameter :

- ph 6.3 (didn't check for others)
- tem : 32 celcius (28-29 celcius at night)
- adding 5 drop of yuzu and khaki fruit juice for every 4 days (got this idea from japan aquarist)

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no co2 injection

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lightning :

T5 12w

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community tank members :

- indian dwarf puffer (female) -1
- threadfin rainbow -3
- neon tetra - 4
- Guppies - 2
- otto - 3
- Fire red shrimp - 5
- red cherry shrimp - 4
- sulawesi shrimp - 2

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Fish and shrimp diet


dwarf mini puffer :

i didn't drop any food for him since her birth (specially trained for bugs hunter) i just put her in my tank full of planaria and daphnia.
her main died is planktonic crustacean. this little girl ignored shrimp. sometime if i introduce her in shrimp tank, she goes for ghost shrimplet. and ignored other srimplet species. haven't found any of his family member eat shrimp. they still covered a lot of question which i still don't know why. and 1 more thing. since i keep them from their first generation, they ignored all live food except earth worm. damn risky.




otto and shrimp :

boiled cucumber and sinking pallet


tetra, threadfin and guppies :


floating and sinking pallet. for threadfin, i just crush the pallet till it turn to.. damn.. what they call it? serbuk
sometime they eat what my mini puffer eat.

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p/s : if you have any idea to share about for budget setup, drop your opinion

p/s : have found out that my cherry got eggs since this 3rd week tank setup.

i'll add latest photo after this

NOTE : ALL THIS SETUP IS BASED FROM MY EXPERIENCEs ONLY.




the small 1 starting for RM 1. what about they size? you may refer to how's big is your thumb


im still waiting for weijie mossses for this budget setup. hahaha

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Added on March 18, 2012, 11:01 am

RICCIA root

my little girl interframe without knowing im captured her pict
actuallt mini puffer doesn't like camera




This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 18 2012, 11:32 AM

oh..spaghetti algae..
your tank rich in nutrien. controlling them by using any sucker plant like cambomba. u may try reduce lightning period. but that won't help very much. better remove it manually. remove all the thread. using pincette, etc.. carefully remove it's 'root'.

one more thing, water circulation must be good enuff to ensure that i won't come back. sigh.. never had this so kind of algae so long that makes forgotten to encounter it



excessive nutrient is one of the main key

try googling. there is a lot of ways to encounter it

This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 18 2012, 12:23 PM

my cherry babies on their way. if u can wait, im selling rm 1 per/shrimp

This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 18 2012, 06:31 PM

thanks. but im still noob. forever noob
may be nice. actually i'm failed to balanced the layout on the right side. got large open space. even curve line of that driftwood is too steep, that effect the whole impression of the theme. but from the natural view of that driftwood, may be nice. draws attention instantly. 1 more thing. i pick up wrong plant for this long term budget setup.





ops! typo. yeah

thanks. but im still noob. this hobby might be expensive and WILL BE inexpensive if you know how to. if you really want to save your budget, i can share a lot based from my experiences. really save your budget. and at the end, you may sell whatever you get from what you had done so far. i mean, you livestock. $$$ oh. compared with marine live.. damn.. hard to turn this hobby to INEXPENSIVE.






not really expensive. but the way you managed the livestock made you made them expensive. wink.gif
not mentioning the DIY. but how you care them about. control all the nutrient, you'd be fine try to catch up any event organised by ADA. its good for your long term fish planted fish keeping

This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 18 2012, 11:25 PM

yeah. that hybrid 1. but for pisang, no




go googling this fruit name : khaki fruit
since i'm using this method, i don't have any problems with it so far.. varies from water parameters



no. nearly looks like lemon. but a lil bit different. as i mentioned before. varies from water parameters. i live at sungai buluh. so, tap water here a lil bit problems. more acidic. ph 6.2.. try changing yuzu with other non acidic fruit. but khaki fruit is a must. other than that, i don't know.but any tank with ph more than 6.5 can use this method. not forget to mention again. depend on what livestock you keep in your tank.

to dose, just add several drops. in my case, i drop 4 - 7 drops. those article can't be found anywhere else,written in japanese. and not to mention, the web is gone. but i may add any related article regarding with this topic if i find it similar enuff ok?

i read this article on 2002.. so im not sure where i put the link.but don't worry, i'll search it for you for sure.




no & yes



persimmon is a tree name. if you said this tree name to buy a khaki fruit, some native people on south region can't recognize it. hehe. but, yeah. khaki fruit, from persimmon tree



This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 18 2012, 11:54 PM

hehe.. did you ever read DIY yeast reactor guide? well.. the one that i read, need to skip more than 10 web pages to read the recipe part. more 'heavier' than you can imagined. hahaha..



pray for my luck ok? since my last time reading those article, non have rewritten it in any web page. right now, im still searching. got 0 result.

hahaha.. how's that feel? good isn't it?
mostly related with chemistry. the web owner says and CONFIRMED that khaki and yuzu fruit contain some specific nutrient which suitable for planted tank. but i dont find any 'useful' nutrient for water planted on that time.



the only things that i get since i read em, even without ADA clear super, carbon chips + less WC, i still get clear water without any algae bloom. well..since you mentioned it.. i may search it back the way i was starting to find about DIY aquarium plant fertilizer..

go! go! go!

drop a pict of that nut please?
if u really want to save your budget, check for any co2 leaking first by using bubble test method. if there's no sign of leakage, seal it(crack part) off with rapid steel epoxy. rm 10+ for sure. im musing araldite. good 1

you can put some chendol species. utricularia sp.... i forgot its name but it really looks like lilaeoosis plant. but be careful. even it eat bacteria colony, its a carnivorous plant. might accidentally catch your srimplet



you can refer this method by referring to any utricularia type. try reading this info. might save a lot of budget..

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[quote=kkwjustin,Mar 22 2012, 01:12 PM]
Nooohhh Its goonnnaaa dieee T_T . Aquazonic light so lousy.

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lol. even use 14w and 6.5k isn't too bad. just turn you plant slow growing for a while




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oi. cool!! what kind of twig is that? pokok bunga kertas? i do see a buble on the dead twig surface? already boiled it?
btw.. might be more cool if use a lil powder base soil

oh my! thanks for noticing me back yeah. wrong info. well im trying to find back the right link on my bookmark. unorganized
or you can read one of my favourite link..unless you love to read em



chendol planta



wow. because lof mouquito larvae

im accidentally headbutt my brothers red tailed shark a few years ago. so as a punishment from him, i should care this black-chicken-fish with whatever i have. and finally. it die.. i accidentally headbangging this litle guy





try take a look on this entire page

aquascape read-only memory

This post has been edited by shinshishio: Mar 22 2012, 09:30 PM

always google translate them some nice info might be unavailable in english. not all aquarist like to share what they had found out. just like that yuzu and khaki juice-liquid fertilizer or maybe we the one who did not ask them?


for non-ADA aqua soil, H.E.L.P 3L brand price = RM 35. also was made in japan
rocks can be buy at nursery around kampung melayu nursey near kota damansara. more cheap i guess.
try buying only 2 type of plant for your first trying. once they grow bigger, cut any part you wish to theow them out and the one that you just cut off, tie them on driftwood, riccia stone, etc. hehe.. just concentrate on fertilizer@potassium for 'rootless' plant such as riccia seachem? i though can buy some liquid fertilizer starting from RM 39

pay RM 10-20 for petrol (from sungai buluh), heading to kuala selangor, you can find awesome driftwood. just need to boiled and soak for several weeks

that multi-moss, without small driftwood attached?