aiya DW and Lava rock let me know mah , i have also

who u ask ?mazlan?i didnt buy this plants before

small size and short?
i know who is the guy d,

i know lah ,

when u done ur tank pls share us the photo ok

haha, the NA ss19 worker didn't lied, they didn't dose anythings but their SUPPLIER DID, pesticide(esp those contain copper to kill snails) & fert. is be dose like mad to the plants in the farm esp during CNY months.
Rule of shrimps keeping, Never put any new plants/stuff in your tank before testing it with few ghost shrimps or cheap cherry in a bucket first.
if you want plants that is free from pesticide, get from forumer direct from their tank like mr.Jason(Deric79k).

soaking plants with plain water can just remove dirts or some hitchhikers, to remove pesticide & fert, use Activated carbon.

Ghost and amano shrimps.both are quite aggressive shrimps.  Not friendly to dwarf shrimps. Sooner or later if you put them together you will discover their cruelty and regret for the death of your dwarf shrimps.
You can put both ghost and amano together and fun to see them fight/ steal from each others food.

if you really serious in breeding cherry, planted tank is not very suitable. as plant may need fert and co2, both of it may kill your cherry.
unless you opt for low tech tank with no co2 and no fert..

plus, with heavily planted tank, you may got issue to trace the cherry
just IMHO

Cant compare cos i banned amano long times ago, but i came across some ppl said malayan shrimps is better then amano in controlling algae. However once shrimps getting used to be feed food they become lazy inclearing algae.

Happy to see this is the no.1 thread in Pets Wonderland

I cannot go any further with my planted tank coz I need to wait for my plants to grow or die. Than time to time add new plants.

So i plan to get a 5ft tank for Arowana project
Wat you guys think...

Nop,

Not gona put plants got also maybe anubais.

Minimum they need 5ft. I've been reading a lot about them for the past few weeks.

Guess gona make it into a rock scape...

5ft already 2k for whole set.
I think can discount until 1.5...

Last time when I was small, my dad had a pond with like 20+ koi, too bad I was so little then haha

Sis:

Breeder for arowana?
Now high quality baby is about 3k only.
Medium around 1k and normal around 300 average.
Price drop alot liao...
What to scared about big koi la. They are friendly ler. Not JAWS lol...
Bro:
Koi is to look from above one.
If put in aquarium is sideview and their pattern n shape not so nice.
Thats why when I small i got 2 kois in aquarium and I always open the top cover to look from the top.

i) CO2 are given by 'creatures' living in my tank arent sufficient?

They do give out co2 but not as much as DIY and even more the Co2 tank

instant yeast is ok. the mixture might need to modify until it fits ur purpose.

i used to make is 1/4 tablespoon yeast + 2 cups of sugar. it will take abt 2hrs to get the co2 to start up and start bubbling. then it will last about 1 week. i got 2 bottles which i kept swapping. this gone on for about 6mths until i get a compressed co2 tank. 3 mths only top up... hehe..

more yeast = faster fermentation = more co2. more sugar = longer the bacteria can keep fermenting. it depends also on your sugar water tank volume.

please get a good co2 tube and then seal the cap and tubing properly with sealant. that is the weakest part of the DIY co2. i used 1.5ltr coke/pepsi bottles n seal the top with cement glue + arcylic sealant. no problems of leaking etc.

i'll leave it to u emily. since u bake, u know more abt u than i do.. hehe

qz: spray n pray? u mean pray n pray is it?

emily, i only used instant yeast. i put them into a cup with warm water like ur method to activate the yeast. then mix it into the sugar water. toss it n mix it then leave it to the water to bubble