Ohhh oto aaa...
I bought a Golden Algae Eater.
Than next day I bought a Chinese Algae Eater.

In the end I took back a Chinese loach from my gf's aquarium lol~~~

All very hardworking in cleaning algae.
My tank got 9 Neon Tetra but 1 died today.
2 Cherry Barbs
4 X-ray Tetra
and 2 Zebra Danio.

Hehe... I wanted Cardinal Tetra but can't find in a lot LFS.
The one I know got sell not yet open yet.

I will upload my tank photo once the plants starts to grow more.
Still to little now.

Sifus,

I need , I got algae intrusion on top of my newly planted Riccia!!! 

1) What kind of algae is this?
2) How do I get rid of it? Should I just remove the net?
3) What cause this happened, too much light or CO2? (Or is this normal since the age of the tank just 3weeks old)



Thanks in advance 

well, many aqua hobbyist that i know also try to achieve a slightly yellowish indicator, this is obviously a good sign for plants, however, for fishes? well, as long as you don't see them gasping for oxygen on the surface, that would suffice, and you must have a very well circulated tank, so both the oxygen and carbon dioxide can circulate well in every corners of your tank.

no, what i did was, first week about 4 hours... 2nd week about 5 hours, 3rd week about 6 hours, then i now capped at 8 hours or less for photo period.

Green Hair Algae, i think its caused by unstable co2 and overly long lighting period because I've had that on my riccia too. I am using a manual co2 regulator and when i got my co2 output right the algae didnt return.

I could be wrong, but it worked for me Hope this helps!

Im on a 45cm aquarium, 2bps and 7hrs of lighting

you are welcome my friend... take a bit of time, think of what you wanna achieve, dont just rush into things.... it might not turn out great...

well, small tanks can also turn out to be a world class beater tank, but it is way harder to maintain due to its low volume and very small room for error that might fatal your whole tank...

we always suggest 2ft as a starter...

iwagumi hiding spots are only behind those rocks, unless you have another tall background plants that enable them to hide, like the one in your picture. what plants are easier to grow and maintain? hmmm, i would say most of the plants are not so hard to grow when you have everything right for them, lighting, co2, temperature and etc... but maintaining? it depends on you, weekly water changes consider a must for myself, but you surely will face some algae issue... take it slow and steady....

if you are interested in iwagumi, you can try glosso, hc, mini hairgrass etc...

for the water in water out (WIWO) method, it's not in my picture, those are inlets and outlets for my filter.

WIWO simply means pumping water into the tank and meanwhile you have water being sucked out from another end, this enable you to get crystal clear water say after an hour or 2. instant result, and this is only for one time during the initial setup stage.

found this today.. anyone tried this before? any reviews?

this fan is noisy and underpower, get the Dymax fan better or the UP aqua fan.

Thanks again buddy

I'll try to see what I can do with my 3 gallon tank first.




I know the front grass is glosso but what about the back? Want that tall grass behind to conceal my filter water intake nozzle

And what soil is recommended for both type of grass ah?

Thanks again  

Hmmm...., I was set the timer for CO2 and light from 9:00am to 7:30pm with 1bps and my CO2 indicator was shown in green color.

Then I have to reduce the time duration of it. So I just leave it as it is?
Will the Otto can help?

Thanks again buddy

I'll try to see what I can do with my 3 gallon tank first.





I know the front grass is glosso but what about the back? Want that tall grass behind to conceal my filter water intake nozzle

And what soil is recommended for both type of grass ah?

Thanks again  

many leave or 1 leaf?

Hmmm...., I was set the timer for CO2 and light from 9:00am to 7:30pm with 1bps and my CO2 indicator was shown in green color.

Then I have to reduce the time duration of it. So I just leave it as it is?
Will the Otto can help?

are u sure its glosso?
looks like mini pellia....

behind u can use normal hair grass...let it grow tall....since the tank is not too high
forgot how to spell normal hair grass e. acicularis

Guys...
N not forgetting sis also...

Today I saw my fishes attacking something... .. .
And it was a SNAIL!

Where did the snail come from? My plants?
Dun tell me Amazonia got snails inside...
My fishes cannot eat the snail coz their mouth too small...

Here is a photo of the snail.
Please help me identify if its a good snail or bad snail.
If bad snail I gona bring to my gf house and let her puffer eat...

Anyways its a small small snail and so hard to take its photo...

LOL~~~
Thanks...