location?

Selangor

too bad

oh, so can refill at fire extinguisher shops aha. Thanks!

Not sure if all the fire extinguisher shops will do that though.

sorry do you have the exact location of the shop?

Can use fire extinguisher tanks too ( comes in red color ^^ )

No pun intended ... It can be used.

Check this article:
http://theidiotspost.blogspot.my/2009/04/s...eed-of.html?m=1

It's the cheapest. Before that, I was charged rm30-40, and due to my co2 tank socket isn't the standard one, I usually need to wait for a week.

It was quite funny, I didn't know this shop is just outside of my condo, my 2litre cylinder rm12, took around 5mins. Mind blown. So good it's just walking distance.

superb! thanks! tank running low on co2 now, open tap also not much pressure. I believe it lost quite a bit during setup last time when i accidentally opened the tap too much and it started to hiss co2 out from the tap suddenly one day.

The uncle works in Syarikat City is very helpful (even though looks muka masam). If he is free, sometimes he helps me to check whether my tank got leakage.

If u guys go there, better drive to the backlane, straight to the place to refill.

In syarikat city corporation, pay to uncle is rm12. But pay in office is rm12.70. Coz uncle doesn't charge gst. Haha

For cabomba, can i cut off the top part and plant it again into the soil? Will it grow?

yes it will..

I am waiting for my java moss on driftwood via postage. Can I directly put them into the tank after I received it?

for drift wood, i suggest u brush it and soak it in water overnight before putting in your tank

as for java moss, if you're confident that it is snail-free and no parasites, then feel free to put it in

Hmm I'm the paranoid type, quarantine everything. better safe than sorry.

for plants unless I'm very sure of the source is shrimp safe and clean then directly into tank
otherwise its almost always a bag of active carbon and the said plant with minimum water ( soak everything in)

after a day or two .. place one test shrimp and observe overnight or two, if still kicking and alive . then goes into main tank


fluval activated carbon are cheap and good . less than rm10 for 3 big bags or 1 bag for even less ...

cheers

I mean it doesn't make sense. If the java moss is on the driftwood, then how can you can brush it?
Unless you're confident about the source, snail eggs and parasites cannot be seen by the naked eye.

But you can sanitize the entire wood + moss. As I usually do with new plants.

1. Mix one part bleach into 19 parts water (19 parts water to 1 part bleach). The normal Chlorox will do.
2. Fill one bucket of normal tap water and put double the dosage of Anti-Chlorine.
3. Soak the entire wood + moss into the bleach mix and let it rest for one minute. For moss, I reckon 90 seconds shouldn't be a problem. For tougher plants, you can soak until 3 minutes.
4. Remove it and soak it into the bucket with double dosed anti-chlorine. This will neutralize the bleach.
5. Finally rinse the plant with lots of dechlorinated water.

There are variations to the above, but you can google how to disinfect plants - but that is the extract of it and how I do it.

Yes sure, please PM for appointment. Pickup in PJ, on weekends after 2pm.

err.. that one is i assume that he get it from a reliable source, aka already been pre-cleaned before sold. and also not being tied with moss

yeah i noticed its my bad for not seeing his sentences clearly
reading too fast and assume that his drift wood and moss comes seperately

AFAIK, moss n bleach don't mix so best to quarantine inside a separate tank. any plants + bleach = sure death

edited : it may have mixed results but hardier plants like anubias is more resilient than moss when used with bleach solutions. so its really up to you to try. it will be a waste if it all died

This post has been edited by jctasoga: Mar 29 2016, 07:06 AM