meaning using Seachem Fluorish Excel to replace the CO2. Small bottle should last many years for a 1ft tank.

shopkeeper probably wants to push the CO2 set sales

is there any recommended shop around cheras/ ampang area? i went to the 88 pet mart, they are saying it's impossible to do plant if no CO2.

my office tank has anubias, growing well without CO2 and under low light.

cheras / ampang not so sure. i always get my plants from the petstore at midvalley and the curve. more choices over there. plants as well as fertilizers.

another easy plant, if you dont mind a free floating plant - anacharis. this stuff grows like weed. just dump a few in the water, and after 2-3 weeks it will easily double in amount.

my experience with shopkeepers:

"do you have smaller filter?"
"small no good one, even this size a lot of people complaint is too small, better get the bigger one"
*tank ends up being a whirpool, guppies restless, and plants are moving and uprooting inside the tank*

"do i really need to use the powder type soil for my carpeting plant?"
"need to use, otherwise very difficult for the plants to grow the roots around the soil"
*powder type soil is too fine and too loose, plants always get uprooted*

"my tank has blue green algae, do you have maracyn?"
"never heard of that, get some oto fish, it will eat the algae"
"but i read that no fish will eat the blue green algae"
"can one, put a few then will be clear in few days"
*puts oto fish in tank. doesnt even touch the algae*

"boss, how come the box says 20 LED but the lamp only got 18 LED?"
"this is new version, they still use the old box but the lamp inside is new version ady"
*googles about the lamp, cant find a single thing about the 'new' version with less LED*

This post has been edited by danny_sp15: Aug 30 2015, 01:38 AM

Great advice. Looks like I really need to source out the plant and equipments.

My personal recommendation:

Plants: Petswonderland midvalley, Pet safari IPC
Tanks: Aquascape paradise shah alam (but not much choice if u want curved tanks). Petswonderland great eastern mall for all-in-one tank setup (E.g. fluval edge, fluval spec).
Filters: Petswonderland great eastern mall, Pet safari IPC
Lighting: Fish depot aman suria (apply member got 10% disc)
Fertilizers / conditioners: Petswonderland midvalley, Fish depot aman suria
Aquascaping (rocks, driftwood): aquascape paradise shah alam

For Pet Safari at IPC, got 2 sections. East Aqua occupies a small section in the Pet Safari and they sell plants/fishes/accessories, while Pet Safari themselves sell aquarium accessories as well (near the back). The prices can differ, so be sure to compare the prices if u're getting some accessories.

The ones i didnt mention here dont mean I dont recommend. Just that the above are the shops that I always visit. The pros here might have more suggestions.

You can visit these shops:

Kuchai Lama - Alive Aquarium (second floor of NSK)
Cheras - Water Life Station
Cheras - Natural Plant Aquarium
Cheras - 88 Pets Mart (Pandan Indah)

This post has been edited by artsyfarty: Aug 31 2015, 09:10 AM

Amy situ here can recommend any led light model for small tank?

Hi Guys,

need help on this.
my tank got blue-green Algae, manually remove it almost everyday but come back very fast. and if it pieces stick on other plant. it will start grow there.

how small is ur tank?

would monte carlo grow faster if i put liquid co2? Just wondering.

This post has been edited by Marimo Hut: Sep 4 2015, 01:40 PM

spray it with h2o2.

no

About 40cm x 30cm

solve the underlying issues :
1) excess light - reduce lighting period by 1/2hr each day
2) excess feeding - feed less or alternate days
3) excess nutrient to plants

your BGA is only localized? if yes, possible is your water flow in that area not enough too?

kimimaro's chemical warfare also will help too but i usually leave it until the last straw.

where to get the h2o2



1) excess light - reduce lighting period by 1/2hr each day (open for 8 hours perday)
2) excess feeding - feed less or alternate days (should be not this)
3) excess nutrient to plants (should be not this)

water flow seem good. hangon filter

mine around 45cm.
previously using T5 light, now change to UP Aqua Z-series LED, so far so good.

hi @doraemon9078,

the nutrients maybe need to cut back as well and then increase it later on. because if its either work of light or nutrient that causes algae.

for the lighting period, u may want to reduce it to 6hours. if there are signs for any trouble, you may reduce it even further. FYI, my 4ft tank only turn lights on for 4-5 hours using led 40W (but mine is red/blue growlight) so far it reduced my BBA which is even more headache. plants seems doesn;t mind the reduced light wattage (previous on same 4-5 hours photoperiod).

hope it helps in your case.

farmacy. just said u want to buy hydrogen peroxide. no prob, u wont get caught

icic, but i think is coz of my lazy cause it. coz previously i dun care, let the plant crawl all over the tank.
now renovate & re-plant, realise those algae is come out nearby the soil there

no wonder, i go to aquarium shop ask.
they dunno what is that

guys,i just bought a nano tank, size is approximately 30X20x20cm. Got a few small fish and some plant from xian long shah alam along with some gravel and coral-ish sand(dunno what its called)
Being a complete noob,i dont get any substrate or proper lighting,thinking the plant can survive on its own. Its kept in a dim room with some sunlight shines directly to it but at a really low intensity.
after i set up the tank,i spend a few hours online to get a clue on aquascaping.thinking adding some low light foreground plants and do i need a proper lighting for it? Can you guys guide me on where to buy substrate,plants and do i need fertilizers?. Was gonna visit aquascape paradise shah alam and fish depot PJ today to survey.
also thinking bout adding a crayfish or bettas to the community but issit safe?
Im trying to keep my tank as low cost as possible until i have enough knowledge to venture to high tech tank with co2 and all.
sorry if im being vague..i have little clue on what i should include. Guide me please

Hi..is there any procedure in reusing used ADA amazonia soil?(already been used by other person for couple months). i planning on buying 3 x 9L of it and after a bit "research", some say i need to dry it, fert it again, and then can be put into setup..but some say, just let i damp..im not in the base setup phase yet as i only have used 2.5' tank (need to be clean from excess silicon glue and repaint black for the background) and used driftwood..

is there any precaution for the soil during the waiting period until base setup phase?

im planning on doing dry start method for the plants, DIY co2, DIY top hob filter.