any suggestion to substitute seachem potassium?

which will be more recommended KNO3, K2SO4, KCI?

thank you , will look into it.

for diatoms, nerite snail works great too

may i ask fall as in? from tank to ground ?

i have my nerites climbing out at times from the tank, and they fall to the ground, upon putting back in the tank after awhile they start moving back..

ah get u, but ive never experience them not being able to get up when they fall on their back

get more females

Algaefarmer on lelong.com or use Azomite

might have removed it, or you can mix it by getting all the compenents from the store yourself, which i've asked but will not be wise if you're planning to make just for personal use as it will cost alot.

not sure why its not popular in planted tank, might be the fact that it is not well known. the reason why im suggesting this is that if you are aware, crops that are planted near volcano has a better yield and quality compared to those that are planted else where.

also i dont think you need to be worried about the copper and lead harming your shrimp, as what i know, all saltwater prawn farmers use this, in Malaysia, Thai, Indo etc, and it is also widely used in fish farming as well

yea i noticed that not many results on google, so i decided to use it myself and im quite satisfied with the result.

not sure whether csm+b is actually coined by nilocg themself as its actually Chelated Trace Element not? correct me if im wrong, and if you know any chemist, they can get the mix done for you but it will be costly. thats also the reason why i used azomite as it contains all the elements in chelated trace


too much of anything is no good bro but if its the right amount it should be ok.

erm i use a small pinch only.. didnt dilute with ro water.. i put the azomite on the little filter pad of my fluval c2 where the cover sits on top of the bio media. i use it like once per month, 2ft tank didnt dose any iron, using osmocote plus as root tabs and i did bury a few azomite filled capsules.

use sponge then cover with another layer of pantyhose (available at Daiso), secure with cable tie

This post has been edited by Vio: Sep 19 2017, 09:57 AM

yup but not sure how small are you fish fries . i cover mine with another layer because i've witnessed my baby shrimps getting sucked in.

spirulina tablets

yes bro, or you can get the cheaper alternative from ebay

Use other forwarder then you won't have issue with shipping your tank over

using same brand, similar solenoid, after 4 years using got to replaced, bought from here but malfunction after i think less than a year, so i ordered 1 from taobao which was much cheaper, havent used yet as i bought a mufan while waiting for the taobao 1 to arrived back then.

so my take on this is, would be better to just get a brand new 1 as there are many cheaper alternatives these days