new in planted aquarium.
feel free to give any comment.

this was for 20cm aquarium, shoul dnot be any issue right?

Wanted to share my male Pearl Gourami. Rarely (or just me?) see this species. Got him from Fish Depot, the last one in the tank. Feed him and the tetras New Life Spectrum Small Fish Formula almost exclusively and my cories Hikari Sinking Wafers.

Related to planted tanks: I just changed to the Up Aqua Pro Z LED light I got it during Fish Depot's sale period and for the price (RM 180+), totally worth it since don't need to change tubes anymore. I only have low tech plants like Anubias, Java fern and moss however.

hi guys, im facing some problem here,

I got planted tank in my room, everything goes well, it is bare bottom tank, not carpet, just start planting monte carlo. Other plant, riccia, fissiden, moss, rotala and bacopa.

I got assassin snail and cherry shrimp house in that tank, everything looks fine, got berried mommy.

the egg owned by one of the mommy has been hatched. I saw the shrimplet the day it hatched, but on the next day, I never saw the shrimplet. don't know either they are hiding in the riccia or what so ever.

FYI, I am using surface skimmer... and HOB

there are another mommy shrimp that berried, I don't want the same thing happen... Kindly advise me on this matter...

Also, anyone know the most economy and reliable small size canisters filter? Budgeting abt rm100 or less.
Tq

Thanks for all the advice, after few research, decide on the shiruba xb303. Now to find the reliable shop that sell this filter.

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.

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

where to get the h2o2

need some advice in wc..(my 1st WC)

how exactly to do wc?.water tap + anti chlorine?.or water aeration?.even with aeration, i dont have big enough bucket to keep water for my 2.5ft tank..

advice pls..thx..

guys, anyone ever did iwagumi with only inert sand as substrate?

i'm gonna keep it simple, only dwarf hairgrass, shirui sand, alveolate (ohko) rocks

as kimimaro otai said, just remove about 20-40% estimated water from your tank and water it to your outside plants (recycle water).

then as you are filling the removed water, add in anti chlorine to your tap water. preferably u may mix it first in a pail then fill up slowly into your tank. take note that for the anti chlorine, u should add dosage for entire tank volume not just the replaced water amount.

but if it proves too much hassle, u can also pour the antichlorine into your current tank and then slowly run the tap water directly into tank. thats how i do it on my 4ft tank. so far touch wood, no problems. but do take note the risk is higher due to brown municipal water may just go inside ur tank if your house does not have external water filter outside.

Hi , is that any shop in JB selling 3 or 4 feet long super clean glass aquarium?

Anyone here successfully established dwarf hairgrass? Mine is still in dry start. It's growing but the roots are going in too deep, instead of going horizontally. It's spreading downwards to the very bottom of the aquarium. Subsequently the shoots are having a hard time getting to the surface. Is that normal?

kimi : I also got bba algae... stuck there since day 1. much reduced after i changed from 50w daylight led to 25w Red:blue growlight led hehe...

Color Settings

So what is the best color settings for your LED lighting to promote planted growth? With the graph to the left, you can see that chlorophyll absorption is highest in the blues and reds. If you have an RGB light like the Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED plus, your best bet is to create a full purple spectrum with white LEDs at maximum.

Green plants typically absorb around the 400-450nm and 650-675nm range, which is the blue and red color spectrum. The red light is used mainly for strong stems and flowering, whereas blue light is used for growing leaves and promoting bushy and compact growth.

Your Viewing Pleasure

At the end of the day, an aquarium is for your viewing pleasure. With setting up your own color spectrum in your aquarium, it’s definitely ideal to try to incorporate the blue and red wavelengths into your lighting with minimal greens/yellows. Will this increase your plant growth exponentially? No, you probably won’t even notice a difference, but it can minimize algae blooms and promote better plant growth.

another help needed..hehe..

surveying 4 LFS (only 2 open) around taman tun, jb..and i think i need some algae eater so my tank is under control..

could you recommend any of this?.still searching for flying fox or SAE..but damn..those are hard to find..only manage to found CAE (aggressive but not an effective algae eater people says, i dunno)

i did want to try introduce shrimp for the problem, but is it easier to manage shrimp over fish?.

still surveying LFS near skudai..tiram is quite far when u travelling after office hour..must wait for weekends..but this weekend is full..must wait next weekend..thats why i pusing2 somewhere near first..

thanks for the clarification though..   

Dear all experts, need help on green hair & black hair algae

my tank got alot green hair algae, on tank glasses, plant leaves, and have a minority of black hair algae. i got OTO fish, but seem they not eating them.
how to get rid of them?

Don't you need lights? I would like Marco Polo as foreground due to its ease in growing, but I've never tried to plant in a 1 feet mini.

Marco Polo is low tech.

Anyway I have some time. Thought to upload some photos.

is it ok to plant bucep into the substrate? i was told the roots will rot not sure how true.

nice panda garra there, couldnt find any at my lfs

ya...i did stumble on his page on lelong while browsing where can i find those compound in small amount..i'm in jb btw..if he's the only suppliers of those, then no choice but to deal with postage..

Anyone can recommend me where i can get good deal of these ADA sands to set up an aquatank? Thnx