i prefer planted more than marine.. last time tot to make marine but like the green more now.. hehhe...

neon later lah will put tetra later wait the palnt settle down 1st.

Interesting!!

My husband is into fishes, but he complains that the live plants we use die fast...

What is CO2 tabs? Is it for the plants to grow?

Mebbe I can learn a thing or two here and share with him

Nezu, I like the plant tank you have, very niceee!

One question, if we have nice plant tank like yours, perhaps with more plants and green, do we need to change the water?? If have to, susah wor...


KP

the plants tank u need to keep yamoto shrimp to keep the grass clean, one cleaning fish if the tank not big, water change 30% once 1 mth maybe.. will do.

yes CO2 is for the plant to grow n also need fertilizer. n need the light too.

lol Diyana, u should say my tank is STILL nice LOL cos i just plant them on sunday.. no one know what will happen 2 weeks later hahahaha...later all kong

if small small nano tank u can use CO2 Tabs. if bigger then just get a CO2 system or container. u can make ur own CO2 too

This post has been edited by nezumitaro: Mar 22 2007, 08:52 AM

At first I like marine tank, but dunno since when I kena poisoned by planted. IIANM, I saw the fish tanks posted by the members in the Aquarium Thread. Very nice lar... i forgot that tank belong to which forumer d...

yes me too last time i see merine nice.. but now i like this green green looks hehhe....

oh later i go dig n see if can found the post... big tank?

Yea... big tank. Lost in the old thread liao....

aiyohhh then no more loh.. nvm lah then..

foo!!! I found the pics!!!!! Belongs to itssg sifu, here's the pic:

"Here is my shrimp tank setup...months ago.."


"Latest setup..."


"This is for my platinum discus..."


I'm good at digging huh?

Finally someone started a planted tank thread. All these while all posted in Aquarium thread. Now most talking about planted over there.

I'm wondering how much does it need to start a errr... let's say a 2ft tank?

Depends what you want in your tank, really. Equipment wise, price varies from location to location. Think about: filtration system, lighting, CO2, flora, soil, temperature devices. If you've got the money to spend or have a tight budget. Google for local sites, and you'll be surprised that the planted tank does have a healthy following. Run through the Aquarium thread for starters. Have fun reading

Here are two of my humble tanks:

5.5 gallon with 2 dwarf puffers and 1 otos and 1 yamato.


12 gallon with a number of fish.


Hideout for fry and corydoras at the back corner.

WAWW so green wor.... hahah thanks for digging..

hahhahahha i do look in the aquarium thread n post b4.... hehhe but... anyway.. hope the sifu will share more with us here.

mine nano tank ah... 12" X 10" X 12". these are what i bought:
1) the flara stone (the lowest base) - $25
2) soil ADA African 3 liter - $74.60
3) CO2 (enoguht for 2ft tank - $69 (mthly refill $16, but can DIY also)
4)Plants - $ 20.50

WAWW.. nice one... how long we hv to wait till we can see the plant is growing?

A repost.
Betta in planted environment. Falls under this category as well.

WAWWW THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
ur beta sure happy in it!

hmm nice to have a new enthusiast. water change is necessary. it is unavoidable unless you want your fish floating upside down aquariums are not like the normal environment where you have fresh water from rain and river flowing into lakes, seas and what nots. aquarium is a closed environment. unless you have a heavily planted tank and few fishes, water change have to be done quite frequent loh.



brother nezu.......30% per month arh??some forumner suggest 20%-50% weekly leh...........my puny tank is 1.5 feet length, 7 inch in width and 11.5 inch in height.pics already taken now looking for card reader for my camera card so that i could upload and get some comments hehe

but to be really safe get a test kit and to test on water quality regularly so you know when you should change.

Hmmm... I change about 500ml of water every 4 days.... if never change in 1 week... can see water becomes... well, dunno how to explain but will have foam bubbles on the top and my fishes do not look so well....

I am quite happy that my small tank has survived for 1 year already. Now occupied by 1 betta and 5 tetras.... and a snail that keeps laying eggs hahah.... but always only 1 snail.

WAWW 50% weekly??? how about with heavy plants?

well i usually change water once a week around 25%. usually i look at the water and see if its cloudy?are there weird smells?water slightly yellowish in color? it's just some guide not a definite rule nezu. some dudes in the forum suggest 25% to 50% weekly water changes, searched around on the net also the same. but the lfs at my place said no need to change water weekly........so the best method i think is to get a test kit. test regularly maybe few days once so that is quite a good indicator when the water quality is deteriorating and you can change the water...i read also for some they do daily water changes........ its up to you. so far been doing weekly changes and my plants, fish are in good condition. no need to do until 50% lah coz the changes in water like ph might coz a lot of problem. i think 25% per week is ok already.

ohh then ok.. scare me 50% hahahhahha got it! thanks!