yea yea...i mean..tat bigger one is fertilizer ball as mentioned by tenchi-san...

i mean is ADA ball tat u bought are from which LFS in bayan lepas and wonder they do sell the fertilizer ball as well

next week i might have seminar in equatorial hotel..so maybe thinking after finish will go and hunt ADA bacterball and fertilizer ball.. :D

which shop which shop?? can give me the direction to tat shop??

This post has been edited by playerseeker: Feb 16 2009, 01:42 PM

my red zebra fish kill my RCS!!!!...i saw they attacked my RCS..so i wan to create more hiding place before i buy RCS

hey bro

my planted tank setup

18" x 8' x 8" = rm14
sand (i think is holland sand) = rm2 per kg = 4kgs x rm2 = rm 8
filter ( i bought internal filter) = rm 15
13w clipped on light = rm 32
small driftwood = rm 3.5
DIY CO2 = rm6 (for initial setup)
CO2 diffuser = rm13
thermometer = rm1.5

total rm93 bucks

plants and fishes = i think rm20....depends one wat plants u going to buy

so from my estimation..u can have such planted tank within rm100 as u ganti my aquarium cost (rm14) to buy sand (7kgs)

filter u do need to buy HOB type where i've asked...around rm25 to rm30

mine is low tech tank but hey, my plants grow as well!!



hope my cost setup can help u estimate ur budget

editted: i'm thinking of selling my 18" x 8" x 8" tank plus the internal filter rm20, any takers??

thinking of upgrade to bigger tank..i'll give my red zebra fish for free..

This post has been edited by playerseeker: Feb 19 2009, 09:46 PM

can red cherry shrimps and ninja shrimps mix together???

or diff types of shrimps live under same planted tank??

any pros and cons??

any mixture of shrimps are strictly not recommanded??

This post has been edited by playerseeker: Feb 26 2009, 09:45 PM

my tank stable d but can see algea outbreak too...the mirror there got algea...so every nite i need to use cotton to "wipe" it and take it out.....i have 5 cherry shrimps right now...because my dad saw ninja shrimps and he said ninja shrimps are much better looking then cherry shrimps....lol

can otos mix with shrimps??

i bought 18 bucks only at jalan pasar there.....

400L/H one...HOB filter....tmr will go buy bacterball to put inside it....but i think i need to cut out some sponge to make room for 2 bacterballs....hmm....

i have 13 cheery shrimps with me...seems like.....not enough...cant see them totally in my 18" x 8" x 8" tank....

hey guys...how many otos are sufficient for my tank?? 1 enough???

i got my cherry shrimps at mainland LFS (chai leng park to be more exact, the one beside 7-11)...rm1.5 per shrimp.....

tmr wan to go see they got sell oto or not..lol

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Added on March 1, 2009, 10:44 pmi got my cherry shrimps at mainland LFS (chai leng park to be more exact, the one beside 7-11)...rm1.5 per shrimp.....

tmr wan to go see they got sell oto or not..lol

This post has been edited by playerseeker: Mar 1 2009, 10:44 PM

seems like my black neon tetras like to chase my SAE......how a?why cant they maintain a peaceful tank like my shrimps and snails....peaceful...

i have a problem here...my newly bought HOB filter got some leakage and i wan to close the slight tiny gap with hot glue....but inside my filter got 2 biji broken ADA bacterball......and i need the filter to be dry in order to close the tiny gap......

my question is..will my bacterball spoilt if i let it dry and leave it dry for around 1 day...???

i cant go change the filter already because i bought in KL and i'm in pg now....dem sad

seeing pinchboyz say until like this....

pictures!pictures!

hehe

*support pinchboyz*

come on chubby...pictures pictures....who knows u might poison some of forumers....hahahah

pictures pictures....

how much u pay for the electricity and how much u've already spent on those tank??

i myself is a newbie...started around mid of january.....

i didn know bout the difficulty of nanotank...i didn know about soil and stuffs...

i went and bought an 18" x 8" x 8" tank because of easy and small

i went and ask the LFS say i wan planted tank sand..they show me holland sand

i went and bought internal filter

i went and buy light without reading how important light to planted tank

i bought everything only i started to read this thread

i learn and try and error myself...

so basic thing to start...hmm....see how u wan to start it..u wan to start it expensively or cheaply....

mine tank setup:-

-holland sand and put fert ball inside (thanks tenchi of telling me where to buy)
-DIY CO2
-13W light
-HOB filter
-thermometer

voila..u can start ur planted tank!! heheeh...u see la ur setup is able to plant wat kind of plants....

i can see my plants got growth..i dem happy d....of course my tank is not as cun as those forumer here...but start small small, learn bout the basic then only start big rite??

BUT BUT..THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS READ ALL THE POST IN THIS THREAD.......very informative leh

and at the beginning.....i went to LFS almost everyday....hahahahaha

paiseh for the long post...i might sound boasting but i'm just happy tat my tank is making progress....ahahah...i'm satisfied..

ahh....trying something tat actually works....it gives u the satisfaction...be it simple or complicated.

hehhehe

edited:

my HOB filter seems like cant circulate the water well la...how how how????????

This post has been edited by playerseeker: Mar 4 2009, 10:34 PM

ohh....mine very cheap HOB filter...rm18 only..lol...simple suck and filter type of filter.....but well..it works tho... :D

all my plants are cheap as well..around rm1.5.....only my pearling is rm5...haha..

i have 4 shrimps with yellow colour eggs inside..i dunnu whether is eggs or not..but....i notice those with the yellow eggs...have no more yellow eggs anymore...argh!!!!

tetras and SAE can eat my shrimplets or not??

guys guys....dun worry bout seng cheong....his case is almost like my case....in my mind..i have around rm20 for my planted tank startup....but butLFS....subconciously.....i spent rm100 on it....lol!!!!!!!it's around rm80 off my initial setup budget...

trust me seng cheong.....if u have low budget maybe u save save 1st till u get around rm 100 like this only start??one time buy is better than buy abit but abit like me....everyday visit to LFS is quite tiring you know!lol...until the indon worker named yati also smile at me every day seeing me there....hahaahahahah

This post has been edited by playerseeker: Mar 6 2009, 08:36 AM

yea...i only go to tat LFS....lol :D

hey guys...got a question...

see the attached picture....the maroon color is my filter and tat is my current filter position..i notice tat only half of the tank's water can circulate....while another half water is still...so which position is best to put my HOB filter??

it's a 400L/H filter on 18" x 8" x 8"...i'm thinking of shifting to middle of the tank...

and if the plants planted infront of the filter..will the plant grow??

i'm always wondering....when u buy plants from LFS..the roots of the plants are cover by sponge and metal.,,can we just plant the whole thing inside or need to take out and plant slowly into the soil?

for now i'm taking out the sponge and metal before planting into the soil tho....but i guess if plant together with metal and sponge..it will be lot more easier...lol