My First Aquascaping

[Shadow]

Up Aqua which I'm currently use for at least 5 years is same price.

[Thatasky]

Up Aqua which I'm currently use for at least 5 years is same price.

Bro can give me the exact model and where to get that. Urgently needed I'm leaving tomorrow morning overseas. I need to make sure all is setup properly this night. Its a 2 weeks trip.

[Shadow]

Sorry, the model number was not printed on the device.

[Urban Aquaria]

I need to make sure all is setup properly this night. Its a 2 weeks trip.

Just a caution, if you are leaving tomorrow for a 2 week overseas trip... then better not install a new Co2 tank and regulator system until you are back from the trip.

Ideally you should be present to monitor the system for at least the first few days and make sure its working properly. There is usually a higher chance of something happening durng the inital setup period (ie. faulty regulator, leaky seals, loose connections etc)... unless you have someone at home who can check and troubleshoot any issues that pop up.

This is from personal experience.

[Thatasky]

Update for my HW. I just added a pressurized CO2 and finish setting up before my flight later 8:50 PM going to do a water change for both of my aquarium. Crossing finger after 2 weeks everything is in order.

Co21.jpgCo22.jpgSetup.jpg

[Thatasky]

I'll be posting some pictures of my tank after two weeks. See you guys in two weeks.

[Urban Aquaria]

Setup.jpg

Not sure if i see correctly in the photo, but the inflow hose on the smaller ecco pro filter seems to be twisted/kinked, maybe look at untwisting it to avoid inflow restriction.

[fireblade]

you are quite daring.. monitor your tank well during these few hours..
enjoy your trip!

[limz_777]

sometimes the bps might run off

[Phillipians]

I am probably wrong but is that a solenoid or do i see a manual regulator? Wah if leave manual regulator on for 2weeks.... GG....

[Shadow]

should be single stage regulator because the pressure gauge show 30psi and max only 200psi

[fireblade]

that is a soleniod.... can see his earlier post..

I am probably wrong but is that a solenoid or do i see a manual regulator? Wah if leave manual regulator on for 2weeks.... GG....

Update for my HW. I just added a pressurized CO2 and finish setting up before my flight later 8:50 PM going to do a water change for both of my aquarium. Crossing finger after 2 weeks everything is in order.

Co21.jpgCo22.jpgSetup.jpg

[Phillipians]

Arr... so i was wrong. Havent seen single stage solenoid regulator before that is why. Hope everything turns out well

[Thatasky]

Arr... so i was wrong. Havent seen single stage solenoid regulator before that is why. Hope everything turns out well

I didn't sleep at that night before my flight. I did a 10x testing to make sure the solenoid work accordingly and observe the BPS at out of 10 x test interval 30 minutes. The BPS are stable. Solenoid working accordingly. When power on its open and off its closed.

So far after 3 days, my wife haven't text me or message me of anything misshapen. At first my wife said a shrimp died, but i remember this last few days having them most of them doing moulting.

Crossing finger my wife remember the feeding instruction. Hikari Algae for Shrimp, Pellets for Cardinal and big pellets for the parrot on the bottom aquarium. Praying also not over feeding to the water hold for 2 weeks. Advise here to feed them every 3 days.

[Thatasky]

sometimes the bps might run off

sometimes the bps might run off

Bro that's why i run an air stone at night automatically. I read and hoping its true.

Light Turn on from 1:00PM to 8:00 PM
My CO2 run from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Air Stone turn on from 8:30 Pm to 11:00 AM

[Thatasky]

Guys need some advised (again). I got a snail infestation as describe by my wife. She saying she's counting about twelve on the glass and i believe there's a lot more lurking and hiding. I don't want to use chemical. And i can't use Yoyo loaches or clown. i got yamato and cherry shrimp and i think it will it them. Puffer fish cannot also because of the Cardinal.

Any advised is greatly appreciated.

[Urban Aquaria]

Guys need some advised (again). I got a snail infestation as describe by my wife. She saying she's counting about twelve on the glass and i believe there's a lot more lurking and hiding. I don't want to use chemical. And i can't use Yoyo loaches or clown. i got yamato and cherry shrimp and i think it will it them. Puffer fish cannot also because of the Cardinal.

Any advised is greatly appreciated.

Without using anti-snail chemical treatments or snail eating fishes/assasin snails... the only other ways to manage pest snail populations are to reduce feeding, and constantly removing or crushing as many as you can find manually.

[Thatasky]

Without using anti-snail chemical treatments or snail eating fishes/assasin snails... the only other ways to manage pest snail populations are to reduce feeding, and constantly removing or crushing as many as you can find manually.

But i read that this snail can produce by itself. If this is true then as long there a single snail it can repopulate itself. For fish, what can be recommended with less impact on my habitat.

[Urban Aquaria]

But i read that this snail can produce by itself. If this is true then as long there a single snail it can repopulate itself. For fish, what can be recommended with less impact on my habitat.

Yeah, thats why i mentioned only "managing" the snail population, its almost impossible to fully eliminate them though manual removal (at most it just slows down the population growth for a short while, then they return again), since for every snail you see, there are probably another dozen more lurking amongst the plants and laying more eggs.

For your tank size, i guess dwarf puffers or assassin snails could help to a certain extent (along with manual removal), at least they stay small... other snail eating loaches will eventually grow large and mess up the plants. Only thing with snail eating fishes is that there is a high chance they will also eat the shrimps too.

I also had issues with snails in my previous tanks, and its impossible to get rid of them... the only way i could eliminate them totally was to nuke the tank with snail killing chemical treatments, but that also kills the shrimps too.

Nowadays i quarantine all my new plants and heavily dose anti-snail treatments (currently using ISTA snail remover) to ensure no snails or their eggs hitchhike in. So far it seems to work well.

[Bieffe]

There are also snail traps sold by gex. Nan yang has it. Does it work I dunno. I also have small snails they will climb upwards. Frequent water change also will reduce their population I noticed.