"Passionately Curious"

**jackychun** · 16th Jun 2016, 17:07

Hi All,

Please can you double confirm to ID this plant? Is that Japonica Blyxa? I tend to replace the Echinodorus tennelus 'Green' with this stem plant as Tennelus is running wild now!

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**fireblade** · 16th Jun 2016, 17:11

yes... it is japonica ...

this is good for mid to back ground..
not suitable for foreground.

**jackychun** · 16th Jun 2016, 17:12

Originally Posted by fireblade

yes... it is japonica ...

this is good for mid to back ground..
not suitable for foreground.

Thanks fireblade! I am will put it at the background of the tank.

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**jackychun** · 19th Jun 2016, 18:13

I have decided to remove Echinodorus tennelus 'green' totally from my tank due to its invasive behaviour. That plant is surely good for bigger tank as it can crawl almost anywhere from this side to other side of the tank.

With reference from UA post last time, I tried to pull it out bit by bit to avoid a big mess of soil dust in the tank. So totally no mess after all.

I replaced it with Blyxa Japonica and hope it will become more bushy at the corner soon.

And today, guess what I see?! I saw shrimplets in my tank!!! At least 2 of them appeared!

I guess they stayed in the bushy Echinodorus tennelus corner to hide from the bigger hunters outside. They are not so small now when they are outside and fish also doesn't bother them.

With this size, I think they was born quite sometime back. That is a good news! Yay! I hope to see more of them coming!

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**jackychun** · 24th Jun 2016, 21:39

It has been Week 16 of "Passionately Curious" Tank. Here are some update photos:

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**jamesmj** · 25th Jun 2016, 11:50

Nice. Very nice.

**jackychun** · 29th Jun 2016, 18:28

Originally Posted by jamesmj

Nice. Very nice.

Thanks James.

Just to share with you the photo of my Staurogyne repens. I really love the way they grow: steady and not invasive. It is really a good midground or foreground plant.

So far I have never needed to trim it. It needs some good lighting though. Those plants I plant in the a bit more shady area grow slower and not as bushy as this part, but still looks good.

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**chesterchuen** · 29th Jun 2016, 19:20

Wah Jacky, your Staurogyne is really nice. Love the colour and shape!

**jackychun** · 7th Jul 2016, 21:02

Originally Posted by chesterchuen

Wah Jacky, your Staurogyne is really nice. Love the colour and shape!

Thanks bro.

BTW, I have cleaned the filter 2nd time today. And look what I found inside the filter:

Ya, that were baby shrimps!

I remember UA has mentioned in his post before about shrimplets living inside canister filter. Today I see by my own eyes and is amazed!

I caught totally 7 baby shrimps by pouring the water in filter to the net and put them back in the tank! I guess they were sucked in the inlet when they were a tiny babies.

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**jackychun** · 8th Jul 2016, 23:09

I have finally decided to get a cooling fan for my tank due to this very hot summer. Water tank was always 31degC+ and I can see algae on the glass increased more than normal. So even I got quite a numbers of cleaning crews like 3 amano shrimps, 2 otos, 7 horned nerite snails and 15+ fire red shrimps, I still need to scrap the grass every time doing water change. Furthermore, fishes seemed to be discomfort with the high temperature.

So here it goes:

Top Aqua Cooling Fan:

The fan is very compact and elegant in design. I fixed it to the side of the tank so that the wind can run through the long surface, follow the filter flow current.

Temperature measure at the beginning, after water change was about 30degC:

After 3 hours, water temperature has been reduced to about 28.5degC:

I can really feel the cooling tank when touching on the glass.

Hope the fish and plants also "feel" better, too.

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**jackychun** · 9th Jul 2016, 11:48

Hi All,

I need your advice on this. Today morning I saw a small hairline crack at the right bottom of the tank. No water leaking out or sign of leaking. It is just at the outer tank. However, I don't know if in time, the crack can be worse.

Is there any way to prevent it to become worse or leaking/breaking? It is so upset to see this. Appreciate if you all can share some experience on this matter.

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**Zep** · 9th Jul 2016, 12:09

Hi jacky, that seems more like a scratch then a crack.

**Zep** · 9th Jul 2016, 12:11

Perhaps you can recall if you have accidentally scratched that area. If it's really a scratch there is no concern. Although it's good to monitor it and see if it starts to get deeper or longer.

**jackychun** · 9th Jul 2016, 12:16

Originally Posted by Zep

Perhaps you can recall if you have accidentally scratched that area. If it's really a scratch there is no concern. Although it's good to monitor it and see if it starts to get deeper or longer.

Thanks bro Zep. I hope that is the scratch too and cannot recall what happen there. :P I will keep monitoring it to see any further deterioration.
I don't think the warranty would cover this leakage due to tank cracking right?

**Zep** · 9th Jul 2016, 12:22

I am not sure about the warranty. You can ask the shop you bought your tank from. If they agree to change it then it's a good excuse to start another scape

I had leaks in my previous small 1 footer before. I just plugged it up with supposedly aquarium safe silicon. Did the job of preventing further leakage but it looks bad with all the patch up work.

**jackychun** · 9th Jul 2016, 13:43

Originally Posted by Zep

I am not sure about the warranty. You can ask the shop you bought your tank from. If they agree to change it then it's a good excuse to start another scape

I had leaks in my previous small 1 footer before. I just plugged it up with supposedly aquarium safe silicon. Did the job of preventing further leakage but it looks bad with all the patch up work.

All the way to this stage, I would never change my tank.

But another scape is a tempted one. Haha!

I see, silicon might help on the leak, if any. And ya, the patching work might be unsightly.

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**chesterchuen** · 10th Jul 2016, 00:00

Looks more like scratch to me. Glass do not crack just on the surface, they tend to crack straight through, and not in a straight line.

**jackychun** · 10th Jul 2016, 20:22

Originally Posted by chesterchuen

Looks more like scratch to me. Glass do not crack just on the surface, they tend to crack straight through, and not in a straight line.

I see. Hopefully everything will be alright. Cross my fingers.

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**jamesmj** · 11th Jul 2016, 08:42

Yeah. It does look more like a scratch then cracks. Try to see internally if there's any cracks? if not i'm sure you are safe.

**jackychun** · 11th Jul 2016, 15:47

Originally Posted by jamesmj

Yeah. It does look more like a scratch then cracks. Try to see internally if there's any cracks? if not i'm sure you are safe.

So far no deterioration yet. So I hope all is fine. Hope it will be safe and sound. Thanks man.

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