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    advice pls...........................

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    hi, i am a newbie in planted tank so pls help:-

    how much sand AND BASE fertilizer for a 4ft tank??

    where the best lobang ???or the best if any one selling pls let me know !!!!!!!!!!

    on budget constraint

    chan

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    Based on personal experience, Base fert - 4 bags of jbl base fert (10kg/ bag), sand - 2 bags of gravel (20kg/ bag)
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    Wrong... biggest bag of JBL base fert is 5litres (printed on the bag)... which is roughly 6kg.

    For a 4ft long by 2ft wide tank, 1 inch of base fert or gravel is roughly 18 litres.
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    errr.... Vinz.... calm down....he didn't give his full tank's specs, might be 4x1.8x1.8? Even so, I only use 4 pack JBL and 2 pack lone star sand for my 4x2x2.... but will add more when I redo my tank
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    Opps.. forgot to put smiley.

    Anyway, I gave the numbers for a 4'x2' so that he can gauge accordingly.
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    On 2/27/2003 9:01:41 PM

    hi, i am a newbie in planted tank so pls help:-

    how much sand AND BASE fertilizer for a 4ft tank??

    where the best lobang ???or the best if any one selling pls let me know !!!!!!!!!!

    on budget constraint

    chan

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    Tank size please.....


    It would be more convenient to get your info from here since you posted it in the forum..... no need to use sms.
    Cheers!!

    Sherwin Choo
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    thanks for the infos and misunderstanding,
    my tank size is 4x1.5x1.5 ft, and base on the above how much roughly the cost will be ?? and where the best lobang??

    thanks

    chan

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    Which fert are you planning to use. Here, most recommends JBL which I think is good. The cost is around $16~$20 per pack of 5L. You can try Keong Seong, NA Nature or even Teo's.

    To get 1" of fert for your tank you'll need about 14L. Hence 3" would be 14L X 3" = 42L.
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    where is keong seong, NA nature and even teo's??

    just went pasir ris and sound out the price of the sand and fertilizer

    sand per bag (sori cant remenmber the wt) but he told me need 3 bags for my tank and 1 tub of fertilizer

    1 bag sand = 25 dollars
    and fertilizer = 25 dollars

    4ft PL light DYMA brand 2*36 W at 90 dollars

    do you guys think is reasonable ???

    not to missed refilling C02 (1.5L) = 15 dollars

    thanks

    chan

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    the shops are listed in the LFS list at the top of the page ...

    as for reasonable prices and honest shops, try NA, Mr Chan ... his prices are very good ... wont go wrong there
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    aiyah just use aquatic compost lah, cheap and good!! I learn from vinz and it works!!! []

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