2013 New Project

[chocolatelala]

driftwood at center looks out of place.
like driving a wedge through your scape

Hi Felix, Totally agreed with you. i'm still trying to fix it.
Going to buy more background plant. i'm will reposition or remove the driftwood later.

Thank you for the advice.

[felix_fx2]

mixing with rocks can turn out really good.
when in doubt, post and get opinion.

btw, i should have asked eariler, the co2 mixer you got. works like ISTA mixmax?

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[qngwn]

Hi All,

Urgent help needed!

Where can I buy STRONG AND CLEAR 16mm Ø Suction side(inside) hose to fit my Eheim 2028 filter? I checked few hardware shop. Can't find any

And Aslo a reliable convertor/adaptors from 16mm Ø to 12mm Ø. (From Eheim filter to CO2 external reactor) And 12mm Ø to 16mm Ø (From CO2 external reactor to 16mm Lily pipe)

Attachment 34360

Bought two brand new blue color convertor/adaptors from NA. leaking badly on both 12mm Ø side!

Thank you.

where did you get this reactor? and for how much? planning to get one to reduce the amount of stuff in the tank..

[qngwn]

mixing with rocks can turn out really good.
when in doubt, post and get opinion.

btw, i should have asked eariler, the co2 mixer you got. works like ISTA mixmax?

Sent from my GT-N7105

it's a copy of sera 500 co2 reactor. same as max mix, but only comes in one size 12/16

[chocolatelala]

mixing with rocks can turn out really good.
when in doubt, post and get opinion.

btw, i should have asked eariler, the co2 mixer you got. works like ISTA mixmax?

Sent from my GT-N7105

Yes it work the same. But with better design and much better material. Only cost $17 from NA.

[qngwn]

Okay.. Wonder if Seaview brings that in. So far I've only seem max mix in Seaview. How's the co2 dissolving rate?


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[chocolatelala]

Okay.. Wonder if Seaview brings that in. So far I've only seem max mix in Seaview. How's the co2 dissolving rate?

Sorry I don't know about the rate! Never status on the box.
Work very well. Go to Natural Aquarium and buy. I saw 2 sets left, when i was there 2 days ago.

[chocolatelala]

Hi all,
Update on days 4

Going to be away for week without any care.
So added a digital timer to control the lighting and 2 Dymax Votex W-8 cooling fans
digital timer.JPG

And also added one UK Mini electricity Power Energy Monitor Meter KWH Watt/power Analyzer from ebay to monitor the electricity Power. (sorry just found out, only can post 5 pictures at one go)


Good news is PH went up to from 5.9 to 6.4 (hope will keep between 6.7-6.9)
Attachment 34438

Added with some background plants and 50 Golden Rasbora
Left side
left.jpg

Right side
right.jpg

Full view
day 4 full view.jpg

Gong Xi Fa Cai
Wish everyone have a great and blessed year ahead

[qngwn]

No food for the fishes? ):


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[chocolatelala]

No food for the fishes? ):

Is ok NO food for week. (I done that many times. Even two weeks is fine)
But i will still force feed them, tomorrow early morning before we leave to airport.

[chocolatelala]

Hi all,
While resting doing nothing in in-law's house.
Found this very interesting website. Im sure many of us will enjoy it.

http://www.americanaquariumproducts...._Lighting.html


Cho co la te la la
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[qngwn]

Hi all,
While resting doing nothing in in-law's house.
Found this very interesting website. Im sure many of us will enjoy it.

http://www.americanaquariumproducts...._Lighting.html


Cho co la te la la
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thats a long read... interesting information.

[chocolatelala]

Hi All,

Gong Xi Fa Cai. Hope everyone Huat Ah.

Just also back from a week break.
Here the update:

Bad news
4 fish dead and all the rock started to have Algae and some plant start to rotten
algae.jpg
algae & rotten plant.jpg
8 hours of 2 X 6500k light is it too much for 4' tank? (8am-11.30am and 6pm-10.30pm)

Good news
PH stable between 6.6 to 6.7
most of the plant is growing well
growing well.jpg
day 13 right side.jpg

[chocolatelala]

Day 13
Day 13.jpg

[chocolatelala]

Help!!
Try to upload some picture to ask for advice. "Exceeds your quota"
How to delete the old picture? or how we can get around it.

Thank you

[milk_vanilla]

Seems you hit by green algae, it happens. I usually disregard if it's looked natural

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[chocolatelala]

Seems you hit by green algae, it happens. I usually disregard if it's looked natural

Hi, I'm fine will some algae. Just worry will go a bit wild later, since is only 2 weeks old tank.
Let wait and see in two weeks time how far the algae will grow.

Any advice on the rotten leaf? I throw away few plant this morning.

[horst]

Yo Chocolata!
When so many bros here warn about ikea wood take heed. My experience from a friend who used ikea wood with the same bookshelf brand and same aquarium dimension.... First month OK. Second month saw some warping on the reinforced members. A sign of point load stress. Third month aquarium started to leak small drops every few hours. A sign of uneven pressure in the glass due to warping of cabinet. Then.. during a Man U match, we all shouted GOOOOAL!! and suddenly blow-out of water from a fish tank. 50" TV gone, hi-fi set top box gone. carpet gone, wood flooring gone. Luckily no one got hurt just traumatic. Man, the clean-up, replacement cost, lingering fishy smell not to mention his wife's Sensurround in full THX hysteria glory.. priceless!!.

Since you got CR (CR aquarium?) to do the tank why not ask them to do the cabinet as well. Their workmanship is pretty good. I used CR to build a custom cabinet to withstand 600+Kg. Still doing fine without any warpage after all these years. BY the way all you bros out there want to start new thread on "Horrific Tank Crashes" to swap horror stories?

[Urban Aquaria]

Hi, I'm fine will some algae. Just worry will go a bit wild later, since is only 2 weeks old tank.
Let wait and see in two weeks time how far the algae will grow.

Any advice on the rotten leaf? I throw away few plant this morning.

Actually the algae on the rocks looks quite nice... almost like moss-on-rock kind of effect.

Yeah, its better to manually remove as much rotten leaves as you can, reduce the amount of decomposing plant material in the tank.

Btw, have you added any shrimps yet? They are pretty good at picking amongst the plants and in the process dislodging the rotten leaves, which will float around and eventually get picked up by your filter intake so they become easier to remove.

[chocolatelala]

Actually the algae on the rocks looks quite nice... almost like moss-on-rock kind of effect.

Yeah, its better to manually remove as much rotten leaves as you can, reduce the amount of decomposing plant material in the tank.

Btw, have you added any shrimps yet? They are pretty good at picking amongst the plants and in the process dislodging the rotten leaves, which will float around and eventually get picked up by your filter intake so they become easier to remove.

Hi UA,
I will love to add shrimps in the tank.
I didn't add any shrimps yet. Because I read from many senior member here, the shrimps will distroy all the HC, before the HC is stable in the soil.