Memento to my 2ft adventure

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2. Actually, there was some hic-ups on my CO2 setup. Was planning for DIY CO2, hopefully with the pump and mixer, will draw the non-pressurized CO2 from the yeast and sugar mixture into the mixer. But the plan backfired when the pump start pushing water out of the mixer through the CO2 tubing, thus creating back pressure and CO2 could not enter the mixer. Nevertheless, problem solved. Wife could not stand me standing in front of the tank for hours trying to fix a problem I've created, gave the green light for a pressurized 3L CO2 cylinder with electronic solenoid. Heehee... Seems my hard work paid off, hahaha.... Shhhhhh...

3. I bought the rock from QianHu at S$8/kg (and it weighs a total of 7KG!!! The most expensive rock I had ever purchased, in fact the only rock I had ever purchased) one fine weekend afternoon months back when I was there shopping there. And yes, unique it is. At first after purchasing the rock, I was in doubt as I was researching on aquascaping from ADA, GC, GreenMachine and other scapers on the web and YouTube, no one actually use this kind of rock! But I am not letting my money go waste. No matter what I will try to blend it into the tank, in hope it will blend nicely, and glad I was that you actually find it unique. Thanks and the rocks by the wood, courtesy of sentosa, shhhhh... I regular tanjong beach quite abit. Beach volleyball and bringing my little ger to catch fishy by the beach and letting them back in the ocean. So one day, I came across these 4 rocks, so I gave them a new habitat. Rest assured that I had soak the rocks for months and make sure they are safe for my aquarium before putting them in, in any case if my fishes die when I put them in weeks later, I will know what to remove... Oh fishes, please stay alive when you are in there *fingers crossed*

Nice, your wife want to see you enjoy the hobby.
Erm, on the bright side you walked the same path of filter pumping water backwards to DIY co2. Just like me hehe.

About point 3, are you saying your focal grabber rock is $8 per KG? GC was $9-10 in the old days (plain grey ones) you should pop by one day & you might like what they have there.
Did you soak them in bleach then rinse away until no more bleach smell? That's fastest way i know. but then... so far ok is good enough

[David]

Gosh ...now rocks are sold by the kilo...now hardscape rocks are sold like durians....:/

[Ingen]

Yah man, spend almost a hundred buck on rocks at GC and still not enough for my 2ft. Thus the simple rocks place now lol.

Eric, if you want to have the aging effect on your rocks, you can try the grinding or chopping of mini Fissidens. Take the rock out, rub the grind or chopped mini fissidens and rub it over your rocks. You will need to do a DSM for a week or two for the fissidens to attach onto your rock surface before having it back into the water.

A good read for you http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...dens-rock.html . I tried and it's working on my rocks, I was skeptical thus only use very little fissidens on my rocks previously hahah.

[David]

@ingen...one day when you do get your BIG TANK and need hardscape rocks...find your way to KL.

I take you to Ipoh Query and you take all the rocks you want...some as big as 2 feet in diameter....HAHAHAHA

IT'S FREE!!!!!

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Missed out the link:

1. Yeah. I was also worried about the HM. Initially, bought only 1 odyssea T5 2x24W, then an advice from Roger (from Fishy Business) that light might be insufficient due to the amount of plants and taki considerations the height of the tank, this is what I got:
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Nice, your wife want to see you enjoy the hobby.
Erm, on the bright side you walked the same path of filter pumping water backwards to DIY co2. Just like me hehe.

About point 3, are you saying your focal grabber rock is $8 per KG? GC was $9-10 in the old days (plain grey ones) you should pop by one day & you might like what they have there.
Did you soak them in bleach then rinse away until no more bleach smell? That's fastest way i know. but then... so far ok is good enough

Yah, spend pretty much time on the DIY CO2 until my legs went sour. haha...

I did not really soak it in bleach, but rather I soak the rock for months before actually putting it into the aquarium.

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Gosh ...now rocks are sold by the kilo...now hardscape rocks are sold like durians....:/

Durian sometimes are even cheaper and they fill your stomach. Rocks just satisfy your crave for nice scaping but there are times they do the opposite, they frustrate you... haha...

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Yah man, spend almost a hundred buck on rocks at GC and still not enough for my 2ft. Thus the simple rocks place now lol.

Eric, if you want to have the aging effect on your rocks, you can try the grinding or chopping of mini Fissidens. Take the rock out, rub the grind or chopped mini fissidens and rub it over your rocks. You will need to do a DSM for a week or two for the fissidens to attach onto your rock surface before having it back into the water.

A good read for you http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...dens-rock.html . I tried and it's working on my rocks, I was skeptical thus only use very little fissidens on my rocks previously hahah.

Ah! NICE! I have saved it for my next project. I do not think I will want to disturb my scape for now. If not, I seem like I will never be able to see my stuffs grow from the original state. Anyway, this is really great information. Thanks.

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

... more to share with everyone.

the lighting that I am using (just in case anyone missed out the setup):

it seems pretty sufficent. 2 x 2 x 24Watt.

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

My initial "going to fail" plan on a DIY CO2 system:

Sugar + Yeast + Bicarbonate of Soda Solution:


Failed quite substantially, spent pretty long hours getting it fixed. The whole DIY is a good enough system, just that my set-up of the use of CO2 mixer, kept push the CO2 back into the bubble counter despite the check valve. So to think of giving up the mixer plan. I went ahead with this:
CO2 Cylinder with Electric Solenoid (install and walk away)

connected to my simple bubble counter:

and finally connected to my Ista mixer in the tank:

Well, the story of my CO2 supply.

[Ingen]

@ingen...one day when you do get your BIG TANK and need hardscape rocks...find your way to KL.

I take you to Ipoh Query and you take all the rocks you want...some as big as 2 feet in diameter....HAHAHAHA

IT'S FREE!!!!!

Bring some back on your next trip lol.

[limz_777]

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Precisely. Cost me US$19.99, and that is about S$25. And that is almost the price of regular powerheads in SG. But I believe this brand is pretty reliable.


yes , read about this maxi jet powerhead countless times .

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Itchy hands me, today I dropped by Teo's Aquatic Plant Supplier to walkwalkseesee. And I got myself these:


Rotala at the bottom and the one at the top, something like a “中囯菊花” cannot really remember the name, anyone care to ID? Thought they look pretty nice, within my expectation of an aquatic plant within my tank. And I got a couple of pretty empty spots behind my wood and rock that wouldn't mind some company, I got them with expense of some knowledgable information exchange with one of the guys there.

Set them in my tank and thought they look pretty okay. And yes! I removed the dead moss on my rock and replaced them with some "alive" Christmas moss, courtesy of Rogor (Fishy Business):

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Itchy hands me, today I dropped by Teo's Aquatic Plant Supplier to walkwalkseesee. And I got myself these:

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Rotala at the bottom and the one at the top, something like a “中囯菊花” cannot really remember the name, anyone care to ID? Thought they look pretty nice, within my expectation of an aquatic plant within my tank. And I got a couple of pretty empty spots behind my wood and rock that wouldn't mind some company, I got them with expense of some knowledgable information exchange with one of the guys there.

Looks like Cabomba, might be better if you show picture after you planted it in your tank.

[ConcaveLiNkiN]

Looks like Cabomba, might be better if you show picture after you planted it in your tank.

You are right! Did a little google and that is the exact one that is in my tank.


Cheers
eRic

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Day 1 @ 1st hour after set-up:


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Another update on my tank, a few days more than a week passed.

Day 9:


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