Reply With QuoteLayout materials and quality flora can be sourced at Fishy Business. For your choice of plants, HC is out as I reckoned you are not injecting CO2. Try dwarf hair grass and/or monte carlo instead. Have fun.
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Hi all..After being poisoned by all here with your beautiful scapes for the past 6 mths..today went down to seaview with a window shopping aim. .you guessed it ended up becoming real shopping! Was thinking look look see see so long..If there isn't any action..forever also look look see see..right?
Anyway purchases:
-Gex glassterio slim 600 (60X20X25cm, 26L)
-up aqua pro z 20
-ocean free HOF (US02) support local pdts. .lol
-azoo silver ion active filter
-ista cooling fan
-H.e.l.p aqua soil
-bacterlife
I am thinking of a iguwami setup..but sv rocks were almost sold out..didn't fancy the avail ones.
Questions:
1) is the above enough to get me started?
2) where can I choose more rocks apart from GC n Sun Pets. Is there anywhere selling seiryu rocks or not necessary?
3) I'm thinking of planting HC and hair grass/ dwarf hair grass with the intention of getting a zen/grassy/neat with controlled messiness kinda feel..
Understand that CO2 is imp. .but at this present stage. .can I just does excel/flourish? Planning to go with DSM first.
4) any 'best" place to get flora?
5) I do not have spare tanks. .how can I quarantine my plants? Will any plastic pot do with water from my tank?
6) sv uncle says bacterlife is enough liao..no need any seachem..test kits etc..what's ur view on this?
Once the tank confirm no leaks tomorrow..will empty it and start my rocks hunt..and do scapes..
Thanks for your patience and advise..
P.s. This is my first real tank..experience with aquariums ends with last time 20 yrs ago colorful stone with sponge filter kinda setup..or fighting fish in ikea glass bowl..lol
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Layout materials and quality flora can be sourced at Fishy Business. For your choice of plants, HC is out as I reckoned you are not injecting CO2. Try dwarf hair grass and/or monte carlo instead. Have fun.
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I'm contemplating with diy co2 with those yeast reactor kind..wat do u think?
A complete co2 setup will cost me bout $300..will blow budget.. hee
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Go visit NA and you can get it for half the priceOriginally Posted by solidbrik
Thanks shadow and cherabin..will check out NA (nature aquarium)..by going with co2 i will need to get the excel , flourish liquids and test kits as parameters need to be precise to prevent agae growth right?
If im starting LT, possible to get away with just bacterlife?
BUT with co2, I can grow almost anything I want!!! Super tempting..
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Excel not necessary once you use pressurize CO2. Maybe once a while for algae treatment. Kit test is also optional, unless you have sensitive creature that require constant monitoring.
What do you mean by LT? Low tech? What defining low tech is the light. You need to put just enough light to the point that it does not require external source of CO2 and other nutrient.
Hi shadow. Yeap..LT = Low tech
..The light part is the confusing part..The box says 0.5w per bulb with 33 bulbs..so with my calculation. .It works out to (0.5×33)÷(6.86gallon)=2.4watts per gallon. According to forums, this is pretty high and I SHOULD introduce co2 to prevent agae growth..Alternatively. .I will masking tape some of the bulbs so as to bring down the watt per gallon count..but dunno if it works like that. Lol
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the watt per gallon was formulated for T8 if not mistaken. LED is different but cannot tell you more than that is different. Too new, to may variable, vary greatly between different manufacture for the same wattage.
I am using the UP Aqua Z series for a few of my Excel only tanks and so far, so good. Tank dimensions of mine are either the standard 60x30x36, low profile 60x30x24 or 60x30x40. Works for dwarf hairgrass, marsilea sp and Monte Carlo. For Glosso, i had to use 2 units of the same light. I fertilize some macros lightly too.
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That's great news cherabin..DH is definitely on my want list for the mid/bk grd. . Now is thinking of hc marsilea or glosso for foreground. .
Hunting rocks currently
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Or fissiden?
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do consider Micrantherum monte carlo for low tech tank fore ground
Ok! Will google it..
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It look the same as HC for untrained eye
Ok..got some wild borneo grey river rocks from GC..tonight try to do some scape for critiques. .
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Oh no..hen draining water just realized the cabinet I set my tank on is slanted by about 1 cm..shd I get another piece of mat or leave as is..I'm planning to load the already low part with the oyaishi. .uploadfromtaptalk1401111316495.jpg
this is sample layout done at GC with expert help..Will try to replicate..substrate will be on black help..
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the main rock is too fat and it would look better if supporting rocks not the same size as in the picture.
Thanks...Let me try to clean the rocks dry them then redo it nicely and see how I can save it..that ah pui probably cost me like $36..lol...
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Bro shadow..I'm not 100% pleased with the oyaishi..based on textbook says that the rocks should be the same type, color etc..so will tough to get it if different batch..I was digging for 2 hrs..but that was the closest to something that has some sorta character.
Question now..do I hold off first till I find that elusive perfect stone or do I just try and make the best of it..lol..
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If the leveling is off by 1cm, then better use something to prop up the bottom of the cabinet until it's properly level, or else when you fill up the tank it'll look lopsided and might create additional stress on one side... thicker foam base mat will help if the leveling is off by 1-2mm, but not if it's a full 10mm difference.
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