mUAr_cHEe’s Piece of River

[mUAr_cHEe]

The shop manage to take it out? Wasted the round wire is at the other end

I was in a rush yesterday so I left it there for them to work on it over night.

I think I saw it at Aquatic Avenue this evening. Saw it on the table and thought it looked awefully familiar

dont think they got it out yet

Stalker. Yup. I left it there yesterday on the way back from work.

Eugene told me he could get it out and he was in the midst of attending to a customer yesterday so I did not hound him for it. He was already very accommodating to pack me a packet of blood worms in the midst of handling another customer. I will pop by later today to pick up either my old inlet or a new inlet. I am kinda worried about my tank with one less filter running.

[limz_777]

I think I saw it at Aquatic Avenue this evening. Saw it on the table and thought it looked awefully familiar

dont think they got it out yet

i see , wont be easy , one side block , with the broken part bend at that angle

[Gavan]

while we're on this issue, can i hijack for abit and ask, anyone seen any pipe cleaners around that can fit 9/12 lily pipes? quite scared that 13mm cleaners cant fit into 9..

[mUAr_cHEe]

while we're on this issue, can i hijack for abit and ask, anyone seen any pipe cleaners around that can fit 9/12 lily pipes? quite scared that 13mm cleaners cant fit into 9..

Any particular location or area you want to narrow down to?

[Gavan]

generally fine cos I work in the west (~clementi) and stay in the east (~paya Lebar)


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[mUAr_cHEe]

I usually go to Polyart or Seaview for my accessories.

I thought I saw something smaller from ADA but I am going down later to confirm.

[barmby]

You may try 565 MacPherson Road, 368234; Green Chapter, Tai Seng MRT walk 10 mins

[Gavan]

hi barmby I know where gc is thanks yeah just popped by fishybusiness to pick up some green neons. he showed me Ada's. didn't bother to ask how much


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[mUAr_cHEe]

Ta da.



From what I understand, it involves a stick, some wire, a whole lot of twisting and a good pull. Thank you, Eugene from Aquatic Avenue.

[jiajuen900]

Ta da.



From what I understand, it involves a stick, some wire, a whole lot of twisting and a good pull. Thank you, Eugene from Aquatic Avenue.

Woah. Cool. Challenge completed.

[mUAr_cHEe]

There are a couple of things that are still a work in progress for my 'river'. I will not pose a full tank shot until I am satisfied with the overall look.

I am experimenting with a few ways of trimming my stem plants and these methods are actually crucial to the final look of your tank. I think I got it pretty nailed down but I need to wait for the plants to grow out to document the process.

I also added some new fishes in the tank but the problem with a bigger tank is that there are many places for the fishes to hide. I guess I got to give it some time and even more attention to achieve my desired result.

Updates and pictures will be posted when all is ready. In the mean time I like to leave this with you as a filler for now..



I finally managed to get a decent shot of my rummy noses. This is also thanks to a new toy that I gotten recently.

[mUAr_cHEe]

Things have not been going smooth.

I just realized I accidentally killed all my Sakura shrimps. All 200 plus of them. *sob*
Project Center-piece did not take off. There was hope for a while but it just disappeared over a span of few hours.
I am starting to see my 2nd major algae outbreak and possibly because all my shrimps are gone.



This is the best picture that I have before 'Project Center-piece' stopped. I thought I was a genius when I figured out that this is better than having a betta as my 'main attraction' in my tank. Killies also are brightly-coloured and less aggressive so I figured they would be a perfect match with the established shrimps in my tank.

I have also been having random deaths in my tank but considering that the other faunas are doing well, I do not think there is a big upset in my water parameters. A panda cory and a L183 pleco.

I think the cause of death of my Sakura shrimps is when I increased my CO2 bubble count as I wanted to promote faster plant growth to improve the overall scape. This in turn I think upset the PH balance of the water which ultimately caused the death of my shrimps.



The plan now is to wait for the plants to grow out, one round of trimming, water change, reset bubble-count to 2-3 bps, then add in the fauna again.

And this leads to another dilemma: I realized that a shrimp community and a betta do not exactly go well together.

[Gavan]

that's damn sian man. any idea how low did your pH go? lower than 6? awhile ago I gassed out my starlight pleco (Ancistrus) as well. died amongst my plants. couldn't even retrieve it's body..

yup in general bettas are terrible companions for shrimps, but one or two species of Betta might be more docile, and also females (I think). also because you have a huge grassy area the shrimp will always end up in that big hunting ground..


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[Darkstalker]

while we're on this issue, can i hijack for abit and ask, anyone seen any pipe cleaners around that can fit 9/12 lily pipes? quite scared that 13mm cleaners cant fit into 9..

I got one from East Ocean that was able to clean the 9/12 tubing. It has two different sized brush head on each side. The smaller of which was able to clean my 9/12 tubing quite nicely. Did not try the glass pipe as it was not dirty enough to warrant a clean

I have the same issue with the pipe cleaner as well and broke off at the brush tip side. Luckily for me, it was on a short length tube and I was able to get it out.

Regards

[Gavan]

I got one from East Ocean that was able to clean the 9/12 tubing. It has two different sized brush head on each side. The smaller of which was able to clean my 9/12 tubing quite nicely. Did not try the glass pipe as it was not dirty enough to warrant a clean

I have the same issue with the pipe cleaner as well and broke off at the brush tip side. Luckily for me, it was on a short length tube and I was able to get it out.

Regards

nice! thanks!


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[Filet-O-Fish]

I am starting to see my 2nd major algae outbreak and possibly because all my shrimps are gone.

I think the cause of death of my Sakura shrimps is when I increased my CO2 bubble count as I wanted to promote faster plant growth to improve the overall scape. This in turn I think upset the PH balance of the water which ultimately caused the death of my shrimps.
The plan now is to wait for the plants to grow out, one round of trimming, water change, reset bubble-count to 2-3 bps, then add in the fauna again.
And this leads to another dilemma: I realized that a shrimp community and a betta do not exactly go well together.

Hi there,
I feel kind of bad on complementing on your awesome tank scape in the midst of your loss of 200 shrimps. I read the whole of this post and it was very enlightening to know about your experience. I must say your post is one the few which seems to be completely filled with happy, sad exciting and frustrating moments and of course peppered with your funny mimes. I like the fact that you don't hide your challenges and disappointments faced in your hobby. Kudos to you

Just to share my experience with RCS shrimps in my 4 ft tank. I bought 30 of them and in a matter of few weeks, the population was exploding but now that is no more after I introduced 15 Congo Tetras. All the shrimplets were eaten up (some right in front of me).

Please keep us posted even if your scape is facing challenges. The more we share, the more we can learn.
Hope your present situation in your tank improves and succeed very soon.
Cheers.

[tan.jxiong]

oh no, i feel for ur lost of the 200 shrimps! i lost a few after they jumped out of my tank and was heartache already, u must be feeling worst. take care bro! anyway great thread, i learnt a lot from ur posts.

[Filet-O-Fish]

Things have not been going smooth.
The plan now is to wait for the plants to grow out, one round of trimming, water change, reset bubble-count to 2-3 bps, then add in the fauna again.
And this leads to another dilemma: I realized that a shrimp community and a betta do not exactly go well together.

Hi
Any updates about your tank?

[mUAr_cHEe]

that's damn sian man. any idea how low did your pH go? lower than 6?

No idea. Ha nor. Sibei sian.

Hi there,
I feel kind of bad on complementing on your awesome tank scape in the midst of your loss of 200 shrimps. I read the whole of this post and it was very enlightening to know about your experience. I must say your post is one the few which seems to be completely filled with happy, sad exciting and frustrating moments and of course peppered with your funny mimes. I like the fact that you don't hide your challenges and disappointments faced in your hobby. Kudos to you

Just to share my experience with RCS shrimps in my 4 ft tank. I bought 30 of them and in a matter of few weeks, the population was exploding but now that is no more after I introduced 15 Congo Tetras. All the shrimplets were eaten up (some right in front of me).

Please keep us posted even if your scape is facing challenges. The more we share, the more we can learn.
Hope your present situation in your tank improves and succeed very soon.
Cheers.

Oh. No problem taking one or a hundred more compliments. Nothing is better than having my ego boosted. I am very glad that you are entertained by my posts. Yes. My purpose here in this thread is to share the downsides of my journey into this bottomless-pit-of-a-hobby. I would of course be more than happy too if I can share my upsides as well. This is only made more possible with creative photography, awesome photo touch up skills and my trusty iMac!

oh no, i feel for ur lost of the 200 shrimps! i lost a few after they jumped out of my tank and was heartache already, u must be feeling worst. take care bro! anyway great thread, i learnt a lot from ur posts.

I feel bad for a few reasons: Loss of life at my hands (How do I sleep at night?!). Loss of investment, which then leads to... "See! Buy what shrimps? Take that money go buy Hey-Bi, feed our kids even better right?!!?!!", said Mrs. mUAr_cHEe.

I am glad you learnt something from me.

Hi
Any updates about your tank?

Sorry. I have been away for many reasons. Life became a crazy roller-coaster ride recently. Slow ups, sudden downs, sharp turns and stomach-upsetting twists. Thankfully, it is all career. The family, home and sex life has been nothing but great.

I actually 'abandon' my tank for about a month during this crazy time. Stems plants grew out of control, the more sensitive fishes died and algae grew out of control.

I actually only just start maintaining my tank again last weekend. It was perhaps a blessing in disguise but I noticed that the algae bloom just disappeared after some time. There are still some algae in some spots but mostly they are gone.

I lost track of documenting some growth and some things that I wanted to showcase, so I guess I will start all over.

Again, sorry to the people following and I will try to catch up what I have planned for this thread.

No pictures of my tank for now but I will leave this with you.



A hint for one of the many plans I have for this project.

[AQMS]

What?? you going to jump?? No lah bro.... dont do that....
if you do, i 'choppe' your tank 1st...ok..