Taz Boy 3ft update

[taz_boy]

aft 1 month, did a bit to my tank...remove the e.tenellus...dun know y but it seems the e.ten can't survive in my tank...

some tank specs for u guys:

tank size: 3FT (90x45x40)
lighting: 2x 36W PL x 8hr daily (4pm-12am)
filter: Jebao 825 external canister filter, running at 1000lt/hr
co2: 3LT co2, cylinder, running at 1-2bps
ph: 6.6-6.8
kh: 3

1X DIY FAn, =27degree, suprisingly huh...cos 1 broke down, but sitll can maintain @ 27degrees...

Fert regime: 4ml of SeaChem flourish weekly, gonna increase soon..cos some leaves turn brown..not sure if it's nutrient deficiency...

water change: a pail weekly...agar agar= 15% of tank water

flaura: java ferns, windelow ferns, nanas, MMs, Vallis, Saggis, 1 small bunch of hornwort, 3x riccia meshes and 4x taiwan moss meshes (hope to get the wonderful effect like NA soon)

fauna: can see from my nick...

that's all folks.......and btw Thomas...that's the pic of black tetras which u were asking for..hehe

[Justikanz]

Aiyah! Black Neon Tetras lah... I tot what is a Black tetra for so long...

Hey, nice tank.... I like the way the vallis/saggis sprout out at the side. Good effect! The carpetting looks good... But IMO, it would be better to stick to 1 type of foreground plant... And if this is my tank, I will pick Taiwan moss.

[taz_boy]

Aiyah! Black Neon Tetras lah... I tot what is a Black tetra for so long...

Hey, nice tank.... I like the way the vallis/saggis sprout out at the side. Good effect! The carpetting looks good... But IMO, it would be better to stick to 1 type of foreground plant... And if this is my tank, I will pick Taiwan moss.

yep, so that's the black tetras u are confused with...no wonder, how come u can dunno..

ye...thanks for ur vallis, saggis and MMs, finally can come out with something on my tank

[StanChung]

very nice...please don't fight over some black neon...you guys can fight over black skirts...

[soulfinder78]

nice tank bro taz. is that the tank which recovered from green water???
simple yet pleasing to the eyes.

any plans to have some taller background plants???

[taz_boy]

ye bro soulfinder, that was the tank that recover from green water....finally fully cleared...
i got no base fert lei..so dun really dare to try other background plants...even the vallis, some are turning yellow..think cos my lighting power not enough..less than 2WPG...any suggestions...won't be rescaping @ the moment...no $$..haha...may up my lighting soon..

[valice]

will root monster or other fert tabs help solve the "no-base-fert" problem?
cos isn't wat a root monster is for? assuming that the base fert has been fully utilised in a mature tank?

love the way u positioned ur vals too... so pleasing to the eye...

[soulfinder78]

oh i see.... how abt a moss wall??? dunnoe will it helps

[taz_boy]

ha... was thinking of moss wall, but then....placed a small dimension of background mesh sometime ago, felt wasn't growing fast and quite unsightly to place at the background, so in the end gave up and removed it...

true bro vallice, i placed some Ferka Stemma capsules which i got FOC during the AQ workshop around my vallis and MM area, but some vallis leaves are turning yellow...not sure wat happen, perhaps will grab more root monsters frm LFS and plant in

[Justikanz]

Vallis should use Ferka Rosette leh...

Anyway, my tank has no base fert too... And my vallis was doing well with only 1Wpg...

You can consider using Java Fern...

[taz_boy]

hmm....i also ponder y some leaves are going yellow, at this rate, few months later i'll trim till they botak liao.....

justinkaz...wat u mean use java fern, btw...that big dw in the middle of my tank is actully java ferN... alot of plantlets now..but i lazy to cut, perhaps wait for them to get big enough to tie to another DW bah...hehe

[Justikanz]

Buy more Java fern to fill up the background, I mean. Java fern grow so slowly, it might take a long time if you are tying your own plantlets...

Oh... Maybe I can guess why... Dun trim the vallis like you are giving them haircut... The cut leaves will eventually stop growing and die. I did that cos they are growing new leaves anyway and the older ones grew WAY too long... Make sure you have newer leaves before giving them a haircut.