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The 4 plants on the left, how long have you plant it? it does not look like water plant. I can be wrong, picture too small, can't realy see clearly
Hair algae is prety hard to handle once introduce, have you try yamato shrimps and/or black out?
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Sharing my 3 feet tank picture with all of you guys.Thanks for the valuable pointers some of the bros here has given me. This is my 1st attempt at planted tanks. Only problem is hair algae here and there
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The 4 plants on the left, how long have you plant it? it does not look like water plant. I can be wrong, picture too small, can't realy see clearly
Hair algae is prety hard to handle once introduce, have you try yamato shrimps and/or black out?
Hi WaterH2O, very nice setup tank you have. Can provide more details on your setup? Is your tank low-tech or high-tech type? Interested to learn more from you and hope you are generious to give your information. Thanks.
Your tank looks deep... what's the footprint? Very well composed. Any closer pix of that school of fish?
For the details of the setup, it can be found with in another thread that I posted for advice on hair algae control under the fert and algae control section.
I am still learning how to take good photos of fishes cause they swim too faster. Only have a point and shoot camera.
Hair algea is here and there I put in 10 yamatos but still have not seen them in action all hiding somewhere behind.
Yes, I suspect the 4 plants are not aquatic plants cause I cannot find any info on their names and requirements in any aquatic hobby website. Brought it from Ben's in TB and they call it "The plant of Goddess of Mercy" (loosely translated).
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Those four plants look like a species of Dracaena... not aquatic i think, better to replace them if possible.
Besides that.. beautiful setup! Can't believe its your first attempt..
Cpark188 Thanks. We can learn from each other.
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Update
Tank Dimensions (LxWxH, specify units):91cm x 41 cm x 45 cm
Water Volume: 168 litres
Lighting Intensity(No of Watts) : 2 x 36 Watts
Number and type of Lighting (FL/PL/MH) :PL
Age of light bulbs :Less than 2 months
No. of hours your lights are on : Initially at 11 hours, last fri cut to around 9 hours with 5 hours "siaseta"
CO2 Injection Rate (bps) : Did not count
Type of CO2 (DIY/Cylinder) :Cylinder
Method of Injection (e.g. Diffusor/Reactor) :Reactor Dymax
Liquid fertilisers Used (Product name. E.g. Seachem Flourish) : Used to be Sera Florena but switch to LushGrow Aqua, Micros and KH2PO4.
Fertilization regime (Frequency and amount per dose) : 30 ml of Aqua, 10 ml of KH2PO4 (1 teaspoon mix in 500ml stock) and 1 drop of Micros twice a week.
Other fertilisers (Product name. E.g. Root Monster) : Nil
Other additives (Product name. E.g. Seachem Prime) :Nil
Type of Filter (overhead/internal/canister, Product name/model if possible) : Jebo Canistor filter 825 ( If I did not remember wrongly).
When was the filter last washed : 2 months ago when I setup my tank.
Filter media used : Wool, gravel, ceramic rings.
When was the media last changed : Wool changed
What was changed : 2 months ago during setup.
Age of setup (i.e. since initial setup or last major re-do ) : 2 months
Water change frequency : Weekly
Amount changed : around 30%
Water surface movement (None/gentle/turbulent) : gentle
Circulation (None/gentle/turbulent) : gentle
Tank Temperature : 25-27 degree
Chemical Properties (Fill what you can)
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KH (dKH): 4
GH (dGH): Unable to determine
pH : 6.8
NH4 (ppm): nil
NO2 (ppm): nil
NO3 (ppm): nil
(ppm):
Fe (ppm):nil
load (Number and type of fish and plants)
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1) 4 X Torpedoes
2) 9 X Cardinal Tetras
3) 11 X Espei
4) 3 X Adolfi cory
5) 5 X SAE
6) 1 X OTO
Plants:
1) Water Wisteria
2) Milfoil
3) Elodea Densa
4) E.Tenellus
5) Anubius Nana
6) Jave fern ( a baby plantlet).
I have change the fert regime to 30 ml aqua , 10 ml KHPO4 and 1 drop micros twice weekly. Also change the 4 plants in front to another plant which I have no idea what it is (see below). Experts in here can help ID?
I have a few stalks of this plant being uprooted and floated up. Found the section of the stalk where it is planted into the substrate has soften. Any idea why?
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Last edited by WaterH2O; 12th Apr 2008 at 11:25.
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My guess maybe you squeeze to hard when you plant it.
I used a tweezer to plant. maybe. any idea what plant is this. The LFS owner at colourful cannot tell me what plant and requirement is it?
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Update on my 3 feet tank. Enjoy.
Pic#1 - Finally the Yamato force is out in the open after MIA for about 2 weeks.
Pic#2 - Rasboras
Pic#3 - Torpedoes. Can anyone ID the plant on the left just in front of the Elodea Densa.
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Nice setup!
Not bad, any front shot?
Used to have it but that was some time ago and also exceeded my attachment limit so I remove them. Will post again.
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Here you are frontal shot of my tank
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very nice, but the front looks bare....
h2O,
front looks ok, but you should have planted heavily on the left hand side to make use of the central focus rule....
http://www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/11/...uascaping.html
Acutally is my fault cause this is the results of my trimming. I trim alot on the left side but not on the right. For some reasons my right side grow much better than the left not sure why.
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nice tank. maybe you could add more plants on the left side to make it more even at the back... creating a nice curtain/backdrop.
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