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Thread: My new 1FT "Cube".

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    yup, i've kept to the <3wpg rule even for a 1FT, thus allowing some HCs but not all to grow tall.

    You have 26w of lighting more than me. Perhaps thats' the difference. Do take note however, each tank is unique, having the same set of parameters doesn't equate to similar results all the time as variables in each tank cannot be measured. Besides this, I've read your first post that you are running 1bps ? I'm running 0.5bps with 18w 865 osram daylight illunmax.

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    thanks for the advice torque... shall reduce the lighting to allow my HC to grow taller...

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    Updated first post

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    wow impressive tank man...hope to have something like yours someday. noticed that the tank beside your custom tank is curved edge? care to share where u got it from and pricing? if convenient? thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by fighting fish View Post
    wow impressive tank man...hope to have something like yours someday. noticed that the tank beside your custom tank is curved edge? care to share where u got it from and pricing? if convenient? thanks
    Thanks for the compliment ! I'm also a newbie in this hobby... lots to learn . Anyway i think the curved tank ( 30cm x 30cm x 35cm ) is an ocean free tank ( if i remembered correctly ) and was purchased from C328. Pricewise I cannot remember exactly how much I paid... but I remembered that I didn't pay that much for it.

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    seems like i got to pay a visit to C328 "auntie" one of this days liao...thanks

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    I have been out of this for a while now but may I suggest that the CO2 hidden at the back.
    06Jan2009, 1035hrs - My Oldest Friend has passed on............

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    Quote Originally Posted by mervin View Post
    I have been out of this for a while now but may I suggest that the CO2 hidden at the back.
    Thinking of changing to an external reactor... however not sure if my 2211 can run it.

    Anyway... *UPDATES* !

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    Latest Update : Feb 01 2009

    Plant growth has been excellent so far !
    However have noticed hair algae growing on my HC and moss...
    Could be due to my high lighting duration of almost 13 hrs a day ... Can't seem to stop looking at my tank at night !





    Thanks to Adrian a.k.a Blue33 for the excellent spiky moss.

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    With a scissor, remove the moss and HC that has algae, it should be fine. You might want to moderate your fert with the shrimp food. Very well maintained tank, I see you took alot of care in trimming.

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    Nice nice nice..

    Nice mixture of plants with different colours. Hopefully your endlers will do their "jobs"

    So, are you adding any others fishes?.

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    Wow... The scape really looking good. Great job!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wenwei View Post
    Nice nice nice..

    Nice mixture of plants with different colours. Hopefully your endlers will do their "jobs"

    So, are you adding any others fishes?.
    Not sure yet bro... endlers not really doing their job yet !

    Quote Originally Posted by Jungle-mania View Post
    With a scissor, remove the moss and HC that has algae, it should be fine. You might want to moderate your fert with the shrimp food. Very well maintained tank, I see you took alot of care in trimming.
    Thanks ! Haha... I'm still a noob in trimming. Still experimenting ! Good thing is the Rotalas grow fast ! So can experiment quite often.

    Quote Originally Posted by blue33 View Post
    Wow... The scape really looking good. Great job!
    Thanks ! Trying to get the Rotala Rotundifolia & Ludwigia ( I think ? ) to slope down nicely to the moss DW... Dunno possible or not. Shall try the method u mentioned !

    On a side note ! spotted this mean looking bug in my tank on sunday. Think it was a dragonfly nymph ! How the hell it got into my tank i will never know.



    Was crawling on the HC lawn... didn't notice it was actually stalking one of my baby shrimps... then suddenly... POW ! the baby shrimp disappeared . DAMN ! promptly took my planting tweezers to grab hold of that bugger and CRUSHED its abdomen area promptly !
    That felt really good.

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    Very nice 1ft Tank!

    Nice pix of the insect too. Very detail indeed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viper007 View Post
    Very nice 1ft Tank!

    Nice pix of the insect too. Very detail indeed.
    Thanks !

    I didn't take that pic ! I just link it from the " Bugs u may encounter in your tank " thread.

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    You can see from this picture the end result of the slope of my rotala using the method i mention, but it need quiet compact to get this slope and nice.



    Btw endler dont really eat hair algae unless they are being starve or you have lots of endlers looking for food but that might not be idea, your baby shrimp might be targeted also.

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    Haha... lucky my endlers have not shown a liking for my baby shrimps yet.. maybe they r hiding quite well.

    Anyway Adrian... I was wondering if you tie any net to your filter inlet to prevent baby shrimpies from being sucked in the filter? Or do u just leave it as it is and take it as an acceptable lost when baby shrimps get sucked in to ensure good filtration?

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    Have you ever heard the killing always done in the darkness... You'll never know.

    Initially i've done that but later i move the inlet infront, shrimp dont really get close to it so i remove it later on to get a better flow, currently using the surface skimmer so the hole is consider quite small but baby shrimp still able to go in, but then they will still survive inside, so during cleaning of filter just watch out the little's one inside the filter, you'll get surpise of many inside.

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    Vic,

    I found that in my tank a day ago too... irritating creatures. maybe is the weather? haha. But somehow, its normally white in colour when I find them.

    Poor shrimps.

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    Hi Adrian,

    Did you trim the plants and they keep splitting up?. or you planted very densely?

    Or maybe u did both?... your slope is really nice. Thanks alot for sharing.

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