My 1st planted tank!

[zephyros]

Hi,

Thot of keeping a simple journal on my 1st planted tank.
Not so much on "beauty" but more on getting things stable.

Tank - 25cm x 25cm x 25cm
Hang on filter with surface water intake
9W lighting for 6hr daily

Initial setup


with Koi swordtails


tank too small for swordtails gave fish away to frens

[zephyros]

One month later (23Aug)



No change in plant type. 4 types of plants in there.
Hmm ... if someone can provide the name for all the plants.
I tried to cross-ref with book, but you know what, all the plants
looks the same to me

Behind left - ?
Behind right - ?
Front left - ?
Front right - java moss?

LS
- 2x oto
- 5x tetra
- 2x bumblebee goby
- 9x sukura
- 10x crs (black)? brought from bro who breed them in non-chiller water
- and infested with snails

cheers

[Shadow]

your swordtail probable will eat your sakura/CRS baby

[zephyros]

swordtail pass to fren already

[zephyros]

A pleasant surprise in the tank

Baby shrimp


about 3 mm long already

[k3nlim]

Bro, those plants on the left can grow really big.. and they're really nutrients sucker..preferbly root tabs will do them well.

[zephyros]

Coming to the 6th week of the tank commission
Besides 1 tetra and 1 sakura death (both the next day after adding),
there is no other.

Below is my dosing routine.
- Seacheam Nitrogen (in place of KNO3. LFS say so)
- Seacheam Phosphrous (in place of KH2PO4. LFS say so)
- Seacheam Excel (I'm dosing twice a week. Is it too much?)
- Seacheam Equilibrium

Dosing below recommended dosage. So far the no impact to the shrimp.
Will monitor closely.

cheers

[zephyros]

oh forgot to add, the fern like plant on the bottom left on the wood melted
my fault that I did not read up on the plant before getting them

and the the tank is snails infested. but leaving them as it is as they do not seems to
be damaging the plant

[beetroot]

not sure, is that flame moss? doesn't look like java.
your downoi melted, think it isn't that easy to keep.
the snails may not damage your plants, but could eventually become an eyesore. pond snails breed really fast.

[boxedfish]

if it;s pond snails, better remove them. See 1, remove 1. Dun give them a chance to multiply, it'll be uncontrollable.

[laban]

u better removed or crushed them or do whatever to get them out of your tank. i happen to get pond snail in my tank and within a week it lay eggs dont know how many of them without me realizing it. after i removed the snail now still can spot the baby snail .. everyday i need to enlarge my eye ball and spot the baby snails and quickly pluck them out.. dont know how many more of baby snails lurking out there

[zephyros]

saw this 2 shrimp in 69 position
are they mating? Also, not very clear from the pics
but the sakura is carrying eggs

[fireblade]

based on my limited knowledge, the plants should be as follow:

Behind left - Amazon Sword
Behind right - ?
Front left - Downoi
Front right - looks like flame moss with riccia

[zephyros]

thanks bro ... the downoi melted

[zephyros]

Took 2 pics of the baby shrimps besides the adult

[green palette]

whao bro is that black brush algae you have on your driftwood?? your shrimps look good! =)

[zephyros]

I'm a newbie and still pretty ignorant about the plants and algae. It comes with the
wood and as you can see from previous pics, I actualy bought Downoi which melted
away I still find the looks of the "brush" algae OK but think should read up more
just in case it can spread fast

[Foxtrotperv]

You are wither having flame moss or the-long-thought-extinct erect moss.

[boi_wave]

is there any C02 insertion in the tank?

[zephyros]

No CO2. this is a low tech tank.
read up on the BBA, and looks to be some troublesome algae.
It had spread a bit to other plants and I had trimeed them away.

Will remove the whole piece of wood as well.

cheers