my tank(s) update

**lorba** · 6th Jun 2003, 17:08

tanks in cubicle

**lorba** · 27th Jul 2003, 22:46

Updated on my 3ft @ home, see 1st post for link.

Rescaped the tank a month ago after I laid my hands on several pots of bolbitis. The scaping is still messing. What's worse, I've washed the filter too clean(?) and now, bacteria bloom.

**chua** · 28th Jul 2003, 00:01

Hi lorba

Did you use any fan or chiller for your mosses?
They look very nice.
What is the temperature of your tank then?

Thks

**lorba** · 28th Jul 2003, 00:27

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On 7/28/2003 12:01:55 AM
Did you use any fan or chiller for your mosses?
They look very nice.
What is the temperature of your tank then?
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The mosses are only 1 month old in the tank, I am using 1 AC fan and the temperature is about 27-28C.

The bolbits don't look great, I suspects it might be due to the high light?

**leafhorn** · 28th Jul 2003, 01:51

The hairgrass look like E tenelus to me, and the java fern look like bolbitis to me also, and its turning black?

**lorba** · 28th Jul 2003, 06:24

there is only tenullus, no hairgrass.

Bolbitis are indeed not getting too good.

**leafhorn** · 28th Jul 2003, 13:59

Yah I think high light, mine turned black at high light also.

**mandz** · 28th Jul 2003, 16:53

hi lorba, do you mind sharing with me the specs for your shrimp tank? thanks.

**lorba** · 28th Jul 2003, 21:48

mandz, the shrimp tank now is much thicker with the moss. Anyway, its 13W clip light over the 15x10cm(shld be) tank. No fert no co2. Water change per week.

**mandz** · 28th Jul 2003, 21:52

hi lorba, thanks for your input.

i have a 1ft tank with 11w PL. occasional CO2 tablets and i have DIY cooling fans bringing down the temp to abt 27 deg C. however, my moss doesn't seem to be growing well and my pH is always very high, about 7.5 to 8. hence, i have lots of trouble trying to keep the shrimps alive! you know whats the problem? whats with the high pH? i've been doing weekly changes and it's still like that....

**mandz** · 28th Jul 2003, 21:53

oh i have a thin layer of base fert. should i be removing that?

**lorba** · 28th Jul 2003, 22:00

could it be the co2 tablet? Or do u have ADA soil? I have only wood and moss, no gravel/substrate.

I avoid fertilizers as the shrimp poo are one big load in there. Moss can do well without the co2. When i am in the office, i feed rather heavily, 2 algae pellet / day.

My water change has always been 50% since its a small tank.

**mandz** · 28th Jul 2003, 22:33

CO2 tablet? hmmm i dun know abt that. does your moss grow fast or slow? mine is extremely slow....

**lorba** · 28th Jul 2003, 22:50

how long was it in your tank? As i mentioned, during the first month, they just look dirty and brown.

Forgot to mention, the water is about 22C, in the office.

**lorba** · 30th Jul 2003, 13:54

More updates on my shrimp tank and office tanks. The smaller tanks are all rescaped a month ago.

Planted Tank Folders

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3ft @ home

1.5ft Alpha @ Office

1.5ft Bravo @ Office

Shrimp tank Alpha @ office

**joe** · 30th Jul 2003, 14:23

I like ur 1.5ft Bravo office tank [:

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Btw, care to share the details of the tank and your fertiliation regime for this tank? How do you keep the polysperma so low? Mine keeps growing tall FAST! The center plant is e.stella?