New set up: Comments and feedback welcome

**alvinchan80** · 14th Nov 2010, 02:41

Latest update 14/11/2010:

Equipment-
Eheim Installation Kit 1 (replace intake)
Gex Slim Hang On Filter (to increase surface agitation)

Fauna-
65 Crystal Red & Black Diamond Shrimps (CRS/BDS)
3 Oto (total)
2 Rasbora

Flora-
2 mesh of matured US Fissiden
Red Leaf Rotala (replace the rotala at the back of the main rock on left)

**alvinchan80** · 14th Nov 2010, 02:45

Thanks for viewing...
Hope everyone enjoy and feedback & comments are most welcome...

**alvinchan80** · 15th Nov 2010, 12:45

After clearing up some frogbits & some 'housekeeping' done....

here is the updates of the new tank...
additional stuff added:

BorneoWild 17mm Lily Pipe
GUSH Rubber Stainless Steel Mesh (attached to GEX HOF)

Subwassertang (1 piece)
Mini Xmas Moss (self tied to a green net on a rock) *hope it grows out nice*

Frontal View:

Right Side View:

Left Side View:

Valley of 'Shrimps':

Pearling HC:

Finally the residents!!

Oh ya... The shrimps are being very 'naughty'.. they have been trying to uproot my HC and also causing quite an erosion on my left cliff..
*wonder if i can spank their butt or trained them to be more discipline.. LOL*

**Navanod** · 15th Nov 2010, 14:49

One shot intro so many shrimps bro?
Keep an eye on your ammonia and nitrite, there should not be any. But with a sudden introduction of many shrimps, it may come back for awhile as the bacteria needs time to adjust. If you see any NH3 or NO2 that can be detected on your kits, quickly change water

Nothing can be done about the uprooting. Just keep planting back.
The right side is super bare...surely will erode by shrimps, ahhaha

**alvinchan80** · 15th Nov 2010, 14:56

Originally Posted by Navanod

One shot intro so many shrimps bro?
Keep an eye on your ammonia and nitrite, there should not be any. But with a sudden introduction of many shrimps, it may come back for awhile as the bacteria needs time to adjust. If you see any NH3 or NO2 that can be detected on your kits, quickly change water

Nothing can be done about the uprooting. Just keep planting back.
The right side is super bare...surely will erode by shrimps, ahhaha

i one shot introduce all my shrimps over.. hahaha... den full decom of the old tank immediately once i make sure none are left...

so i should keep a look out on my ammonia and nitrite again? right now, i still have a good mortality rate of zero... *touchwood none starts sleeping on the floor*
i should be changing water sometime this weekend or tomorrow night at the earliest... but same problem which i feel will happen about the water disturbing the soil...

those shrimps just love to dig especially at those HC which are just starting to leg... (-_-")
actually i am not worried about the right side.. but its the left side which they are causing the erosion, surprisingly the right side is totally untouched or no erosion seen...

**Avant-Garde** · 15th Nov 2010, 22:22

hey alvin, sorry i was out the whole day. great tank you have there, i love the two patches of lush, green US fissiden. btw, what's HC? they look really nice as foreground plants. your tank has chiller and inject CO2?

**alvinchan80** · 16th Nov 2010, 00:40

Originally Posted by Avant-Garde

hey alvin, sorry i was out the whole day. great tank you have there, i love the two patches of lush, green US fissiden. btw, what's HC? they look really nice as foreground plants. your tank has chiller and inject CO2?

Thanks for comments bro avant.. HC is Hemianthus callitrichoides.. My tank has to have chiller as my shrimps require cold water and co2 as my plants (HC) requires high co2 & high lights..

Right now, my HC has started creeping & are pearling quite often.. So I assume that they should be alright..

I have just pulled out some overgrown HC & tried planting on the right empty portion of the tank.. Hope they will root & creep soon...

**equidorz** · 17th Nov 2010, 12:16

ALVIN!!! Try placing the fissiden mesh on top of the right stones. if it looks nice you might just want to tie the fissiden on the rock. It should look more natural.

**alvinchan80** · 17th Nov 2010, 12:52

Originally Posted by equidorz

ALVIN!!! Try placing the fissiden mesh on top of the right stones. if it looks nice you might just want to tie the fissiden on the rock. It should look more natural.

bro, you will be surprised how nicely the 3 meshes fits behind the 'valley'.. and i have created a fissiden path through the valley... hahaha....

will upload photos when more stuff matured...

Should I get get more GEX powder soil to top up and add on top of those HC which seems to be uprooted or soil exposed due to shrimps being 'naughty' to cause an erosion...

**blue33** · 17th Nov 2010, 14:24

Alvin, read here

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...rules_language

next time, your thread will be delete without any notice. House rules.

**alvinchan80** · 17th Nov 2010, 14:44

Originally Posted by blue33

Alvin, read here

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...rules_language

next time, your thread will be delete without any notice. House rules.

alright.. sorry, type too fast...

**alvinchan80** · 19th Nov 2010, 14:28

Latest Update:

3 meshes of Mini Fissiden added between the valley to create a fissiden moss path...

**equidorz** · 20th Nov 2010, 02:04

Alvin, The contrast between the Hc and the Fissiden kinda of wierd leh.. You try resting the fissiden mesh on the rocks and take a picture. Lets see how it turns out to be?

**Navanod** · 22nd Nov 2010, 17:07

Haha...nice path bro...

BUT!

Its too straight and unnatural. haha!
Maybe can give it sometime and see how it looks when the HC grows more

**alvinchan80** · 23rd Nov 2010, 15:30

Originally Posted by Navanod

Haha...nice path bro...

BUT!

Its too straight and unnatural. haha!
Maybe can give it sometime and see how it looks when the HC grows more

I am almost on the verge of removing the fissiden path and planting full HC... Hahaha...
My fissiden are almost fully covered by soil after the shrimps try to flatten my landscape with their persistent uplifting of my soil from everywhere especially the cliffs & slopes.. Am doing almost daily scooping with a small spoon to move soil from lower level to higher level..
Didn't know that they are very good creatures at moving my soil around.. Darn!!