New in aquascaping....

[davincey]

For newbies, cherry reds are the best. You can try Yamato shrimps too... they won't breed in freshwater.

[wongce]

help...i got snails in my tank....!! tiny round translucent shells (less than 1mm)..how to get rid of them??? put a copper coin into the tank?? i added some moss from a member into my tank...them i caught 3 tiny snails since yesterday... i removed the mosses n quarantine them... pls help on what should i do~~~

[davincey]

Ramhorns. Typically introduced when you add plants. If the numbers are small just pick them out with a pair of tweezers. If you have an infestation then you need to ask yourself if you have been overfeeding
Copper might affect them but not sure if small doses will kill them... don't think the copper coin would work lol. If you intend to keep shrimps do note that copper is lethal to shrimps. I've seen other bros using Assassin snails to get rid of ramhorns but yet to try it myself.

[wongce]

i am picking them up one by one..caught 3 tiny ones so far.. They are really small though..hope they won't reproduce soon..I did not find any big ones though...hopefully just the small ones....

[KITTY]

Hi Altum,

may i know your house location? as i might want to create like shadow's blog 2ft -river valley tank its really gorgeous
Aside to shadow:
any tips and how you started off in creating the aqauscapping on this piece? Appreciate your details on creation Cheers.

[David Moses Heng]

Hi Altum,

may i know your house location? as i might want to create like shadow's blog 2ft -river valley tank its really gorgeous
Aside to shadow:
any tips and how you started off in creating the aqauscapping on this piece? Appreciate your details on creation Cheers.

try pming you but seems that you have set your profile not to receive pms.

My location is at Yew Tee.

[KITTY]

yupz,is it becuase i'm new here? By the way, i have another previous ID but i lost it, been in AQ for quite sometime, so just got another ID here instead thanks for the offer,will let you know again

[KITTY]

sorry to post a want thread here, i need following plants: Tennulus, mini nanas, rotala,HC/Spiky moss. I unable to post at want thread as i guess i have restrictions. If any bros letting go and best if location @ tampines let me know. cheers

[wongce]

Hi all,I also need plants,I'm in woodlands or pasir ris area.. Any hardy plants are welcomed..I'm willing to pay reasonable... I'm looking for dw which looks like a tree..pls help...

Dear kitty,pls don't hijack my thread..lol..

[wongce]

Hi, anyone tried using RED CLAY SAND(i hope i got the name right)? its red to maroon coloured sand, izzit suitable for neons n guppys? hows the PH/GH changes? i have some guppies n neons...as i like small fishes...

[KITTY]

hey altum,

just wanna check with you, what are the aletrnative brands of fluid filter media to use other than filterstart/ easy life. Wonder if you know this two brands? I'm dropping by seaview this weekend and would like to grab fluid filter medias other than having my existing biohome home plus filter medias and sponges. As i will setting my new tank this weekend, hope to find alternative source in seaview cheers.
are nanas, HC/Mosses hardy enough? Lightings is 55w pl light enough? i saw some bros using 36w PL but some used 55w. Appreciate
For a start., after adding in plants, need to immediate on the lights for 4hrs?

[davincey]

Never tried red clay sand before but I think clay based substrates tend to lower ph? Not too sure about that. Neons are fine with lower ph, guppies tend to do better in neutral to more alkaline water like most livebearers do. Typically they would have no problems adapting to your aquarium as long as you avoid the extremes. I've kept neons and guppies in moderately hard water with ph at around 7 but my guppies didn't breed in my aquarium back then.

KITTY!! stop hijacking wongce's thread :P

[KITTY]

did i hijacking his thread? i'm just asking around. in that case, i wont chat here. no point chatting here.

[wongce]

haha..Kitty, its ok .. just joking... as long you share with me the plants u got ....:P we are all newbies ...

davincey, my got 2 guppy fry in my nano...hehe..2 fries...:P very very happy.. i'm grinning now.... current set up is java moss, Java Ferns , Marino, hornwort... the fries are hiding around the hornwort... My DW is tanning the tank.. never test PH before..but all fishes seems very happy swiming around chasing my finger...so should be ok?

In addition...all bros pls help, i'm thinking of doing a landscape using lapis n red clay sand ... but not sure is clay sand is ok for my fishes can any bro clarify?

[davincey]

Alamak... Just kidding! Ok, maybe the smiley didn't come out properly... :P

[wongce]

later kitty bite u...LOL

any one tried red clay sand/gravel before? i googled..only seachem gravel appeared,which is almost same ...but the one i saw don't have brands...

[KITTY]

haha, its ok nahz, i'm not that petty anyway, i thinking to grow riccia, but i know for 2ft tank, this plant need high lighting comsumption. care to share your tank ? i gg to start setting up this weekend, anyway thinking to buy ADA with mixture of some advanced sand, and also ADA sarawak sand for cosmetic purpose of the riverbed, haha... i need to get tennulus and rotala for background. hope i can succeed haha, previously grwon some plants in my 3ft tank, tiger lotus is real challeng, but amazon sword plant is really long lasting... and my nanas are the longest survvor champs! haha...low light also can survive valleniras(not sure i spell correctly) the long thin grass like, at first it was nice, soon after turns yellow and leafs get thinning and thinning and melt...and CAMBOBA really rocks...but grow too fast with my CO2 injection..everyweek have to trim.. trim until my fish gets mad i guess...haha
now i downgrading my tank as need space, so decided to go for 2ft tank set up. hope i can get it done 'swee swee' this week hohoho...
i never had mosses, so wonder if its easy?

[KITTY]

for your info Kitty is not my name cant find a good name just wondering if bros thinks i'm sissy to have this name... but i'm not a bro haha... i'm a female who loves in rearing fish and aquascapping for 8 years best hobby in the whole world evertone ask me why i love guy's hobby, i could not find any reason for that, but just fell in love with this hobby, perhaps i'm a pieces
haha..i wont roar at anyone, ok?

[wongce]

erm, don't worry... all are welcomed..btw, nothing wrong with that name... maybe because i love animals...erm aquascaping is not a guy exclusive hobby anyway... fyi, i do gardening too...i have 2 pots of flowers and some ..pandan leaves..LOL

From your post...you are not a newbie then.... my self intro: i have fish rearing exp (around 8 years) but i never try life plants though..no money while i'm a student.. and aquascaping not that popular during that period.. Nice to meet you kitty...

i'm ordered a 2 feet tank..which is arriving this week...hope to get it as early as possible... Kitty, you seems to have a matured tank... share some photo pls my nano is quite basic at the moment.. too messy to share...LOL

i'm restarting my hobby ..just started a NANO... hehe as i mentioned earlier in my post... I'm going low tech... normal light...no CO2..haha.. cuz i'm LAZZZYYY

[KITTY]

u ordered from who and how much? actually i also quite new here lost of old ID in AQ, so registered a new one. i posted some ohotos last time, couldn't find, maybe this web already archive my tank photos. ow i'm decomming my tank as my 3ft tank seems like going to give way which i have been using for for 5 yrs(2nd hand) passed dwon from my cousins's boss who use this tank for 3 yrs. so this tank is quite sturdy(cr aquarium tank)
u aleady added substrates? my mum just threw 2 huge pack of gravels and black sands, if not i can passed to you. She thought i giving up my hobby, so she threw it away coz it just block her way..haha..wasted isn't it.. i have to see if i have more stones/sands or ect, if have excess, will let u know where do u stay? i stay in tampines