Reply With Quote
haha, your leak test photo is SCARY!!! with power point just behind your tank!
Picked up an old 2 feet tank that people threw away at the bottom of my block on my way out for work and now it is my new CRS tank.
Tank: 60cm x 30cm x 45cm
Background: NIL
Soil: ADA Amazonia II
Flora: Hair grass, Christmas moss(to be added later) and some low tech stem plant
Light: 2 x 24W T5HO
Leak test...
Equipment ready...
Set up in progress on Day 0. Blue hue is due to the yet to be replaced actinic tube that came with the light fixture that I got from relative's marine tank.
Minor planting on Day 1. Hair grass are from the remaining that I have been cultivating in my other tank. (Oops, sorry about the dish. Forgotten to remove before taking photos)
The moss on wire mesh are flame moss which I am cultivating it there temporary for my Nano.
Jeffrey
My 1st 1 FT Cube Tank \ My 2nd 2 FT Tank | My 3rd Nano Scape Tank | Shrimp Tank | 3 FT Planted Discus
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
haha, your leak test photo is SCARY!!! with power point just behind your tank!
Haha, this is the best alarm to let me know if the tank is leaking when the power trips.Originally Posted by Mr.Oink
Anyway just joking, it was an interim setup while I figure out a better way to route my wires without extra cost as the tanks are quite far from the power point.
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
You might want to spread the power plugs. Too close might short circuit.
Thanks, Already spread out. Now the timer is extending out to a single power strip where all the lights and fan are plug in to. Filters are on a different power strip.
Anyway the old setting had been running for months on my Nano far far away from the tank.
As mentioned, the setting in the first photo is temporary. it is gone in later photos. I am as concern with the safety so no worries.
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
if you see another tank below would you start another new setup?
Nope, I will sell it to you. :P Initially wanted to set it up on my 3 feet till I found this.if you see another tank below would you start another new setup?
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
Progress update on day 2...
Tied Christmas Moss(from my main tank) on DW.
FTS
Closer
Planted some stem plant that I got together with my RCS few months ago on the right back. Till now I still don't know what plant is this...
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
Can't wait to see your residents move in
Hehe, you gonna have to wait for 1 month or so as I intend to wait for the hair grass to spread. Maybe you will see a snail in there once I have the cycle.Can't wait to see your residents move in
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
hello do you have spare christmas moss? i am interested
Do you mean tied to wood already or loose one.
haha, i have 2 fronds spare in my quarantine tank. :P Just joking...
I believe a lot of the LFS got sell also or post in the Want to Get section.
I just pluck so many out from the top of the "tree", need to let it recover first.
The wood I got is BAD wood. it is not properly treated and confirm not natural DW or BW. It is man made one.
It is decaying in the tank and getting moldy.
Some update take yesterday.
Transferred my Marimo Moss ball over from my other tank.
Oh oh.. Green Hair Algae attack on Christmas moss and mosquito larvae found wriggling in the soil area. Need to get some Yamato in to tackle the algae. Added 2 Oto yesterday so spot algae is taken care off for now together with a Horned Nerite snail. Suppose to get mosquito fish to tackle the larvae but looking at the surface agitation created by the output, I doubt they have chance to grow up and leave the tank. The eggs must be laid during the first few days before I install the filter while the water was still.
Today measured traces of NitrAte at around 5-10 ppm. Wohoo 2 more weeks and I can start adding shrimps.
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
Video update... No CRS yet but got 2 Yamato shrimps as commando and algae clean up crew.
bro regarding the mould like stuff excreting from your bogwood, its actually very normal when the bogwood initially gets soaked.. usually i leave it and let it go away by itself, and it doesn't reappear after the wood has been fully soaked..
Thanks. It is almost all gone now. I knew about it before I got it.
And thanks to the snail, the wood is nice and smooth now.
Rearrange the tanks onto a proper 3 feet rack.
FTS (Day 18 )
New Layout
My new investment for breeding CRS.
6 in 1 (pH °C °F %RH EC CF TDS) Monitor Meter
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
No CRS but Yamato shrimp again...
Jeffrey
The Estimative Index(EI) of Dosing
Freshwater Algae Types: An Illustrated Guide
Posting Permissions
Bookmarks