45 days of my 2nd moss tank + update...

[jiiang]

hi all , I'm newbie and this is my first post in this area.

now is my 2nd moss tank.

Name: small village of shrimps.
Dimentions (LxDxH, cm): 60x30x40
Capacity, litres: 72
Age, day: 45
substrate: ADA & Gex
Plants: mini fiss ,flame moss ,peacook moss, java moss, Echinodorus tenellus, Microsorum pteropus “Narrow” and Bolbitis ,..
Fish: red cherry shrimps, Crayfish Mexican - CPO, Neon tetra, neon glassfish,
Lighting Type/Power: Boyu 10000k - 36W
Linghting Time of a day: 9h
CO2 System: 0.5bps
Filtration: jebo 503 - 6w

day 1st. planning - ...



day 14th. finnish planning ...



day 38th. a bit reset



day 44th. 29/9/09 after a bit reset



Could every one give me some advises ? should I change something in there?

ps: happy to listen people's ideas..

[lorba]

Hi Jiiang,

nice tank you have there.

What is the foreground?

I suggest you cutting the java fern and bolbitis down to rhziome and let them grow back in better form.

perhaps you want to change your light to something that distributes more evenly.

[marle]

I like it, but like lorba, feel that the background plants needs a little trimming to enhance the overall look.

[jiiang]

Hi Jiiang,

nice tank you have there.

What is the foreground?

I suggest you cutting the java fern and bolbitis down to rhziome and let them grow back in better form.

perhaps you want to change your light to something that distributes more evenly.

hi lorba, nice to meet you, and thanks for your advise I'm going to cut the fern soon. ( althought the last time I already tried to cut one of my bunch bolbitis but I nerver seen them grow back, ?)
the foreground is natural mini fissident, there are a lots in my country, people exploit them from nature, it costs 10$/ 1 m2

I like it, but like lorba, feel that the background plants needs a little trimming to enhance the overall look.

hi marle, thanks for your same idiea with lorba.

add some pictures -
one of my super rc was eating food ... she hidden her eggs...



close up & show up


shrimp hunter! ... be careful

[wong1979]

Nice & natural.

I think I have that mini fissiden too but I found it in Singapore, growing terrestrially on a small stone. It has since developed submersed leaves and the growth rate is very slow. Are yours attached to something?

[jiiang]

Nice & natural.
I think I have that mini fissiden too but I found it in Singapore, growing terrestrially on a small stone. It has since developed submersed leaves and the growth rate is very slow. Are yours attached to something?

hi wong
yes, I tied some of them on rocks, and on bark. I found that they adhered on bark than rock as I unravel thread out of them.
minifiss of mine also developed ubmersed leaves, I agree with you that they grow slow but nice, I like this point because they wont change my aquascape in long-term, and no need to pare.

[Tian85]

Will like to know what type of Eriocaulon is that on the right hand coner of the tank. How big can it grow to??

[EvolutionZ]

wow.. that mini fissiden lawn!.. very nice.

[jiiang]

Will like to know what type of Eriocaulon is that on the right hand coner of the tank. How big can it grow to??

Hi Tian85
that is Eriocaulon sp from Vietnam, I tried to find the name of it for you but that seems be not on the google. let me ask people in my Vietnamese forum, aswer you later.

in the good condition, it will be long 7.5 cm. I bought it from a person who exploited in rice-field near his town. it might cost 5 cent of Sing $ in my country but in Aus it cost over 10$

wow.. that mini fissiden lawn!.. very nice.

hi Evolutionz, thanks for your comment .

[jiiang]

I like your setup very much......how do u maintain it? Wat u do daily? weekly?monthly?

thanks gnihc11, I'm a new aquarium addict so I care my tank every night for relaxing when I come back from my college, is that good!?

add some pics.
would you like to see my DIY chiller that can use for my 72lit tanks and cool down my tank to 25*C ?
total cost: 20S$ and free old mini fridge from my mom, she doesnt want to use it so I ask it for me.

here that is
1. 3,8 m long inox pipe.



small pump in side.


the result is


at mid night it can cool down to 24,5*C

[Xianghao]

nice scape you have there? may i ask you achieve your fissiden foreground? I tried tying with wire mesh but after months of slow growth it still seems like more wire mesh then fissiden.

[jiiang]

nice scape you have there? may i ask you achieve your fissiden foreground? I tried tying with wire mesh but after months of slow growth it still seems like more wire mesh then fissiden.

my esperience is mini fissidens will grow better if you tie them carefully on small lava rock (3-6 cm), or drift wood, in 25-27*C, add a bit CO2, you will see different result after months.
wire mesh is not suitable for growing this mini fiss.
I hope some advises above could be useful for you.

[dna9179]

Can show us how u DIY your chiller?

[jiiang]

Can show us how u DIY your chiller?

oh! I sold it to buy the old Misubishi one, ( cost 80 S$)
because the mini one is slow (a day) to cool down ,just only 72l tank to 25*C, so I decided to change it with higher capacity to cool down 2 my (72l) tanks to under 25*C at the same time just in 6-8 hours,
I borrow the idea from a member (Cuội) in my Vietnamese forum,

it's quite simple but also have some prolems about the bigger size of the doble door refrigerated cabinet ( maybe I should put coke or pepsi in cool cabinet to drink when I contemplate my tanks )


1. firstly, I asked the seller (repairman) to chisel through the Freeze cabinet , of course I have to mesure the diameter of inox pine . here is the pics





after that, put the roll inox pipe into the freeze cabinet, and fit 2 short inox pipes to the holds.


a mini pump cost 3 S$ is used for pumping the water from the box into tank.



ps: the water from the tank flows through 2 m long inox pipe in the freeze cabinet to the box which is same water level with the water level of the tank, so it makes a circle water flow.





the result is
too much vapour on the glass surface, hard to see




have a nice weekend - everyone

total I have to spent for this, is around 100 S $ = 1 chiller cool down 24*C for 2 - 72l tanks

[jamesneo]

Your DIY chiller is really creative. Unfortunately, my tank is in the living room and my fridge is at the kitchen.

By the way, to chisel through the fridge, where or which part of the fridge did u choose ie. Front/back/side ? What is the depth for this hole?

[jiiang]

Your DIY chiller is really creative. Unfortunately, my tank is in the living room and my fridge is at the kitchen.

By the way, to chisel through the fridge, where or which part of the fridge did u choose ie. Front/back/side ? What is the depth for this hole?

hi jamesneo, I chose the back side of the fridege to chisel, eah hole's depth is about 10 cm, the aluminium outside, cellular plastic between, thin plastic slice inside.

[jiiang]

today update - 22/10/09

day 70th



day 80th; moving all fish out, replace them by CRS -



My new CRS project : started with 5 - now only 2 survive -



I'm going to add 10 grade S more at this weekend - will update for everyone enjoy

cheers!

[Xianghao]

hi, what i'm confused with your DIY chiller set up is, the mini-pump from the box pumps cool water back to the tank. But how does water flow from the tank to the mini-fridge?

[jiiang]

hi, what i'm confused with your DIY chiller set up is, the mini-pump from the box pumps cool water back to the tank. But how does water flow from the tank to the mini-fridge?

because the water level in both tank and the box are always balances until both have same water level- that's a simeple concept of water pressure-
but I found out that it only works effectively when the in and outs of the pipes must always under the water -

[ranmasatome]

getting better and better!!!