Can anyone recommend a few interesting LFS?

[5stars]

[QUOTE=howie;697121]Only managed to check out two aquariums @ Hougang this afternoon.

Nature View Aquarium - Small, nothing much. Both shopkeeper and shophand don't seem to be keen to do my business even though there's just one other customer. Np, I just moved on.
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Actually, Natural View Aquarium is the best place to buy really cheap and good fish and shrimps (only $.5 for a cardinal tetra or cherry shrimp!!!), only thing is that they don't have much variety since their shop is so small.

An Aquatic Plants Farm I would recommend is Irwana in Pasir Farmway. They have a large selection of plants, depending on the season and day, and they do custom driftwoods too.

[Gambusia]

How thanks howie! Very informative article!

[howie]

How thanks howie! Very informative article!

You're welcome! Glad you find it useful!

[RenesisTurbo]

Hi,I am new here and I have been keeping and breeding livebearers like platies and swordtails all my life.Scrapped my 2 feet by 1 feet fish tank in 2010 cos I got married that year and am moving into my new flat this year.Thinking of building a heavily planted 3 feet by 1 feet tank when I move in 3 months time.The new tank will be powered by a Eheim Professional 3 external filter which is supposed to clean up 350 liters of water in the tank.

The livestock will consist of:

-10 platies
-4 Bosemani Rainbowfishes
-6 lyretail or sailfin mollies
-4 Corydoras
-a school of 10-14 lemon or glowlight tetras

Just want to ask if my Eheim external filter is overpowered and too much for my new tank?I am thinking of making a trip down to Seaview in a few months time cos they stock Eheim filters too but are they still located in Seletar or they moved to a new location?Had not been there since I got married a few years ago.

[milk_vanilla]

Heavily Planted 350 L tank is quite huge,

i suggest you should have minimum 2x Eheim pro 3 that have 1500L/H (each) i can't remember the model code number. even the biggest pro 3x single won't suffice for your requirement.

And Seaview yet moved till this point of time.

[Ipit]

There's a new placebto visit in seletar farmway now. I saw the advert on gumtree quoting 20 - 30% discount and they did mention scaping materials in the advert.

Have not visited them yet though

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[RenesisTurbo]

Heavily Planted 350 L tank is quite huge,

i suggest you should have minimum 2x Eheim pro 3 that have 1500L/H (each) i can't remember the model code number. even the biggest pro 3x single won't suffice for your requirement.

And Seaview yet moved till this point of time.

I think you got it wrong bro.....I am planning to build a planted tank of 36 inches by 18 inches by 18 inches. My life support system for my tank will be Eheim Ecco 300.

The livestock will consist of:

-15 platies
-5 Bosemani Rainbowfishes
-4 Corydoras
-a school of 10-15 lemon or glowlight tetras
-3 lyretail mollies

Was wondering if my tank is overstocked and how is the power consumption for Eheim Ecco 300 like?

Thanks for the help!

[Urban Aquaria]

I think you got it wrong bro.....I am planning to build a planted tank of 36 inches by 18 inches by 18 inches. My life support system for my tank will be Eheim Ecco 300.


The livestock will consist of:


-15 platies
-5 Bosemani Rainbowfishes
-4 Corydoras
-a school of 10-15 lemon or glowlight tetras
-3 lyretail mollies


Was wondering if my tank is overstocked and how is the power consumption for Eheim Ecco 300 like?


Thanks for the help!

I'm using the Eheim Ecco Pro 300 for my 2ft planted tank and i find that it's just right for that tank volume of around 64 liters. It runs at 750 l/ph flow rate but uses only 8 watts, therefore quite energy efficient.

For your planted 3ft tank and intended bio-load, that filter model would probably be too small for it... you should look at larger filters with higher flow rates instead, try to go for 8-10x tank volume turnover as a guideline. A higher flow rate is needed in planted tanks to create sufficient circulation to get nutrients and Co2 to all the plants, especially when plant growth becomes dense.

So for a 90cm x 45cm x 45cm tank, which is around 180+ liters, you should be looking at much larger filters that run at 1,800+ l/ph (or maybe install 2 filters that run at 900-1,000+ l/ph each, could help cover dead spots more efficiently in the tank too).

[KilliNewbie]

Anyone know good lfs in the east that can be reached by puplic transport ? Need a handful of new plants for new setup

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[AQMS]

These are the 3 LSF that i usually go to in the east that can be reached by public transport and it near my place.

K & K Aquarium & Bird Centre
Blk 201D, Tampines St 21, #01-1145, Singapore 524201
Tel: 6784 4578

Yun Feng Aquarium
Block 824, Tampines Street 81, #01-12 Singapore 520824
Tel: 9663 1546

Kohaku Aquarium and Fishing Accessories
416 Bedok North Ave 2
#01-19 S460416
Mobile: 64460884

there are also others like

Green Chapter
565 Macpherson Road #01-00 Singapore 368234
Tel :9155 3359

Fishy Bussiness
Address / Blk 304 Ubi Ave 1 #01-125 [Spore]400304
Tel / 98259220
Email / [email protected]

Superstar Aquarium
Address / Blk 481 Tampines St 44 #01-269 S(520481)
Tel / 65883833

Do take note CNY is coming so its best to give the shop a call first before coming over.

[Phillipians]

Fishy business is now at Sims Place. And its a good place to purchase all your plants. 1 stop shop

[KilliNewbie]

Yea but going there can be a hassle for me

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[AQMS]

Fishy business is now at Sims Place. And its a good place to purchase all your plants. 1 stop shop

oh yes, totally missed that.

[DawnDeuce]

Rainbow Aquarium at Sungei Tengah also seems to be quite big with many plants.