Recent content by strolgen

Make it 3. Aerospace here too. I design landing gear; work on Falcon 7X (Dassault Aviation) and today on the Boeing 787 (design the steering mechanism on the nose gear).

Update on DSM Thank you everyone for advises and comments. Very appreciated. So I guess it is time for an update ... So far so good, I'm having some issue with one plant as you will see in the pictures below but overall I'm relatively satisfied with where it's going. I do have to trim though...

Algae film Hereunder is a pretty good link on algae film / scum . http://aquariumalgae.blogspot.com/2007/ ... algae.html Cheers, Strolgen

Ok may be I'm getting a little too existed here but it's GROWING !! :mrgreen: Having a few shots of eleocharis acicularis 1 in long already after couple days is very satisfying 8) following are some of my crappy photos :oops: I think I have too much water too in there :?. I will try...

Re: Another go to planted tank I've been trying to get a carpet growth with eleocharis acicularis for quite awhile now and never succeded. DSM seems to be the magical method for it. Since I'm not in a hurry, this method suits my needs. Algae is something I need to work on and I'm not in a...

Hey guys, I will begin with : Tank spec : 10US gallons ( All glass ) LxDxH : 20x10-1/2x12 Filtration : Fluval 205 Lights : 15 watts at first, I can bump it up to 30w if needed Substrate : Flora base ( red sea) CO2 : none but will be using seachem flourish excel Fertilizer : I wil be asking...

Never too late to answer .... I wonder if it has been cause by over dosing the fert ( micro elements) which contains copper ... Not sure though. Anyway, it is time for a rescape ! Below are the last shot as well as the pictures of my home made canopy :) ( I 'm quite happy with the canopy so...

I have one species of cryptocoryne ( brown leaves ) which melted away last week even though nothing change in the tank. Another cryp species ( green leave ; sorry for the poor name description ) is doing fine though. Other plants are doing fine: varieties of fern and ... Eleocharis acicularis...

thanks. appreciated. Update: Plants are doing fine but not the shrimps. I had a dead one that I noticed few days laters ... and so far lost all the adult shrimps except 1, not sure about the young shrimps. I'll give the young shrimp 2-3 more weeks to grow , if I don't see them I will take it...

I will post a picture later today (at work currently). It will be better than me trying to describe it with my bad english. :D I do know about these black spots/spores on the underside of the plants as describe in your link. I have it on the two other varieties of Microsorum pteropus...

What could be the cause this ? It appeared on older leaves. Photos can be posted if needed. Can the black mark be reversed? ( turn back green ). Plants looks/seems healthy ( growing new leaf) FYI, Misc' known informations: - non-CO2 10gallons US tank lite with 15watt 8 hours a day - filtration...

I need to keep this receipe in mind, always had a hard time to properly dose the yeast and baking soda. How long does it run with this proportion ? I have two of this nutrafin ladder and I love them. It is nice to see the bubble raising while their size decrease. It was making me confident that...

No water change ... Hi guys, So for the past 2 weeks and I did not do my weekly water change ( 40-45%). The reason being my issues with algae ( mostly BBA) after each water change ! Anyway, the hair grass is recovering slowly ... Used to have patches of BBA all over :x Well it is still there...

I only look at pictures and "contruction step information" (I scroll down/skip most of the comments to be honest :lol: ). I also like to see the different step that bring the tank to maturity. Cheers, Strolgen

N has nothing to do with Nitrogen in TPN :lol: oh ... I think messed up with the NPK acronyme! :oops: Anyway, knowing that the tank is "fishless" ( at the exception of two otocinclus ), Is the TPN+ alone will add enough of Nitrogen and Phosphorus? I don't feed that much the shrimps, I don't...