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Hi guys, i'm currently using EI dosing method, based on james' website. 33g KNO3 7g KPO4 250ml water 10g trace mix (not sure of trace composition) 250ml water tank size is 90cmX45X45. i'm using Aquasoil Amazonia 2. therefore i'm dosing 10ml of macro solution every 2 days as compared to...

Just wondering, has anybody used this? i just got this for my 3 feet tank (90X45X45) and would like to know about this more.

Hi all, I've received some stalks of blyxa japonica through post. the condition of the plant is not good as some leaves melted and its turn yellowish. its still alive though. i've dropped these temporarily into my smaller tank, as my 3 feet tank is not ready yet. i've tied it to some stones to...

Hi folks. i like this plant. it is slow growing, and has red-brown if given the right condition. anybody has experience with this? there's a picture of it here http://www.plantgeek.net/images/plantpics/hcompact2.jpg i was informed that this plant requires high amount of light. how light do i...

Hi people. i've got myself a 2nd hand braceless 3 footer. (90cmX45cmX45cm) Aquasoil amazonia 2 lighting - 4 X 36 Watt PLL tubes filtration - getting Ecco Pro 2036 pressurised CO2 plants - still undecided fauna - undecided i may look for other smaller stones as the small stones are not...

I'm planning my next tank, probably 3ft or 4ft. I like lights that have ripple effect on the substrate and plants, unlike normal PL tubes. I was told that only metal halide lamps are able to give such effect :( its expensive and makes the water temperature too high, i'll need a chiller with...

Any good recommendation? i'm thinking EHEIM as its a more popular brand over here. i was recommended a model which has rate of 600litres per hour (likely not enough for 3feet to achieve 10X turnover rate per hour) what are the other things or features that i should look out for on a particular...

Hi people... i've read the discussion on water column dosing vs substrate dosing. But i'm just curious what difference would it make. therefore i've bought some empty capsules and stuffed some KNO3 and KH2PO4 in, and then inserted it in a small portion of my tank with hair grass... (foreground...

after the initial planting stage, how fast does it take for hair grass to grow and spread across? i've planted mine for 2 weeks+ now, seems quite slow to take off. is it better to trim first to stimulate faster growth? as the existing hair grass seemed to have been in emersed form previously...

About 2 months back, plants in my aquarium was doing really bad. glosso melts, moss that did not really take off started dying, other plants's growth just sort of stopped. that was the period where weather was rather hot here, at least 30C everyday. it didnt occur to me that water temperature...

I recently got some tonina fluviatilis, and thus need soft water. Now the question is how do i make it soft? First, forgive me that i have weak understanding of GH and KH and am trying to see if there was any previous discussion. so can someone explain in some layman's term? :D If the water...

Hi guys, i have a HOB filter for my 27 litres tank. But i havent have any success on my carpet plants - glosso. i am very much convinced that i had improved my CO2, lighting and dosing. The other plants are doing well except for the glosso. while i still see CO2 bubbles from the diffuser gets...

Hi all, my glosso have not been spreading well. And worse, its dying.... new leaves still sprouts, but more are actually rotting. some have pinholes, some looked like sth has been munching on them (unlikely due to my stocks). everyday i need to remove floating dead glosso leaves. this is bad...

i'm considering setting up a shrimp tank. any advice how should the layout be, the plants, the lights, hardscape? i've seen a iwagumi style tank, planted with only HC for shrimps. looks quite cool actually. but then there isnt any place for it to hide from the light. i'm not sure if it will...

hi all, need some help. my plant was growing well... it was under a light too high, however had some algae problem. so i lowered it. but after a week plus or so, it starts to rot. the leaves would just disintegrate. other plants were doing fine. it just wouldnt grow. at the same time i've also...

there's some Endler's at an aquarium shop here. and i' very tempted to change my cardinal tetras to these :lol: ... my aquarium is 27 litres and i think the cardinals are slightly too large for it in a shoal. i also suspect they eat my cherry shrimps. Anybody had experience with the endler's...

Hi ppl, I'm just wondering, whats the difference between ADA's Amazonia and other line of ADA substrates like Malaya/Africana. I was told that there isnt much difference in terms of its compound/nutrients, just its colour. However i realise that most people who posted in the journals who use...

My tank has cloudy water! last weekend, i replaced some of the bio balls in my filter. then within 2-3 days, the water had become very cloudy. the bio balls had been there for almost 18 mths, so i replaced almost half of it with new ones thinking it would provide larger area for bacteria and be...

hi all, this happened a few weeks back. What happened was I overdosed the CO2 for a too long period. almost half of the cardinal tetras died, while the remaining had white spots on their bodies. each fish had about 6 or 7 small but visible spots on their bodies. i forgot to inspect the dead...