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unlike my magical capacity to tame myna i also have a speciality in taming b.dis

this is my hand raised badis.badis now adult no handling sessions as of yet

metal halides are the best

ligthing frequencies is the range output of the wavelength of the lighting as you know light vibrates within a spectrum of volatility within certain ranges for each nano mole of spectrum of which each spectrum has a different interpolar exceeding the manual frequencies of their wavelength...

30cm of the water gives your a par range of 165 nano mole, so that should mean you plants are getting an everage watt of 15 microgrammes of photosynthetic output per minute for nutrition building input. most plants only need 10 microgrammes of nutrient output to sustain their surivval that means...

brown diatom means there is excess nutrients, let it cycle

easy just buy a hob filter fill it with nylon string put strong light on the back of the filter where the nylons strings are leave it for a week put some soil in and you have cellular activity edit: natural filtration

you would need at least an par outlet of 300 watts per gallon meaning that would be 255mm above the water surface with a depth of 45cm, lighting variation would be in the spectrum of above 127par of output wavelength meaning nearing the nano mole of 10^6.6.. so it would have to be on at least...

NO3 - ?? 100mill per week PO4 - ?? 145 mill per week K - ?? 2.25 mill per week Fe - ?? 75.5 mill per week Ca - ?? 97.2 mill per week Mg - ?? 69.8 mill per week water change twice a week dosage after water change 3 days apart

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Natural behabviour is a compodium of natural excess and unaltercated behaviour... responding to a situational position of its liking within circumstances of natural excess... size and volume of tank matter no more than the size it is willing to accomodate for itself in physical size of the fish...

Anyways creating a biotope is the most challenging occupation you can muster as complex dynamics of an ecosystem is far more challenging then a planted tank which does nothing to improve our knowledge of aquaculture and behabiourism of systemate fish and understanding how they function...

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The miss disguised pause in its behaviour suggest that it is not atypical but female in nature... im am expert on eastern aquaculture And because of its agressive nature its fry are also independent in nature Yet the prospects of raising a badis badis is thougher yet raising an wild caught...

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a semi adult badis.badis in her natural environment eats worms and fish fry

helo, i was just wondering where is the best place to insert a co2 atomizer in a sumped tank, without compromising the look of crystal clear water, i want to avoid having that fog in the tank or any kind of bubble...

as the title says i've finally figured out what it takes go grow hc, namely flow, and nutrient distribution, while light is largely a flexible variable here are some pics of some of the hc that grew wild on its own and is now planted in the foreground so finally figured it out i think this is...

Re: 90cm river bank scape (foreground experiment)pic heavy oh wow thanks a lot... will definitely get some good close ups... haven't even tried that part of photography yet will give it a shot :D hehe

Re: 90cm river bank scape (foreground experiment)pic heavy so a little update... added some anubias nana petite mini in the midground... here are some pics... just to give a better transition from foreground, midground and to the back... eeh getting somewhat philosophical now.. hehehe...

Re: 90cm river bank scape (foreground experiment)pic heavy was not too happy with the foreground, the pennywort being strandy and all... so decided to give it a good trim and push the weeds into the ground, but since the roots are still too much of a focul point when looking at the scape from...

hey why not instead of upgrading this current low tech tank, instead invest in a bigger high tech tank, since this tank is almost maintenance free i think having another tank, high tech, wouldn't be much of a hassle... :!: i actually got rid of all my other small tanks i had when i moved to...

that last pic looks soo tropical, reminds me of the unkept edges of the padi fields i've seen driving by... if i could do that look with my tank, i'd be a happy guy... :lol:

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (mostly full)pic heavy actually i think the only reason everything went so well was because i had nothing else to do... :lol: maybe you're too busy? :idea:

Re: 17 US gallon low tech that interesting, i actually have a small low low tech, maybe 4 liters, and i'm keeping a badis badis the blue one(i'm sure you know its the blue one) and i find it interesting that the dario dario and other fish actually benifit from that kind of water...since my...

Re: 17 US gallon low tech wow... :o thats not the kind of low tech i was expecting... i was thinking more along the lines of the more common El Natural yellow tannin colored water that most people have when referring to low tech... looks really clean and water is crystal clear... plants look...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (mostly full)pic heavy thanks for the kind words :D also thanks for the contact... will check out black tubing, i've seen it before, just never really considered it to be any different, until now... but the co2 tubing i'm using now seems to work great its not...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (mostly full)pic heavy helo a little update... the pennywort is almost filled in now, except for the right side, some pics another angle progress has been good so far, this tank being the easiest to maintain compared to previous halfhearted attempts...

that last pic is fantastic... congrats on a successful tank :thumbup:, very inspiring :clap: , curious on the 90 cm, i'm sure i can learn a lot, any links to the tank? i'm sure it'll make a good... late night consumption :shifty:

hello, need some opinion and a little advice currently with my 3 foot setup, i have lawn marsh pennywort(Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides) as a foreground and one of my main plants, but would like something more delicate, and a tad bit finer, my choice now that i have in mind to replace the...

ok thanks that was a very interesting read, and a big relief... thanks a lot, bookmarked and happier :D

thats interesting... so it wont decrease bacterial activity or damage the filter? especially any rubber seals... or whatnot?

hello, i was just wondering whether it is okay to put the inline diffuser before the canister filter and allow co2 to diffuse in the canister?

Re: 3 feet tank now planted and scaped! Update! wow! :shock: 100 harlequins is a lot...you might have to add another 150 gallons of water space along with that stocking... :mrgreen: also i'm not sure how you're house is but if you have windows open or some sort of healthy ventilation, you...

Re: Fluval Studio 900... C02 issues! hmm thats a great looking tank Ady... i don't think thats too much flow imo, you might have read this link but i'll paste it anyways just in case viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1167 i know where you're coming from on the co2 issue... i think an inline external...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (pennywort)pic heavy just wondering... why are the pictures blurred at above 100kb?

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (pennywort)pic heavy thanks a lot.. i'm quite happy with the progress of this tank... tried taking as much as possible into consideration... did few months reading before i jumped... no algae.. except some bba and a diatom bloom... so quite successful for my...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (pennywort)pic heavy now i'm using the ista inline diffuser... taiwan made.. seems to work ork well cost about 58.80 in action so far so good, but only at lower bubble counts.. right now i have it at 3-4 bps... but any higher the bubbles will come out into...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (pennywort)pic heavy added 2 mini bolbitis... melting a little.. but still quite hopeful it will grow a little picture update... another pic from my favourite viewing angle where i usually sit and stare when i have the time... :P my only plans for the...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (pennywort)pic heavy hello, just a little update it's been quite a while since i updated, mostly because i was hoping i would be able to get a lawn of HC before i made another post... unfortunately, i've given HC a rest for now... mainly because i could not...

you answered my question, sorry about the confusion i was talking about metal halide bulbs and their color temperature.... because i can't find any 70 watt metal halide bulb with different color temperature except those sold at hardware stores, so was wondering what the effect was on plants...

i've been wanting to get one, never occurred to me to buy one from ebay... what light do you use though. can't seem to find any 70watt locally which is meant for a planted tank... they do sell in hardware stores... but no details on their color temperature? can we just use any 70watt bulb even...

amazing scape! looks like you have experience with the scaping... :D hows the HC coping... any melting..? i'm feeling like a failure with HC now.. any advice?

thanks for the replies, oto's are doing well... 6 fat on algae wafers... 2 didn't survive the initial 2 days, still not too clear on the amano shrimps uprooting... still haven't introduced any since hc hasn't grown in yet.. tank is 4 weeks old today..

:( i posted the question under the assumption that i've solved my co2 distribution and flow problems, i now have 2x2000l/h powerhead distributing very good flow around the tank(seems to be good continuous flow around the tank) and changed to the large sized ista max mix co2 reactor to so...

i just added another powerhead, which now creates seemingly sufficient circular flow throughout the tank... right now i have the lights which are 2x39 t5ho 20cm from the water surface... will getting a stronger fixture maybe 4x39 or 3x39 watt help the HC to grow faster?

ok thanks... read the link, and the link in the link... was always thinking of getting another eheim 2217.. didnt know why, now i have a reason :D

that must be the issue... i cant figure it out though... but you're right lime green 3 hours after lights on.. 2 bubbles per second in 182 liter tank 90x45x45 cm tank... seems way to little... flow is a bit confusing, i'm using ehiem 2217 rated at 1000l/h so i'm guessing its about 600 l/h or...

hmmm this is really bugging me... really wanted to conquer HC for a long time... will keep trying.. thanks though

i have a power head at the right front top corner, at the front bottom where the HC is at using a ruler and counting i'm guessing it moves about 2inch to 2.5 inch per second actually its not light green its lime green i'm thinking the co2 is not enough... 2 bubbles per second most of the time

i do have co2 is use dropchecker which is usually light green in 3 hours from startup it settles at 2 bubbles per second i do dose ferts - KNO3, KH2PO4, MgSO4, and Fe using EI ppm measurements and dosing my lighting is 2X39watt t5ho from 2pm to 12am... 10 hours--- 20cm from water level my...

like the title says there's no growth in 3 weeks... due to lack of experience, i'm not too sure whether this is to be expected or i'm doing something wrong.. the HC is also stringy and melting to a certain degree but stops short of just dying away... very strange and barely any pearling for the...

thanks for the advice :D , its really interesting to know that plants do well at higher temperatures, felt like i've misled myself to buying a chiller... i guess the only way to convince myself is to try it out... feel like getting that nice fan i was eyeing and trying it out.. but still a...

helo, need some advice i now maintain my tank temperature at 25 Celsius with the help of a chiller.... but now after doing more reading, i'm not too certain what is the optimum temperature for aquatic plants and mosses... currently in the tank i have christmass moss, and another 8 species of...

Re: 3 feet tank now planted and scaped! Update! i agree with Antipofish... i also tried doing the same thing sometime ago but with two filters... one eheim and another cheaper china made one... and the eheim being the more reliable one completely negated the output of the other filter... you...

ooo... that setup quality is amazing... looks sort of like mine except my doors are a little crooked :roll: hesh... took a look at their website... very affordable

i also feel like just giving you links to all the stuff that helped me setup my tank... but not sure if there's any rules against posting links... but will go ahead anyways these are just the stuff that helped me out, obviously the first one is in the ferts section about EI dosing...

for ferts you could use dry ferts, you could use the EI method, i've been using it for two weeks now, can get them from here http://www.aquariumplantfood.co.uk/fert ... salts.html or http://www.aquariumfertilizer.com/index ... =1&Regit=2 you could use the calculator to measure the dosage...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (brown algae gone)pic hea just a little update before i forget.... added the battalion of oto's on the 21st of January, and guess what the brown algae are all almost gone, just a little but here and there... woohoo.. what a relief :lol: now i'm concerned on...

Re: 120 x 55 x 55 The Plan! i can't believe this beautiful scape is already done... now i'm caught between the idea of trying to improve by being prolific of just sticking to one scape untill it gets the way you want it... on MAC Stan Chung, said he took 3 years on one scape alone... :o

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) hahaha, your right were slowly catching up(height wise) just a few more centuries... also i think those rocks will just disintegrate if you scrub the debris off...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (brown algae attack)pic h that makes sense... i guess its part of the learning curve... i'll give it a shot :D

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (brown algae attack)pic h i have another question, will Amano shrimp uproot my HC in this stage? i think amano shrimps will solve the algae problems now, just wondering if they'll uproot the HC...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (brown algae attack)pic h wow that coming from you is fantastic!.. now im officially @#$%^& happy.. made my day!!!... (or maybe my year)haha on the light.. its funny cause i'm using 39x2 which is what most people on here recommended i also measured my par...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (flooded) pic heavy hello a little update, i'm having the new tank syndrome>brown algae attack, so added a battalion of oto's to cleanup and clear the debris and algae, not too sure if oto's were the right choice.. heres some pics another pic of oto's in...

helo, need some advice i have planted some HC which hasn't taken root, everything in my tanks is going well no serious algae yet... but enough algae and dirt on my plants to think that i need some amano shrimp and otocinclus.. my question is... will otocinclus or amano shrimp uproot the HC...

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) You think the 2x24 watt will be sufficient? and woops i just realized i hijacked your thread sorry you should delete those photos... also wat do you think of da heilea chillers i get restless whenever i think about it scared they might fail... im...

his humility is so off and needless it makes me lol

good god! :jawdrop thats beautiful... i wish i had a fraction of your skill, experience... and talent... Jesus!! i'm not even christian..

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) i think the guy at the vendor was right, i have big holes for ventilation at back and even then it still gets pretty hot or rather warm inside... here a pic and this is the space from behind... theres definitely quite decent ventilation but...

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) i asked this exact same question on barrreport and Tom Barr said he hung it 20 inches high heres the thread http://www.barrreport.com/showthread.ph ... -over-90cm i also had the same question answered in my journal heres the link.... its near...

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) woohoo... exactly what it should look like.. :mrgreen: . although i think you should have made a taller light stand.. in case you want to use halides.. Edit: oh wait i think those are halides :lol: i feel stooopid

okay thanks that makes a lot of sense

hello, need some advice thanks i'm dosing EI every Sunday, Monday(iron), Tuesday, Wednesday(iron), and Thursday, and Friday(iron) nothing on Saturday... today is Friday and i was thinking of doing a water change since its still in the initial stages, i did a water change yesterday... my...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (flooded) pic heavy hello, a little update did a water change, water cleared up a bit and i added three more plant species, 1-Anubias barteri var nana petite 2-java windelov fern 3-bolbitis heudelotii heres a FTS clearer pic, i tried getting the colors...

wow... dream tank! all i can say is take your time with the hardscape and scaping planning and post a ton of pictures... and photobucket is easy just register>>upload pictures from "album options" at the top right>>go to album>>hover over your uploaded pic>>bring your curser over the IMG code...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (flooded) hello, a little update finally flooded the tank, doesn't look as good as i felt it did without water... i also seemed to have found a better method of taking FTS's, it seems its better to take fts from a distance than to get everything close up...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (still emersed) hey hogan, thanks for your interest, initially there seemed to be quite a bit of mixed feelings and comments on the driftwood scape, some said the one on the right was distracting some said on the left... so i figured i'd just got with both...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (still emersed) hey Alastair thanks for the advice... now i'm having reservations on getting metal halides... it did occur to me previously that i might get an algae bloom... but i'm really itching to get one... i dont really want to ruin my first decent...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (still emersed) thanks a lot, i am aware that it has to be hung high :D , i was thinking maybe 20 inches or 50cm, actually come to think of it the real reason i want metal halide is because i've never had one before, so i'm really really itching to try one...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (still emersed) helo, just some new year update i added three new plants since my last update, mini fissidens, cyrptocoryne wendtit(any help ID'ying would be great) and African Water Fern(bolbitis Heudelotii) here are some pics this is the mini fissidens on...

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) hey Daniel, i'm in the neighborhood in Malaysia, and i swear they sell those exact same cabinet and tanks here in KL, the cabinets they have available here in the LFS are exactly the same, so im pretty sure they're from the same manufacturer...

my point exactly... lol sorry if i seemed presumptuous was my good mood

wow... nobody misses me for anything, not my humor or good-looks :thumbdown:

also another question what if i use the 2x24 watt t5ho together with the 150 watt metal halide, is that okay, do i just raise the fixture

good god! thats beautiful... as your work usually is... and thanks for the advice

helo, i just need some advice, so the problem is... i've been searching for metal fixture at the 70 watt range, and as expected; locally its hard to find(in Malaysia), my tank is the standard 90cmx45cmx45cm, so i'm guessing with the trend now that the 70 watt fixture is the way to go. the...

hey, angelfishguy And don't worry i'm also a newbie... :D just to get your brain juice flowing, here are some articles you should read http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com ... hting.html, this one is about lighting and PAR and PUR should help you understand the basics and why the watts...

ha... we have something in common, i tried looking for a job since i'm on study break, but kept forgetting because i'm either on the forum all day or staring at my tank... now i still haven't made any extra money... which would all have been used for the hobby anyway and my breaks almost over...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape hello, update time i succumb to the temptation and flooded my tank, here's my tank on its better looking side any thoughts and opinions on my progress thus far? would really like some available input to jack me up or down also i'm starting to get the hand...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape hello, a little update heres a front tank shot i added a java fern which i am unsure yet of the variation, trying to get help identifying, i also added two smaller ferns also i dont know the species. so far now i have 5 flora species lawn marsh pennywort...

Re: 46L Fluval Edge shop display thats really nice, i didn't realize it came tall like that.

wow nice concept... i got a question might sound trivial... but how do you keep the HC rooted from the get go?

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape hello, little update the scape is starting to come together as i add more plants, i've added some starougyne and christmas moss unintentionally coinciding with the christmass season :lol: here's a pic i'm still doing emersed hopefully not to anybody's...

sorry for the late reply was dealing with a small disaster with my tank, and thanks for the reply... so its your opinion that the only concern here is that the water will become toxic when i run it through the filter again? the thing is i lost my instruction manual... and there is nowhere to...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape thats great :D if this is your first time using dry fertz like me... these links should help a lot http://blog.fluidsensoronline.com/calcu ... ive-index/ http://calc.petalphile.com/

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape thanks a lot, i was trying very hard to make it look good, not just in person, but also in a pic, i guess that's the best i could produce, its quite satisfying to look at what i would consider the most decent hardscape i've made so far, previously was much...

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape thanks a lot gillo, its great to have you interested in my tank... so i had a disaster yesterday.... after all the self-promises i made to not fill up the tank and do emmersed with HC, i was still a little too tempted to try and fill it up which i did...