Goondoo
14-01-2003, 09:49 AM
Hi fellow seniors,
Glad to have found such a site where everyone is willing to share ideas and knowledge. I am so proud to be a new member of such a generous and friendly forum.
I am very new to planted tank and my last successful fish tank was like about 18 years back which lasted for like 3 yrs until a power outage killed all my fishes. As I'm working outside Singapore, my wife felt bored during weekdays and I thought a mini landscape fish tank would be nice. I'm not really worried about the species of fishes it would contain, as long as it is eviromental friendly ;).
I bought a 16" tank and some equipments from a lousy LFS situated in Ang Mo Kio. Just to realised that the internal power filter (Resun something 1000) is obviously too strong for my tank. It looks like my tank is boiling in washing machine most of the time. Worst of all, the temperature began to raise to about 34-35 degrees which I thought would be the reason killing my virgin fishes. My wife cried...
This time, I got smarter. I talk to a friend whom reared fishes for years. But due to our busy schedule, we weren't able to communicate very well. Well, he introduced Petmart to me though.
I went to pet mart, attracted by the capability to be able to control the water flow, I bought an Eheim Liberty 150. Went home happily with it and set it up again with three "hardy" plants (dunno the name but was recommended by them) bought from Rainbow. All the plants diied again in two weeks.... causing such a big mess to the tank.
I was then told that I should not be using external filter (well, I'm not really sure of the terms) like Liberty if I want a planted tank. Reason behind is because of CO2 release very fast on top moving water (though I turn it to the smallest flow) and carbon filter would remove the nutrients required for plants.
I will be returning to Singapore again this weekend and hopefully, with some valuable advises from you guys, would be able to at least plant some Riccia and other smaller, durable fern plants this time. I would be doing the DIY CO2 for my first time this weekend and should there be anything I need to replace or add, my budget is about S$100.
Heart felt thanks for the many advises.
Glad to have found such a site where everyone is willing to share ideas and knowledge. I am so proud to be a new member of such a generous and friendly forum.
I am very new to planted tank and my last successful fish tank was like about 18 years back which lasted for like 3 yrs until a power outage killed all my fishes. As I'm working outside Singapore, my wife felt bored during weekdays and I thought a mini landscape fish tank would be nice. I'm not really worried about the species of fishes it would contain, as long as it is eviromental friendly ;).
I bought a 16" tank and some equipments from a lousy LFS situated in Ang Mo Kio. Just to realised that the internal power filter (Resun something 1000) is obviously too strong for my tank. It looks like my tank is boiling in washing machine most of the time. Worst of all, the temperature began to raise to about 34-35 degrees which I thought would be the reason killing my virgin fishes. My wife cried...
This time, I got smarter. I talk to a friend whom reared fishes for years. But due to our busy schedule, we weren't able to communicate very well. Well, he introduced Petmart to me though.
I went to pet mart, attracted by the capability to be able to control the water flow, I bought an Eheim Liberty 150. Went home happily with it and set it up again with three "hardy" plants (dunno the name but was recommended by them) bought from Rainbow. All the plants diied again in two weeks.... causing such a big mess to the tank.
I was then told that I should not be using external filter (well, I'm not really sure of the terms) like Liberty if I want a planted tank. Reason behind is because of CO2 release very fast on top moving water (though I turn it to the smallest flow) and carbon filter would remove the nutrients required for plants.
I will be returning to Singapore again this weekend and hopefully, with some valuable advises from you guys, would be able to at least plant some Riccia and other smaller, durable fern plants this time. I would be doing the DIY CO2 for my first time this weekend and should there be anything I need to replace or add, my budget is about S$100.
Heart felt thanks for the many advises.