Breeding Tank

So here it is,

my new design for breeding tank with Hang On Back fillter,

dont know how will this turn out but hoping the best on my

Betta.

Why this design?

am aiming for currentless (Or less current) due to the nature

of breeding betta is suppose to be with less current.

wish me luck.. hummmmm
i wonder how will this tank cost me.
got the whole weekend to ask around.

Fertilizer...

I am trying to fertilize my tank,
i dont know how but will try..
a lot to study,
tons to read!!

but what i know would be..
Plant need two forms of nutrient:
Macronutrient :
Nitrogen (N)
Phosphorus (P)
Kalium / Phosphate (K)

Micronutrient :
Cu .. Mg... Fe... Ca... and a lot more..
(Will put in the detail after)

Lets talk about Macro first:
this NPK can be supply with 2 chemical
available in the market.
KNO3 for the K and N
KH2PO4 for the P and K

but the problem is... those chemical is not cheap!!
so!!

Question for me to study...
will spritzer mineral water be one of the provider for K?

humm hummmm...

DiAiWaiCo2 Log 3

New Recipe:
1 tea spoon of Mauri-Pan Yeast
1/4 tea spoon of Sodium biCarbonate
200ml of sugar dilluted in...
1.5litre of water
this is the minimum ammount of Yeast i've ever
tried. The whole pack of yeast was 11gm,
i think this time is a quater of the whole pack..
or maybe even less.
Mix the yeast and sodium bicarbonate dry.
Put into the 1.5litre bottle with sugar water in it,
Shake vigorously and walla..
eh?
no foam forming.
Not even the usual brownish color foam.
the color of the solution looks like its still see through.
(Not like the usual one i use to do,
foam building up in a matter of minutes
and the solution color looks somewhat
like 'teh-tarik')

18Sept'10
0700 pipe in!! and (Excited!!)
...no gas movement (Sigh*)

0830 Still no gas movement.
Balik kampung..
1830 Came back from balik kampung,
the gas container was full. 1bps

19Sept'10
0800 Gas container still full. 1bps
2100 Gas COntainer still full. 0.5bps (Oh oh! reducing?)

20Sept'10
0645 GasContainer stil full. 0.5bps
i wonder can i reach 7 days?
2100 GasContainer stil full. 0.5bps
tis is actually base on 20bubble for 46 seconds..
now how much would that bring?

August Update

it have been awhile,
i havent been updating.
well got so busy lately even though there is a lot of action with my akvarium.

but then again, u have to understand,
akvarium is a slow action hobby,
slower than this would be 'bonsai'

so pic update with the tank and a list of what happened.1) Diatom is covering all the non moving area in the tank!!
today its showing signs of reduction.
2) added new plant here and there,
new anubias nana
new plant we malay called as Pegaga..
(Its sending new shoot after a day with CO2!! wonders ha)
3)due to the diatom, i havent been cleaning the sand area,
will do so after they are all gone!
4) the blue stone up front is a new stone. i know it'll change
its colour soon :(
5) life stock:
a) 5 black neon tetra
b) 6 neon tetra
c) 2 mollies
d) 2 EsAyEes
e) a few shrimp i dont care that much about hahah

so.. will update soon...
i hope :D

Fish-In

i have read somewhere,
that an inch of fish should be placed in a 4x4inches of space
for it to swim around. But a fish swims in all three axis therefore,
what about z axis? well lets just consider bout the surface and not
depth shall we?
So!! a standard 2 feet tank would have 24 x 12 inches of swimming
surface isnt it? if we consider 4 x 4 is a block of one fish,
then 24 x 12 should have 18 blocks of fish right?
meaning, if i am to keep an inch each of fish, i can have 18 of them!!
yeaaaa!!!
now i've also read somewhere that 1 gallon per 1 inch of fish,
a standard two feet tank is about 10 US gallons.. so i can either own
1) 10 pcs of one inch fish or!!
2) 1 piece of a 10 inch fish heheheh,
i'm going with the first option.
therefore, i have bought
8 pieces of Neon Tetra,
2 mollies,
to keep my EsAyEe company..
and guess what?The Neon Tetra didnt survive...
am blaming it on the water chemistry,
i think my cycle is not completed yet.
adehlaaaa...
here i am,
2 tetras,
2 mollies,
2 EsAyEes
no this is not the noah's ark.. humm humm

July Riskep De4

-Remove the blue BG,
-Flattened the sand,
-Add in the EsAyEe
-Add in a few more stone...
here u go...
Riskep De4

JulyRiskep!!

...and so i woke up at 1230 am,
had to wait till half an hour till my senses kicks in.

1am
Started to make the temporary tank for my EsAyEe,
bought a cheap filter just for them.
THe plastic jar? 1 ringgit :D

2am EsAyEe transfered, so does the shrimp,
kinda felt it'll be over stock cause of the temp tank size...
but they have to bear with me for 10 days...

230am
Siphon out all the original gravel, found out that this is
better then having to bring your fragile tank to a water
source and hose down all the gravel.
But What if the water level got too low for u to siphon it out?
Just add water laaahhh!!

3am
Tank is cleaned, back film already installed.
Found out that it is not as i imagined it to be.
The film is not as soft as how i thought it should be,
Tips 1)
Cut the whole thing first, u'll end up with
improper cutting on the edge.
Tips 2) as everybody knows it already...
soap water on glass surface, apply,
credit card to remove bubble.

330am
Partition for the type of gravel.
As i am using white sand and my old gravel,
I have to put some partition to make sure they dont mix.
Tips 1) best to use a soft carton box same material like
the tissue box. For better shape and control.
Tips 2) Good tape that dont stick its residue on the glass surface.
Tips 3) when buying stone, consider stones to guide
this partition too, u can put them to produce the contour u need.

4am,
Planting!!
every pot of the grass was devided into two,
so does HC. am planting them deep!
as i was told the tend to float a bit.

5am,
the slow part. trickling the water into the tank,
a bucket on a stool and the air line tube to flow the water in.
This was too slow!! Too slow... adehlaaa...
but the efect was nice.
Water was not cloudy,
my scape stays intact,
by the time the water level is half the tank height,
u can start to use cups to pour the water in.
With much caution though!
cause u dont want the pouring height produce
a force that will ruin your scape.
Tips 1) You'll find the surface Aquasoil amazonia II
did float by this method.
U just have to touch the floating grains and they'll sink right in.

630am
Go to work!! adehlaaaaaa...