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Old 13-01-2016, 10:28 AM   #51
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They will ask if I want to swap or re-use tank when I go there.
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Old 13-01-2016, 10:45 AM   #52
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Perhaps you can zoom in to the plants so we can try to ID them for you.
Sounds like a great idea. Let me try do it tonight.

I have yet to pull the narrow leaf's roots closer to the surface of gravel.

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maybe your co2 not get from them..
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They will ask if I want to swap or re-use tank when I go there.
No such option. Just told me need to send for refill.

I am thinking maybe I shd get a standby 2L tank. Afterall, there will be times when we run out of CO2 and can't refill it immediately (like this round, or maybe no time to send).

Any suggestion where I can buy 2nd hand?
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Old 13-01-2016, 11:01 AM   #53
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Carousell alot. No kidding. IMO get biggest tank you can. Last longer and less effort to bring down, cheaper to refill.
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Old 13-01-2016, 11:06 AM   #54
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Just curious... What do you intend to keep in the tank?
Need to consider bioload effect on water parameter->plant growth->algae. Also on whether your nice foreground will be uprooted by feeding habits of your fish. Eg cories and discus
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Carousell alot. No kidding. IMO get biggest tank you can. Last longer and less effort to bring down, cheaper to refill.
Just checked, not so much available (cylinders only).

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Just curious... What do you intend to keep in the tank?
Need to consider bioload effect on water parameter->plant growth->algae. Also on whether your nice foreground will be uprooted by feeding habits of your fish. Eg cories and discus
Thinking of 1 pair of discus. When you mentioned uproot, does discus uproot plants?

Their bioload will be a bit heavy, which is what I want. Just 1 pair to produce sufficient bioload, so I don't have to use fertilizers, which may harm my sakura shrimps.

Discus likely to feed on shrimps too I guess, but with enough plants, there are hiding places in the tank. It's up to nature if the shrimplets will be able to hide or be eaten.
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Old 13-01-2016, 12:51 PM   #56
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Discus are more prolific hunters than we give them credit for. Your shrimps will not have much chance. You need much much more plants in your tank to offset the bioload produced by the discus. Discus feed by pecking and blowing into the substrate looking for food. Some foreground plants bound to be uprooted. But they can also be trained to feed from cones.

I'd rather the biofiltration (plants and filter media) takes care of the bioload leaving the fert dosing to me which I can control.
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Old 13-01-2016, 04:01 PM   #57
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Hmm i find discus very nice, always likes discus, thus target to put in discus for that reason. Now that you mentioned, I wonder if they will end up uprooting the carpet searching for food.

Given that the plants are newly planted, the camo isn't good enough for shrimps (esp shrimplets). Just like having a few small guppies and cardinal tetras, they too feed on shrimplets thus my shrimp population is kept low. But nonetheless, I think let nature be.
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Old 13-01-2016, 04:06 PM   #58
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for shrimplets , I think some of them will still survive...
I have a 1 footer with 6 golden tiger barb and a pair of ram(recently disappeared) I still find some shrimplets in the tank and the fishes don't usually hunt for them.
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Old 09-05-2016, 07:36 PM   #59
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Trying to do some revamp now. The seedlings turned out very unsightly, thus I have uproot it all over the weekend.

Now I need to consider what carpet plants to consider. No idea what to use that can give a nice lush look.
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Old 10-05-2016, 09:27 AM   #60
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what happened? no pictures?
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