5ft Shallow - Final Pics

Front

Left

Right

Angled view

Random picture of Glosso

Another random shot of Glosso

Engine room

2.5ft+ Leak Test

Leak test on 2.5ft+ tank. So far tank is in good shape with no visibility of bowing. Scaping work should begin soon . . .

2.5ft+ Custom Tank

Another new shallow tank :)

Size: 77cm (L) x 35cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Light set: Katana 24w x 4 T5HO
Cabinet: Ikea shelf

Still waiting for the silicone to completely dry before performing leak test. Couldn't be happier with the workmanship; very neat silicone joint. Let see whether this tank passes leak test in 5 days from today.

more coming up . . .

Glosso - Spot the Algae

Mini valley

Close up on pearling effect . . .

Cherry Shrimp @ Work

Berried mother @ work

This is what happen when you have too many cleaning crew . . .

BorneoWild Wave Cutter

BorneoWild Wave Cutter

Tell me if this is not helping to speed up your trimming work :)


Extremely useful for cutting carpet plants such as Glosso. 5ft tank full of Glosso is completely trim in about an hour.

Picture taken from www.borneowild.com . . . I am lazy to snap photo.

5ft Shallow Tank - FTS

Age : ~2 months

Pamphobeteus sp. machalla

Pamphobeteus sp. machalla

One of my favourite. Molted once and has a big appetite. Nice display specimen.

Arachnids?

Tarantula on my computer desk. I will put up individual picture later on.

5ft Shallow Tank - Setup 1

Rocks, ADA Amazonia I, ADA Powersand Special, Hose, Drill . . . etc.

Custom wood cabinet.

2 x rectangular hole to allow inlet/outlet hose to bypass.

Cabinet and tank will serve as a room divider. Peninsular setup.

Tank + Cabinet. Tank is placed on top of Nike yoga mat. Bought 2 x Nike yoga mat at discounted price. Hope it is able to provide sufficient shock/vibration absorption.

Glosso - Trimming Day

Healthy Glosso creeping all over the soil. Almost zero visibility of algae including the common Green Spot/Dust Algae (GSA/GDA). Not sure if my algae eaters are doing great job in this tank or simply because of some other reasons.

I am using BorneoWild Spring Cutter 28 to speed up trimming job. Next round will try to use BorneoWild Wave Cutter. Please ignore the reflection on the glass :P

Glosso floating all over the tank. I use normal fish net to scoop out floating Glosso before performing water change.

Large water change after trimming. I always perform water change via WIWO technique which is a lot easier and less messy.

Tank data:

Tank size: 5ft length x 2ft width x 40cm height - rimless

Lighting: Custom 80W x 4 T5HO, 8 hours a day.

Substrate: ADA Amazonia I, ADA Powersand Special + Crushed lava rock, BorneoWild Balance, BorneoWild Boost P, BorneoWild Bacter Crystal, BorneoWild Bacter Energy

Filtration: Eheim Pro3 2075 + Eheim Ecco Pro 2034. Both inlet/outlet have been replaced with BorneoWild Glass Lilypipe to create gentle flow and vortex suction on water surface.

CO2: 1 bps via inline diffuser

Plant: Glossostigma elatinoides

Fish: Siamese Algae Eater (SAE) and Otocinclus

Invertebrate: Yamato Shrimp and Fire Red Cherry Shrimp

Water change: 50% every 4-5 days depending on water quality.

Water Temperature: 24-25c

Additives: ADA Brighty K, ADA Step 1, Seachem Excel, CHOICE Aqua Energy Powder (each WC), ADA Phyton Git, BorneoWild Crystal Bacter (each WC)

clonexs - tank specs as per requested

Mini Terrarium

New addition - mini orchid.

Close up picture.

Carnivorous Plant

Sarracenia sp. Absolutely beautiful and unique plant.

Close up picture.

Top view - my mini scale plant growing tank :)

Front view.

Upcoming project :
1) To get custom 90cm x 45cm x 35cm (L x W x H) tank
2) To get Hagen GLO T5 HO 3ft lighting fixture
3) To add more species into collection

and . . . I need more $$$ to fund my project.

GreenBottle Blue >2months

After 2 months+. Coloration is much intense now

Cleaning Crews part 1

Close up picture of Yamato Shrimp

Otocinclus posing for the camera

Fire Red Cherry Shrimp

Added 10 x Fire Red Cherry Shrimp to join the rest of Algae Cleaning Crew.

Peek-a-boo!

Fire Red Cherry Shrimp

Nice contrast against green Glosso

Avicularia sp.

Cute? Little cute Avicularia sp wearing black socks. I received this little fella from a friend.

. . . after 1 month. Molted once. Still cute?

Please let me know if you know the actual sp for this cutie

Glosso - 3rd & 4th Week

Top view of Glosso growth on 3rd week after initial planting.

4th week.

Nice?

Mexican Fireleg - before/after

29 Jun 2010

28 Aug 2010

Little monster with big appetite. She no longer spends time hiding and always on display now.

Glosso - Root Close Up

#Over-exposed picture using Canon Ixus compact camera.

Glosso - 14th day

Glosso sending out runners

Glosso on steroid? . . . fast growth as long as you have sufficient light and nutrient rich soil.

Hair Algae

Hair Algae

I use old toothbrush to remove it manually. This type of algae is easier to remove compare to Black Brush Algae (BBA).

I also introduced few algae cleaning crews to deal with minor algae growth.

10 x baby Siamese Algae Eater fish (SAE)
10 x Yamato shrimp
04 x Otocinclus

No feeding require :)