Neglected +2.5ft Tank?

 Partially neglected planted tank after all my time and energy are focused on reef tank. Glosso and L.Viet grow densely and thick. Time to give full trimming.

 Close up. This is about 1month of growth with BorneoWild Boost A.

 

 Trimming is easy with BorneoWild Wave Cutter.

 

 Layered of Glosso + L.Viet.

 Job done. Water a little cloudy since I pluck some of it. This is what happen when I am in the hobby for too long. I just don't care anymore. :D

 Snails are getting annoying in my tank and continue to breed like mad. Good bye snails!

*2ml once/twice weekly for every 50litres*

 Very well packed product.

 In addition to Snail Killer, I got myself Algae Destroyer and BBA Remover. I don't have any nuisance algae but both can be used as prevention cure too. Why not right?

Clear instruction provided behind the box. This is concentrated liquid hence the weekly dosing regime instead of daily.

SPS Mood?

 

 

Maxspect Mazzara P

Took me over 10 hours to get this up. Too modular is good and....bad in a certain way.

4 Modules on 100 degree optics

+2.5ft tank - Trimming...Again

Result after major trimming on the front portion of the tank. Scheduled for back portion trimming this upcoming weekend ..if I am not lazy

 Fresh vege for sale? If only this could be eaten...

Equipment used for trimming and cleaning. From left to right > ADA Spring Washer > BorneoWild Spring Cutter > BorneoWild Wave Cutter > Old toothbrush

Hanna Phosporus Checker ULR

Gotten this electronic checker to get better accuracy on Phosphate (PO4) reading compare to D-D Phospate Test Kit.

Test result 114 ppb (Phosphorus) from my shallow 5ft tank containing rocks soak in RO/DI water. Apparently the rocks are still releasing PO4 into the water. :(

Recommended PO4 for SPS tank would be 0 to 0.03 mg/L. Basically need to achieve max reading of 10ppb on my Hanna checker. Still far to go.....

Side by side D-D H2Ocean Phosphate test kit and Hanna Phosporus Checker (ULR - Ultra Low Range).

After reading and research, I managed to obtain formula to convert Phosphorus to Phosphate. Formula as per below:

([Phosporus (in ppb)] x  3.066) / 1000 = Phosphate (in ppm)

Taken my test result as example, it would be 114 x 3.066 / 1000 = 0.349.

+2.5ft tank - Day 246

9 months old scape. No change to the scape besides adding in L. Vietnam. Need to do major trimming again otherwise it is going to turn into jungle scape. BorneoWild Boost A is really boosting the growth faster than I want it to.

 

Gotten it for free from one of MAC member. Limnophila Vietnam. Growing well despite multiple trimming to propagate the plant.

Big boss of the tank.

Iriantherina werneri. commonly known as Threadfin Rainbow. Don't you love the flare? I am still looking for female to add into the tank but fish shop only sell males.

Microrasboras Galaxy. Bought 4 but 3 of it decided to live out of the water. I am thinking to get another 3 for this guy. Lonely little fella.

Minimalist Rock Scape

3 days of mix and match to come out with this scape. Around 40-50kg of rocks. All the rocks have been soaked in bleach solution (1:1) for 1-2 days followed by RO/DI water for about 14 days. Daily change of RO/DI water.

Still pending for minor plumbing work before this tank can taste salt . . . more to come :)