Luc's First Planted Tank

Thank you dude, which part in Malaysia are you staying? I am in Puchong, I got the shrimps from the LFS here. They do sell red cherry, amano, crystal. I really like the red cherry as it is small in size and after they moult, they look even redish. Nice to see them moving around the tank, very active. :)

While amano shrimps, they are bigger in size, I got them to help me to clear the algae for me.

Will post the pictures tomorrow... :)

You are most welcome :D

I'm at Penang, there isn't much fish stores around here, only two major ones and I have not seen any other shrimp apart from 'algae eating shrimp' (amano?) being sold at those places. :/ :/

Penang, a nice place. :)

I have heard from my neighbour, she is from Penang too, she said that there is a wholesaler in Penang which has variety of fishes to sell there. You could just ask around... :)

As promised, I have taken some pictures to share with you guys...

I still haven't checked out the name for my new plants yet...

This is a full tank shot;
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Some molly and the "hair grass" plant, is this plant called Hair Grass?
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Another new plant. the leaf looks like yam plant;
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The third new plant at the back, is this called Java fern? It is readily attached on a piece of drift wood;
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The red cherry shrimp is peeping from the drift wood. :)
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The Amano shrimp, can you see her?
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Red cherry shrimp again, the red is so sharp and attractive.
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As you can see, there are some algae on the plants and drift wood, but I noticed that the shrimps and otos are started clearing it. :)

Leave me a comment to help me improve. Thank you guys...
 
Have been checking on the new oto, can't see it for a while since bought it back two days ago...

This morning I saw its body, most parts are eaten... :(

I thought it is living happily in the new home, mmm....

Trying to look for bristle-nose for a while, but not able to get one yet.
 
Looks nice :) Riccia looks good too.

Sam

Looking good . I like the riccia too.

Thank you guys...

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Some update of the tank,

1) one of the cherry shrimp died yesterday morning. Not sure why... :(

2) Rescaped the tank, but the result is not so satisfying. :(

3) Added a new plant and a algae eating fish (written there flying fox), not sure the exact name for both yet. :)

4) Added 2 amano shrimps and 1 red nose shrimp.

I am hoping someone could give me some suggestions to help me in beatify the tank. :)

Below is a pic after rescaping...

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The tank looks great, even better compared to before, but that's my opinion. :D

Perhaps you could attach some java moss onto the bogwood? Just a suggestion :D :D

Cheers
 
The tank looks great, even better compared to before, but that's my opinion. :D

Perhaps you could attach some java moss onto the bogwood? Just a suggestion :D :D

Cheers

Heee... Thank you for the positive support... Will try to add some plants on the wood besides riccia. :)

Just found out my newly bought red-nose shrimp died. It did not look ok while in the LFS tank, but I still bought it, thinking of it might survive. But, ... :(

I have just shifted most of the adult molly to another tank, try to leave the tank has lesser fishes. Now the tank has 1 black male molly, 1 orange dalmation female molly, some molly & guppy fry, 2 red cherry shrimps, 4 amano shrimps, 1 oto and 1 flying wolf.

The 2 new amano shrimps are very active, they keep searching for algae to eat. This motivates the other 2, and now they are working hard to clean the tank. :)

I am open to suggestions that could help me to build a nicer tank. Thank you guys.
 
After I have added in some new plants, fish and shrimps; removed some adult Molly. The tank is now settled quite well... :)

The three clusters of Riccia are growing nicely,

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The pic below is showing a leaf for a new plant in my tank, I just like it... :)

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Will add in more red cherry shrimps as they are so cute :>
 
Looking good :) and few signs of algae from what I can see? Riccia looks especially nice. Very jealous of that!

Sam
 
Looking good :) and few signs of algae from what I can see? Riccia looks especially nice. Very jealous of that!

Sam

Yeah Sam, you are right. There are some algae on some of the plants and the drift wood. I am getting oto, amano shrimps, red cherry shrimps and flying wolf to help me to control the algae problem.

I am just a newbie in planted tank and I am quite happy with what I have now. But for sure, I would like to improve and progress further. :)

So, the helps from you guys are very appreciated. Thank you guys...
 
Sorry to interrupt, I have a few pics of my fry tank wish to share with you guys...

This tank has got algae, almost everywhere, but I never bother it... It even has slight green water problem too.

I have transform this fry tank into shrimp tank today. I shifted all the fry to my planted tank and bought 2 red cherry shrimps for the shrimp tank, 1 male and 1 female. Hopefully they will give me the good news soon. :)

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WIll share more update pics when the tank has any changes... :)
 
Guys, these are some update pics to share...

This type of plant has got most of the hair algae on it, but now it looks a lot better after the amano shrimps help to clean the algae off.
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This pic shows the corners of 2 tanks. :)
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The side of the tank.
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My favourite Riccia.
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Still looking good there matey :)

Sam


Thank you Sam... :)

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Update:

1) Just found out one of the amano shrimp died. Might be caused by low algae level in the tank... :( (A good news or bad ya)

2) I have reduced the quantity of food for fishes.

3) Plants are healthy.
 
The tank is looking very nice. It's the fry tank that has algae, and you don't care, right? Your other tank doesn't? A bit confused.

Sorry about your amano shrimp. I've never really kept them, but they seem to be more trouble than they're worth. :lol: I hear more about them dying here than about them being useful.

llj :)
 

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