Hi Cruise Control. If you are referring to the office tank, I only use 1 bottle. I usually change after 10 days and use 2 cups of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of dry yeast with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.

The 2 feet tank at home which you see in the photos are using pressurized CO2 tank while my 2 feet moss tank also uses 1 DIY bottle.

Here's a tip which may be helpful if you use DIY bottles. Mix your yeast with some warm dissolved sugar (1/2 cup sugar) in a cup first. The reason is to test if the yeast is still alive. After a while (about 5 minutes), when you have seen foam surfacing, then pour the whole solution into your dissolved sugar in the bottle. My wife taught me this. Apparently, it is a baking tip.

Oh yeah, another useful tip. Never share sugar and yeast with a wife who likes to bake.

heads up to u bro...

u have a very beautiful tank there...

Not many people were successfull with DIY stuff....

I was growing mini riccia and the normal riccia...harvesting them every week with DIY lightin and CO2....

but must say...it tends to float up after a while....

about the pix...there is nothing to do with camera brand...its all about the setting...learn up your cam...and u will use it better...but Olympus has shutter lag....ur shots tend to deviate....

anyway...keep us posted bro...

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keat,

i notice on your tank info, you mention "Cheap substrate ". What does this means ?? you collect those substrate from the river ah or you know where to buy cheap substrate.

Also the Fertilizer: Mg, NO3, K, PO4, Fe, meaning you manage to get this ingrediant individually ? can tell me where u buy them .

Thanks

Thanks Nix. Well, cheap substrate simply means that it is not branded. I bought it in loose form i.e. in packets of 1 kg from the LFS here. On hindsight, I think they probably got it from the shops selling flowers and plants and then repackage it. The LFS recommended it. I think I would try others when I finally set up a new tank.

Hi guys. Been a while since I was here. Am really impressed to find that the tanks here are so 'keng' nowadays.

Just wanna share an updated photo my my 2 feet tank.

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Hi KeatPek, I'm Kevin. My hometown's Malacca but I'm working here in KL. Just curious to know where you buy your plants from in Malacca? I only know two shops that have decent choice of plants... one near the Ayer Keroh "waterfall" and the other is after St. David's around Air Leleh (near the kampung area)... haven't been back lately so I dun know how's the aquarium scene in Malacca lately...

Hi Kevin. You can get plants from Malim Jaya. There are a few LFS there namely Ikia, North South East West (same owner as the one near Waterfall), and also another one (forgot the name) with the picture of a big Arowana near a electrical parts shop (Mandarin called "Wan Loong"). There's also one at Paya Ikan, next to a car air cond shop.

There's a huge one at Muar which is not too far from Melaka. Apparently they distribute the plants and fish to the LFS in Melaka.

Generally though, there's a group of people who are into this and we sort of know each other.

I am totally impressed with you tank........
How long have you been into aquascaping? You are a pro....

Hi Keatpek,

Nicely done! Do join us at Malaysian Aquascaping Forum

Regards

Stan

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Cool Stan. Didn't know there is a dedicated Malaysian forum for this hobby. Will definitely register.

Thanks justtalk. I think there are many better scaped tanks than mine. I would love to move to bigger tanks but my wife will kill me. Been doing this since about 2 1/2 year now, I think. Never gets boring, when you get a bit tired of the tank, just move the plants around, and wallah, a new tank.