yeah sure, i'll post some pics soon, maybe in few days time. i just planted the tank couple of days ago n still need some fine tuning here n there. i'll post some pics together with the tank setup. how bout u? have u planted ur tank? if u go to atlantis safari take a look at their marine tank at the entrance they have 2 DC fan behind the lighting, they manage to bring down the temp to 26.0. There a type of plant in their display tank, i cant identify what type of plant is that but it cost me rm 16 for one. The leaves of the plant is from broad to a pointed end, the colour is slightly yellowish and green, and a bit reddish on the underside. nice plant i must say.

cheers

i think i know what type of plant is that now. is a nymphaea stellata

One word ...Struggling!!!Doin some minor tweaking with the filteration..
Initally injected C02 at 10bb/sec...reading was only 2ppm (aiyoyo...very bad).. Water temp: 28C.(Fans broke down after 3 days cont. run)

Luckily,after some adjustment yesterday... C02:9ppm at 5bb/sec
Temp: 26+C...and still making improvement!!
Seems like light intensity is also insufficient due to depth of the tank..
Will add another 2-3ft lighting system...ok nuff said!!

Hey...Roadspike or whoever setting up a new tank..please post your progress/pix, okay!!!Thanks

Robby

yeah, i'll get a digi cam in couple of days time. Meanwhile waiting for the glossos to cover the foreground first b4 taking any pics hehe. My tank is almost fully planted except that im still looking for one or two stem plant to fill up the background. Just added some black neon tetra, neon tetra, a baby puffer fish and 2 algae eaters (is not a siamese algae eater, but those two i bought is orange or yellowish in colour). i got no idea what's my tank ppm coz im using a DIY co2. By the way, how u test ppm? [/img]

n not to forget 4 Yamato shrimp/ caridina japonica. they did some pretty cool job on cleaning the hairy algae

Reading level of CO2 got nothing to do with DIY, is the CO2 that matters!!
I seldom do CO2 reading when the plants are bubbling (CO2 should be around 10ppm above)
There's a relationship between pH,KH and CO2...
Take your pH and KH reading then refer to the chart at the following website:

http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm

Alternatively, you can install a CO2 level indicator, a little capsule
with color indication!!
Btw, what type of reactor/diffuser and how low long has your tank been running..??

not all the plants will burble. like java moss...etc. if u saw yr moss burbling... that's mean the algae growing n create the burbles...

im using the same reactor as u, i saw in ur pocted pics. The green canister with black bio balls inside. Most of the plants are bubbling. I've been running my tank since 2 weeks ago. They are starting to grow new leaves and the roots are taking place already.

by the way, anyone knows where mini riccia is available? is it hard to get them?

roadspike, r u talking to me? if yes, i didnt use any canister.

mini riccia was saw in BB18 Ampang. 88 marine in Pdn Indah hv some stock a month ago.