Aquarium Pond-philippines

mujacko2002 · 08-31-2008, 04:31 PM

Mabuhay!

Hi folks! its always great reading and checking almost every week updates on this forum. and i am learning a lot from the experiences each and everyone in this forum is sharing.

Now, i don't know where to put this thread of mine but i really feel like it belongs here since i will be doing kinda like an aquarium-pond setup. So folks please i am open to any suggestions/advises to be able to have some directions in what i want to do. I would just like to remind everyone that this tank is a work in progress.

Inhabitants :
2 spot barbs
1 corydoras
1 black moor
5 mickey mouse platty
2 black molly
2 SAE
5 choco gourami

2 DIY-CO2
1 OHF

Plants
hornwort
bacopa
najas gras
potamageton gayi
echis
watter lettuce
recently bought dwarf lotus with budding white flowers
peace lily (good nitrate absorber?)
egeria densa
a red plant

cryptos
cabomba
horse-tail
vallisneria

soon to have:
anubias petite
thai stricta
calla lily
---i'll be putting it in the rim of the tanks i just dont know if it will grow without any substrate..just like what i did with the peace lily.

dwarf lotus-will the leaves reach the upper surface of the water or do i have to cling it near the rim of the tank?

I guess its obvious that the plants are in pots and plastic cups since i am currently low in the dough, i guess this is a nice strat to get the plants acclimatized or less traumatized when i transfer them in the substrate. But some will stay in the pots others in the substrate.

I'll be using demineralized soil top with river-sand for my substrate. i will also be utilizing a UGF.

Thank you in advance for any response.

Godbless

**mizu-chan** · 08-31-2008, 05:52 PM

Kamusta na!
Where about in the Philippines are you at? I'm half Filipino. (:
Tank looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to set up. What size tank is it?
I'm not sure if this should be in the pond forum, but if you could start a journal of this tank here, so you can keep track of your progress. Looking forward to how this turns out!

dooboogoo · 08-31-2008, 06:35 PM

Hey! My parents are from Iloilo City. I bet the plants will love being in the sunlight. Definitely looking forward to more updates.

mujacko2002 · 09-01-2008, 11:54 AM

Mabuhay!

its always nice to come across Filipinos around the world who are also in this kind of hobby

Hi mga kababayan!!!

@mizu
i reside in Cavite

the tank is a standard 75g

@dooboogoo
what a coincidence, my parents are from IloIlo too

===i'll be updating tmrw as i added a dwarf lotus and im on the look-out for calla lily..bog plants. honestly, i dont know how i am going to pull it off but i guess with friends like you i'll get there.

Godbless everyone.

mujacko2002 · 09-05-2008, 10:56 AM

Mabuhay!

hey guys, i just want to share with you pics of my sun-fed 75g standard aquarium. i am on the look-out for calla lily to add to my setup. I am also waiting for new shoots of my horse-tail.

my dwarf lotus

my black moor

thanks for any tips

Godbless

mujacko2002 · 10-01-2008, 03:29 PM

Sun-Fed 75g tank

Mabuhay!

I just want to share my "works" in progress....and criticisms/suggestions/appreciations/advises will always be of utmost importance to me. Please bear with me, since i'll be posting 25 pics all in all..i want you all to see my tanks in its raw form...hehehehe. Just to remind the group, i really feel that i have very little aquascaping skills (or none at all) and as of now my goal is how to keep the plants alive.

I took a picture of the tank before i added the "river-sand" .... maybe next time i'll use pure soil as my substrate. Again, i mineralized it..according to the website i've read on how to mineralize your soil. I used river-sand because thats the only thing my money can buy right now. hehehe

I've noticed that when you soak your soil for a long period of time, the texture changes its kinda smooth and more compact in a good way. I can't help it i am a big fan of K.R. and i really love the idea of using soil as substrate because i like working with soil, i love to get my hands "dirty" actually, i really dont use gloves when i work in the garden. Since its a soil substrate, the snails seems to be just gliding from one end to another, i guess they're really loving it and seeing them doing it gives me a very good feeling especially when i see their trails.

I bought the following plants below in a place called "cartimar" here in Manila. Its really a big place full of aquariums and other pet-related stuffs. I said to myself, i'll try growing again the red bacopa and the reineckki since these plants always dies on my 25g setup. But it had a twist, i put them in caps filled with vermi-soil, mineralized soil and river-sand and it looks very promising. i've never seen the plants grow roots so fast.

another example of plants in plastic cups. As you can see in the very first picture, most of the plants are in pots, i did it because back then i was still saving money to buy river-sand. Anyway, i removed some of the plants from their pots since keeping them in it only eats up space but i left a number of plants in the pots to control their growth such as dwarf lotus, vallis, horse-tail and echis.

Unfortunately, the river-sand i bought kinda look like cement sand hehehe. since i still have some white-sand and volcanic dust left i mixed it with my river-sand.

The start of my grueling experience. I have a peace lily hanging in the aquarium many believed that its a good nitrate absorber.

I still have my peace lily para nitrate absorber.

look ma, containersssssssssssssss!!!!

Whenever i would do a WC, i always use the water from my aquarium to water my land-based plants so as not to waste anything.

As you can see the aquarium is filled with floating plants such as najas grass, water lettuce, and many more. I did not throw away my excess plants just yet because i will need it to hasten the cycling process and establish colonies of good organisms.

The (un)finished product. hehehehe

Actually, i only have a small idea on how this aquarium should look like but for now i need to master how to grow plants first. As you can see in the (un)finished product, there are no directions where the aquascape is going..hehehehe

Again, thanks for viewing please feel free to share your views.

25g tank
Mabuhay!

this one is with me for more than a year now. A lot of things have happened with this aquarium, i removed some of the plants that are just too big or too long. So i just decided to make it a low light/low-tech tank. And i just love echis...

i have this long and narrow java fern, a new addition to my tank. And i recently bough a "pelia", the one in a square metal thingy, its not doing good.

I am open to any suggestions/appreciations/criticisms.

DIY-CO2 - 2 bottles
river-sand (sometimes i topped it off with soil)
1 55w PL and 1 CFL
lighting period is from 6pm-2am

inhabitants
danios
neon tetra
betta
molly
lots of shrims and snails.

Godbless everyone.

mujacko2002 · 10-03-2008, 01:07 PM

Mabuhay!

I am on-leave from office work so got nothing else to do so i tinkered my planted tank. I put the floating plants on the left side to give way to the red-colored plants for it to receive long and full power of the sun. Some of the plants have become lethargic because its still adjusting with its new spot in the aquarium...i am hoping that it will get back up soon.

top view

I am trying a number of plants as foreground or cover plant. Actually, i got this idea from another forumer, he used wisteria as foreground, so i said to myself, there's nothing wrong with trying it. I am really having difficulty growing HCs or Glossos since most my tanks belong on low-medi

i transferred my long and narrow fern here. Actually the fern was given to me by a friend...thank you so much friend.

my simple DIY-CO2

I am open to suggestions/critiques whatever...hehehhee

Godbless

mujacko2002 · 10-15-2008, 02:47 PM

Mabuhay!

Thank you all for the replies/comments/suggestions/advises/compliments, thankyou thank you

thank you.

Finally, i was able to find the batteries of my digicam and i was so excited i took some

pictures of my planted tanks eventhough its already very very dark. :twitch:

I swear, i was never successful rearing the so-called "red bacopa", reinecki and green/red

cabombas in my 25g but here in my 75g it looks like survivors and the red bacopa is now

sporting

big leaves but more compact and an orange color. My problem is how to trim the red bacopa,

i am really scared anyone who would like to share their experiences with this plant? TIA

These is the other half of my 75g, its filled with low-light plants. And i am really awed

by the power of the sun although this side its not always hit directly i can see that they

are pearling Is it a good sign?

My 25g after a little pruning, i added a tenellus (is it correct?)

Challenge/s:
My 75g is sun-fed and i've noticed that the plants are in their "sleep" state when night

time comes because most the leaves are "closed". is it harmful to plants if i turn the

lights on at night? i do this because i want to look at it after i get home from work.

TIA for any response.

Pictures i took these morning

my 10g experiment, my substrate is a secret for now.

Enjoy!

Godbless

08-31-2008, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
mizu-chan Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 776	Kamusta na! Where about in the Philippines are you at? I'm half Filipino. (: Tank looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to set up. What size tank is it? I'm not sure if this should be in the pond forum, but if you could start a journal of this tank here, so you can keep track of your progress. Looking forward to how this turns out! __________________ 魚は好きです。 20L journal (:

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dooboogoo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 236	Hey! My parents are from Iloilo City. I bet the plants will love being in the sunlight. Definitely looking forward to more updates. __________________ My 29g Journal

10-03-2008, 01:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
mujacko2002 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philippines Posts: 31	its starting to look like a blog now...hehehhe Mabuhay! I am on-leave from office work so got nothing else to do so i tinkered my planted tank. I put the floating plants on the left side to give way to the red-colored plants for it to receive long and full power of the sun. Some of the plants have become lethargic because its still adjusting with its new spot in the aquarium...i am hoping that it will get back up soon. top view I am trying a number of plants as foreground or cover plant. Actually, i got this idea from another forumer, he used wisteria as foreground, so i said to myself, there's nothing wrong with trying it. I am really having difficulty growing HCs or Glossos since most my tanks belong on low-medi i transferred my long and narrow fern here. Actually the fern was given to me by a friend...thank you so much friend. my simple DIY-CO2 I am open to suggestions/critiques whatever...hehehhee Godbless

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09-01-2008, 11:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
mujacko2002 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philippines Posts: 31	Mabuhay! its always nice to come across Filipinos around the world who are also in this kind of hobby Hi mga kababayan!!! @mizu i reside in Cavite the tank is a standard 75g @dooboogoo what a coincidence, my parents are from IloIlo too ===i'll be updating tmrw as i added a dwarf lotus and im on the look-out for calla lily..bog plants. honestly, i dont know how i am going to pull it off but i guess with friends like you i'll get there. Godbless everyone.

09-05-2008, 10:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
mujacko2002 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philippines Posts: 31	Mabuhay! hey guys, i just want to share with you pics of my sun-fed 75g standard aquarium. i am on the look-out for calla lily to add to my setup. I am also waiting for new shoots of my horse-tail. my dwarf lotus my black moor thanks for any tips Godbless

10-01-2008, 03:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
mujacko2002 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philippines Posts: 31	Sun-Fed 75g tank Mabuhay! I just want to share my "works" in progress....and criticisms/suggestions/appreciations/advises will always be of utmost importance to me. Please bear with me, since i'll be posting 25 pics all in all..i want you all to see my tanks in its raw form...hehehehe. Just to remind the group, i really feel that i have very little aquascaping skills (or none at all) and as of now my goal is how to keep the plants alive. I took a picture of the tank before i added the "river-sand" .... maybe next time i'll use pure soil as my substrate. Again, i mineralized it..according to the website i've read on how to mineralize your soil. I used river-sand because thats the only thing my money can buy right now. hehehe I've noticed that when you soak your soil for a long period of time, the texture changes its kinda smooth and more compact in a good way. I can't help it i am a big fan of K.R. and i really love the idea of using soil as substrate because i like working with soil, i love to get my hands "dirty" actually, i really dont use gloves when i work in the garden. Since its a soil substrate, the snails seems to be just gliding from one end to another, i guess they're really loving it and seeing them doing it gives me a very good feeling especially when i see their trails. I bought the following plants below in a place called "cartimar" here in Manila. Its really a big place full of aquariums and other pet-related stuffs. I said to myself, i'll try growing again the red bacopa and the reineckki since these plants always dies on my 25g setup. But it had a twist, i put them in caps filled with vermi-soil, mineralized soil and river-sand and it looks very promising. i've never seen the plants grow roots so fast. another example of plants in plastic cups. As you can see in the very first picture, most of the plants are in pots, i did it because back then i was still saving money to buy river-sand. Anyway, i removed some of the plants from their pots since keeping them in it only eats up space but i left a number of plants in the pots to control their growth such as dwarf lotus, vallis, horse-tail and echis. Unfortunately, the river-sand i bought kinda look like cement sand hehehe. since i still have some white-sand and volcanic dust left i mixed it with my river-sand. The start of my grueling experience. I have a peace lily hanging in the aquarium many believed that its a good nitrate absorber. I still have my peace lily para nitrate absorber. look ma, containersssssssssssssss!!!! Whenever i would do a WC, i always use the water from my aquarium to water my land-based plants so as not to waste anything. As you can see the aquarium is filled with floating plants such as najas grass, water lettuce, and many more. I did not throw away my excess plants just yet because i will need it to hasten the cycling process and establish colonies of good organisms. The (un)finished product. hehehehe Actually, i only have a small idea on how this aquarium should look like but for now i need to master how to grow plants first. As you can see in the (un)finished product, there are no directions where the aquascape is going..hehehehe Again, thanks for viewing please feel free to share your views. 25g tank Mabuhay! this one is with me for more than a year now. A lot of things have happened with this aquarium, i removed some of the plants that are just too big or too long. So i just decided to make it a low light/low-tech tank. And i just love echis... i have this long and narrow java fern, a new addition to my tank. And i recently bough a "pelia", the one in a square metal thingy, its not doing good. I am open to any suggestions/appreciations/criticisms. DIY-CO2 - 2 bottles river-sand (sometimes i topped it off with soil) 1 55w PL and 1 CFL lighting period is from 6pm-2am inhabitants danios neon tetra betta molly lots of shrims and snails. Godbless everyone.

10-15-2008, 02:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
mujacko2002 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philippines Posts: 31	Mabuhay! Thank you all for the replies/comments/suggestions/advises/compliments, thankyou thank you thank you. Finally, i was able to find the batteries of my digicam and i was so excited i took some pictures of my planted tanks eventhough its already very very dark. :twitch: I swear, i was never successful rearing the so-called "red bacopa", reinecki and green/red cabombas in my 25g but here in my 75g it looks like survivors and the red bacopa is now sporting big leaves but more compact and an orange color. My problem is how to trim the red bacopa, i am really scared anyone who would like to share their experiences with this plant? TIA These is the other half of my 75g, its filled with low-light plants. And i am really awed by the power of the sun although this side its not always hit directly i can see that they are pearling Is it a good sign? My 25g after a little pruning, i added a tenellus (is it correct?) Challenge/s: My 75g is sun-fed and i've noticed that the plants are in their "sleep" state when night time comes because most the leaves are "closed". is it harmful to plants if i turn the lights on at night? i do this because i want to look at it after i get home from work. TIA for any response. Pictures i took these morning my 10g experiment, my substrate is a secret for now. Enjoy! Godbless

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