Yoshi's 8L Frameless Cube

[macclellan]

actually, doesn't the cloudy water help you achieve the ambience of the mountains?

[Color Me Blue]

Originally Posted by macclellan

actually, doesn't the cloudy water help you achieve the ambience of the mountains?

LOL That's true! Mountainy mist??

[Yoshi]

Christin: I have thought about CRS and will try to get some in the future. If I can't find a good/decent deal on some nice CRS, I'm going to go with a few amano shrimp. I really like how the CRS look, so I'm going to wait it out and see if I can get lucky somewhere and score a nice batch

Travis: thanks for the info, I really hope it goes away, the cloudiness is certainly is detracting from the overall appearance of the tank.

macclellan: you can say that, but it bugs me! I want to see what it looks like on a clear day

On a side note: the hitchhiking ramshorn snails sure do poop a lot... bunch of lil miniature curly fries all over my ADA AS

[Haeun]

Solstice (Jon) is selling some here in San Diego. I don't remember where exactly in SoCal you live, but if you're vaguely in the OC area, I can deliver for you if you want some A grade CRS w/o shipping.
I go to school here in San Diego but my home is in Orange County, so I go back and forth often enough.

Or if you want to wait, a couple of us SCAPE people (I think mostly LA people) are ordering SS grade hinomaru CRS. If you're willing the pay the $$ and wait the time, I'm sure we'll get some babies from those eventually.

On a side note: the hitchhiking ramshorn snails sure do poop a lot... bunch of lil miniature curly fries all over my ADA AS

LOL Yea, everytime I see the snail poop all over, I tell myself to get a loach or something...

[chaznsc]

Yoshi,
Where did you get the alife tank?

chaz

[Yoshi]

Haeun, actually I do what you do (kinda). I live in La Jolla but make the drive back on the weekends to LA area (I live in Walnut). I will probably try and pick some up from the peeps up in LA area and maybe a few from the guys down here in SD to get a good variety. We'll see... as of now my tank isn't ready for shrimp yet so I'm in no rush; I guess I should use this time to save some $

chaznsc:

Originally Posted by Yoshi

Just call and ask for the "Alife 2G Tank" ... The contact info for Aquatic Warehouse is:
Aquatic Warehouse:
5466 Complex Street Suite 204
San Diego, CA 92123
United States
858-467-9297

[sandiegoryu]

Isn't 1mL a day too much for that little tank?! Initial dosing (after water change) should be 1mL and then daily dosage should be .2mL!! I bet that's causing your problems! The tank is 2 gallons man!

[Yoshi]

I change water daily though ... 1 gallon per day (50%), 1 ml w/every water change.

Perhaps it's still too much? In the mean-time I'll back off on the Excel.

[sandiegoryu]

Ooo ok. Why do you water change everyday? Is it because of the cloudiness? I think you should just do water changes weekly or top offs only because you're still cycling the tank. I don't remember the proper way of cycling because I just entirely skip it. How about getting some weed stem plants like hornwort/anacharis?

[Yoshi]

Water changes are every day as per the instructions from ADA regarding the AquaSoil. It's only for the first month or so that I'm doing frequent & large water changes. I'll be doing weekly water changes after the 3-4 week start-up phase.

[Yoshi]

Well, the cloudy water is gone!

I've added E. parvulus and tried my best to plant it... it's hard to decide where to place them; I'm thinking I may need more of it to fill in the back. Opinions?

Here's my full tank shot at Day 15.


I'm glad the HC is slowly growing and rooting... I guess it'll be another 1-2 months before I can get an established carpet.

[dufus]

I would seperat the DWG to all the areas you want it in, it will fill in the gaps.

[sandiegoryu]

The tank could create more of the illusion of being a bigger tank than it actually. I've done it and its I bet you could by creating more slope in the foreground. It looks kind of bordered or "entrapped" to me.

That rock may be too overwhelming for a tank of this size.

[RESGuy]

Looks nice, but I too recommend following dufus' advice and separate the Dwarf Hair Grass like you would HC

[MARIMOBALL]

IMO leave th the hair grass in the back ground behind the rock, not in front of the rock. have the HC surround the rock maybe plant some HC between the rock. BTW where did you get the rock its very nice and is it one piece. Could you post a pic from a distance in order to see the lamp over the tank.