Fluvalspec3richie

It is important to provide nutritional meals for your fish. I like to mix the fish food pellets from different brands ..

Always good to keep some aquarium spare accessories such as water pumps and etc. With back up accessories you can readily replace spoil parts due to wear and tear without disrupting and cause environmental shock to the fish in the tank

Close up view of the two Corydoras ask corycats

Feeding time...the cory cats love the algae bottom feeding pellets.

Just a regular video follow up on the tank after 2 days away ...

Lost one Tetra 2 days ago and am pretty sure another one will go soon...not sure what caused the mortality within a week. Might probably be due to over feeding the past few days..

The fishes in the tank could go without food for up to 4 or 5 days however I decided to set up the auto feeder even though I'll just be away for up to 3 days max.

Close up view of my little Corycats

Another usual water change and Just a regular maintenance update...one of the tetra lack appetite for meals so I decided to isolate it for closer observation..

Goodbye little tetra..this little guy lost its bearing and sense of directions and keep spinning endlessly the past few days...I had to isolate it and after almost a week it finally died, suffering over..at times I wonder if I should end it's suffering earlier by suffocating it by means of letting it dehydrated out of water or just flush it down the toilet at the sign of no hope recovering situation..I simply don't had the heart to end it's little life prematurely though...

Some updates..added hang over isolation box to house a sick tetra

Nothing much to update, removed plants that are heavily covered with hair black beard algae and soak it separately with heavily dosed Seachem Excel ..

Ista hang over separation box..

Seachem Purigen is a synthetic filter aquarium hobbyist should consider as it helps to remove excess nutrients and ammonia build up.

Christmas moss is easy to care for..just ensure the water temperature is below 25C and do water change frequently based on the bio-load of to to the fish tank

It takes consistent efforts and passion to keep the water in tank in good condition so that habitats live in healthy clean environment.

Bye bye tetra.....

ISTA hang over breeder / isolation box..

Top up CO2 cost roughly 15 bucks for 2 litre which last approximate 4 months on a 6 hour usage daily.

Been quite awhile since I last posted any updates.. life gets in the way so somewhat side track to focus on other stuff... regardless I made it a point to commit to maintain the aquarium no matter how tied up I am with other activities... this is one hobby that requires passion and commitment..

Restore CO2 injection

Updates on my experience with Ista Algae Removal dosing on 32 litre tank

There was a massive outbreak of black beard algae in my 32 litre planted tank not too long ago. Decided to give Ista Algae Remover a try as short term fix..

Aquarium chiller water pump generating some kinda of irritating faint noise...decided to investigate and discovered the plastic cover to the impeller cracked. Decided to replace with another direct USB connection 3 W pump. Did a test run on the replacement pump..

Having the right tools for maintaining the planted nano tank is very important. One such tool is the Turkey or tube baster. It facilitate targeted removal of fish wastes and debris from difficult to reach corner of the tank.

Sponge filter is very cheap, easy to maintain and last longer compare to other filter types that requires mechanical parts such as hang over box filter which require motor to drive the propeller.