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Sep 27, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
Update
The arowana is growing nicely but seems to have developed a protruding lower jaw. Was told by Gan of Gan Aquarium that a shrimp diet will cause this due to the calcium in their shells. I am not feeding shrimp, but I was dosing Seachem Equilibrium for Calcium and Magnesium for a while for the plants. That might have been the cause in this case. I’ve stopped that, so I hope the condition will resolve itself.
Jan 13, 2015
Bolbitis heudelotii – Part 2
In my previous post, I wrote about my hopes for this plant in my tank. It has not disappointed and grown back lushly. Now I’m wondering where to reposition it in the future for best effect. Perhaps I should tie some on the exposed wood over the open sand areas.
Oct 29, 2014
Bolbitis heudelotii
Bolbitis heudelotii has failed to survive in my tanks over and over again. And this time, the start wasn’t encouraging… the mature plant had come from a fellow hobbyist’s chilled tank and within a week in my un-chilled tank, all the existing leaves started to die off.
Oct 24, 2014
Sump Noise vs Hofer Gurgle Buster
When I first filled the tank and ran the sump return pump to test for leaks and to test the sump, the noise from the drain pipe was too loud for our (me and the wife) sanity. Tweaking the ball valve at the drain pipe didn’t help much. It reduced some sound but there was various side effects:
- The water level fluctuated, resulting intermittent draining noises.
- Small bubbles coming out of the bottom of the drain pipe. Not a good thing for maintaining CO2 levels in the water.
- Large pockets of air would be blasted out of the bottom of the drain pipe occasionally, causing lots of splashing and occasional noise.
So I started looking up solutions on the net.
Oct 24, 2014
Dragon Forest II
Finally planted the new Arowana Planted Tank about 6 weeks ago. Here are the photos of the current state.
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Aug 26, 2014
Dragon Forest I
The Asian Arowana is a beautiful fish, but is often kept in bare tanks. I have always felt it would look so much better in a lush planted tank, especially the red variant. About 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to start a large planted tank and it became The Dragon’s Forest I.
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