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Si4dr

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On 11/16/2025 at 7:58 PM, Lala81 said:

Automatic fish feeders are common now. 

I bought one. But I forgot my CA can just feed the fish haha since it's at work 

Got WiFi one. 

This one I bought is considered low tech liao. Since it's internal timer. WiFi timer 

 

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I am more concern on the water quality......hobbyist (like me) normally overcrowd the tank...😅

Or you may ask someone you trust to feed once/day or two(best with experience in aquarium)

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On 11/17/2025 at 9:01 AM, Si4dr said:

I am more concern on the water quality......hobbyist (like me) normally overcrowd the tank...😅

Or you may ask someone you trust to feed once/day or two(best with experience in aquarium)

mine is planted tank. don't really care too much about changing water. but algae bloom can be a problem. my water parameters is not good also, haha lot of nitrate and nitrite. Too much aquasoil probably. 

but the fish and shrimp are doing well bar a few weak ones which died along the way.

 

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I cut down from feeding daily to maybe 4x/wk. Nanofish don't eat much.

 

Actually just a simple guideline is only feed what they can eat finish in 1 minute?

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On 11/17/2025 at 9:16 AM, Lala81 said:

mine is planted tank. don't really care too much about changing water. but algae bloom can be a problem. my water parameters is not good also, haha lot of nitrate and nitrite. Too much aquasoil probably. 

but the fish and shrimp are doing well bar a few weak ones which died along the way.

I'm using a canister filter for my planted tank. I think it's relatively larger capacity for bio media helps keep my Nitrate / Nitrite level down.

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On 11/16/2025 at 7:58 PM, Lala81 said:

Automatic fish feeders are common now. 

I bought one. But I forgot my CA can just feed the fish haha since it's at work 

Got WiFi one. 

This one I bought is considered low tech liao. Since it's internal timer. WiFi timer 

 

Screenshot_2025-11-16-19-57-58-24_090d9ae461b065ca11c329abb9cd0d70.jpg

You need to add a WiFi cam to watch the feeding taking place. 

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On 11/17/2025 at 9:33 AM, Didu said:

I'm using a canister filter for my planted tank. I think it's relatively larger capacity for bio media helps keep my Nitrate / Nitrite level down.

i stuffed about 150-180gm of biomedia beads in a nylon mesh bag into my HOB.
Lol there's so many that my filter flow is slow, and when i dismantle for cleaning, i usually need to readjust the bag at least 2-3 times to get the flow back working [:p]

Cos I only have one tank, if don't use up the 200gm i bought, just lying around doing nothing.

 

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On 11/17/2025 at 9:38 AM, Volvobrick said:

You need to add a WiFi cam to watch the feeding taking place. 

not into fish porn.

 

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On 11/17/2025 at 9:16 AM, Lala81 said:

mine is planted tank. don't really care too much about changing water. but algae bloom can be a problem. my water parameters is not good also, haha lot of nitrate and nitrite. Too much aquasoil probably. 

but the fish and shrimp are doing well bar a few weak ones which died along the way.

 

I started with aquarium soil too. (These things are not cheap [sweatdrop]) My NH3, NO3 level initially went thru the roof. No wonder those tank cycling videos advocate heavy water changes during initial phase with such substrates. I've since changed to gravel.

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On 11/17/2025 at 10:06 AM, Lala81 said:

i stuffed about 150-180gm of biomedia beads in a nylon mesh bag into my HOB.
Lol there's so many that my filter flow is slow, and when i dismantle for cleaning, i usually need to readjust the bag at least 2-3 times to get the flow back working [:p]

Cos I only have one tank, if don't use up the 200gm i bought, just lying around doing nothing.

 

You can put in a 2nd HOB for :

  1. Fully deploy the 200g of bio media
  2. Improve flow
  3. Have a backup in case one of the HOB fails
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On 11/17/2025 at 1:09 PM, Didu said:

I started with aquarium soil too. (These things are not cheap [sweatdrop]) My NH3, NO3 level initially went thru the roof. No wonder those tank cycling videos advocate heavy water changes during initial phase with such substrates. I've since changed to gravel.

I bought like maybe 15kg and used about 70-80% of it. also 5kg of compost soil and about 5kg of black sand.

Sand is bad idea, but it does provide a stable base for my decorative house in the center of the tank.

my friend has quite a few tanks with 100% aquasoil. But usually need UV light in HOB according to him. My HOB doesnt allow u to stick things inside, so i got another UV pump.

 

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On 11/17/2025 at 1:12 PM, Didu said:

You can put in a 2nd HOB for :

  1. Fully deploy the 200g of bio media
  2. Improve flow
  3. Have a backup in case one of the HOB fails

no space liao. cos i have a UVP.

 

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On 11/16/2025 at 9:27 PM, Didu said:

Yes, this can be challenging. I always ask people to consider when they plan to setup a fish tank. Similar to other pets, tank inhabitant is also a commitment. 

"Do you need to be away sometime during the year when no one is around to maintain the tank, or feed the inhabitants? They'll probably survive 2 or 3 days without food. More then that, they'll start to stress." 

no food for few days not the scary, the most scary part is electricity trip or maintenance without power...

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On 11/17/2025 at 1:45 PM, denser said:

no food for few days not the scary, the most scary part is electricity trip or maintenance without power...

This can be mitigated with a UPS connected to air pump to keep the water moving.

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On 11/17/2025 at 1:20 PM, Lala81 said:

no space liao. cos i have a UVP.

 

Do you use the UV pump to control algae? or for other reasons?

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On 11/17/2025 at 2:09 PM, Didu said:

Do you use the UV pump to control algae? or for other reasons?

Yeah for algae control. I run it occasionally only though. Flow too strong for this small tank. 

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On 11/17/2025 at 2:42 PM, Lala81 said:

Yeah for algae control. I run it occasionally only though. Flow too strong for this small tank. 

Btw, what's your tank size?

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