To: Alumni and Friends of RH
If you are an alumni of RH, this post is for you.
do consider assisting in the continued success of the RH Fish Tank!
Would you contribute to its upkeep and maintenance?
Your humble donation of $5-10/month will allow us to contract a seasoned aquascaper to visit the RH Fish Tank fortnightly; he will care for the aquatic plants, professionally clean the tank and filter, add fertiliser, nutrients and/or medicine when necessary, as well as advise us on the RH Fish Tank in general. In essence, there will not be pressure on any RHesident to drop his studies/activities for continued RH Fish Tank success (time spent on major repairs due to negligence, fund raising, etc.)
Would you?
- Have you heard of the RH Fish Tank in front of RH office?
- Are you regularly asking about the RH Fish Tank?
- Did you enjoy the RH Fish Tank; do you still enjoy it?
- Do you continue to speak of the RH Fish Tank?
- Would you wish to see the RH Fish Tank continue being beautiful?
- Do you wish you could lend a hand but didn't know how to?
do consider assisting in the continued success of the RH Fish Tank!
Would you contribute to its upkeep and maintenance?
Your humble donation of $5-10/month will allow us to contract a seasoned aquascaper to visit the RH Fish Tank fortnightly; he will care for the aquatic plants, professionally clean the tank and filter, add fertiliser, nutrients and/or medicine when necessary, as well as advise us on the RH Fish Tank in general. In essence, there will not be pressure on any RHesident to drop his studies/activities for continued RH Fish Tank success (time spent on major repairs due to negligence, fund raising, etc.)
Would you?
SwimSwimSwim @ 2:10 PM
7 Comments:
Hi
Care to post some pictures of your tank. It should be great by now.
I am a planted tank fanatic and maybe some day will drop by RH to look at the fish tank. Would be great if anyone around there. Want to see your fert regime, flora and fauna details and Co2 and filtration system.
EH resident (AquaObsession)
www.aquaobsession.blogspot.com
Hi Christophe, thanx for dropping by! You may find more of the photos by clicking on the fish tank picture on the right of the blog... it looks pretty much the same now, except with considerably less fish and lighter-coloured gravel.
Flora
Java Fern, Java Fern Windelov, Nanas, Crypts (few different species), Balansae; all low maintenance plants.
Fauna
Cardinals (~20), Albino Corydoras (~5), Kuhli Loaches (~5), Cherry Barb (1), Rummy Nose (2), Rocket Pencilfish (2), Endlers (~5), Green Shrimps (???), Horned Snails (~3).
Fertilising
Only fertiliser i used are Root Monsters at the base of the Crypts (right side) and under the Balansae (left side). The rest of the plants are Ferns and Nanas, so no fertilising required other than fish- and shrimp-poo.
CO2
No CO2 added because the plants inside don't really require CO2, and it's too troublesome to change it as it is a public tank.
Filtration
Eheim Pro II filter with surface skimmer inlet (left side) and rainbar outlet (right side).
Internal powerhead (left side) to help circulate the water.
Lights
36W x3 PL lights, timered to 4hrs + 5hrs daily.
Mind if i ask what is the temperature of the water.
What do you have as carpet? None?
Considering?
Moss carpet? Tenellus carpet, hairgrass
Just some suggestions to make good use of the substratre. More plants mean more surfaces for BB to attach, and more filtratrion
Btw, i am the one who posted the first one.
Let me know what kind of donation do you accept.
Cash only, or flora/fauna welcome? Maybe more flora (just in case bacteria with fauna)
Hi Christophe! Yeap, i know the first comment was from you. Thanx! =)
Carpet
I tried to grow a Tenellus carpet but because of the lack of CO2 (the CO2 bottle leaked and never got replaced) the carpet never spread. Now i just leave the Lapis Sand bare without a carpet.
RH Fish Tank Background
RH Fish Tank is a public display tank for residents of RH. Because there's no one with the expertise to really maintain the tank, i decided (2 years ago) that it be a low-maintenance tank, thus the current plant-mix of ferns and crypts.
You may wish to chat with me more on msn? danieldanielkwok@yahoo.com.sg
Kuhli loach is Pangio kuhli, endlers are Poecilia wingei
and dwarf rasbora is Boraras maculatus.
When using Latin names, fist name is capitalised while the second is not. They should be italicised as well.
Dank > Anonymous: Thanx for the feedback... would appreciate a name or some identity so that i know who contributed the kind word?
Thanx again!
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