It’s almost been 4 weeks already since I last finished setting up my mini planted aquarium. When you are seeing it everyday, there are much changes that you can see, as if there is no change at all. But after putting the photo from the very first time and the current photo side to side, then I realized there are quite substantial changes that happened.

4 weeks ago

Current

CO2 fertilization and good light do make the plants in my aquarium grows rapidly. There is not much open space left for the fishes to swim and roam freely. I think it’s time to trim those plants.

I don’t consider I’m doing aquascaping here. Aquascaping is art, and Imran + Art = Disaster. I just simply get a pair scissor, and cut those long stem.

After cutting here and there, this is the final look of my mini planted aquarium now.

Aaahhhh.. More open space now for my fishes to swim around and chasing each other (especially my Zebra Danio).

Read the rest of the stories relating to this planted aquarium project:

1. Getting things for pilot try of planted aquarium
2. Setting up planted aquarium (phase 1)
3. Setting up planted aquarium (stranded)
4. Setting up planted aquarium (phase 2)
5. Final goods shopping for this aquarium
6. Experimenting with water temperature
7. Installing CO2 system
8. Fermentation started, CO2 bubbles start flowing in
9. More CO2 bubbles
10. Worrying about pH and excess CO2 over the night
11. Getting aquarium cleaners
12. Getting final fishes for the aquarium
13. Plants trimming

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Today, I just got final fishes that I will put into my mini planted aquarium. This small tank seems crowded already, therefore this will be the final fish stockup.

I haven’t got bottom dwellers yet for this aquarium where I have Panda corydoras for my previous aquarium. This time, I still get corydoras, and the are Julii corydoras. And another fish that I get is green fluorescent Japanese Rice Fish (Oryzias latipes). That should complete my community tank.

The video below shows a busy hour in my aquarium at dinner time. The video was taken just right after I release the julii corydoras and japanese rice fish to the aquarium after acclimating them. It will be lights off after that, and I’ve put air stone in advance.

Read the rest of the stories relating to this planted aquarium project:

1. Getting things for pilot try of planted aquarium
2. Setting up planted aquarium (phase 1)
3. Setting up planted aquarium (stranded)
4. Setting up planted aquarium (phase 2)
5. Final goods shopping for this aquarium
6. Experimenting with water temperature
7. Installing CO2 system
8. Fermentation started, CO2 bubbles start flowing in
9. More CO2 bubbles
10. Worrying about pH and excess CO2 over the night
11. Getting aquarium cleaners
12. Getting final fishes for the aquarium
13. Plants trimming

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I just came back from watching Lady In The Water movie at GSC Mid Valley.

At first, I thought this is going to be another boring heavy movie, but only after 10 mins the movie starts, one after another interesting events take place in the movie. I have to say this is just another great epic from M. Night Shyamalan.

It’s about a character from bedtime story who is trying to find a way back home. And in a typical bedtime story, there are good characters and evil characters. The evil characters in this story is really scary, and there are a few scenes that makes you jump out of your seat. A must watch I must say.

And again, thanks to Mr Farihad for the free tickets. I’ve been watching a numbers of free movies already, courtesy of him give me a free ticket from Poseidon to Superman to Pirates of the Caribean to Dorm. Thanks man ;)

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To view the video for this, select Siti Nurhaliza – Biarlah Rahsia from the dropdown list of this page.

Artist  :  Siti Nurhaliza Song  :  Biarlah Rahsia Album  :  Transkripsi

Pernahkah kau bermimpi seketika
Berada di tempatku
Membayangkan pahit manis berlalu
Entah siapa yang tahu

Mungkin nanti kau jua merasakan
Berdepan dengan kata yang menyesakkan
Takkan tugumu kebal
Tiada pertimbangan

Keheningan malam membangunkan
Kepayahan jiwa meluahkan
Andai kau jujur memahami
Tiada ku menjauhi

Dan kisahku yang masih panjang
Menambahkan berat yang memandang
Lantas ku pendam
Ku putuskan biarlah rahsia

Semakin aku hidup dalam cinta
Tiada kuasa mampu menghalangnya
Hentikan kata-kata
Bertulangkan dusta
Pernahkah kau bermimpi seketika
Berada di tempatku

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To view the video for this, select Dewa – Sedang Ingin Bercinta from the dropdown list of this page.

Artist  :  Dewa Song  :  Sedang Ingin Bercinta Album  :  Republik Cinta

Setiap ada kamu mengapa jantungku (ini)
Berdetak lebih kencang
Seperti genderang mau perang

Setiap ada kamu mengapa darahku (ini)
Mengalir lebih cepat
Dari ujung kaki ke ujung kepala

Setiap ada kamu otakku berpikir
Bagaimana caranya
Untuk berdua bersama kamu

Reff:
Aku sedang ingin bercinta
Karena mungkin ada kamu disini
Aku ingin

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To view the video for this, select Dewa – Larut from the dropdown list of this page.

Artist  :  Dewa Song  :  Larut Album  :  Republik Cinta

Mungkin aku pernah juga merasakan cinta
Tapi tak pernah seindah ini
Mungkin aku juga pernah merasakan rindu
Tapi tak pernah sedalam ini

Mungkin kamu takkan pernah percaya
Bahwa sesungguhnya aku telah terjatuh

Reff:
Kuakui aku telah larut
Larut ke dalam kamu yang kucintai

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AF4 is getting sicker. There’s this the lamest gimmick done during this week’s concert of announcing the final 4 students that will go to the final, and introducing AFMASUK.

Anyway, here are the videos for this week’s concert. I also noticing that the free hosting that I use to host the videos file is getting slower. Well. Can’t complain much. It’s free anyway.

Song list:

• Pelajar AF4 – Aku Sudah Jatuh Hati
• Farhan – Emosi
• Haziq – I Need To Know
• Velvet – Penantian
• Amirul – Jatuh
• Faizal – Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Farhan & Velvet – Cinta
• Pelajar AF4 – Bila Rindu

If you are not viewing this entry from the main page, you can visit the Akademi Fantasia Flash Videos player at the top right hand corner of the main page. Click below to go to the main page.

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Song list:

• Pelajar AF4 – Hips Don’t Lie
• Amirul – Oh No Kamu
• Farhan Meniti Titian Usang
• Faizal – Dealova
• Velvet – Caramu
• Lotter – Chow Kit Road
• Haziq – Tak Seindah Wajah
• Leez – Ku Gembira Disampingmu
• Pelajar AF4 – Lemas
• Pelajar AF4 – Saya Anak Malaysia

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Quote of the day:

It seems too old for Dato’ K to drive a brand new City. He should follow a humble man, Dato’ Effendi who drives a second hand Tiara.

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At last, I can see visible algae growth on the wall of my aquarium. Kinda worry before why I didn’t see any sign of algae yet in my aquarium. You might be wondering why on earth I want algae in my aquarium where everybody tries to avoid it?

Well. My new aquarium is still in cycling process. Algae signifies a good thing. It signifies that the water is rich with nitrates now. And what this implies? The nitrogen cycle developed already – where the ammonia has transform to the final form – nitrate. And this also means, the biological filtration are building up now.

Knowing that, I don’t want to keep those ugly looking algae any longer in my aquarium, especially those brown spot on the aquarium wall. Went to Pet Safari again to get the following fishes

• Oto (Otocinclus affinis) – This is a good algae eater, that will eat those algae that I have on the aquarium wall
• Yamato shrimp (Caridina japonica) – This is an eating machine, that will also feed on algae and left over food detritus
• Butterfly Suckerfish / Chinese hillstream loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) – Look nice sticking to the aquarium wall, and at the same time will also eat those algae

Below are my oto and my butterfly suckerfish feeding on the algae spot that I have.

Want to see them in action? And here are my aquarium cleaner casts in action.

Read the rest of the stories relating to this planted aquarium project:

1. Getting things for pilot try of planted aquarium
2. Setting up planted aquarium (phase 1)
3. Setting up planted aquarium (stranded)
4. Setting up planted aquarium (phase 2)
5. Final goods shopping for this aquarium
6. Experimenting with water temperature
7. Installing CO2 system
8. Fermentation started, CO2 bubbles start flowing in
9. More CO2 bubbles
10. Worrying about pH and excess CO2 over the night
11. Getting aquarium cleaners
12. Getting final fishes for the aquarium
13. Plants trimming

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