Bought more aquarium stuffs and plants

Had been searching for the right shop to get the stuffs I need at the cheapest price until Linus saw my blog and spoke to me abt it. Wow... he told me got 2 places that are selling cheap and nice stuffs, one at Nature Aquarium opposite Thomson Medical Centre and another one at Clementi Block 328 (nickname: c328).

So, Linus jio-ed me to go together and we met at the shop at 7.30pm. He came all the way from Hougang to shop with me and gave me tips on what to get. Both of us, were like aunties in the market shopping for vegetables, as what Alice said abt us. Walk in and out.. and around the shop, looking for stuffs needed.

In the end, I got something and considered lower end on my spending, see what I got below.
1. 55W Aqua Planting Lights
2. Seachem Flourish Excel lioquid
3. JBL complete fertilizer tablets (1 box)
4. Termometer
5. Nylon String to tie the plants to drift wood
6. Timer
7. Java Fern
8. Dunno wat plant on pebbles
9. Dunno wat plant on wire mesh
10. Drift wood

*All shots taken using Canon Ixus 860 IS using auto mode and aquarium mode.

All the stuffs here except a piece of drift wood which is soaking in water.

Putting the plants temporarily inside the tank while waiting the drift wood to discharge tannine.

Some moss on pebbles. Dunno the name...

Chendol plant/Ah Pek plant.
(sci.name: Utricularia graminifolia)
'Brazilian Micro Sword'
Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis

Java Fern.

Setting up a new Aqua Tank

Thanks to my sifu who is also my cousin, gave me lotsa advices and helping me to decide what to get and what is the next step. Finally, the initial setup has begun!


New tank with fresh water. Had been running the fresh water for days to prepare it for new habitants.
Dropped 2ml of Beneficial Bacteria into it and few ml of anti-chlorine liquid.
Fish tank size: 2ft(width) x 1ft(height) x 0.8ft(depth)
Bought it from Qian Hu aquarium shop.

The In and Out pipes. Can see the outlet is generating lotsa current in the water on the surface.

This is the U-shape water outlet. Abit like snorkel.

External filter that I am using - Fluval 204. Good enough for my small tank.