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I second the suggestion on DC pump like Jebao DC6000. Price wise its around your budget. You can always tune down the power of the DC pump (not possible with AC pumps) to suit the design of your system. Its a nice flexibility to have. I also have a ~40 gallon tank & using the DC6000 running at 85% power.

Wow... disgustingly huge.

It should be NTC probe. I believe most products use NTC - resistance drops as temperature increase. Specific to your controller, Refer to page 3. Under technical data : "Inputs: Up to 2 NTC probes" http://www.emersonclimate.com/europe/ProductDocuments/DixellLiterature/XR03_04CX_GB.pdf

Looking for something that looks like this? As mentioned earlier, available at Sim Lim Tower basement. Shop name Acez Instrument, Sim Lim Tower #B1-38. Should be between $25 depending on their mood & how well you bargain. There is another shop on 3rd floor near the escalator (don't know the name of the shop) that may be a couple of dollars cheaper.

Thanks for the offer. I'll see what i can swop with you when i'm back to SGP from my work trip in end March.

How's the blue sponge doing? Does it grow or reduce in size over the months?

Nice scape. Quite full already. Are you using the calcium reactor yet? CO2 regulator working alright?

Saw about 3-5 bags at Ah Beng in the mid afternoon yesterday. But all males only

Wow. Very nice!

Thanks. I'm still monitoring if my set up works. But you are right that sometimes the food remains floating on the surface. Thanks for the suggestion on the feeding tube. I didn't think of it & may get it. Since i have the Apex Neptune, this what I'm doing : - During feeding time, turn off return pump, skimmer & wave maker - Wait 1 minute (for the water level to drop below the overflow level). Then activate auto feeder - Wait 3 minutes. Turn on wave maker to agitate food on the bottom of the tank or on the surface. - Wait 1 minute. Then turn on the return pump, skimmer again. - Done 3x a day (equivalent of 1 pinch of pellets each time. Morning, afternoon, night)

After the period of successful treatment (with medication), do a water change & run carbon to deactivate the medication for a few days before putting the fish back in the display tank. This is to prevent any remaining copper or other chemical be introduced to DT Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks.

Regarding Jebao DP4 dosing pump ; some folks say its great value for money, some say they give up on it because accuracy is poor. My opinion on its functionality - Able to keep its time / program in memory despite power is cut. Surprisingly, some other brands lose the time - Accuracy is OK for larger volumes (eg. 10ml dose or more). Its possible to recalibrate but rather troublesome. - Accuracy is poor for small doses. For example, I get a dose of about 1.8ml when I program it for 1ml. And roughly 2.8ml when its programmed for 2ml. This is consistent with both dosing units (from 2 different batch) Set for 10ml dose. Obtain just slightly shy of 10ml Set for 1ml dose. Obtain about 1.8ml

Porcelain crab was released on an anemone under a rock but it didn't like it. It moved to another anemone that was facing higher flow. Cute little chap. Extending its mouthpiece to filter food from the water. Something about it : - Porcelain crabs are fragile creatures & will shed their limb to escape predators, hence the name - The 2 large claws are for territorial struggles (eg. fighting with a clown fish over an anemone). They are not used for feeding. - They are filter feeders, utilizing their feathery mouth parts - Not a true crab. True crabs have 4 pairs of walking legs. Porcelain crabs only have 3 pairs. I'm off on a one week trip next week. Targeting to let the tank run on its own as much as possible in prep for longer trips in future. Auto feeder finally installed. One new & one 2nd hand Jebao dosing pump set up. Red Sea Color additives stored in this trash bin Covered with an Ikea side table ($12.90), just in case my cats topple the dosing pumps.

I had several email correspondence with Kevin Davis (Technical Support Manager). The response was prompt with explanation on how to test for the concentration of the stock solution. Without going into too much details, the main highlights from him are : - Red Sea Foundation C (Mg) will not dissolve fully to give 1ml = 1ppm stock solution. There will be some sediments left. FYI, they call these undissolved sediments "flocks" - These flocks will not solidify into a huge chunk. No issues with passing these through a dosing pump. - Do not filter the solution if you want to maintain the concentration. Leave the flocks there. My thoughts : - Concentration will be different when there are more flocks initially than later on. This will happen when using a dosing pump over a period of time. Probably not a good thing. - Best to stir or agitate the solution (with flocks) before dosing - Else, just go ahead to filter it. The resulting stock solution will be more diluted. Its not a major issue since one can just dose more cc each time.

Nice bubble tip! Good size.

Nice tricolor birdsnest! I've not seen one before.

Nice! Possible to show a view of the tank with lights & overflow?

Do you have copper in your tank? Do you have other invertebrates?

Good to know. Did you measure your strontium levels before & after?

Using m4/3 system. Olympus OMD-EM5 with a macro lens.

Yep...sea hare staring right at us

A couple of additions over the weekend. Got a bubble tip anemone from Pinnacle. Built a small rock structure as anemone's seem to like a socket they settle comfortably in (and not move around). Seems to be working. The anemone is too small for 2 clowns at the same time. Need to take turns. Added a sea hare to the clean up crew

Ha...thanks.

And my clowns left the elegance coral & prefer the company of a goniopora coral. My bubble tip anemone hiding in a low cave. Maybe i'll get a Porcelain Crab for it.