Flaming Nemo

Dear reefers, I have setting up the tank for 4 months already. And I decided to post up here to share with you all. Hope you all can give me your guidances and comments to maintain this tank. Hope this tank journey starts from this thread. Main Front Tank Specs: Tank type: Salted, reef with corals Size: 3ftx2ftx1.5ft Filter: Sump overflow box Equipment: Protein skimmer (deltec), Calcium reactor (deltec), Chiller (Artica), return pump, fluidizers Light: Metal Halide + Blue Artinic Light x2 Left side of tank Water Parameters Temp: 23.5 DC pH: 8.0-8.2 (hard to achieve!) tends to drop due to calcium reactor. QUESTION: HOW TO ENCOUNTER PH DROP? Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: unknown, must be high due to diatoms growth? QUESTION: HOW TO ENCOUNTER ALGAE GROW ON ROCKS AND SANDS? ANY INVERTEBRATES TO HELP? Phosphate: Unknown Calcium: 500ppm dKH: 9 Water top up: Tap water only These are the corals in the tank for a moment Bubble Coral http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t279/et...werpotcoral.jpg Flowerpot Coral http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t279/et...CupMushroom.jpg Elephant Ear Coral? What is this? Zoanthids (Green/Yellow) Finger Coral Upcoming wil the photo for the fishes. Update soon Cheers

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Hi all, Sorry is my fault starting this thread... cos i am curious to find coral market in Sing. As i am new in this area.... Honestly, i stand no thread between any commercial cos i not interested at all cos i got no commission leh... i just a humble coral hobbyist orh... Some bro out there too sensitive on topics lah Btw u guys keep talking on LFS? what that ah? Btw someone can teach me how to buy and sell corals here leh? u guys PM each other when buying but by i cant why ah?

Hi guys, Sorry i dnt know the market price mah... maybe i should tell them to reduce their price... maybe i will buy from them must go and find the boss and tell him btw way reborn i went before.. very dirty and unhygene... coral also not healthy no wonder so cheap.... Thanks any way

hey guys, i have checked www.coralmarketplace.com is a singapore based online.. if you have time, check it out there

Yap I agree but online are cheaper. Today i went to a shop and they sell the corals so EX!!! Not to mention the shop name, its ridiculous!! Anyhow buckup price.... Imagine a frag of anemone mushroom sell $70 bucks..... Madnesss I think i can grow myself or used that to cultivate abalone for me to eat hahahaha I went and see fishn friends they no longer sell except coralmarketplace. Their price there is reasonable leh compare to those shop. At least i can wait for them to deliver to me...

Dear reefers, I'm looking for shopping corals online in Singapore. Anyone recommendation? Some bros from other forum give me www.fish n friends and www.coralmarketplace.com Dnt know anyone got go there before? Need some recommendation? Thanks

Dear friends, Anyone know where to get corals online in Singapore? I am too lazy to step out of my house to buy..... Regards

THanks !! I used some black sponge and its reduce the bubbles significantly BUt the heat is another prob again.....

THanks for all your advise!!! I using Dymax brand. FYI, I only using 1 pump to pump up the water from sump to main tank... i using gravtional energy to pull the water down... Another issue.... My protein skimmer is producing lots of bubbles... in the sump tank causing bubbles to raise up in my main tank... very ugly.... How to solve? When we should on the skimmer? Cos my tank just set up.. only live rocks and sands.... PLs advise me again... THanks

Hi friends, CUrrently my protein skimmer is giving out heat in my sump tank turning the water a bit warm. Is this a problem or is normal? I'm using a submerging pump. The pump is in the water. The pump giving out heat.... Advise?

Hi all, I really admire of everyone engineer's mind to have a DIY sump tank. Can some one teach me how to bulid one? I am learning how to bulid the flow of water mechanisms. How to let the water from my main tank flow back to sump tank and how to let the water flow back to main tank? What to use? Pump? How to connect? My tank do not have a pipe connection underneath. I intend to use a overhang pipe method. Is it possible to connect to sump tank? Will it over flow? Thanks

Hi all, I having a weird problem here. I have a damsel, Nemo and Domino. These few days these fishes are breathing heavily and very fast. But they seems active in eating and sleeping. Seldom comes to the surface for air. Testing my ammonia = 0 , Nitrite = 0 What is happening? Is my reef corals in the tank some what release unseen toxic Btw i have= a xiena, soft corals like finger, toadstool and sponges Pls Advise

Thanks all shoelevy: thanks for your kind help. I'm staying in the north. It's ok for the moment cos i can take back to my lab and run it under 'HPLC-High Performance Liquid Chromotagraphy' it shows me a quantitative results. More accurate. I may need to measure Mg, Ca and Carbonate Salts. Nicholas: I bought the Seachem Reef Carbonate (liquid form) will try to add in alternate nights with my kalkwasser Is it ok? Advise