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Decided to start a new thread since the old one was mainly question asking.

Tank is 1 month old as of yesterday.

Heres the tank spec :

Tank size : 31x31x36cm (34L)

Filtration: 4kg live rock + Dolphin H-800 Hang on filter (1020l/hr)

Skimmer : Dymax IQ skimmer (with Sanders 2 Air wood)

Filtration media : Biohome +, Seachem Purigen and RowaPhos.

Lighting: Beamworks 6x 3W (4white 2 blue) LED (upgrading to 5Blue 2White BridgeLux LED Par38-alike light set soon)
Substrate: Carib-Sea Live sand.
Water: Red Sea Coral Pro Salt + DI water.

Cooling : Dymax Fan
Additives: Planning to dose GoodBye po4.

Corals (started adding corals 1 week ago) :

Star Dust Zoas

Purple Hornet Zoas

Eagle Eye Zoas

Red/Blue/Green Zoas

Green/Orange Ric mushroom

Fishes :

Currently have 2 astraea snail
Planning to have 2 percular clown, sexy shrimps and maybe a bi-color blenny.

Water parameters as of today :

SG : 1.025.

Temp : 26 - 27C

(all tested with API test kit)

Ammonia : 0

Nitrate : 0 - 5ppm

Nitrite : 0

Phosphate : 0 ppm

pH : 8.2 - 8.4

FTS :

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Star Dust zoa colony.

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My Ric mushroom garden.. bought it from a reefer and it came with a rock but the rock is full of green slime algae and green algae.. cut the mushroom base off and stick to my another rock... hopefully it will grow and spread to cover the whole rock.

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Purple Hornet Frag with eagle eye frag..

Eagle eye is not opening well..

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Don't know whats the name of this zoa.. got 2 variant.

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Another zoa with green and red color

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the heart of my tank..

just added a surface skimmer to the filter but its churning out quite alot micro bubble... placed some black sponge at the outlet but ts not working.

all the media and the skimmer mentioned above are all stuffed here.

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Tank's placed inside my 4ft freshwater set up cabinet.. tight but nice squeeze.

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together with my 4ft tank..

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Thanks for viewing!!!

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Hi bro, I'm also using this surface skimmer(DYMAX?) connected to my canister filter. For the bubble issue, U have to adjust that rod on top to get the surface skimmer to sit higher in the water. From your pic, can see that it is quite deep below the water surface. Hope you get what I mean, nice tank btw.

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Hi bro, I'm also using this surface skimmer(DYMAX?) connected to my canister filter. For the bubble issue, U have to adjust that rod on top to get the surface skimmer to sit higher in the water. From your pic, can see that it is quite deep below the water surface. Hope you get what I mean, nice tank btw.

hi bro, its ista brand.. but your advice helped alot! i adjusted the rod and now its only churning out very little micro bubble. thanks!!

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Some updates.. bought a pair of false percular clownfish and a boxer shrimp today. Finally have fishes after more than a month since start up!

Took some pics with my DSLR..

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Anyone able to ID this?

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Lovely cute clowns!

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Started eating hikari marine pellets hours after they have settle in..

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bigger one is chasing the smaller one on the right, hopefully they will live in peace..

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im guessing im stocking up pretty fast... better hold my temptation to add anything for at last till next week! Right now im doing 5% WC 3 times a week.

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Any fishes to recommand? probably a nice cute blenny or goby?

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Some updates.. bought a pair of false percular clownfish and a boxer shrimp today. Finally have fishes after more than a month since start up! Took some pics with my DSLR.. DSC02758_zpsf380cc07.jpgDSC02768_zps236a205c.jpgDSC02770_zps97539706.jpgDSC02773_zpsccaf23c9.jpg Anyone able to ID this? DSC02783_zps627ba207.jpg Lovely cute clowns! DSC02787_zps22d75081.jpg Started eating hikari marine pellets hours after they have settle in.. DSC02791_zps11c21db8.jpg bigger one is chasing the smaller one on the right, hopefully they will live in peace.. DSC02794_zps16ed2a85.jpg im guessing im stocking up pretty fast... better hold my temptation to add anything for at last till next week! Right now im doing 5% WC 3 times a week. DSC02800_zps7baefa10.jpg Any fishes to recommand? probably a nice cute blenny or goby?
Looks like a tube anemone. Yellow clown gobies r cute or u can try yasha shrimp goby paired with Randall pistol shrimp.

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Looks like a tube anemone. Yellow clown gobies r cute or u can try yasha shrimp goby paired with Randall pistol shrimp.

im thinking of the goby pistol pair but my sand bed's not even an inch thick.. is this ok?

Sabellidae (feather duster worm) bro Tube anemone quite different attachicon.gifImageUploadedByTapatalk1361894197.154339.jpg Some details of both for ur reading pleasure: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/6/inverts (tube anemone) http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/inverts (feather duster)

Thanks for the ID bro.. actually i already know its a feather duster worm.. just trying to find out its common name or nickname..

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Feather duster lor... Lol
Thanks for the correction, didn't know tube worm got so colorful ones.

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Have man... Do a google will see so many differ colour renditions! I got no feelings for them else get liao... I think those christmas tree worm also same family
I got one at home, my wife says it look like a potato.

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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how come not easy to keep for long? i read online seems very easy to keep..

Read this from liveaquaria,

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+504+541&pcatid=541

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+504+539&pcatid=539

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Hey guys, im thinking of adding a yasha goby + pistol shrimp pair but my sand bed is only around 1.5cm thick.. is this enough for them?

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Why not add some more sand in? My goby + shrimp pair were doing well in a 1.5 inch sand bed

dont think i want to disturb the sand bed now.. just wondering if they can do well in a shallow sand bed..

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Simple update..

i have been hunting nice colorful zoas high and low and honestly, been stocking up pretty fast.. luckily my tank is fishless and i do 5% WC every 2 - 3 days and my tanks and corals are coping very well..

Today i bought more zoas and found out that i indeed am running out of space.. so i made a frag station out of egg crates and suction cups..

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i use Superglue to glue the suction cup to the eggcrates.

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Since the back portion of my tank is empty so i decided to put my frag station there...

As you can see from this photo, bought some frag plugs and shifted some of my small frags of zoas on to the station..

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only worry will be fishes will have less swimming space and the lighting may be too intense for the zoas.

Next to share my newly acquired zoas..

Radioactive green.

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orange green zoa.

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Next, the rest of my zoas collection..

my 2 fav are on the left.. Mohawk and the green zoas..

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this mohawk glows purple skirts with bright orange center under blue light.. its a pity my camera cant capture it well

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My GSP.. planning to glue it to my surface skimmer and let it spread over it.

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Some sort of gonipora? opening well and seems to grow pretty fast

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Hammer coral.. noticed this fella likes to extend its tentacle and try to reach out for my rics and zoas..

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my hardworking astera snails.

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Now for the FTS.. noticed the frag station at the back..

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pure blue light.

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Still waiting for my E27 socket adapter to arrive so i can change the light set!

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