[EvolutionZ's Red Sea Reefer 170 tank build]

5 minutes ago, Jason Ng said:

Hi bro
Just got my k7 today.

Is the fan suppose to run when the light is on? Or automatic run when it is too hot?

Thanks


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Congrats on your new light! The fan turns on and off automatically. i run both of mine at around 60% and the fans don't really run at all.

[THE ATLANTIS]

Another thing to take note, having a rimless tank so near electrical appliance is not ideal.. There's alot more salt spray than you might expect.

[My Slice of Nature (Part 3)]

That chalice omg!

[My 3.5ft own build tank]

Otherwise u can look up BRS on youtube, they did a in-depth review of the orphek recently and that should give you a rough idea on mounting height and PAR levels.

[WTS: coral frags]

Bam bam orange reserved for trade. 

Upz for remaining fairy dust, sakura sunrise and the beautiful FF colony.

[WTS: coral frags]

Upz! come trade your corals with mine!

[THE ATLANTIS]

Another Red sea reefer!  Always exciting to set up a new tank. Enjoy the process!

[WTS: coral frags]

Mandarin orange zoas frag reserved. up for the remaining item. 

Discount can be given if taking more.. also would actually prefer to trade so hit me up!

[WTS: coral frags]

Hi Reefers,

Letting go some zoas and SPS frags, i am open to trade with other zoas that i do not have.

A - Mandarin Orange

B - Fairy Dust

C - Sakura Sunrise

D - Bam Bam Orange

Same 4 bottom frags in blue LED and orange filter.

 

Forest fire Digitata colony, bigger than palm size. 

$25

 

Collection at woodlands or Iwarna on saturday mornings. 

Whatsapp me at 910Six393Four.

Thanks for viewing.

[EvolutionZ's Red Sea Reefer 170 tank build]

Day 98

Revamped my zoas & acans garden by glueing a bunch of Caribsea Frag zone rocks to form 2 islands. 

 

First time keeping a chalice!

 

Some regular SPS shot..

Blue tenuis

 

Blue dragon

Tri-color valida

 

Helping a friend foster his royal blue millie, tempted to get 1 myself too!

End today's update with 2 FTS

 

 

 

[Weekly-LFS-Shipment-Update-7 Sep-to-13 Sep -20/]

Any idea on pricing?

[dosing bacteria in mature tank]

It really depends, some think of it as snake oil while some swears by it. I personally hook up Microbelift special blend to my dosing pump and dose 5ml into my 170L tank everyday. It has helped me fight of dino/cyano without me doing anything else.

[Deltec 1000ix over flow]

give it a bath in vinegar, the oil present in the brand new skimmer is probably what is causing that.

[Quarantine tank size]

7 hours ago, DottyClown said:

Do you all keep your QT running empty in between new additions? Or simply shut it down and throw all water?

What about the media? Put it into DT and then take out again when need to do another QT?

i think i'll leave it running until my tank is fully stock and i don't expect to add anymore fishes. I will then dry out all equipments/media used and will not used them in my display tank. just keep it incase you need to restart your QT again.

[Raising Nitrate]

Potassium nitrate are increasingly hard to find because the powder/high concentration form is banned in Singapore, i believe you can dose Calcium Nitrate instead and fertilizer grade can be found in nursery shops like LushGro. Not sure if these are good enough grade to be dose in the reef tank though. 

[Quarantine tank size]

5 minutes ago, ianmphua said:

 

I remember i saw a heater in your quarantine tank? Usually it’s the other way round, ppl in sg try to cool their tanks down.


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Oh that was because that qt is in my room, with ac at night water will drop to 25c and back up to 30c in the day time. Which is why I had a heater inside. 

Had since remove it after realising that the cover that came with the tank actually kept the tank very constant at 27-28c throughout the day. 

[Quarantine tank size]

1 minute ago, ianmphua said:

 

That means i’ll have to get an rodi unit . Another $100 down the drain. At least my fish will come out of quarantine healthy.


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According to seachem, the prime/safe stays active for only 48 hours max, so the water is safe to mix with copper after that. But i personally will not use it, who knows one day you might forget how long you have 'aged' the water and used it while the prime/safe is still active.. 

[Quarantine tank size]

1 minute ago, DottyClown said:

Bro, for QT, do you run any Bio Media, Skimmer and such? Because with 2 x 20% water change per week, still have 40ppm is quite high, isn't it?  Or just plain tank with water?

i run a dolphin Hang on back filter with some Sera Siphorax. Nitrate is there simply because the bacteria in the media is doing its work to convert ammonia to nitrates, at the bare minimum, you should have sponge filters.

I had a YT and a pair of clowns in that small QT which means its bioload is very high, coupled with nutritional feeding, its normal for nitrates to sky rocket. But like i mentioned, high nitrates do not generally bother fishes until it exceeds extremely high level ( i would assume above 100ppm).

[Quarantine tank size]

Just now, ianmphua said:

 

Yes I remember seeing it on one of your post on the red sea tank. What is your water change schedule like on the QT? I am also planning on doing the 30 day copper and prazi treatment. When you do water changes, do you make new saltwater or take the water from your main tank?


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i do 20% twice a week on that small QT. Nitrates were pretty high at about 40ppm but it dosn't really bother the fish. I make new saltwater when doing water change to ensure there is no cross contamination.

But i don't see a reason why you cannot use water from your tank IF you are certain that tank is 100% parasite free. I just use new saltwater as a precaution and for such small water volume it dosn't cost much anyway. 

Also, do use RODI/DI water for the QT as anti-chlorines like seachem prime/safe will reduce copper to a very toxic level.

[Quarantine tank size]

I have a 40x25x28cm tank as a QT and have a small YT inside for 3 weeks with no issue, of course it will get stressed out initially but shouldn't have much of an issue since its just for QT

[WTS: Fire goby]

sold

[EvolutionZ's Red Sea Reefer 170 tank build]

Day 88.

Bought a set of filter lenses for my Galaxy S10+ and the yellow filter corrects the white balance very accurately to capture the true color of the tank!

 

Here's some pictures i took, no editing at all! Just the yellow filter with the Pro mode on my S10+

Zoas garden

 

Some newly aquired acans

Red stag, previously snipped the top of both sticks hoping to encourage vertical growth instead of encrusting. Looks like that didn't work out.

 

Got it from a friend who bought this was walt disney, let's see how this turns out.

 

Red planet millipora

 

Bonsai

 

Pink milliepora

 

SSC

 

Miyagi Tort

 

Thanks for viewing!

 

[WTS: Fire goby]

FCFS, collect by today $8. 

[WTS: Fire goby]

 

Have a 2" fire goby for sale. Doing well in my QT for the past 2 weeks. Some fin torn due to bullied by midas blenny, which is the reason why I'm selling it.

 

Feeding very well on nearth frozen copepods and TDO pellets.

Selling at only $10

Whatsapp me at 910Six393Four, collection at woodlands. 

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[Egg Crate below sandbed]

9 minutes ago, DottyClown said:

My worry is on the concentrated pressure point exerted on the bottom glass.

If you're worried, cut out a small square piece of egg crates and rest the pointy part of your rocks on it. Small piece of egg crates won't cause much issue.