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Then they will colonise the places where the sun don't shine lol. That's why live rocks and good filter media is important. The deep crevices and pits unseen by the human eye will be home to the bacteria.

All great advice above, but this point highlighted is a bit misleading even though it was not the intention. Sand sold for marine use is mostly aragonite or calcium carbonate based, but that is not to say that normal silica or quartz sand cannot be used. In fact it is a myth that fresh water sand cannot be used for marine (something I was guilty of saying once), cos silica based sand is made up of SiO2 which is the same chemical composition as your glass tank And welcome back ultraman, I think this is your second return, the itch is strong with you

You mean blue face angel? It's not reef safe la bro hahahaha.. As with all angel fish, they will most likely nip on your corals. Better to remove the fish or the coral depending on which one you favour haha

Ah I see. In that case you can buy stuff where they have a wider variety of in the US. I usually fill up my orders with amazon stuff when I got extra space cos of free shipping within US over $20. Stuff like iPhone sticker, charger etc I can never get enough of haha. As for reefing supplies I don't know liao. I'm looking to get those loose accessories like fragging tools and supplies cos these are things I dont have time to make a special trip to buy locally.

Bro you are talking about reefing equipment right? There's a few things to take into consideration. Is it available in Singapore? If it is, is it a lot cheaper from US? If the savings you get is only a small percentage, then I think you will have better peace of mind and don't have to wait so long if you purchase from sg, especially if it is a big ticket item cos of warranty. Is it heavy or bulky? This will influence shipping weight. Most of the time it makes it not worth the while. For non-reefing related stuff, I usually ask local retailers to bring in if it is heavy, most of the time it will match the US retail price, without the expensive shipping. Do they ship direct to Singapore? Some retailers don't ship overseas, or overcharge their shipping and handling. You can use vPost as a mail forwarding address in this case. Does your total cost go over S$400 (inclusive of shipping?) Singpost will take the value declared on the customs form and charge you 7% GST before they release the goods to you if it is above $400, sometimes this, together with shipping will make it not worth your while. I haven't bought anything from reefing online stores before but I am eying some stuff from Marine Depot and Bulk Reef Supply at the moment.

You can always bring your own jerry can for refills. At Iwarna it's $2 to fill up a ~20 litre jerry can. The $1 plastic bag is around 10 litres. As for safety of the water, you have to get your own assurances from the LFS you visit. There was a recent debate on whether the oil spill at east coast contributed to pollutants in the NSW we buy, there was no conclusive answer to that.

Hahaha I doubt he will sell it after the kan cheong-ness he faced getting it to feed on frozen food. A word of caution though, copperbands are hard to get to feed in captivity, not impossible but you'd need patience and experience.

Is this the one? That is a seagrass filefish. I used to have one in my office tank and it will nibble at anything and everything including aiptasia. There are several other methods to get rid of aiptasia including natural predators like peppermint shrimps, copperband butterfly and berghia nudibranch (not available in Singapore currently). Chemical methods include squirting kalkwasser concentrate, lemon juice, boiling water or Joe's Juice into them. Do not try to remove them manually as the broken tissue will end up spreading and spawning all over your tank!

That's a good looking fish! Glad you got it feeding on cyclopeeze

Yup I posted that for the benefit of those who don't own a refractometer so they don't make the same mistake as me. The margin error seems consistent enough to use as a benchmark.

I had the same difference in reading with a hydrometer and refractometer: REFRACTOMETER: 1.025 HYDROMETER: 1.020 I heard of other reefers having the same difference, I guess it's better not to keep your sg too high if you are using a hydrometer. I nearly wanted to increase the salinity of my tank from "1.020" to 1.025" when I was using the swing arm type hydrometer.

True story from the multimedia presentation at the wedding of my lovely friends yesterday... Hope they won't mind me sharing On their first date: Girl - What did you order? Boy - 'Medium' rare steak. (After the meal) Boy - Wow I'm still hungry! Girl - You should have ordered a 'large'!

Day 11 Goondoo's Portugal vs N.Korea 1 - 2 Chile vs Switzerland 1 - 0 Spain vs Honduras 2 - 0 Raydiative's Portugal vs N.Korea 3 - 1 Chile vs Switzerland 0 - 1 Spain vs Honduras 3 - 0 Ah Siang's Portugal vs N.Korea 1 - 0 Chile vs Switzerland 0 - 1 Spain vs Honduras 1 - 1 VTec's Portugal vs N.Korea 1 - 1 Chile vs Switzerland 0 - 0 Spain vs Honduras 4 - 0 Mitlancer's Portugal vs N.Korea 2 - 1 Chile vs Switzerland 0 - 1 Spain vs Honduras 2 - 0 Binosage's Portugal vs N.Korea 1 - 1 Chile vs Switzerland 0 - 1 Spain vs Honduras 2 - 0

MOssrope is right. Light is scattered when it penetrates the ocean and the spectrum of colours is absorbed by the water at various depths. "The long wavelengths of the light spectrum—red, yellow, and orange—can penetrate to approximately 15, 30, and 50 meters (49, 98, and 164 feet), respectively, while the short wavelengths of the light spectrum—violet, blue and green—can penetrate further..." Source article As for 91Litre's question, UV light will affect not just the colour, but also the health of corals - negatively. "Corals are very sensitive to UV-A & UV-B light, which can destroy their DNA and RNA. Corals produce colored pigments (blue, purple, pink) in their zooxanthellae cells for protection from the UV light. In nature, UV rays are filtered out by ocean water. The deeper the water, the more UV rays are filtered out of the spectrum. Since corals produce these colorful pigments as a protection from the UV rays striking them, shallow water corals have more colors: More UV, more color; Less UV, less color " Source article If you are asking whether adding UV lights to an aquarium will make a difference in viewing, UV is not visible to the naked eye!

Kiko's Slovakia Vs Paraguay 0-0 Italy Vs New Zealand 3-0 Brazil Vs Ivory Coast 2-1 Ray's Paraguay vs Slovakia 1-0 Italy vs New Zealand 2-0 Brazil vs Ivory Coast 3-1 Goondoo's Paraguay vs Slovakia 1-0 Italy vs New Zealand 1-0 Brazil vs Ivory Coast 1-0 Mossrope's Paraguay vs Slovakia 1-0 Italy vs New Zealand 3-0 Brazil vs Ivory Coast 2-2 Binosage's Paraguay vs Slovakia 1-0 Italy vs New Zealand 3-1 Brazil vs Ivory Coast 2-1

Netherland @ -1 Day 9 Kiko's Holland V Japan 3-0 Ghana V Australia 1-1 Cameroon V Denmark 2-0 Goondoo's Holland V Japan 1-0 Ghana V Australia 1-0 Cameroon V Denmark 0-1 Eniram's Holland V Japan 3-1 Ghana V Australia 0-0 Cameroon V Denmark 0-0 mitlancer's Holland V Japan 2-1 Ghana V Australia 0-0 Cameroon V Denmark 1-1 Mossrope Holland V Japan 3-2 Ghana V Australia 0-1 Cameroon V Denmark 1-2 Binosage's Holland V Japan 3-1 Ghana V Australia 1-1 Cameroon V Denmark 0-2

There are 4 scenarios presented in this article... (Disclaimer: foul language in link)

That's what I thought too, but there is another theory that the designer knowingly did this, as a silent protest against their overcrowded trains and buses

Parody: twitter style screen

The Fail Whale is an endearing icon of Twitter that pops up when the site is overloaded or down. See the images on the right above, it is for SMRT's latest Go Green With SMRT campaign encouraging people to take public transport lol. SMRT website It is impossible for the designer to not know the "fail" connotation of the image cos even the number of birds to butterflies/ladybirds is the same. I bet some disgruntled designer who has to squeeze on the train everyday saboh SMRT before quitting hahaha

Ray -> LL -> Bino -> 3 of us talking about different things hahahaha! Yah Desi, it is like Blackadder.

Hahaha no la, LMGTFY.com is a passive aggressive way of googling something for people. For example, lets say you ask "what is abcdef", something on the forum that will just take you 2 seconds to google , then someone will enter the question into lmgtfy.com and post it as a reply. The site will animate the cursor and the typing, and the remarks below are very sarcastic. Pay attention the the site, it is not google. Hahaha!

LMGTFY.

No la Desi, the term "google-fu" is picked up from somewhere too haha. Or you can also say "The Google is strong with this one" or "May the Google be with you". Sorry if OT haha BTW, Comycus has a point, actually a lot of topics on the board can be easily Google-d. That's not to say don't ask questions at all, but a lot of questions have been posted over and over again, sometimes newbie threads don't get replies because a lot of reefers here can get tired of typing out a full reply for water cycling every 3 weeks

Why is nobody buying your skimmer at such a good price!? If I had a need for a 2nd skimmer I'll sure get from you bro haha. Guys, help a brother out here leh haha. Upz for you!