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    On 5/24/2018 at 8:11 AM, MarCal said:

    Wow wow wow!!!!

    Amazing scape n varieties of sps. The colours are beautiful. 

    Effort paid off. Now can sit back n enjoy. I am also sure many reefers are also sitting back n enjoying ur tank progress thru ur videos. 

     

    20 hours ago, ReefManiac said:

    Very nice coloration on the corals despite the "harsh" treatments! Bravo bro YX!:welldone:

     

    Thank you!  Definitely sitting back and taking a breather for now

     

    On 5/24/2018 at 9:02 AM, Jeebusai said:

    The video is damn pro! Loved the flame hawk, somehow the fish just brings a smile to my face (got the please beat me look). Lol :welldone:

     

    On 5/24/2018 at 9:15 AM, Uask4it said:

    :welldone:Great video, after watching will get a flame hawk soon.:D

     

    The flame hawk is my wife's favourite fish in the tank!  She named him "Derpy" haha!

     

  2. Sorry I took so long to put the video together.  The clips in this video were all filmed on 17 April, about a week after I finished the dipping process, and barely a few days after I rescaped and glued the corals in place.  I expected the SPS to be super pissed off from the rough dipping treatment and the new scape, but they seem contented!

     

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  3. 15 hours ago, leong_rei said:

    Omg u buy the $k anthais

    Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app
     

    I've actually asked Iwarna to order them for many months after my previous one passed on last year... they only recently became available again. 

    I got 2 this time, hopefully can pair them up :) 

    7 hours ago, Jeebusai said:

    Nice and fast recovery bro! Backbreaking work though! Waiting for new updates! Should recover in no time! 

     

    3 hours ago, MarCal said:

    Looks really very good.

     

    Thank you!  It's really been a tough journey with this tank so far.  Hopefully it'll all turn out well and I can actually enjoy the tank peacefully instead of endlessly spending and slogging over it!

  4. 8 hours ago, SubzeroLT said:

    Respect the effort!

    Can consider getting a few spotted mandarins as in case the issue pops up again.

    Thanks bro!  It's really quite a backbreaking effort, but if it ends up with a nice looking tank like yours then it's worth it :)

    I bought 3 spotted mandarins early on to help keep the problem under control, but surprisingly they fought quite fiercely amongst each other and now left with only 1.  I'm considering adding springeri damsels too as they're also reputed to eat aefw

  5. And here's the new scape! Hope it looks good enough... I've set up 2 tubs and will start cycling the rocks in salt water with Fritz and Prodibio bacteria for 2 weeks. I may also dose some TM Reef Mud Vital into the tubs to hopefully seed some additional micro fauna into the rocks.

     

  6. There are ways to keep them under control but not eradicate them.  Fish like spotted mandarins and leopard wrasses are reputed to eat them; and KZ Flatworm Stop helps too.  I'll be taking corrective action to eradicate them from my tank soon, but most people will not be willing to do what it takes.

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  7. 4. Sabah wild colonies

    Sabah wild SPS are notoriously difficult to keep alive, so I'm glad that I managed to keep a couple of colonies.

    This one was another totally browned out colony I took a chance on - it stayed brown for months, then finally recently coloured up
    38320620985_da098610c8_b.jpgSPS 18 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    This tort/echinata/bottlebrush was neon yellow when I got it.  It's now neon green, but has regained some yellow at the tips.  Hoping to be able to get it back to its original yellow glory
    27421036349_a4f8aacfd7_b.jpgSPS 10 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr


    5. Frags from Fantasy Corals

    FC "CRT Rainbow"
    39196945301_a2206848b8_b.jpgSPS 25 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    FC "Superman Acro"
    38320616325_c216d0feeb_b.jpgSPS 24 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    FC "Rainbow Shabert"
    38320619755_c69ba4535d_b.jpgSPS 21 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    FC "Jubilee"
    38489640554_bb2b4e90cd_b.jpgSPS 20 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    FC "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
    39196946541_62215f34cf_b.jpgSPS 19 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    FC "Sweetie Pie"
    39196947281_a60bb38592_b.jpgSPS 15 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    FC "Ultra Walt Disney"
    27421032929_d73d0075b4_b.jpgSPS 8 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

  8. 2. Australia wild colonies

    A very very interesting deepwater colony.  When I first got it, it was red with neon green highlights.  It is now purple, but has retained the highlights.
    38320622745_c87bfbba15_b.jpgSPS 13 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    Very nice colony - Acropora nasuta?  It has a mint green body with purple corallites and blue polyps.  I have another similar colony under high light that has the same mint green body with purple corallites, but the polys are purple too instead of blue
    25331345398_71db6eb7a3_b.jpgSPS 9 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    Classic SSC.  It turned entirely red for awhile, and is now starting to get the green back.  I was told that I'm keeping it under too high lights and too low nutrients, hence the loss in green and predominance of red
    39169560432_e759b8f47a_b.jpgSPS 6 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    Not sure what this is, but it reminds me of snowflakes!  Very Christmassy look
    27421034049_c3087a74e4_b.jpgSPS 5 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    I call this my "Aussie Pikachu" - bright yellow with red polyps
    39169560652_dbc4acefd5_b.jpgSPS 4 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    A "Rainbow" millie from Australia.  When I got this colony some tips were showing blue in addition to the orange/red body and green polyps.  You can't see it from the picture, but the corallites are now turning gold
    39169560982_6ec5aa3a51_b.jpgSPS 3 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr


    3. Tonga wild colonies

    Recent acquisition from a long awaited Tonga shipment.  Bought it as a "Rainbow Nasuta"
    39169561022_a762fddf8b_b.jpgSPS 2 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

    From the same recent shipment, a different colour variant of the above colony - this one is pink with blue tips and red polyps.  This piece is still not very stable, so I'm closely observing it
    39169561532_cbb000a1c8_b.jpgSPS 1 by Yi Xiang Lye, on Flickr

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