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    please read this first if you are a newbie

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    I do not keep sps only softies and lps. I use API test kits and find that it is good enough. Have been using them for the past 2 years. I only test for KH weekly. Calcium and Mg monthly. My parameterrs are stable once the correct dosing is established and I dose manually. Semi retired thus can spare the time to do daily dosing at the fixed time early in the morning.

    Good marine shops for these creatures?

    in General Reefkeeping_

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    17 minutes ago, ystad8 said:

    Observe some reefers will break up the coral into small frag pieces and sells it to recoup back what he pays for...and lots of feedbacks from the true reefers and retailers on their observation also...sad


    It's your call. If you feel it is not worth it just don't buy from them.The fact remains that prices of corals have gone up and it will keep going up as long as there is demand and the supply is limited because of tighter control on the collection of them from the wild. 

     

    Need help with coral

    in LPS Coral forum

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    10 minutes ago, kakak99 said:

     

    My cut in cut out is 27 and 26.  Thought you say

     

     

    I have 5 tanks. two of them on chiller. The 28 - 29 degree  LPS tank do not have chiller. The one with chiller just started not long ago. Currently cycling will post some updates soon.

    Need help with coral

    in LPS Coral forum

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    There are times I get an LPS from a fresh shipment that looks fine. But after a day in the tank it starts to die. When I cut it up it is already rotting from within. So I suspsect it is already stressed and dying when it arrived from overseas.

    Need help with coral

    in LPS Coral forum

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    btw back to your question why the torch coral is doing badly. There may be other factors other than temperature. I find that if the LPS is from a fresh shipment it may not do well if we buy it immediately on the day of arrival. It is already stressed from the journey. So if it did not rest enough and we subject it to another trip to our home it may stress them further. So did you get yours from the lfs or from another reefer?

     

     

    Need help with coral

    in LPS Coral forum

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    Personal experience. It may be better to use an external probe to monitor and control the tempeature. As the probe will be monitoring the tank/sump tempetature this will give a more accurate feedback to the chiller to respond to the cooling requirement. I use a HS 28a for my 200+ litre system. Set the cut in at 26 and cut out at 25. Chiller will normally take about 1 hour to bring the temp down and cut out for about 2 hour before cutting in again. I use external temp probe.

    Need help with coral

    in LPS Coral forum

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    1 hour ago, kakak99 said:

    All LPS and SPS cannot tolerate high temperature.

    Try to lower temperature to 26 degree. Short duration 27~28 still acceptable. 

     

    Well I have been running my tank at around 28 - 29 degrees and my LPS is all doing fine.

    My Beginner Tank

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    Yeah common mistake made by most people who start a reef tank. So tempting, all the nice fishes in the store you just want to have them all. Too many too soon. So do read up and be patient otherwise you will conclude that reefkeeping is difficult and give up. That will be a waste of time and money. You also mentioned about going overseas? Not advisable to start a tank and then go away so soon. First few weeks of a new tank is critical. Have to monitor it closely to make sure all is going well. Well hope you will learn to enjoy the hobby and all the best.

     

    Mini Shallow Build Upgrade

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    On ‎22‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 6:28 PM, kenyee said:

    It will b wonderful if my tank can move ard easily..sockets can b removed easily too..haha :)

     

    From the dimensions I estimate that the fully stocked tank should be in the region of 400+ kg. I assure you that it will not be fun moving that around even if it is on wheels.

    Plan for a IOS tank

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 7:36 AM, yukok.lim08 said:

     


    That statement only true for using chiller. Depends how height is the divider being place, water level at DT will drop significantly inDT due to cooling fan.

    I just share my personal experience as my DT water level is dropping more than 1cm and below overflow due to evaporation from cooling fan . However my IOS do have more hole below overflow to allow water passing to back to prevent no water goes to back. Just that water level below overflow will cause i lose the surface skimming function.

    Kenyee IOS design only allow water go to Compartment through overflow thus need take care evaporation rate into consideration


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    Hi,

    I am not sure why you experience drop in water level in DT when there is evaporation. Scientifically this should not happen the drop should be in the return pump compartment. as mentioned earlier by others and of course if the evaporation is too much and water level in the pump compartment is near the pump intake then vortex will form and air will then be sucked in and returned to the DT.

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