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    Fluval Marine Evo tank set Sale with chiller

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    Hi i am selling my tank as a set, tank been running for more than a year, i dont have time to maintain due to work commitments, so want to give up hobby

     

    Quote me a price and if we can agree everything is yours - PM me

    Only thing i don't have nets and all so you have to bring it to take the livestock

    Fluval Marine Evo 13.5

    prefer to sell as a set

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    Fluval Tank with LED and Cover

    Fluval mini protein skimmer

    Upgraded Eheim compact on 1000 pump

    jebao - SLW10 wave maker ( sine wave pump)

    Hailea HS-28A chiller with external temperature probe

    Live rock

    2 clown fishes

    1 blood red fire shrimp

    1 tuxedo Urchin

     

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    Need help with PH

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi just an update. Did 2 water change, this time tested the water PH was at 8.0( bought from LFS before making water change)

    now the PH is slowly climbing, its at 7.6 now. When i first made the water change the ph went up to 7.8, then drop back , 7.4, and then climbed to 7.5 and now 7.6

    hopefully will continue climbing, not sure if cycling has a part to play on the PH . 

     

    i am also starting to see diatom on live rock, some say thats a good sign but not sure how far that is true

    Need help with PH

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    1 hour ago, R0B said:

    I believe your issue is not one of PH problems per se, but rather one of a small mistake and a heavy hand haha. So you will be good to go once the cycle is complete.

    Is interesting concept to add coral chips. Not a bad idea but I would argue this has a very minimal impact at 7.3ph and personally would not recommend adding coral chips to a sump for a long term. Sumps IMHO should be super clean so if you add, throw them in a filter bag or better a recirculating reactor (which I dont think is possible in a IOS). Whilst this may buffer PH moderately this takes a long time as normal salt water PH levels don't cause the chemical reactions needed (or they happen much much slower). Adding coral chips was a trick fresh water hobbiests used to buffer PH, but their PH is typically more acidic then in saltwater tanks. It is not a bad idea whilst the ph was below 7. Within the salt water hobby coral chips are sometimes used in recirculating reactors (such as a nitrate reactor) this is because there is an increased dwell time and the PH is artificially low compared to the tank. I do very much agree that having surface area on which to promote bacteria is a really good idea so do think about that.

    I would not add a clean up crew at this stage. Wait for your tank to be established. Else they will starve and in doing so they will begin to consume their own flesh leaching toxins. I would possibly wait a month after adding your first fish before adding a clean up crew (not including fish clean up crews like tangs and blenny).

    So what can you be doing? What I would do is keep the lights off and think about your fish selection (and the order of fish introduction). Add slowly once your INITIAL cycle has completed. Then get into a maintenance/testing rhythm.

    All the best.

    Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app
     

    Hi Rob

     

    Again , thank you so much for taking your time to reply, I have been reading on the Coral chips as Suggested above, I have not done it yet, Someone suggested I add the PH buffer, but think that will be a temp solution. I do have the reef Buffer with me.

    I cant add anything until my PH recovers right? currently still at 7.3. Don't think fish will survive this right?

    I am also letting my skimmer run as someone said good for gas exchange

    I am still Dosing Seachem stability everyday, should I stop this?

     

     

    Need help with PH

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    10 hours ago, Kusala Subasinghe said:


    Ok. Caribsea live sand must be Aragonite sand. That is good and in long term it will help to stabilise the pH and build nitrifying bacteria colonies.

    Also you can add coral chip size 15 or 20 to your sump. It will help to hold both KH and pH at the higher end.

    Don’t worry it will become stable soon. Once the pH reaches 7.6 add the cleaning crew (some snails and hermit/emerald crab)


    Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

    thank you for the kind Advice Kusala, will do

     

    Need help with PH

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hey Rob , thanks for taking the time to write this up, my sincere appreciation

     

    good advice

    i am using seachem stability, I used fish food for initial cycling and Nitrate and ammonia is 0 As of now

    i will check if i can do the ammonia test

     

    Does anyone know what PH LFS keeps rheir salt mix or shall i buy rodi and mix it myself 
     

    Need help with PH

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi Reefers

     

    i have been cycling my new marine tank and i have freshwater tanks as well

    i made a grave mistake of accidentally using my Seachem neutral regulator in my marine tank. Supposed to use reef buffer

    now my ph for my marine tank dropped to 7

    Ammonia is 0

    nitrate 0

    nitrite 0

    KH is 180 ppm

    GH 180 ppm

    what will be the best way i can mitigate the issue and bring the PH back

    i have not added any live stock

     

    appreciate all the advice

    i am thinking of a bag of crushed coral in the sump

    decomm - Part 1

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    Tank + Light - SOLD

    3-stage DI- Reserved with Deposit

    Eheim - 1260 - Reserved

    Items left

    Eheim - 1250 - $50

    Still have a few Test kits, Auto Feeder, small tropical tank(1.5), lights - will post pic soon

    Price neg, especially to those who i have deal before

    decomm - Part 1

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    Uncle Jon - PMed you

    Just to restate available item

    3ft tank with 12mm display tank and 8mm Sump, Built by Coral reef with cabinet - Giving away for token price


    Eheim 1260 and Eheim 1250
    3ft DYMAX 2x 150w MH light and 2 T5 Blue light( used less than a year)
    3 stage DI - currently reserved

    Tank will be free to those taking the light

    as mentioned previously, its a CR(coralreef) tank, need to still fix the pipe issue

    SMS me directly at 82011009
    Need to clear tank by this week
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    decomm - Part 1

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    3- stage DI - reserved for viewing

    Eheim - 1260/1250 still available

    Tank and lighting still available ( Those who are not serious, please stay away, just too many buyers out there has no sense of professionalism, they bargain, in the end agree to a price then go missing)

    Need to clear tank by this weekend, its a good quality tank, just need some fixes

    Thanks

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