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Hi Tanzy, Thanks for your input. Can you tell me if the additional of an anemone will help (in any way) for my clown? Will it help reduce stress? Provide a better home? Etc? There seems to be conflicting accounts about clowns and anemones. Some said that since there are no natural predators in my tank, the clown doesn't need anemone while others say clown wonlt live long without anemone?! Need expert to shed light on which is the evil LFS salesman... Hehh hehh hehh Thanks again

Hi All, I have a 3 x 1.5 x 2ft tank and am currently only keeping: 03 x Green Blue Chromis 01 x Clown Sweetlips (Agogo) 01 x Common Clownfish No corals No anemones The rest of the fish seem stable and happy and swim around the tank normally but my clown keeps to itself in one corner?! The furtherest it'll go is to the middle of the tank during feeding, else, it goes back to its corner and stays there all day and night. The clown doesn't seem to be bullied into the corner. In fact, it simply swims as per usual when the other fishes go near it (not darting away or hiding) Anyone has any idea why is this so or is it normal? I do not have any anemone in my tank (yet). Could this be the reason? Do I really need an anemone for the clownfish since there are no predators in my tank? Thanks in advance!!!

I tried to buy some chemicals from one of these labs (in fact, I have some business dealings with some of them). I cannot seem to remember, but I think it was sodium nitrate I was trying to buy. The minimum order quantity (MOQ) is in the tens of barrels. NOt very practical for daily top-up of a moderate sized tank. even if they do agree to sell in small quantities, the fuel and time spent on driving to get the distilled water might prove more than simply buying from NTUC. Just my two cents

NO, I never swam with shark but an overdose of National Geographic, Discovery Channel and the movie <Deep Blue Sea> taught me that sharks cannot swim backwards... Heh heh heh Yes, the crabs and worms present in your LR will make good of any dead bodies in your tank within 2~3 days. (Found many crabs and worms in my tanks which prompted my "spring cleaning" but that's another story, contact me personally for rights!!! ) I have observed that even if you managed to find any one of your fishes struggling to breathe and stay afloat upright, in the next few hours, you will likely to find it sheltered between your LR. If things get worse, your fish will disappear and never to appear again. If you are lucky enough, you can release it from the LR in time but end up finding it dead in the water in the open before it is dragged off somewhere by crabs and such... From experience P/S: I'm no expert but speaking from experience and observation

Honestly, Chia Kim Lee quite cheao... Comes with coller/boiler unit and can conveniently drink too!!! The science labs must sell in somewhat bulk quantity. Maybe if know someone (think remember got reefer here work in such labs and can get) then can get but for daily top-up quite siong

ANyway, don't be "xiao"! We are all friends... Sharing my experience, that's all...

Huh? No lah... not directed at anyone lah... Just spoke with the boss of a LFS who commented on the same thing... Maybe I'm guilty of regurgitating his words, that's all. There was a thread here within the last few days when someone commented that RE**** fish not so good coz they don't bother to quarantine. When I talked to that LFS boss and my other friends, he mentioned that despite that fact, their tanks are often by Sunday or Monday at the very latest!!! (Quite true as my office near RE**** and I pop by when I have time). Also, they mentioned that RE**** bring in sometimes exotic or rarelly seen fishes and sell cheaper than other places. Not to mention the many complains from members in this forum that they ill-treat their fishes by cramping them in a small tank. Ultimately, to each his own. Not fair for anyone to comment on how good or how worth it for anyone to spend any amount of $$$ on anything! P/S: Not unlike women!!!

Am using Sera test kit for NO3. Even when people tell me Sera is in the pits, it tested "0" for NO3 using my distilled drinking water but showed some readings (from early cycling stage) to minimal (when water sorta stabilised later). So even when Sear not totally accurate, still somewhat working. And... Sera tested NO3 in my tap water. No way to buy cheap distilled water. Maybe buy from Chia Kim Lee!!! Hah hah hah. Else, buy from NTUC or distill your own using the canopy method with SG's hot sun!

one's meat is another's posion... Some people say Re**** fish not good but maybe the reefer's tank problematic. Hard to pass judgement. So long as buyer happy and seller "song", not up to rest of us to complain

Posted before that when marine fishes die, they tend to find a cozy or quiet place to RIP. Unlikely that fish get stuck in LR and die unless get suck into filters or pumps. Most of the time, you would not even find the corpse as the fish would have more or less disintegrated after only 3 days or so. If one of your schoolong fishes suddenly disappear into the LR and appears to get stuck, either you try to cure it or prepare for its funeral. FMost fishes can swim backwards. One exception is sharks. U keeping sharks?!

Tap water does contain some NO2/NO3. For eg, the tap water I use contain about 5mg/l of NO3! I remember reading a thread here before that some areas of SG, due to the pipes, some NO2/NO3 are present in the water supplied.

this series of pictures has been posted before... under <funny pictures>, I think... Got even more authored pics of the poor guy

Nitrates too high...? Bring down NO3 loh

Thing is... they were the only two gobies left in the tank when I bought them!!! It;s not like they were packed like sardines into the tank then... Headache for us, yes! How apt that description!!! Keep singly will die keep pair will fight!

And a Naso?

The point is that I was trying to tell you to give the fish some time to adjust to the new surroundings!!! Just like some people couldn't sleep on a new bed... Scared you don't understand so tell story loh Aiyah, sorry for hijacking your thread lah but heard that gobies will die quickly if kept singly so bought two from the same tank at the LFS but turned out the bogger one kept chasing the smaller one into the rocks... Anyways, give your fish some time!!!

Mmmm.... sounds familiar

I just added two brownbarred gobies and a jeweled blenny to my tank also... When I first added them, they all hid in the rocks and refuse to come out. One day later, all three appear to be at home and comfortably nibbling at the sandbed and algae although the bigger goby keep chasing the smaller one into the rocks (funny thing is that they came from the tank where they appeared to co-exist pretty peacefully) Any one know why? why you call me and hang up?

should go there during a full moon. heard that they have a recurring even called the Full Moon Party where you get to go to this island and party all night. very happening or so I have been told

Mmmm.... Priority seats to: 1. People with injured/broken arm 2. Babies in arms/Adult with young children 3. Pregnant women 4. People with injured/broken legs

Mmmm... I don't see Michael Jackson being shy and hiding in a crevice. Did you by any chance add Clorex to your tank?! Kekekekeke...

wouldn't have been the case if you had done your homework with the search engine and asked fellow reefers around here! Heh hehe hehh P/S: Saltwater corrodes your laptop and shortens its life!!!

who you give your LS to?

THIS... is what I would call ######... Description: Fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system. Features: Phalanx provides ships of the U.S. Navy with a "last-chance" defense against anti-ship missiles and littoral warfare threats that have penetrated other fleet defenses. Phalanx automatically detects, tracks and engages anti-air warfare threats such as anti-ship missiles and aircraft, while the Block 1B's man-in-the-loop system counters the emerging littoral warfare threat. This new threat includes small,high-speed surface craft, small terrorist aircraft, helicopters and surface mines. Phalanx accomplishes these engagements via an advanced search and track radar system integrated with a stabilized, forward looking infra-red (FLIR) detector. This integrated FLIR provides Phalanx with an unique multi-spectral detect and track capability for littoral warfare threats and dramatically improves the existing anti-air warfare capability. Block 1B also incorporates new Optimized Gun Barrels which provide improved barrel life, improved round dispersion and increased engagement ranges. Phalanx is the only deployed close-in weapon system capable of autonomously performing its own search, detect, evaluation, track, engage and kill assessment functions. Phalanx also can be integrated into existing Combat Systems to provide additonal sensor and fire-control capability. Background: The Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) underwent operational tests and evaluation onboard USS Bigelow in 1977, and exceeded maintenance and reliability specifications. Phalanx production started in 1978 with orders for 23 USN and 14 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) systems. Point of Contact: Public Affairs Office Naval Sea Systems Command (OOD) Washington, DC 20360 General Characteristics Primary Function: Anti-ship missile defense Contractor:Raytheon Systems Company (formerly Hughes Missile Systems Company and purchased from General Dynamics Pomona Division in 1992) Weight: 12,500 pounds (5,625 kg) - Later models: 13,600 pounds (6,120 kg) Range: Classified Gun Type: M-61A1 Gatling Type of Fire: 3,000 rounds per minute - Later models: 4,500 rounds/min (starting 1988 production, Pneumatic Gun Drive) Magazine Capacity: 989 rounds - Later models: 1,550 rounds Caliber: 20mm Ammunition: Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS), Depleted Uranium sub-caliber penetrator. Penetrator changed to Tungsten 1988. Block 1B will incorporate the new Enhanced Lethality Cartridge with a heavier penetrator. Sensors: Self-contained search and track radar with integrated FLIR Date Deployed: 1980 (aboard USS Coral Sea) Block 1: 1988 (aboard USS Wisconsin) Block 1B: 1999 (aboard USS Underwood)

Hi All, Helping a friend post... Want to buy second hand tank. Dimensions 3 x 2 x 2ft. Thickness must be at least 10mm. Internal overflow preferrably with return. Thanks!