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actually I just spent a few hours doing the scape.. just have to get the right rocks and assembly like lego...
Please help me with my Lego!! Haha
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Haha,, Finally we get to see your showcase.. Are you going to decomm your small tank once the 3ft is ready ?
Already decom and 322 has been up and running since April-may haha
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Some quick update of the 211 IOS running on zeovit before decom to make way for 322. inbetween there was also a 321 tank lol I nearly forgot about it. Since the decom of the 433 tank I have since switch to LED and I have never regretted.
Are u illuminated ? Yes I am! Hahaha AI SOL, hydra and now hydra52
Picture is a combination of both tank. Sorry if some are duplicated
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Without the "R"
I heard Jackie keep the Bowser for u mah
He want to tekkan me la
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Sorry for the pic orientation all haywire
Ah chris!! I'm waiting for my browser!! Is that how u spell it? Haha
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Hi reefers,
I'm Patricklhc don't mistaken with another reefer Patrick. 2 different person
I keep encouraging reefers to participate in this contest till a reefer tempted me with "don't u want to win the contest and buy your KZ automatic reactor?" Haha thank you for inspiring me
My old tank thread can be found here http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/110888-The-start-of-the-no-end-route
Cut the story short, my Reefing didn't stop after I decom. It was less than 2 months that I started a 211 tank
and within a few months decided it's too shallow for my liking. So decided to go with a 322 tank. Here's a drawing of the new tank with the help of.
Got to go now. Stay tune for more tank pics set up and equipment list
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Totally agree with Illumnae. Additionally my personal feel is that a mixing 2 salt brand together is a lot of hassle too with no added benefit. Personal experience is that salt brand B cheaper but have very solid printed specs as compared to brand A however, brand B parameters drops faster. I'm not sure if it's because the more brand A are so solid that my sps find them delicious and start having better appetite or simply because there wasn't enough buffer in it. So yes a good salt is very important.
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Macrovan a name very familiar with a lot of reefers who has been around for sometimes.. Love to see more of your tank as yours is always full of surprise (good and bad) your experience is a good learning curve for a lot of reefers even myself. Looking forward
️ thread added to fav 
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I have issue login with tapatalk but have been resolved after I sign out and sign in again
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Beautiful fish!!
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FR can work... disconnect the FR and turn it up down up down up down x 20 times a day... to release the mulm... cheapo way but it works... tested and tried by others and myself...
Just to be honest... it is very lay chey... hahaha
That is going to make a messy out of the sump salt water on the floor also *sweat*
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I hated that little worms that attach to them !!! Totally spoil the look for the colony. I do admit some comes in very color haha
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You mean the other way around (see Zeovit bible)?
This is a compilation of how much Zeostart3 the gurus are dosing.
Cyano gets a huge kickstart and thrives on carbon source (Biopellet, Vinegar, Vodka, Zeostart3, NoPox, etc). Especially if the tank started on dead sterile unhealthy rockwork, and carbon source is added without being taken up by quick multiplying heterotrophic bacteria (Zeobac, Polyplab Genesis, Ultrabio, etc).
Now that totally make sense now haha I was still puzzled it reducing bak and increase is the correct way to do it haha. Thanks I shall try to reduce bak dosing to see how it progress
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^ +1! hehe...
+2
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I don't mind. when ? Guccivera, Leejwa and slayer want go?
Slayer will give us live update on Lfs stocks
Illumnae tell us about marine water chemistry
Guccivera, leejwa and myself will be audience haha
Feeling excited
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Maybe that's why the new FM Zeolight system doesn't include bacteria
Haha that's a nice one for me to do some thinking. Whatever the case I will continue my method to see if it really works at the end of the day lol. However, understanding the nature of it and solve the root will be a more effective way and also to minimize recurrence. Thanks for sharing your views and knowledge
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I've done some reading up, and I think some of what I previously posted is not entirely correct.
From my understanding, cyanobacteria is an opportunistic photosynthetic bacteria that is able to strike due to its ability to create food for itself via photosynthesis. Being opportunistic, I believe that cyanobacteria only competes well in environments that are bad for other strains of bacteria. Once conditions are good for other bacteria to thrive, cyanobacteria will start to die off. The strength of cyanobacteria is that it is able to obtain required nitrates and carbon by directly fixing nitrogen and carbon dioxide. This means that even in the absence of nitrates and carbon (2 of the 3 essential items needed for bacteria), they can create their own nitrates and carbon from the dissolved gasses in the water. This gives them a huge benefit over other bacteria, that will cease to reproduce once nitrates and carbon become limiting in the water. They are able to create food using phosphate alone together with dissolved nitrogen and carbon dioxide casses.
This may explain why dosing additional carbon without adding extra bacteria works for you - your limiting nutrient may be carbon, and without adding extra bacteria to compete with existing bacteria for the added food, your existing bacteria is multiplying and thriving and thus outcompeting the cyanobacteria in your tank.
If this is so, dosing of bacterials in both zeovit/FM system wouldn't be necessary isn't it? Or user just have a find the magic number of bb and carbon dosing to individual tank environment ? So that the required bb stains remain sufficient(won't go into a mono culture state)
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I did a search online, however nothing much mention about po4. Nevertheless, I know reducing po4 helps. What I don't understand and wanted to ask is assuming cyano is not due to excessive bb died off, why is it that my method now works? Reduce bb dosing and increase carbon? Some online information says cyano uses carbon as their food sources as well
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Do u guys think good wood park is worth the money $35.80++ for their durian pastries and dessert buffet ?
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Yes yes some pics will be good lol
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My understanding is the causes of cyano is due to excessive dead bacterial and this allow another stains of bacterial to flourish right ? In this case cyano bacterial. Personal view is because we are dosing more bacterial but not enough carbon to sustain them thus causing a imbalance.
I'm also trying to adjust my bacterial and carbon dosing to get the magic dose amount
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Hi guys, for the past 2 weeks I have been having cyano issue popping out here and there on my sandbed. Although mixture of cyanoClean, coralsnow and A balance helps, but it doesn't solve the root. Whenever I stop dosing them cyano appeared again.
So I reduce my zeobak dosing from 3 times a week to 1 time half the dosage and increase Zeostart dosage by another 50%.
Effect is not as instant as the combination of CC,CS and AB but cyano did show improvement, gradually it gets lessen and no new area spotted with new cyano patch on the sandbed.
I will continue this method until cyano totally disappeared and resume back normal dosing of zeobak and Zeostart
Hope this will help guys having trouble dealing with cyano outbreak
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Those small cute little durians lol but those difficult to get nice ones :/
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Try polyplab medic bro
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Let's just fast forward to my current 322 supported by full zeovit system
Tank 3ft by 2ft by 2ft 10mm front crystal glass with bottom skirting and top bracing.
Light: illuminated proudly by 2x Hydra 52
Wavemaker: 2x mp40
Skimmer: deltec SC1455
Skimz zeovit reactor (hoping to change to kz automatic reactor)
Ato: unknown China brand
Doser: jebao DP4 (Mg,ca,kh)
Return pump jebao dc12000
Chiller: hs66a
Tank filled with air only lol
Sump tank.
Thin layer of sandbed added and Rockwork done and tank filled with tapwater to let it run for a a day before pouring about 1 bucket of h2o salt
Water level too high for the skimmer so use egg crate to lift it higher
DIY piping lol messy but Nmind changing return pump soon. Will redo all the piping and t-off
Skimmer at work
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