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seriously, didn't know that mushroom dun like strong currents...thanks a million...shall relocate them tomolo...

from your description i think u are using PL.2 tubes of PL should be ok leh..i am using PL also and my buttons are doing fine...hhhmmmm, try relocating them to a higher place, maybe rite on top of the hill to get more light.maybe your positioning not very good.

i was just thinking.... 1) a small diameter air tube for the water flow would be good as the suction pressure will not be too great.but then again i am afraid that the siphoning action might juz stop. 2) the air inlet pipe should be bigger in diameter.in such a way, the water outlet pressure will not be able to over-power the air inlet. imagine if u haf a air tube as the air inlet and a 4inch diameter pipe as water outlet, i think the water outlet pressure will be so great that the water in the sump will be suck into the container.... 3) why is the U-shaped air inlet pipe required.i tried to imagine the air inlet pipe to be a straight pipe without the U-shape, and i think it should work equally well. 4) since this auto-top up is using the gravity-siphoning action, the container should be place as high as possible. 5) i am thinking of DIYing one with a 10 gallon container, the material is the same as the kind of container used to sell dish-washing liquid.its quite rigid but of coz not as rigid as a acrylic box. advise / comments anybody??thanks

hey ben, i think your mushrooms are stressed....when i 1st bought them they had whitish intestinal-like thing sticking out bout all those cleared.... mine is not this problem....the whitish thing does stick on the mushrooms....its secreted out....like ejeculation...i wonder if it is spawning.....pls advise.

hehehe, those were the only things tat caught my eyes flame angel.....hhmmmmmmmmm.....i think i saw it at R*Bo*N... seriously not very sure...better to call and ask 1st...hehehe not much stock in PR but R*Bo*N as usual has lotsa fishes.i know that Bi*-Oc**n will haf new stock tomolo all the way till sunday...some shipment from philipines...that's bout all i know....hope it help...

oh yah....hope u guys dun mind...maybe can add in a bit of requirements such as low current,high current, eerrrmmm very cold water, or watsoever....ehehehe sorry to trouble u all ...thanks

i've set up my tank for about 1mth....the following are the specs... 3ft x 1.5 x 1.5 tank 2ft x 1ft x1ft sump PL lights (1 white 1 blue) using fan to cool the water (27degreeC constant) about 4inches of DSB about 20kg of LR 2 clowns 2 red fire gobbies 1 bi-colour 3 damsels (banished into the sump) 1 hammer coral 5 rocks of mushrooms some funny corals tat i dun even know their name (bought coz they look good) my mum and gf are both complaining that my tank looks dull coz most of my corals + mushrooms are brown (cheaper mah) wat are your recommendations to me, to add more vibrance into my tank?personally i feel tat my tank is not in the best of condition (no MH lightings) for difficult corals and pocket also not as deep.pls advise me on wat are the better and nicer corals i should keep.i will consider all advises seriously.a million thanks...

was at PR on tues evening....saw 3 different kinds of fire gobbies the normal red fire goby, the "a bit rare" purple goby and a very special purple goby... SPECIAL PURPLE GOBY - instead of juz purple linings on the fish, the whole body is soft purple colour.dun think it is very common as it was the 1st time i see such gobbies....worth a look...price?? hhhmmmm....see for yourself...heheheh

12"(length) * 18"(breadth) * 20"(height) or issit 20" (L) X 18"( X 12"(H) actually i think it's not advisable to customise such a size...not economical.the seller might whack u hard on the price... y not go for those ready-made ones? such as 2ft x 1ft x 1ft? cheap and good...bout 6mm side and 10mm base should do....prolly below $80??not too sure bout the price but would be cheaper than if u customise....

anemone reserved by Mr steven....will update again...thanks to all who are interested...

hi all, i noticed that my mushrooms are secreting some kind of whitish liquid...looks slimmy also...wat's hapening? how to counter the problem (if it is a problem) i dun see any stress in them, no intestinal-like appearance, they are fully opened when my lights are on and i thought mushrooms are bullet-proof??pls advise...many thanks....

another view

selling the above....bought @ $10, selling now at $6.price negotiable selling becoz my the other anemone was shredded into pieces by my PH, dun want similar thing to happen....very troublesome....a lot of work to clear the milky and stinky water...... anemone still healthy as the above-mentioned incident happened bout 1week back, and water parameters had been stabilized since then...... pls contact me @ 90024001...usually not online....

dunno wat's that but looks good....if u dun want, i'll take it....i can pay u some $ if u wanna sell...think it'll look nice in my refugium.....hehehehe

i'll take 10kg...... pls contact me once the rocks are fully reserved.....i'll be free anytime to collect..... hp no: 90024001....robin here.... thanks.....

where do u stay? i want the brain and buttons and 5kg of liverocks....

hi all, all of us should be very interested in removing nitrate phos and a lot of other deadly chemicals in our tank....other than skimmers and troublesome monthly water change... i saw this website that offers another alternative.... http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/algaecontrol/a/aa070403.htm on top of this,i saw this new kind of filtration method (new to me) i think its similar to a refugium only that i think it will be very nice if u can grow a small plant in your main tank and having it stretch the canopy above the water level, juz like a mangrove. check this out too http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/nitrateco.../a/aa051398.htm and this http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/mangrovep.../a/aa110600.htm one thing, anyone has any idea where can i get it commercially? only place i can think of is KRANJI RESERVOIR, where i can steal it ....but rather cheapo (i wanted to steal east coast park's sand for my DSB and got screwed by a few brothers ).dun wanna kena again....anyone has any idea???

anyone taking the lights?? if not i want....PM the owner thousand times liao but no response..... pls contact me @ 9002 4001 robin here thanks...........

anyone taking the lights?? if not i want....PM the owner thousand times liao but no response..... pls contact me @ 9002 4001 robin here thanks...........

sorry but need to hitch a ride.... i was told by fellow reefers tat we need to feed prawns to anemone twice a week. i noticed tat the hammer coral also has an opening in the centre by do not know whether it is a mouth or not.... do i need to feed hammer corals like i feed anemone??? thanks

hi all, as noted my anemone became shredded meat when it got sucked up my PH. the whole tank turned milky and ammonia spike came in.....2 damsels got knock out and nvr came back... 2 clowns survive with 1 damsel....my cauliflower also weakened but dunno whether it is due to the ammonia spike. i did a 50% water change. and now waiting for watever is to happen.... very demoralised.... but still keen on doing wat i can....pls advise me on wat other things i can do to prevent any deaths in my tank....or wat symtoms i should keep track of.....

hey bro...actually 28degreeC is still acceptable. but if can get it lower, y not? if your corals are not doing well...get a fan pls....the corals will die if u dun... wat kind of lights are u using? fan should be good enuf for pl and t5. as for MH, good luck, maybe i can go and haf bbq fish?? get the diy computer fan or ready-made clip on fan sold in almost all LFS... go to yishun central, buy the one that costs $28. i m using it with my pl lights for my 3ft tank...temperature at 26-27degreeC... if your tank is bigger than 3ft then i suggest you get 2 fans...or even the "6 fan combo" by ocean-free....

feed??? how to feed? i only haf a bottle of coral feeds(liquid form)....how do i feed anemone manually? wat kind of food?

yup, as expected......... but i'm worried that it might die due to lack of light....i believe it needs light to survive rite? aiyah....ok lah....leave it there loh....

hi bros..... i juz got myself a green tip anemone last friday.... wherever i put it, it will always go into hiding....i heard from fellow reefers saying "juz leave it alone until it finds a suitable place" but it seems to be always playing hide and seek with me.it prefers to hide inside the liverocks and most of the time upside down.but the funnie thing is it will fully open up whenever it finds a hiding spot. i've tried so many times trying to correct it but to no avail, it will soon hide in some dark cave again.... my pink tipped anemone is doing very well, situates itself at the top of the mountain, so i think there's no prob with my water parameters.my other mushrooms, buttons and cauliflower are all doing fine..... very angry with tat idiot, dunno wat to do...pls advise....