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    Need advice on sudden fish death

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Fire gobies are generally very timid and shy fish that does better in groups of at least 5 and in tanks without other aggressive fishes. They need plenty of hiding places and once they get used to your aquarium, they will come out to feed. But if they are stressed, they will easily starve to death.

    Solitary individuals or pairs hardly make it long in an aquarium.

    All the best!

    AL60 chiller set up problem

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Seano,

    There should only be a 1 deg difference before the chiller kicks in. Have you considered that the set you got is faulty?

    Try another temperature setting and if it still kicks in at 29 deg, you need to bring it back to the lfs to check it out and possibly get an exchange. 

    kohanson 3.5ft Reef Tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Bro,

    I'm really speechless. Your fishes look so healthy and happy and you don't even have lots of complicated equipment to maintain this aquarium! So a well maintained aquarium like yours is possible with good planning, design, right selection and discipline. It doesn't necessarily have to come with a high cost and unnecessary equipment.

    Thank you for this important lesson in the new year and I will strive towards this goal in mind.


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    kohanson 3.5ft Reef Tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    Bro,

    I'm impressed by your neat and simple setup for the aquarium. I also love your rocks setup. Even the sump looks so clean and tidy.

    I hope you don't mind sharing your knowledge and experience on the following.

    1. How do you keep the tank glass and sand base so clean?

    2. How many inlets and outlets are there from the tank?

    3. Would the waste accumulate at the tank bottom or corners?

    4. How do you manage the phosphates and algae?

    Thanks.

    Drop in coil condenser vs chiller

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Wow,

    I'm so honored to get a reply from our SRC's shifu!

    Thanks for the recommendation. When I mentioned that the chiller kicks in frequently, I didn't mean that it's faulty. It's just that comparatively, in an air-conditioned room or area where there's better ventilation, the chiller will not need to start and stop as often.

    In this corner where I have my aquarium, the chiller's warm air gets trapped and circulated around the localized area. So even if the aquarium is chilled to the temperature I set, the ambient temperature will cause the water temperature to rise quickly again. Moreover, I'm not sure but I have a feeling that the replacement of the chillers would likely be more frequent than the drop in coil given that it works so hard all the time!

    Thanks for spending time to share your experience with me.

    Drop in coil condenser vs chiller

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Dear brothers and sisters,

    I'm sorry for dredging this topic out from the depths for your advice.

    I understand that generally it is recommended to use aquarium chillers for small tanks and volumes and drop in coil for bigger ones because of factors such as cost. The pros of a drop in coil are mainly it generates less localized heat, is quiet, doesn't need to be next to tank and doesn't need a feeder pump. If cost is not a consideration, then would it still be better or more economical to have a drop in coil even for small tanks up to 2 or 3 feet or the cons still far outweighs the pros?

    My 3 feet aquarium sits in the living room and I'm using a chiller for it. As my house is not air-conditioned, the chiller kicks in frequently and generates a lot of heat around the area. This is especially so with climate change whereby we are experiencing more warm days compared to the past. It is like a vicious cycle where the room temperature is high to begin with, the chiller gives out heat to cool the water and this heat in turn raises the room temperature, causes the water temperature to rise faster and prompting to chiller to kick in frequently. Fans do not help much to dissipate the heat. I also realized the chiller's life span is further shortened when it has to work so hard under such conditions and high end chillers are not that cheap either.

    Under such circumstances, would you still recommend chillers over drop in coil?

    Can I also ask if the compressor for the drop in coil can similarly be placed on the air-con ledge? In terms of maintaining the compressor, is it similar to servicing an air-conditioned unit?

    Thanks a lot!

    DROP OFF REEF TANK

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    How about reinforcing the base stand with a cast iron frame before the usual wooden carpentry cabinet works?

    Under the innovative marine line, they have come up with 2 similar ones known as Abyss Panorama and Abyss Peninsula, although these are much smaller in size and shallower in depth. Are any LFS bringing them in to our shores soon?

    Thanks.

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    DROP OFF REEF TANK

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Dear bro and sis,

    I am considering this design for my reef tank with a sump tank below and wonder if any of you owns one or seen one? I am trying to see if there are any special considerations that I need to think of and whether there are any flip sides to this design that I need to be cautious about. Who would you recommend to build this kind of tank in Singapore?

    Thanks.

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    WTS - SANRISE LED, HAILEA CHILLER AND REEF OCTOPUS SKIMMER

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    On 11/22/2015 at 0:43 PM, reef garden said:

    Dear all,

    I have the following items for sale:

    1. Sanrise Aqua Pro LED (30 cm) without WIFI controller (used for 3 months) - selling @ $260 not available
    2. Hailea HS28A 1/10 hp (used for 5 months) - selling @ $300
    3. Reef Octopus OTP 1000 hang-on-back skimmer (used for 1 year 3 months) - selling @ $170

    All items can be self-collected near the old Hougang Plaza, preferably from 8 pm onwards. If you are interested, please PM me.

    Thanks.

    Bumpz. Anyone interested in the chiller or skimmer?

    Thanks.

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