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    My Reefing Chronicles

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Admiraltian,

    I love how your wall of sps and corals are growing. Its amazing.

    When did you switch to AI Hydra 52? How do you rate it compared to your previous lights?

    I didn't know you hooked up your aquarium to a calcium reactor too! Do you see any huge difference to your coral growth for these 1.5 months? I'm still considering whether to go ahead with this in the new year.

    Six line wrasse missing

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Yes, I have a love hate relationship with this fish. The sixline wrasse is such a beauty and I added it for this reason alone. The downside is it whacks all the pods in the aquarium too.

    But it's really a big big bully! Every other wrasse, goby and small fishes I added after that got chased around and exterminated by it. Some died jumping out of the aquarium to evade it's pursuits. Now it's big and fat and still pretty but I have to wait till it dies a natural death before I can add other smaller fishes that I fancy.

    Fishcakes 40 cm x 25cm

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Sis,

    Sorry for your fish losses.

    If so many fishes died within a week, something is very wrong and it's better to try to find the source of the problem. If your fishes had marine ich, then it's advisable to leave the aquarium fallow for some time.

    How often do you do your water changes? Do you stir the sand too? Do you dose any bacteria?

    What filtration are you using and what media are you using for the filtration? Did you add too many fishes at one go?

    High temperatures will cause bleaching. It happened to some of my corals previously too. There is a mini chiller in the market and some of our lfs e.g. East Ocean Aquatic, does carry it. For me, I'm still running on mini fans to cool the water temperature although it means I have to top up the water frequently.

    All the best!

    Plans for my first marine.

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Bro,

    This wooden table is definitely not going to hold the weight of a full tank. I hope you have something more sturdy.

    I used to run 2 HOBs too for my 1.5 feet aquarium. The flow is not too strong. The drawback irs water circulation is mainly confined to the top and you need a wavemaker to circulate the water lower down.

    cant figure this out

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Bro,

    Ok, is yours an IOS aquarium?

    I see there's mechanical and chemical filtration with the filter wool and carbon. What about biological filtration? What media are you using?

    What's your filtration rate and pump size? I suspect your flow is too low. Are there any wavemakers to help improve water circulation because I don't think I see any?

    Your nitrates are a bit high, how often do you do your water change?

    Anyway, think carefully about what fishes you want because I feel some of your choices are unsuitable eg. lion fish, mandarin.

    Thanks.

    Plans for my first marine.

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Bro,

    What is your aquarium sitting on? Better get something sturdy to place it on. A 45 cm can also be pretty heavy with media, rocks, water and equipment.

    As for filters, I wouldn't recommend any internal filters. I'm using the Atman hob filters and the space is big enough for me to put lots of stuff, including a pack of phosphate removing media to reduce algae growth.

    WTS: NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    Upz for the upcoming Christmas week at 10% off the indicated price for items 3-10 as well as the brand new items 12-18.

    (1) Bubble Magus Q3 protein skimmer used for 10 months ($160) - $100 collected

    (2) TUNZE DOC skimmer 9004 used for 3 months ($179) - $140 collected

    (3) Ocean Free Z-1000 Air Pump - $7.80

    (4) Ada Submersible Pump WA-700 - $14

    (5) Boyu FS-602 Cooling Fan - $24

    (6) Sunsun Vibration Pump JVP-101 - $37.80

    (7) SEIO M820 (3,200 ltr/hr) Super Flow Pump - $47.60

    (8) JBJ Ocean Pulse Duo Wavemaker WM-01 - $48

    (9) Hailea HX-6830 Immersible Pump - $48.50

    (10) Eden 128 Centrifugal Pump - $59

    (11) Cherry Aqua - iNano LED light - $189 $150 collected

    (12) Aqua Zonic 40 cm (14W x 2) T5 lights with 2 Super Sun 12,000K tubes - $25

    (13) Aqua Zonic Super Actinic Blue 16W 397 mm - 2 tubes @ $9.60 each

    (14) Aqua Zonic Super Sun 12,000K 16W 397 mm - 2 tubes @ $9 each

    (15) Aqua Zonic Super Sun 12,000K 14W 347 mm - $7.80

    (16) Aqua Zonic Super Actinic Blue 8W 288 mm - 4 tubes @ $7.80 each

    (17) Aqua Zonic Super Sun 12,000K 6W 212 mm - $5.80

    (18) Aqua Zonic Super Actinic Blue 6W 212 mm - 2 tubes @ $6.50 each

    Pointers on rockscaping (not all arrangement are the same)

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Creating a topic to share same pointers on arranging LR in the tank. Many a time new hobbyist overlooked the important of having the "right" scaping. LR is like the housing pillars, it is almost impossible to change it once you have coral glued to them. The reborn uncle only taught me two selection factors when i bought my first batch of LR from him and till today i find it useful. 1) bottom 1/3 of your tank should be filled with "base" rock. Dont buy those fat big round rock. Buy those funny shape 凹凸不平types to minimize dead zone contact area with the sand to avoid debris trap. 2) the 2/3 of your tank shall be filled with tonga branch type of LR. easier to place coral on them and wont obstruct the wave that much. Think of it this way, for that one cm cube of space in your tank, do you want it to be occupied by LR or water. The answer should be water. Cos fish and coral rely on water to thrive. Rock is there mainly to serve as a placeholder for coral. So you will want to arrange your LR in M or W instead of B... no flat lying piece of rock... And yes, if you rely mainly on the LR in your DT as the main bio filter, then your fish is in deep sh*t...
    I agree this is very, very important and I just learnt this important tip recently. If given another chance, I would scape my rocks differently because now my base rocks are mostly big, fat and round with dead zones and yes, I think it's too late for me to take them apart.

    1feet nano clown

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Bro Kelvin,

    Your dragonet fish will not make it unless you have enough pods to feed it regularly.

    I suggest you read up more on the various topics on this forum when you are in doubt. There are also a lot of helpful reefers here who can offer you some guidance and advice.

    RoCket Marine

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Hi Once again, To update some of my current progress

    Day 70

    weekly waterchange of 20%

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    Bro,

    Shut up!

    It's day 70 and everything looks so fantastic, clean and mature like an aquarium that's at least 6 months old. What magic potion did you add to the aquarium? It is really well done and invokes admiration! I look forward to see it one month later.

    Please impart some knowledge and skills to mere mortals like us.

    ZPOWLR - Zoas' & Paly's Rainbow Tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Should i try SPS?

    in SPS and Advanced Reefkeepers Forum

    Posted

    Bro evolutionz,

    I happened to come across this thread and find it interesting to read such posts i.e. from a non-sps fanatic to a whole aquarium full of sps, you have really come a long way in the span of a year. It's really wow and impressive. Now you are more than qualified to provide guidance to others on sps.

    Cube Reef 2.5Ft

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Have not posted for a long time since decomed my nano SPS reef, have set up a 2.5 feet by 2 ft cube reef and here's how it looks thus far..

    I think your aquarium looks amazing and I'm sure it would look even more fantastic over time!

    WTS: NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    Upz for the weekend.

    (1) Bubble Magus Q3 protein skimmer used for 10 months ($160) - $100 collected

    (2) TUNZE DOC skimmer 9004 used for 3 months ($179) - $140 reserved and pending collection

    (3) Ocean Free Z-1000 Air Pump - $7.80

    (4) Ada Submersible Pump WA-700 - $14

    (5) Boyu FS-602 Cooling Fan - $24

    (6) Sunsun Vibration Pump JVP-101 - $37.80

    (7) SEIO M820 (3,200 ltr/hr) Super Flow Pump - $47.60

    (8) JBJ Ocean Pulse Duo Wavemaker WM-01 - $48

    (9) Hailea HX-6830 Immersible Pump - $48.50

    (10) Eden 128 Centrifugal Pump - $59

    (11) Cherry Aqua - iNano LED light - $189 $150

    Keeping Pipe fish in Sps tank

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Can also feed on crushed pellets. I kept in separate nano tank.fe3268588695399f4c1986f207f535c6.jpg34963760aee19cf4df2c6f5e19b8171a.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Bro, I had a separate pico tank for my seahorses and pipefishes too but they all didn't make it. So now this pico is stocked with fishes although I'm still keen to try both seahorses and pipefishes again if I know the sustainable way of keeping them alive and happy.

    DSB for 2 feet tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    One last thing, most canister is designed such that water flow thro every inch of space inside, which means all your sand will be oxygened thus there wont be any anaerobic bateria...

    Just my two cents of worth.

    Bro Lincoln,

    I agree with this bro and share the same concerns. The canisters are typically designed for a specific flow of water through the media to still achieve oxygenated water at the outlet end. For denitrification to take place, the flow has to be super slow to create an anaerobic condition for the colonization of nitrosomas bacteria to convert nitrates to nitrogen gas. I have my reservations that the reduction of flow through adjusting the lever would actually be able to achieve such super low flow. And I think the performance of the canister may also be compromised somewhat?

    Anyway, I have tried a DSB of 4 inches of sand in my previous 1.5 feet aquarium. Whilst I often see lots of bubbles coming from the sand bed, presumably nitrogen gas from the conversion of nitrates, I don't find it effective enough to remove the high nitrates generated from my many fishes. In addition, there's always the concern of dead zones within the sand bed with the production of toxic hydrogen sulphide. Eventually I did away with this and relied on a combination of measures to control the nitrate and phosphates e.g. growing Chaetomorpha and Caulerpa in my sump for nutrient export.

    It's just my one cent worth of comments.

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