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yes, opposite JJ mall.

I think most of us will have no problems paying that kind of price, i remember some years ago the least expensive sps costs $80, and very rare pieces costs $400 and up. back then was a much greater choice of colours and species. unlike now, we see the same species over and over again. prob all from the same mariculture indon farm. What happened to multicolour stags, rich purple Loripes and pschedelic coloured birdnests?

hi, i di'nt take too many pics coz i brought a simple point and shoot there. haha, did'nt wanna spoil the pictures with my lousy camera. I did not help with the scaping, i was in Bangkok for work on 10-13th September, so i dropped him a PM in RC. he was accomodating enough to show me the LFSes around the area. Great guy and very very humble despite his accomplishments in the hobby.The recently aquired blue Millie looks even nicer in person than his pic posted in RC. this is a pic of his current tank. stocked to the brim with many rare fish and Sps. There was even one pink Millie that tabled outwards onto the front panel and encrusted itself there. simply breathtaking.

Honestly, Singapore pales in comparison when it comes to quality sps. I was there over the weekends, most of the huge colonies were sold. left with smaller colonies like what we see here in singapore, but with much vivid colour and variation. Many many rare species too. Ching told me the LFS owner went to Indonesia and hand-picked the sps. What a sight, simply amazing.

I was over at his place on Saturday. Its amazing to see the tank in person despite having seen many pictures of it. Just takes your breath away. Its an inspiration to all me, makes me wanna work 20times as hard to afford such a tank. Thank you Ching! The man and his tank His Current tank, the tank is just superb! top notch husbandry skills.

hello, yah i wanted to keep a couple of anthias to make the tank more lively, but the barletts were all so out last nite when i went to iwarna...i've been increasing my feeding for a couple of days already, some of the fishes look like they are about to explode! haha..but still no change in sps colouration..

i'm taking a shortcut with carbon dosing, so not really fair play.. hey your tank looks great btw and i yearn the dark blue and purple or my previous "higher" nutrient tank...

ok i'll try increasing feeding and limiting my carbon dosage. but i'm afraid that my fiji acros will brown out...

where can i buy the UV actinics? been looking for it for some time...

this might be similar to Aquamedic's deniballs. a Carbon Source contained in a porous shell.

Hi fellow reefers, I've been using the VSV method since i started my tank. Recently, i noticed that my sps colours are getting very pastel, especially my Bali Tri-Colour. It turned from a dark purple to almost light blue. My reversed Sunset and Sunset montipora are also affected. I've been dosing Amino and oyster eggs+phyto but the colours does'nt improve. anyone here on VSV have the same problems? Parameters No3 - undetectable Po4 -undetectable kH -8 Cal - 430 Mag- 1400 look at the Tricolour Frag before Now Thanks

wow,Stunning! will definitely be keeping a lookout for this beauty! Thanks

haha,thanks for your very kind works. i shifted the corals nearer to the glass panel to take a better macro, they retracted their polyps when i did that. but i also realise that my blue mille does'nt have as much polyp extension as my "hairy" pink mille....needs to be fed more often i guess..

i think normal aquarium shops like petmart or aquastar or aquamarin do sell those. its blue and costs ~$20.

Thanks bro, how does the male look like?

Actually can get those gravel suction cleaner with a ball valve to control the rate of suction. turn the suction rate real low and your gravel will not get sucked up.

Hi, can someone tell me what kind of leopard wrasse is mine? Is it male or female? thanks

Some of mine Turqoise acro Blue Mille Blue bottlebrush

off topic. There's a vent at the back. the front can be partially obstructed without problems.

Hi i've used Balling Light Method for a couple of months now. I've decided to use the balling light method intead of the full balling because I could not find the Tropic Marine NaCi free salt required for full balling, as well as the difficulty in measuring and accurately dosing all the other minor trace elements e.g Iron,Strontium,Molybdenum, Iodine ect. I currently replendish those by using a quality salt mix for my weekly water change. Parameters kH -8dkH Calcium - 450ppm Mag -1400mg Formula is a modified Randy's 2 part. Because of the difficulty in obtaining pure calcium and magnesium chloride, I've chosen to use commercially available substitudes. The following describes the formula. Calcium - 800grams of Grotech Instant Calcium mixed with 4.8 Litres of RO water kH - 800grams of Baked (150Degrees Celcius for 2 hours) Arm and Hammer Brand Baking Powder with 4.8 litres of RO water Magnesium - 400grams of Seachem Magnesium Advantage (Mixture of Magnesium Chloride and Sulphate) with 2 litres of RO water. Dosing is via Aquatronica Dosing Pump Total consumption - I have 20 colonies of SPS and 15 pcs of LPS, total consumption is 55ml kH,55ml Calcium, 35ml Magnesium. Estimated Running Costs - Cal($20),kH($9),Mag($15) + 12L RO water and Negligible electricity for Dosing Pump. TOTAL = $44 per 90days, $14 Per Month. Everything takes about 3-4Hours to prepare(inclusive of 2hours of Baking). Pros and Cons(compared to using a calcium reactor) Pros - pH stays higher My tank resides in a bedroom which is air conditioned most of the time. This leads to a build up of carbon dioxide which lowers pH. my previous Calcium Reactors lowers pH by quite a bit.Balling eliminates this problem. - Lower startup costs $200 of balling ingredients can last for more than 2 years. If a dosing pump is out of your budget, you can just get a measuring cylinder and manually pour the solutions in every night.I'm just lazy. -Magnesium I've had trouble in the past with magnesium when i was using a reactor. My magnesium could'nt raise above 1200mg no matter how much media i added into the reactor.Maybe its just me, but the problems solved with balling. - Cheaper running costs There is no extra maxijet or aquabee or eheim pump to run.This means lower running costs,eletricity and maintenance. - Profile and Footprint The whole setup takes up a 23X25cm footprint, there's no Co2 Bott,reactor,solenoid,regulator,pump ect to take up space. this footprint can be totally eliminated if you dose manually. Helps alot when you have a cabinet that is as small as mine. -Noise and Heat No extra Pumps= Lower Noise, Lower Heat. -Limitless A calcium reactor is limited by the amount of media that can be housed in the reactor. Balling is limitless. CONS -Preparing solutions Pain in the butt to prepare the solutions. Took me around 3 Hours. The Grotech Instant Calcium will be heated up to boilling point when mixed with water,please use a glass or metal container for mixing and always wear safety goggles, masks and gloves. -Health considerations The ingredients are very harmful when inhaled. Always wear masks when preparing them. Some calcium crystals can lacerate your lung when inhaled. They can also cause skin irritations. -Troublesome Applies to users not using a doing pump. Can be troublesome at times for e.g, when you are overseas and need someone to dose for you. Must be dosed manually everyday. -Water Change Applies to Balling light users. A weekly 10% water change is recommended to remove Sodium Chloride and excess impurities. Salinity will also gradually increase due to the input of NaCi, this can be corrected with a weekly water change. Conclusion Having used both Balling and Reactors, I feel that Balling's pros outweighs it's cons. Since i already carry out a weekly water change, the biggest hassle of the balling method is no longer a hinder. A calcium reactor still provides ultimate convenience if you have the luxury of space and the budget for a reactor. Boths are just methods to achieve the same results. Pictures Sump with dosing pump and solutions Closer up Hope this helps.

the clown goby is very cute, but they are notorious for nipping at Sps polyps. so if you are planning to keep Sps, better think of how to remove him in the future.

u can either do that or just soak the food in a little of your tank's water, once they soak up the water, they'll not float anymore so less chance of them being sucked into the overflow.

My Tunze 6100 is the host for my clownfish pair. I have xenia, hammer,frogspawn corals but they still prefer the tunze....

I'm using 6X39(ATI Sunpower Fixture) + 4X39w ATI Retrofit. I can keep Sps and ultra maximas on the sand bed(24inch Tall). Bulbs are 6Xblue plus + 4X Blue Special. Havent used any Giesemann fixture or bulbs yet so cant make a comparison. Hope that helps

Yes they were using some miracle powder from japan..anyway the lifestocks in that tank were all gasping and lethargic when i saw them..wonder how many were killed in that 3 days..