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it would be interesting if you could keep it up for another 6-10 months (you might got something there)....success has to be qualified by time and when i see color change without growth...i get worried (notice in RC, most color sequence ARE accopanied by growth sequence and is normally conducted over a period of months not weeks)... What happened to your other surrounding corals anyway....2 pieces isn't enough to prove anything yet hor....

bro, why don't you just keep the sps for sometime then, since you are sure about SPS being able to be kept in high NO3???? Main part of our maintainence is in ensure that the water remains clean and as low a No3 level as possible....if you were sure of your original assertation, then doesn't it sound logicial that even when you have not enough time, it is still possible to keep SPS??? given that high NO3 does not make a difference???? But seriously (i might be wrong). some of the pictures you posted in july shows signification STN and TN at the base and tips....given that those pieces were not there in the June posting, i would assume that they were in your tank Max - 1 month???? isn't already a good enough indication that something is not right in the first place? Finally, i know of people who had SPS turned green went it is in the dying phase (yeah la...me la)...so mind showing us how green is your green??? You seriously still sure that you can keep SPS under this type of condition for at least 1 year (to be consider at least as a little successful)??? It would certainly be interesting if you could pull it off, so that you can challange some of the commonly acknowledge information..... :)

errrr.....you dam funny leh, claim that SPS can keep in high NO3 condition then now say only 1 or 2 piece in your tank before no time to keep.... :bow:

you the master...i have never succeed in keeping SPS when nitrate was at even 20ppm.....at best brown montis and digi, but only manage 5-6 months before theykonk.... maybe you like to share with us your methods and equipment or a few full tank shot and growth shot....it be great if we can cut back on all those equipment needed to keep no3 low.... :D

my heat exchanger also sit at the the top of tank, more then 2 meter from the sump....what I did instead is use a aquabee 2000 pump and pump it direct from the overflow box to chiller and back to main tank (mine running dorsa pipe, so got some space)...use less electricity and have less heat load... when i change water the tank would still be cool as it forms a close loop between the main tank and the overflow box....

acutally, i am curious where you get such information from??? From what i have been reading, SPS from the ocean comes from places where No3 reading are not even close to 1ppm..... maybe a link or 2 would be enlightening...

yeah....tell me about it....last time i give tank, sump, cabinet and hood free.....Then that guy asked for the cabinet (which i am using) next to the tank to be throw in....... wasted time entertianing him, should have just dispose of the tank instead of letting it stay and smell the house....

Upz, this time round i need more people then before.... to clarify, its an office job from 10am to 6 pm.....not telecomputing job....

Once again my company is looking for helpers for the next phase of our project. The job scope is to surf and view a website and then cut and paste the content into another webpage.... The working hour at from monday-friday and starts from 10 am to 6pm. Wages are paid at month's end and calculated on daily basis....PM me your name, contact number for more details. Thanks

Artica is not 200watt.....i know because i use to owe one of those....in terms of power saving, its not that it has a much smaller power consumption, but rather a more effect design that would allow it to cool faster and more effective then resun (which i had also before)...i don't know the techincial part, but it actually cool down my tank faster then a resun..... Frankly for me, i notice only about a 10-20% saving when i switch to artica...but the reason for me switching is because of relablitiy and the abilitiy to put down my tank temperature in really really hot weather. I have now (recently) switch to those external air con rotatory compressor type. immediate benefits are: - that as the compressor is piped outside the house, the whole room is about 1-2 degree cooler. - Compare to the artical, its noiseless (if you think Arctica or teco is quite, you having seen nothing yet!) - It definately half the time of cool when compared to my old chiller - according to the aircon man, my compressor while 1 HP consume the same amp as the artica 1/3 compressor! so seriously, if you are going to come out the $$$ to get an artica, you might want to consider customized air-con unit instead as they cost about the same....some air con man even have lobang to get you used air-con compressor with their own local warranty....

if the hybrid has unqiue pattern/coloration, it would fetch a high price....but if it got stripes at al the wrong places...people might not be interested at all....

try getting the house air-con type of compressor....those rotatory compressor are much better then the aquarium type chillers... my 1HP air-con compressor accordingly to specficiation takes up only slightly more then a 1/3HP arctica chiller....

how does the flow meter work??? does it place some sort of barrier in between the path of the water flow? you might want to keep a look out of if the mum's from the zeovit would be able to flow out into the tank..... finally, can let me know where you get the flow meter???

you can hand it outside the tank....i use to do that

there might not be enough foodstuff for your hermits or you simlpy have too much hermits..... hermits in the wild hides all the time and only come out at night to feed...its part of their natural instinct....they only comes out in the day if they are REALLY hungry..maybe you should talk out some of the hermits to reduce the population or inrease feeding....

bro, tot you decom??? now going to built a swamp is it??? :D

just to add in a quick clarification. The job would have to be onsite (my office) as system under development cannot be expose to the internet. will get more information from the PM when he comes back

calling all students on hoildays, boys awaiting for enlistment, in between job people..... my company is recently involve in a project...we help helper to provide extra hands in migrating a website from one place to system....what the job involve is: - Navigate to the webpage - copy the content of the page to the new system - adjust for broken links as the page are moved. Nothing much to it....as long as you can surf the web, you should be able to do it....job should start around July and ends around that period..... PM for details if you are interested.... Thanks

Hi guys, I am looking for at least 2 N.day tickets (any day also can)....willing to trade my extra beckeet skimmer for it...its a customized RM 24" tall, 6" body skimmer for insump used. Does not come with a pump, but been using a Rio20 to drive it.... Thanks

what you keeping? and h

for ligthin it really depends on what you would be keeping....personally i think the good brand T5 would be good enough even for SPS....the ATI power module is a good one..providing very very bright lights as compared to others in the market,lights is one thing i learn where brand makes a different - don't beleive it when people start claiming that they use the same german ballast as ATI - the way i see it, no T5 currently match the Power module in intensity.... For skimmer, i like the raw power of Beckket. Those good brand needlewheel are also good, but my personal preference is still beckket because of the throughrate. Its also cheaper then the good brand needlewheel (forget the china made ones). For chiller, go for those air-con compressor type and have them pipe the unit outdoors (the heater exhcanger can stay near the tanks so you don't have to run the water a long distant)....they are essentially noiseless and when piped outside transmit 0 heat to the room....but very important is to get an air-con man you can trust. Expereince counts.

you cannot target feed clams, as they close up rather quickly...you normally need to flood your tank or to take them out and put in a smaller container flooded with food.... some interesting topic about feed clams can be found at http://www.clamsdirect.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=951

I have tried 3M, selley, some cheapo china brand, but i find locite the best so far....only problem i have is with the packaging....the tube seems to break easyily towards the last few drops leaving you with stickly hand....

even in small claims you have to pay some $$$ in adminstration fees and also taxi for the officer serving the claims....there are limits to what small claims can do...and things get trickly if they challenge you.... you can pursue a long delayed case....but what i am saying is that be prepare to spend, and even more if that guy decide to fight back....then it would be even more $$$ down the drain, even if you win - but if it is just that 'qi' you are after then its up to you.......this is not america....you can't get rich from sueing people..... the police have very strict rules on how they classify cheats...you be surprise if some of the some call cheating cases here would not fall under the power of the police.....so most likely it falls under commerical disputes or some other civil case.... so be smart....do you own research and asked around before even talking to some people...

AT, the funny thing about the law here is that the court would probably access damages based on cost as a result of the slander...given that most of us are not public figure and, also you can hardly justify lost of potential sale...its unlikely to amount to much.... Even if you win a civil suit and the court award cost to you...you still end up having to pay some $$$ for those administration fee etc...something to the tune of at least $750 for small cases... so seriously, a lot of the so call 'cheater' alway changelle people to sue them, but in reality i would not bet on it happening - the irony of it is that these same 'cheater' used it as a basis of justifying that their actions are right in the first place....