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It's been a long time since I've updated the progress of my tank. That being said, this will be quite the lengthy update so i'll be splitting them up into different posts for readability's sake. The first good news coming to the new year would be that my tank is finally cycled!! Water parameters as of Sunday 28/12/14 SG : 1.025 Temp : 25 - 28C (returned the chiller as it was faulty) Ammonia : 0 Nitrite : 0 Nitrate : 0 - 5ppm ( hard to discern the colour in API's test kit) Phosphate : 0.25ppm ( hard to discern the colour in API's test kit, might be lower) PH : 8.2 Calcium: 500ppm DKH: 10 The first bad news was that the TECO chiller I had was returned back to the kind bro whom I got it from as it was kinda faulty. I'll be saving up to get a Hailea 28a during the cny period. As such, I'll be reverting back to running the DYMAX fan on this tank.

Thanks will get my hands on salifert test kits soon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Look at what I found in my tank on a beautiful Saturday afternoon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nopes, my top up are from NTUC's "Life" distilled 1.5l water bottles and the salt mix is pre-mixed H2ocean pro with ro/di water bought from madpetz.

Thanks man. Appreciate the advise and knowledge

The funny thing is I'm haven't even started to dose anything yet. LOL

Will it affect the growth of the corals n livestock?

So, I've gotten my hands on a few new toys this week. Got a set of API test kits and tested my water parameters last night. Water paramters as follow: PH: 7.8 Ammonia: 8ppm Nitrite: 0.25ppm Nitrate: 0ppm Phosphate: 1ppm Calcium: 600ppm DKh: 14 Also, upgraded my Eheim compact 600 to a HYDOR CENTRIFUGAL PICO PUMP 1000l/h to cater to my new TECO TR15 Chiller that I got from a nice bro from marketplace. Temperature is set at 26 degrees celsius.

No problem. I've pm you the eBay username and price

Also took bro Evolutionz's advice and lowered my sandbed's depth by half, it's about 2-4cm now. Now all that is left is the waiting game for the new cycle to complete and get my hands on some water test kits

Also got my hands on a refractometer from a really nice dude from pasar malam. Tested my water before top up yesterday night and after as well this morning before top up and after. Glad to say that my SG is constant at 1.026.

Thanks for the advise man. Much appreciated. I really went out as my tank wasn't too long into the cycle period thus I dipped the rocks for close to 4 hours with continuous squirting of the hydrogen peroxide on the rock surface itself continuously. That chemical really work wonders. Hahaha.

Sorry man, all gone. Hahahaha.

On a side note, guess what came in the mail today!! My brightlux PAR38 LED lights. Specs as follow: Brightlux 18pcs PAR38 LED - 54watts - blue:white ratio: 6:12 - 60 degrees optic - light spectrum, blue: 460-465nm; cold white: 6500-12,000K The light itself. In my ikea holder. When the light is lit. Also, did a rescape after the nuking. Took in bro andtsg's suggestions for more open spaces to aid watr circulation and minimise debris trap. Finally, the new scape with the new lights!

So I spent the whole of Friday night nuking my rocks to get the #%@$@ bobbit worm out. Using a mixture of distilled water from NTUC and 16% hydrogen peroxide that I bought from Eco City hydroponics. Here's the aftermath. That was just part of what I managed to get rid of. I also got rid of around 4 - 5 baby mantis shrimps in different colours even! I also got rid of uncountable worms of different sizes and shapes and species. But the good news is, as you can see in the this picture, right smack in the middle is the bad a** bobbit worm. I believe I got the whole of it as it just floated out, I didn't pull on it.

Anyways, just being curious, how long do you guys think I should dip the live rocks for?

I'm going to doing a freshwater dip of all my live rocks on friday night after work. I'll be picking up a bottle of hydrogen peroxide as well just in case freshwater dip is not shocking enough to get the worm out of the rocks.

Ya! I came across a youtube video of it hunting in the sea. Damn cool and freaky at the same time. I'll probably reduce the depth when I dip the rocks to get rid of the worm. Can't figure out which rock is it living in. Mind sharing how did you get it out? That is one long wormmmmmmmmmmmm. I had my rw-4 tuned to the low side, about two bars for power and 6-7 notches for frequency. It's running on the first mode. Seems pretty good so far though. I'm looking forward to my own stocking as well!!

Yuppies. Looking around for a 2nd hand hailea 100a chiller. Till then I'm topping up 500ml twice a day with NTUC's distilled water. hahaha.

Thanks man

So, I dropped by C328 after work last night and picked up a mag float glass cleaner as well as a eheim compact 600 pump to replace the stock pump. Here, you can see my mag-float. Also, I shifted the wave maker to point towards the aquarium glass. Had abit of sand storm when I pointed it towards the back of the tank. Did some wire-management using 3M mini plastic hooks as well. I need help from you guys in help to I.D this hitch hiker worm. Found it burrowing around in the sand while messing around in my tank. A clearer picture here. Had people from nano reef telling me that it's eunicid worm. I will try and catch it the moment i see it again.

After procrastinating for what seems like an eternity and with my significant half's encouragement, I've decided to take the plunge and taste the salt. Hahaha. Tank is 3 days old as of today. Tank size: Oceanfree Nano Marine 3, 31x31x36cm (34L) Filtration: 4.5kg worth of live rock (from Pinnacle) + around 2kg worth of arga-alive! live sand Skimmer : air stone skimmer that came together with the tank (upgraded to Sanders 2 Air wood) Wavemaker: Jebao RW-4 Filtration media : Chemipure Elite and RowaPhos (to be added towards the end of cycling) Lighting: (Current) Some random lightset that came together with the tank. However lights are off during cycling stage and only switched on for viewing purposes. (in the mail) Brightlux 18pcs PAR38 LED - 54watts - blue:white ratio: 6:12 - 60 degrees optic - light spectrum, blue: 460-465nm; cold white: 6500-12,000K Substrate: Arga-Alive! Live sand (bought from polyart, forgot the exact type and brand) Water: H2Ocean Natural Reef Salt + DI water (bought from MadPetz) Cooling : Dymax Fan Additives: T.B.C Corals: T.B.C Fishes : T.B.C Water parameters as of today : SG : yet to be tested Temp : 25 - 28C Ammonia : yet to be tested Nitrate : yet to be tested Nitrite : yet to be tested Phosphate : yet to be tested pH : yet to be tested (will be getting test kits over the next week or so) FTS (with lights on): FTS (without lights): Top View: Left View: Right View: