[Weekly Update - 26th Oct to 01th Nov 2015]

lck 201

 

[WTG: Six line wrasse]

6 line collected.

[WTG: Six line wrasse]

WTG Six line wrasse

BYO pail, Collection at hougang.

[Food grade calcium chloride as additive]

The only way to know how much your stock consumes ca /kh / mg is to do a test daily , without dosing .

say today u tested your water and it says kh 8 , cal 440 , u test again tomorrow and there is a difference like say kh7 and cal 400 ... It means your stock is consuming 1 kh and 40ppm cal per day . Then the following day it drops again to 6kh and 380 cal. It proves that your stock is consuming that much.

from this info u know that a daily dose of cal and kh is needed . 

So if you are using a manual dose , your should calculate the amount u need to replenish the lost element 

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

heres a calculator to use , it'll tell u how much element powder or flakes or liquid u need to dose . 

If a dosing pump is used , then mix the element powder with rodi water in big amount and dose the required quantity via a dosing pump.

a calcium reactor is used when manual dosing does not suffice the required amount due to the fact that your evaporation rate is lower than the dosing liquid amount.

a calcium reactor needs to be tuned to the amount of element need by the stock, and that is another chapter. 

 

 

Thanks for the help guys. I have a mixed reef tank with KH 7.0-7.7 ca about 420. Doing manual dosing atm but just recently got a dosing pump and some food grade sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride which im going to establish my dosing regime soon.

[Food grade calcium chloride as additive]

Want to consult if any of you guys here uses food grade calcium chloride mix as regular dosing calcium additive? Will there be any adverse effects?

Is it true that calcium chloride is good for raising ca levels but not ideal for maintaining stable levels? Any advise is appreciated thanks

 

[Alex's Home Tank]

this is e part I'm not very sure of. Using a fresh water plant fertilizer now. Any recommendation?

I see online sources use F2..but not sure where to get it locally.

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[Alex's Home Tank]

Embarking on a new project to unlock personal milestone!! Would love to hear more opinions about culturing plankton n rotifers

May I ask what fertilizers do you use for the culture?

[where to buy Chaeto]

I have some for harvesting. pm me

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

 

Beautiful pair, don't worry if your tank is establish, mine only peck on rock and still alive up till today just seed pods in the tank once in awhile

Thanks, I'm always checking on them for signs of weight loss. Do you culture the pods yourself? or purchase live ones?

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Added a mandarin pair and I wish longevity for the both of them . Tried target feeding them but they just wouldnt eat anything other than hunting copepods.

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

U can alw add on extension plugs to increase ur plugs.

already have a 6 socket extension plug all used up..already scared it might overload the socket

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

You can check the maxspect gyre, flow will circulate from top to bottom.

Thanks, will check it out

problem is no more power plug socket left for more equipment

[Overwhelming Algae]

I'm also getting this problem everyday, my goby working very hard to clean the bed.

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Very nice scaping! How do you maintain? Dosing?

I only do wc once a week for now since parameters don't fluctuate much.

Might do a rescape as I feel the current scape inhibits flow in the middle of the island.

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[Set up a new marine tank]

Yea just go slow and steady, I too approach it with zero knowledge of anything beforehand and slowly learn along the way.

The satisfaction you get from enjoying your tank will be worth the effort.

[RO/DI Water for drinking?]

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientschap12.pdf

It seems that consuming ro water can have long term negative health impacts due to the lack of mineral content...better not be a ro di water connoisseur lol

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[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Where and how much did u pay for the tank set? Including sump and plumbed?

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Hi, I have sent you a pm.

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[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

322 very good size for SPS. No chiller? 

I have my chiller outside my cabinet as recommended by tankmaker which he said to have the sump as big as the cabinet can possibly fit.

Would be interested in trying out some sps, any recommendations that are nice looking and easy for start?

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[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Can you share with us your equipment specification?  Are you using LED lighting? 

Yes I'm using maxspect razor led lighting.

Chiller: Hailea 90a

Skimmer: Bubble magus curve 7

Return pump: Eheim 1260

Wavemaker: 2xjebao rw8

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[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Nice job! It looks cool. I somehow got the image of a giant robot perched on top of an island

 

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Thanks, I didnt really had any idea for a start and was just handed 2 boxes of live rocks when I told the shop I wanted 30kg of rocks.There were too many large pieces of rock and it was really challenging to scape keeping in mind also not to compromise on the flow through the rocks.

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Front view of the tank, most of my fish inhabitants can be found in the picture.

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

The clownfishes only start to get interested in the anemone after a couple of months, and I also got another bubble tip for the other clownfish. During this time I have also added some lps like torch, chalice, blasto, lobo and some zoas.

 

 

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Added a green hammer not long afterwards. I have always wanted an anemone hosting clownfishes so I got a bubble tip. In the process I also got an anemone crab, and it became the first tenant of the anemone.

 

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

Being noobish and wanting to go safe and get a easy coral for a start, so this green star polyp would be my first coral.

[My first 3x2x2 reef tank attempt]

After a month of cycling, I have convinced myself that my tank is ready for inhabitants (of course with confirmation from test results).

So I went out and got 2 clownfish, which were not paired but hoping that they will pair.