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Yup, your tank is still cycling. Maybe give it another month. Maybe you can mix a big batch of water and just do small daily change to keep the ammonia low and keep your fish healthy Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Well, depends on what you like and your lighting type and schedule. Looks like you started with soft corals, which is a good step as they tend to be hardy and have less care requirements. I would say go for more soft corals like gsp, other mushrooms, zoas and maybe finger leathers. But do take note that leather corals and zoas are toxic, so be careful not to injure them or they will release toxins into the water and potentially kill other livestock. That huge toadstool of yours can be quite deadly Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Bro, what corals you planning to keep? I'm using a 2nf hand green element 12 watts led and it seems strong enough to even kill some of my lps coral haha Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Looks cool bro, but I can't seem to play any of the videos Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

No problem bro. Glad to share info among the community.

Thanks bro! For the ios at the back, I put a box full of filter wool and ceramic media in the first stage, then skimmer in the second. Perhaps the eggs got caught in the filter wool, then the babies crawled out? I do notice some baby stars hanging out near the intake area. My return pump is also quite gentle, only about 300 litres/hr. Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Spawning... Spraying sperm into the water Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Update. I caught a video of a brittle star spawning, it's one of the stars I got from bro CKS. Now my tank tank is full of baby stars, each the size of a nano Sim card with the arms spread out. They are happily camping on my sandbed. I estimate close to 50 of them Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

I have a seperate spinning device hooked up to a pump if you're interested. Can pm me Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

I see. Anyway hope you get a test kit soon to test the water. If not sure whether water is poisoned with ammonia, maybe you can try doing small water changes daily of 10% to ensure ammonia stays low. Good luck, hope your remaining fish make it. Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

No problem. You might also want to check your water parameters as the others have suggested. If your tank is not fully cycled, it can cause stress to the fish, which can result in diseases attacking the fish as well. You said your remaining fish have been transferred to a big tank? Is it an established marine tank? Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

I think what leong is referring to is marine ich. They are impossible to remove, so the recommended way is to remove all fish from the tank and let the parasite starve to death. However. It seems you don't have that option. You may want to see the other alternative methods in the link below, though I personally don't encourage copper treatment. Hope this helps http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/ Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Finally recovered fully. It's now in a rescue tank, left hand side near the torch corals. Swells up to about the size of a mandarin orange under 40% intensity light. Must "thank" my yellow angel for forcing me to set up a new tank to keep all my brain type lps away from it lol. Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

I have accidentally tried this out as my skimmer is inside my display tank itself and my rw4 wavemaker is constantly blowing bubbles from it into the tank. Perhaps it's due to the nature of the uneven current from a wavemaker but I don't see much bubbles getting trapped on rock, they are constantly blown around. Also, the rw4 is near the water surface and tends to create bubbles with every surge. So far I notice that my zoas and palys have been opening up very huge. The rest don't seem to behave any different. Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Hi all. I've been doing some random viewing of my tank in the middle of the night and chanced upon a huge creature hiding in my live rock (huge if you consider that my tank is only 2 ft and this thing is estimated to be 1 ft long). I got a good look the first time, looks like a very long green tentacle half buried in the sand. It quickly slithered away back into the rock when I shone my torchlight on it. I finally managed to catch only a bit of the body exposed. I'm betting it's a Bobbit worm, considering how long it is. Can any expert confirm this? Sorry for the bad pics, it's hard to focus my phone camera when using a torchlight. So far it hasn't touched my snails and there's no other livestock other than corals so I'm still quite ok with it living in my tank. But damn scary to see how long it is, considering my live rock is only about the size of a beer jug. [emoji33] Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Mushrooms in general are ok with low light Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Sounds like it's trying to move somewhere else with lesser flow. On the other hand, you just found a winning formula to propagate new mushrooms Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Looking good! Congrats Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Your gonio may die, but the rest should be fine. My nitrates are also in the 40 range. So far all corals ok except my already half dead gonio. I've been doing weekly changes, using seachem denitrate and also less feeding to bring it down. Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Well, if you want to be careful, should test first. In my experience I tend to just be kiasu and do at least a small water change if something looks wrong. But I wiped out my whole tank of 5 Moray eels before when I changed 50% water without testing first... The huge change in water chemistry shocked them. So be careful lah Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

You should get a nitrate test kit soon. I'm willing to bet ammonia levels are still ok, or else everything in the tank would be dead by now. You have quite a bit of brown in the tank, which I'm going to assume are diatoms. How long have you set up this tank? Also, what light are you using and what is your light cycle? Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

You're right bro, you can't. But useful for tings like isolating livestock who may be fighting etc. Example, I just discovered my angel enjoys eating scolymia... Only found out after it ate half of a scoly I just bought, heart pain seah. Had to set up a seperate tank just to house that scoly... Troublesome Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

I prefer all-in-one personally. But a sump tank is a nice place to put other livestock in case of emergency Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the advice. I assume they will work on acrylic? I would love to have a normal setup lah, but sadly my current setup forces me to place my DT at the bottom of a rack so no choice but to plan for overhead sump Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Since we're on this topic, I'm wondering about creating on overhead sump instead using an existing acrylic tank that have. My DT is at the bottom of a rack and is hard to do maintenance. So I was wondering if I were to put a pump in my DT to pump water up to my overhead sump, then allow the water to flow back down naturally via an outlet (a bulkhead maybe) on the side of the tank. That way, in case the pump fails, there's no risk of flooding as sump will naturally empty itself out only up to the level where the outlet is. The only problem is I don't know how to properly drill a hole into the side of the tank and install a bulkhead there. Anybody has experience? Thanks Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk