Harlequinmania
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There could be a number of reason like fish aggression from your existing tank especially if you have other tang inside your fish tank.
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On 7/24/2023 at 10:08 PM, JiaEn said:
It provide a source of nitrogen to corals, algae and bacteria. It's very useful when the system consumes more nitrogen than whatever fish and coral food bring in.
so it serve as food sources for corals as well ?
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On 7/14/2023 at 10:05 PM, JiaEn said:
Diatom Cycled
It's been 2 weeks since diatoms and bacteria blend is added into the aquarium. They rapidly colonise all surfaces, as well as then entire water column. It's bloomy and brown, but I know the brown stuff are good. Why? Because my newly added tronchus polishes them right off, and does not die of toxin exposure. While I don't expect trochus to keep my aquarium spotless, this gives me a good indication that the bethnic Flora are of the harmless type.
I used my old bio media. Whatever organisms in them, and in the pipes probably died during the process of restart. When I tested the water, it registered 0.25ppm of phosphates. Well, just nice to feed my diatoms.
Fast forward, corals in, more corals in. Throughout the process, it's evident that bacteria, diatom and other microalgae are having the fierces war over the exposed surface. Walls turn brown, then patches white, then green, then brown again. The water column still blooms with bacteria. What a nice plankton soup for NPS! In goes some dendrophyllia, and they loved it.
To maintain the energy of the set up (without input, everything eventually dies, right?) I started my routine of coral food feeding. While continue to dose ammonium into the aquarium.
Detractors
One of the delivery of coral came with three mistakenly packed blue eye anthias. They goes in to the reef. Since I have some anthias, why not get a few more? In goes another 6 evansi anthias.
Now anthias normally would not be my first choice for first fishes. They are carnivorous, so they won't help a bit with controlling algae. They require more frequent feeding, especially since they can't just forage the algae. They would be generally more suitable for a more matured setup. However, I know my system can, at this stage, handle these bioload with ease, so I go ahead with it. They are fed with crushed fauna marine pellets, which they devour greedily.
Evolving Landscape
I have tested the phosphate again, it has dropped to undetectable using salifert kit. Some tiny tufts of hair algae startd to sprout from the bottom. I have introduced a white tail tang to graze. The coral polyps extends well so far. The outcome lf this cycle looks promising.
The plan is to continue to load up on corals. Starting from lower positions of lps, monti and nps. Then move my way up to the top of the aquascape. This is because I don't want corals getting in the way when gluing things down near the bottom.
what does dosing of ammonium do ?
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Is it able to control the new AI blade as well?
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Sorry to hear about your losses but Looking forward to your new update!
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Having these spare item for sales;
Tunze 6020 wavemaker- $35
Deltec KM500S kalk reactor stirrer - $ 300
Deltec FR ( for up to 1000 litres water ) - $ 300
Collection in the west
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very near sump that many envy haha.. where did u get the apex stand ?
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did u exposure the clear bottle of solution to light ?
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Maybe you can start with doing some research and come up with a "Fish list" with a list of fishes you want to keep and stick to it. It will be easier this way and avoid any territory or aggression issues along the way.
The scape of the tank play a part too in avoiding tank aggression . Happy hunting.
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On 10/17/2022 at 11:39 PM, SubzeroLT said:
The clam enjoying a good dose of light.
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The spotted clam looks huge, how long have you been keeping it ?
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Seem like there is so much use for the 3D printer , do u sketch those dimensions of the item yourself to be printed?
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perhaps you can just feed your coral and fish more , else you can control the number of hour your skimmer is running every day to bring your nitrate back up .
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you are back !!
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Due to some change of plan, got this hk300a chiller to clear,
These are the specifications of Hailea HK-300A:
Power: 1/4HP
Voltage: 220-240V
Frequency: 50Hz
Working Current: 1.8A
Tank Capacity: 300L (recommended)
Refrigerant: R134a
Flow Rate: 1500-3000L/h
Weight: 18.6kg
Dimensions: 457 x 330 x 430mm
Only touch water twice , still come with original box. Almost new condition
Looking at $380.00
Deal in the west
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nice collection of corals you have,, the zoa "neck" look abit extended , which is a sign of not having enough light for them.. maybe you want to try increase the light intensity .
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Nice Scape, do u intent to have sand bed or bare bottom?
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Did u try this type before?
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coral turning brown is not due to light alone, it could be due to your nutrient level ( N03 and P04) , what is your N03 and P04 level now ?
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posting your phone number is not restricted, but as this is an open forum, any information shared openly is seen by anyone on the world wide web including potential scammer
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If you wish to remove the old posting, you can send the link of the old posting to @src to remove it.
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Are you still doing any carbon dosing ? like the nyos zeo ?
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Found these equipment brand new sitting in my store room for long time, didnt really use it and decide to sell it all away .
All set is brand new in original box / untouch water.. but without warranty as it has been quite awhile since i get it.will provide personal one week warranty
Aquabee 6000 AC Pump - $ 250
Deltec E-flow 12 DC pump ( max; 12,000 litres) - $ 1000deal in the west
Controller Cabinet from adaptive reef
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You can use drop ship warehouse to send to Singapore.. I have one of this and frankly the material is quite poor.
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