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    Comeback tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    After a 3 year hiatus and trying to convince myself that reefing is an expensive and ridiculous hobby . i got stung again while selling away my rocks,

    shifted to a new place and will be doing up a partition tank for fengshui purposes. initially wanted to reuse back my old cabinet but as advised by tank maker Dan from CR aquarium , it makes more sense to built up a new cabinet to suit the new house which make sense and increase the height clearance for the sump so that i can make a taller sump to prevent backflow or any disaster from happening as i had encounter that previously due to incorrect sump calculation on my part

    Will be removing this structure and the tank will be put in its place

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    haven really finish unpacking so everything is still in a mess

    1st little project before the tank arrive at the end of the month is this rock scape that is cable tied and epoxied together with 1 main big base rocks and many other small pieces to give it shape and ledge for corals, most probably tank will be going for a minimalist rock look so i can dont buy too much corals and waste money haha

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    As usual , rocks will be sitting on acrylic stands so that they do not touch the glass , but i have not yet decide if i want to put in sandbed or go bare bottom and give it hurricane flow to prevent debris setting on the bottom of the tank

    best way to start up new tank water?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    Wow bro thanks for taking the time to type such a detail reply,

    I will b using artificial rocks as base mix with lr that has been cooked for 3 yrs lol, so that part i'm not worried, i already has a set of crystal pro from previously just that it takes 1 hour to make 100l of water, that'll take me 10hrs, omg

    As for water change i will do a 2 stage cycling, (kiasu)

    1st stage cycle for 1 month, during this time no2 drops to 0 , i'l add 1 more piece of market prawn.

    There after i'l do a 50-70% water change depending on how is the water n throw in a prawn again if water this time is gd i'l add in corals only, n 2 weeks later then do another 50% water change than add in fishes slowly , super super kiasu

    Nsw i am concern of pathogens n parasites as i do not know how well do they filter the water, i know some sellers draw water straight from

    The sea immediately n head over to pump the water (yucks)

    best way to start up new tank water?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi , trying to do the tank right from day 1 rather than having to solve issues later on, need some suggestions of the most economical sound best way.

    I will list down the pros and cons of what i'm thinking and see your guys's opinion

    Tank volume estimated 1000L

    1: self make DI water with salt estimate cost

    2 pails of salt = S120

    DI water cartridge probably 2-3 = $70?

    water cost duno

    total cost $250?

    Pros: cleanest way with no parasites whatsoever

    Cons: wait til flower also die liao and alot of work

    2: Purchased DI water with sale mix

    40 bottles of DI water = $240 =/-

    2 pails of salt = $120

    Total cost $360

    Pros : fast and clean with no parasites

    Cons: unknown quality of water and freaking expensive

    3: Tap water leave it overnight and salt mix and run GFO to get rid of PO4

    water cost unknown

    2 pails of salt = $120

    1 bottle of 1kg rowa = $80?

    total cost $250?

    Pros : cheap and fast with no parasites

    Cons: unwanted elements in water from tap

    4: NSW

    delivery = $80?

    Mg and Ca addictive = $100?

    Total cost $180?

    Pros: fast and lazy method, cheap

    Cons: fear of parasites and sg water dirty , low salinity , maybe around 1.17-1.20

    Pros: cheap and fast

    As i am typing this and doing the calculations i kinda answered my own questions but still good to seek opinions

    I think number 3 & 4 is out, if there is lobang for good and reasonable price DI water than that will be my preferred choice

    Quality of low-iron glass from tankmaker

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    I would say only the clam color still look diff only.

    Eg. my green pagoda coral looks same from glass and top.

    My purple monti has the same purple from glass and top.

    My true fiber optic looks same from glass and top.

    My coralline algae looks same from glass and top.

    I don't have any real blue color so cant comment.

    But clam is still different when u look from top and glass. I wonder if acrylic will solve this.

    If u unsure, u may drop by and verify it.

    thats sounds good enuff, thanks for the info

    i'm not a clam guy forever killing clams lol

    Quality of low-iron glass from tankmaker

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Mine is low iron on 3 sides. Wat I know is when light shines on the glass, the sides is blue instead of green.

    Quality wise I'm not sure u meaning the "brand" of the source of low iron glass. I didn't ask abt tat when I get my tank.

    There's a few slabs of glass samples at coral reef aquarium where it shows the different glass grade.

    So far I'm satisfied with it, n reasonable pricing.

    colour of corals when viewing from on top down view without water circulation and viewing from glass same?

    any form of distortion when looking tru the glass?

    Recommendation for good rimless tank maker (5ft)

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Really a drifter.. From nano drift to 5ft zone ?

    lol i drifted from 5ft to nano then thought its such a waste of my cabinet so be bringing over , then 2ft cube on a 5ft cabinet looks really odd with all the extra space ( can do table top dancing) so tried to take a big sweeper and went back to a 5ft , but the fear of labourous husbandry of waking up at 7am to test water and water changing until 3am turned me off + since i already sold of majority of my rocks so i pulled handbrake and settled at 3.5ft by 2.5 by 1.8 and recon my cabinet into a L cabinet and change colour

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