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My old lights R420R lights on my 3 ft tank just spoiled today. Any recs on cheap lights for 3 ft tank? Have some soft corals but nothing too demanding. Don't want to buy too exp as I may be decommissioning my tank soon.

Bump, looking for chaeto again, preferably a fast-growing one as I need it in my system for nutrient control. Pls dm me, thanks!

Hi, looking to add to my zoas collection with some affordable frags. Looking for pink, red or yellow colours, so for e.g rainbow infusion, pink zipper, pandora, scrambled egg etc. Also looking to add more chaeto / other macroalgae to my refugium. Pls pm (preferably with photo and price) if you have any of the above to let go. Thank you!

Hi if anyone has or knows where to buy the above rare macroalgae please pm me. Thank you!

Prices reduced and availability updated: Regular GSP, large colony (about 10-15cm in length) - $15 Palythoas - $15 Priority to buyer who can take both. Thanks!

Hi, selling some easy and cheap soft corals for sale. Neon GSP - large colony for $35, small colony for $25 Regular GSP, large colony (about 10-15cm in length) - $25 Palythoas - $30 Collection in bedok. Thanks!

Thanks all the excellent suggestions. My main worry is that RBTA will move around the tank and might get into the wave pump, etc. Anyone had experience with this?

Hi, does anyone have some spare chaeto from the refugium to give away? Preferably in the east side. Do dm me, thanks!

Set up a new tank at the start of this year, about 7 months ago. 85 gal system with a lid. Stocked with the following: Fish: Melanurus wrasse, purple firefish, a pair of perc / ocellaris clowns, pintail fairy wrasse. All added when the tank was only 1-2 months old. All were bought as juveniles, but have since grown quite a bit. Pintail fairy wrasse and purple firefish are basically at adult size. Inverts and corals: GSPs, small duncan coral frag (~4-5 heads), blasto, pulsing xenia, palythoas. Also have a frag rack with a bunch of zoas, favia, candy cane and acan. All frags. CUC is one hermit crab (hitchhiker), nassarius snail, cerith snails and blue tuxedo urchin. Refugium with chaeto, caulerpa and gracilaria macroalgae + small pod population. Struggling with a green algae bloom but now under control thanks to urchin. Also having a cyano problem, but its been stable for months (i.e no major disastrous blooms). Last month, added three new fish: tailspot blenny, rubriventralis wrasse and carpenter's wrasse. All juveniles (2-3cm length), all quarantined for 2 weeks before transferred to the main tank. All visibly healthy and eating well prior to transfer. After transferring, all had no problems adapting and were eating healthily. Carpenter's wrasse hid for a few days, but then emerged and was eating healthily for 2 weeks. A bit of chasing and aggression, but did not notice any biting or prolonged chasing. 2 weeks ago, carpenter's wrasse vanished. I checked the overflow, filter sock, refugium, back of the tank + surrounding area of the house where the tank is. No body found. I have no other pets in my house (e.g cat / dog) and tank is not located near a window. I do not keep any anemones or large crustaceans (i.e bigger than the one hermit crab) in my system. Was concerned and confused, but focused on caring for the remaining fish. 2 days ago, the rubriventralis wrasse vanished. Waiting for it to resurface (if it ever does), but I think this is an alarming trend of vanishing fish and would like to seek some urgent advice now before it is too late. Does anyone have similar experiences or thoughts on what could be causing multiple fish to disappear? My best guess now is there is an invertebrate predator hitchhiker in my rocks that is picking them off one by one, maybe a brittle star or large bristleworm. The thing is, all the rocks in my scape are brand new and I purchased directly from LFS, not second-hand. Not even cycled before, they were completely clean. Only thing is I added a few corals that were already growing on small, live rocks to my tank (around Feb/Mar this year). Might be a hitchhiker from there.

Haddoni gets pretty big, right? My system might not be so suitable for a big nem. Plus I think it eats smaller fish

I am keeping a pair of clownfish in my tank, it is a new system and not very willing to try anemone as I am afraid it will get sucked into powerhead. Does anyone have any recommended alternative corals that my clownfish can host in? Preferably cheap and easier to keep than anemone Now at night my clownfish just sleep in the upper corner of the tank near my algae scraper, but I don't feel its right for them long-term, donno whether their sleep will be disturbed by lights in the room that are on until 2-3am .

Hi, ups gain as I bought a frag rack from a fellow reefer but it won't stick to my glass. Anyone have magnet frag rack to sell? thank u

I believe elegance is LPS stony coral, not softie? Nonetheless, looks amazing, so envious. How much did you pay for it?

Hi, looking for a second hand frag rack, nothing fancy as I am on a budget. PM me with price, thank you

Beautiful softie garden, great job! What type of zoas are those?

Seems like quite a high-budget setup. I can offer some advice, but you probably know this if you've been researching: Starting with corals straight away can be risky, make sure your tank is done cycling and chemistry is stable, algal blooms under control etc before you start dumping in high $$$ corals Dosing will depend a lot on how many corals you have in your system and how quickly they are using up trace elements, so what is more important (to me) is regular monitoring and maintaining consistent parameters, instead of dosing without knowing how the water is changing Imo from what I read Red Sea is great if you don't want to do so much research and and just have an all-in-one, but that also means you have less flexibility and freedom to explore what the kind of system you want to have.

looks amazing

Those ice blue and golden zoas look great. Want to grow my own zoa garden as well!

Anyone knows where to get sea lettuce and gracilaria? Hoping to diversify my refugium

I went to Iwarna recently. They were selling red grape, red bamboo and one more expensive red macroalgae. Very pretty

Agree with urchins. Blue tuxedo urchin has been known to wipe out green hair algae in reef tanks. As long as no copper or predators.

Heard that as well, they are the most mild-mannered of all dottybacks, but can still be quite aggressive. My purple firefish quite big and was first to be added to the tank. Don't know whether I should risk it and add an orchid dotty.

Yup. I'm looking for Half and Half. (C. dimidiata or C. iomelas). Got 2 species but they look the same to me, I just want the nice halfway black and white pattern. Anyone know where to buy?

How likely is orchid dottyback going to fight with firefish?

Anyone know if this is sold in shops here? I seen the bicolour chromis (below) before, but I want the half-white chromis (on top).