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    Rocky's 3ft Tank

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    Nice scaping but 2 tangs may be one tang too many for a 3'x1.5' tank.

    How long has your 3ft tank been running?  Looks very new, better go slow on stocking up.

    Dan

    6wks at most i think. that's about all for the next few wks. thanks for reminding me dan :)

    Rocky's 3ft Tank

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    my 2 perculas. won't be adding anymore livestocks until i can control the water quality.

    ammonia and nitrite are zero. my nitrate is at 25ppm on tetratest NO3. i have no idea how to bring it down to say zero. if i perform frequent water change, will need to repeat it many many many times since what i'm doing is only 10% dilution everytime. sighz

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    Rocky's 3ft Tank

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    havent had time to paint the cabinet. had been working on the lights for weeks.

    lights are temporarily up, sitting on top of the tank for the time being. will suspend it from the ceiling i have time.

    i don't understand. my carpet anemone seems to be afraid of strong lighting. hides under the arch in my LR formation when i only turn on 2 of the 39W T5s. one white and one actinic. aquaz.

    seems very bright to me with 2 tubes. maybe the tank is quite empty, thats y.

    took me 2 days to scape the rocks. 1st time everything collapsed after a day. 2nd time i felt there are too many arches in the formation. so did a 3rd time - very stable i think.

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    Rocky's 3ft Tank

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    U HAVE A DOUBLE POST!!! http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24141

    your tank size is exactly the same as mine..i think the size is quite alright, considering that both of us are poor students...

    i suggest that u take out that hairy crab...it might be one of the reasons for the deaths of your fishes...if it grows too big, u'll have problems next time...

    u DIY a cabinet?? u must be confident..considering the weight of that tank size..i am stiill worried that my wrought iron stand will give way one day...

    20kg of LRs is very little...i think i have about 70-80kg...not too sure though...bought them in batches and pieces...

    weipro 2012 is quite alright,for now..u dun have a lot of fishes so not tat bad...value for money?? i say go for the most expensive one that you can afford...if it is a weipro then so be it...just do other preventive measures like less feeding and frequent water change...

    how thick is your tank glass??

    thanks typrobin. my tank is 10mm thick. dunno issit because its quite cheap, thats y the glass somehow looks quite green, like blocking off some light. must wait the the crab to come out then i can catch. -p.

    The cabinet is not very professionally done, but i believe its strong enough to support the 300+ kg tank, rocks and water. Used kapur instead of chengai partly because of cost and ease of working on it.

    :)

    i also think having more live rocks would aid the biological filtration but i don't seem to have anymore space in the tank. the overflow box takes up so much space

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    Rocky's 3ft Tank

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    Started the hobby 3mths ago with a 2ft tank in my room after my poor luohan fish passed away. I decided to upgrade to a 3ft after developing more interest in it - still keeping the small tank in my room though). Due to limited funds as i am saving up for my sch trip nxt yr, i chose to build my own cabinet and get a tank to sit on it. Currently, my equipment for this tank incl only:

    20kg LR, 4diy T5, 2ft sump, diy denitrator. i don't have a skimmer in this tank yet because i can't decide on a value for money one. my existing 2012 in my small tank is disappointing - diluted brown skimmate over a long time. my inhabitants incl:

    2percula, 1 maroon clown, 1 boxing shrimp, 1 powder brown tang and 1 powder blue tang. also got an FOC brown hairy crab that came hidden in the LR.

    unfortanately, a couple of fish died despite my best efforts with lots of reading up on the hobby.

    My intention is to keep a reef in the near future, so thats y i am limiting my livestocks. As my LR don't lean against the back of the tank, i kinda regret on the width (1.5)of my tank, as i now feel that it's too narrow to place clams and corals in the future. Feel free to comment on and throw suggestions for my tank, guys.

    Rocky

    My little new 3 footer...

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    Bro, there are few things u have to take note, strong skimming, good water movement so that detritus can never settle down in the rocks but be suspended in the water till removed by the mechanical filtration, use of DSB, refugium with macroalgae, light feeding, water changes, cleaning crew like cleaner shrimp, hermit crabs, snails, can help in controlling ur nitrates....

    Of coz my tank may not have all the abovementioned qualities, it's the things I've learnt over time and hopefully when i set up my new tank, all these things can be incorporated to help me... btw, the DSB requires 6 months or more to mature...

    for ur case, ur tank still relatively empty, so u plan everything properly before u embark... :)

    thanks bro. Seems like all i need is patience and some good planning. thanks....

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