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Happy New Year everyone!
Here is a quick status of the tank as of Jan 2018.
Lost lots of Ochtodes too due to failed experiment in 're-planting' them. Will continue the experiment again when they're in bigger mass. Lost all the greens too due to hungry fishes, these are planted only today and not expecting them to last. Fortunately, the backup greens grow fast in the refugium.
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On 12/28/2017 at 10:10 AM, sherman said:
Wow nice planted tank.
Any update?
Ahh, the fishes are doing well, really well infact. They have also eaten all the green macros in the tank
Luckily i keep spares in the refugium.
Lost lots of Ochtodes too due to failed experiment in gluing them to frag plug. Giving them a break now.
On 12/28/2017 at 11:26 AM, yuzz said:Hi bro have a question to ask. My tank the brown algae too much . Keep on cleaning the tank and still the brown algae grow . How to prevent the brown algae growing in my tank.
Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile appWhats your PO4 and NO3 like? and what sort of filter system are you running?
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Finally a better photo of the elusive starry blenny. Have a great weekends everyone
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On 10/22/2017 at 10:43 PM, Komerider said:
Wow ok.. cos i only on my lights for 8 hours in my sump on the night cycle. Can't imagine 24/7.. cos it'll heat up the water even more against the chiller.
Mine is only 18W LED, doesnt generate that much heat
On 10/22/2017 at 10:46 PM, tuajia said:Looking good bro, the only algae I can grow successfully is hair algae hahahahahha
. Even my caulerpa will go sexual every now and then
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Thanks bro
Sometimes have to dose more for caulerpa to outgrow the hair algae. I'm not too sure how to get the formula right too. I'm dosing the following and the macros are outgrowing the pest algae 
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5 hours ago, Komerider said:
24/7 as in they r on all the time or during daylight hours? I think ur flow rate tip is correct. My sump tank overflow is quite slow water doesn't really move.
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on all time!
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6 hours ago, Ref00 said:
Ur blue tang don't feast on e plants?
Oh yes they do! those greens dont stay for long in the display, i grow them in bulk in the sump just to feed the tang
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1 hour ago, Komerider said:
Wow I've been wanting to get this effect in a portion of my sump where I do and overflow and grow pods. But I just keep getting algae and any marine plants in getting 'strangled' by these algae. I run an led light meant for plants. Any tips? Zero no3,2 27-28 degree reef tank.
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high flow rate!
The wavemaker is instrumental for the current status of my tank. I think they're just like corals too and high flow makes the slim or other lower form of algae harder to stick onto the macro.
Traceable NO3!Cannot imagine NO3 near zero. The macros will start 'whitening' at near zero NO3. I have been dosing NO3 infact, but this is really an unique case
I am also running a sump with plant grow LED light of 18w on 24/7 cycle and the greens grow really well there
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Photos of the tank inhabitants taken early in the morning before feeding time when the fishes are most active and visible.
One of the mandarin pair hunting for pods in the macros forest
Added an Koran Angelfish recently
The most elusive fish to photography, the starry blenny
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Its no more available, sold something in May already. Please look for alternative
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4 hours ago, stanleylimkl said:
Wow... what temperature is your tank at?
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Half the tank is in direct sun right now, super sunny day, great for the macros. And the water temperature is at 32 degreeC now
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6 hours ago, Ingwe said:
Do PM me if you are selling the Ochtodes
Ok!
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14 hours ago, stanleylimkl said:
nice tank, really like the greens. can i check if you are running a chiller, and what capacity?
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Thank you! No chiller, infact the tank is at the balcony and they get exposure to direct sun in certain hours of the day.
7 hours ago, Naughtyfish said:The purple octhodes are beautiful ! Hopefully u will harvest some for sale in the future hehehehehe
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9 hours ago, Ingwe said:
Great tank! Love the concept. Love the macro algae too, especially the Ochtodes.
Thank you for your kind words !
It is really hard to find someone who appreciates macro/seaweed aquarium
I am also planning to sell the Ochtodes soon
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Oct updates, gotten some more new greens from FreshNMarine
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1 hour ago, lis9090 said:
U use a macro algae reactor?
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not really reactor, they're in the sump with 24/7 light as filter, also in the main tank for display
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lol why are you doing that? my macroalgaes r bulk of the consumers, otherwise they will 'fade away'
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ok am i the only one who is deliberately dosing NO3 into the tank? i've been struggling to keep the nutrient on a 'healthy' level.
i think i need more livestocks!
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Here are whats new since June.
Added quite a number of Cerith snails and also a Starry blenny
The full tank shot in July
And the full tank shot in September (All the fishes are still alive, they went into hiding!!)
Transplanted lots of macros and mini sea-fan from the over-flow
And lots of inverts (fanworms, fireworm, pods, mini-stars) 'recovered' when I was cleaning up the sump. Almost discarded them if I did not inspect the overgrown macros carefully.
The main tank is still largely lighted by natural sunlight while the sump is on 24/7 plant light. Here's the kind of view the habitats in the tank get to enjoy.
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Look at how much the Ochtodes has recovered! woohooo
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4 hours ago, Farhan said:
Which lfs or farm do you go to acquire most of the macro algae in ur list ?
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Mostly MarineLife (when they were still around), Fresh N Marine and T95
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And 2-months from the last updates, the C.Prolifera and the purple Ochtodes have grown quite abit.
The clownfish has also taken a liking for the C.Prolifera next to its nest (the glass bottle). It likes to stay motionless in that patch of C.Prolifera as if it is an anemone
No idea why some of the Ochtodes are 'browning' though
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Pump is in good working condition.
Also, only left 3 out of the 4 rubber stands at the bottom of the skimmer's base. Hence dropping the price to SGD180
Purple Ochotdes macroalgae
in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop
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SGD30 for 15cm worth of Ochotdes attached to liverock.
Harvested from my macroalgae tank, self collect in Clementi only.