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Hi there everyone, i am thinking of selling off my centerpiece blue milli colony, as i'm running out of space. it has been on my barebottom for the last 7 to 8 months, and although it has lost the intense blue colour it use to hold after i moved it to the barebottom, it is still discernably blue, and will regain its former glory under more intense lighting. it has grown a fair bit, and has fully encrusted its base. there are no known sps predators in my tank, and no signs of tissue necrosis on any acroporid species. i shall not be posting a picture of the colony till Wednesday, to give friends who might have seen it in my tank personally and want to buy it some time to contact me. everyone else is welcome to view though. i will let the colony go for $100, and only to reefers with thriving sps systems, as it took years of chionging midnight shipments to find this piece. if anyone is keen to view the piece, pls pm. thank you very much! ian

peacemaker, if i'm not mistaken, the toothpicks resemble the spines found on larger sea urchins, in which bangai fries are known to seek shelter in, in the wild. cheers, ian

super cool jem!!

wah bro! must invite me to your place to vie this hot yuma soon ya!

$125

hi there bro slugs, should the neon gobies become available, pls sms me at 90284368! thank you! ian

hi there bro slugs, should the buyer back out for the gold and yellow neon gobies, pls let me know and i will take them. thank you. ian

bro! your tank's too colourful man!!

way cool! congrats!

Hi there bro, i am considering changing my lighting set up, and am open to selling my current 4 x 39w HO-T5 set. I had it custom made, with individual reflectors within two dymax light casings. if youre keen and willing to view, pls do drop me a pm. you can then see the lights in action on 2.7ft x 1 ft x 1ft sps set up. thank you. ian

hi there bro wilsontantw, all H&S Skimmers utilize Needlewheel impeller driven pumps, and will not work properly without one. pls do contact the seller who sold you the skimmer and find out why he hasnt given you the right pump. an aquabee 2000 needlewheel pump costs a fair bit more than a normal non-needlewheel aquabee 3000. hope you manage to sort this out. cheers, ian

hi there bros wonder, gouldian and playstation, yes, i'm referring to urocaridella sp. shrimps. i know henry offers them from time to time, but they havent come in in a recent shipment, so was just thinking, if any reefers have some from previous shipments they're open to selling, pls let me know yeah. thanks, ian

hi there everyone, i'm looking for some yellow arrow shrimps. If anyone has them for sale, pls contact me via pm. thank you very much! ian

That's amazing! now if i could only figure out how to grow coralline like that on me rocks! testament to your optimal water parameters AT!

wow! nice pictures guys. how come no photos from last night's treasure hunt?

hey bro! just disturbing you la! will you be back for chinese new year? our bottle from last time still there know! don't worry bout bringing frags back ya. i'll pass you some to bring back to suzhou!

hey alex!! wah the new tank looks so much like your old one man! did you transport it to china with you? hahhahha. i'm still waiting for the promised south china sea corals from you man!!! great to see you back in action! cheers, ian

hi there bro beagle, if youre still keen on keeping sps, do consider starting with montipora species first, instead of acroporids, as theyre generally easier to maintain and less likely to experience sudden tissue necrosis. also, try to position your sps in areas where it receives indirect but good flow. indirect meaning there isnt a constant blast of flow against its tissue. the reason being that flow blasting against a coral, any coral, impedes the extension of its polyps and generally leads to its demise. ideally, if you can imagine an area of flow emanating out from your tunze, place your colony just slightly to the side of this flow path. also, consider employing a controller for your tunze if youre not already using one. often times, when flow only comes in one direction, the other "shaded from flow" side of the coral will suffer and start to TN, which then spreads to the rest of the colony. from your parameters, everything seems optimal, so it could also be a case of something possibly toxic, for which we cant test for, like copper or lead, etc, which may be present in your water source. for this, i'd recommend employing a polyfilter pad to see if it changes colour and picks up any errant metals that may be the cause of things. for a 4 ft tank, a single 250w bulb is also probably insufficient lighting for SPS type corals, but im guessing youve started by placing your corals directly beneath the bulb spread area, so low light probably isnt the problem. one more thing could very well be that, if youre not experienced in keeping SPS type corals, you might correspondingly not be very adept at picking good healthy specimens from shipments, which is a mistake we all had to learn from one way or the other, so you might just have purchased unhealthy or bleached but look super bright specimens that are in essence, highly doomed to die thereafter. tell us more bout your setup? like what other corals you keep? and fish? an angel, parrot fish or rabbit fish could also be a concern if it pecks on the coral's polyps when youre away at work. cheers, ian

happy new year jervis!! i can always count on a good read in your threads!!!

thanks alot for sharing these pics bro!

lovely clams there!

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just thought id chip in a comment... i have politely advised chercm previously about his attitude, as each time i offered something for sale, and i dont even do this often, he would pm some ridiculous price, and send me repeated emails suggesting installment plans, etc. then i saw his personal website.... its quite simple to me really. if you've the moolah to get married, then i think you should have the moolah to pay for the things you buy. pinching from fellow reefers is terribly distasteful i think. anyhows.. enough venting..

hi there grald28, may i ask if this camera is any decent for macro shots? i'm looking for something to take tank pictures. thank you ian

hi there everyone, i'm sorry for the delays in replying your pms. the 1st three bros to contact me, either via sms or pm are: 1) winger24, 2) rogerttt 3) xiaochew thing is, i just spent an hour trying to catch the bugger to no avail, so ill just reserve the black cap for first refusal by the first three reefers who pm-ed. as soon as i catch the fish, ill pm you guys again. so pls consider tentatively reserved. wish me the best of luck. thanks, ian