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hey thanks! will check it out.

Hi there, anyone knows where to find nice red pratas? Seems like can't find them in the LFS/farms that I've visited. But in the tank pics posted by bros here, always see them so nice and red!!! Anyone can advise where to get nice red pratas? Thanks in advance! Cheers.

yup, i saw the star poly on the glass in the display tank as well! How did they do it? saw some substance on the glass that the star poly were growing on. Are those things some epoxy or something? amazing but nice....

Hey bro, hope u like the hermits! They're great at cleaning up leftover food. Cheers!

Hermits collected! Thread close. Thanks!

Hi all, I have 2 pcs of medium sized Blue Legged Hermit to trade for Frags. Pls pm me what frags u have and your location. Hope can trade them for frags soon! Cheers!

water temp is bet 26-28 degree. 1 brian is placed on the sand bed, the other at mid water level on a LR. Any advise? Thanks

Hi all, Realised the colour of my open brian are fading. When i just bought them, the center is bright green, but now, the center green colour is almost gone, looks like normal skin colour now. It has been 2 wks since i bought the brian. Issit due to the difference in lightings? The shop i bought from uses T5 lights, I'm currently using 150W MH lights. Other than the colour fading, the brian looks fine. Has been feeding well. Water parameters wise are ok, just measured again yest. KH4 - 0 NO2 - 0 NO3 - 10ppm Ca - 440 Any advise on what I should do? Will the colour of the brian "brightens" up again once they're used to MH lights? Appreciate if anyone can offer me advise on this. Thanks!

Hi dreamzcape, thanks for your advice. The tank is set up in my office with Air-con, that's why didn't get a chiller. The inlet pipe has air bubble as my DIY sump is overflow rather than below the tank. This is due to the tank not having a drilled hole for water to go into the sump. Instead I used an internal pump to draw water out of the tank into my sump by the side of the tank, then allow the water to flow out thru the pipe back into the tank, hence the air bubble. Is air bubble in the tank consider bad? I thought that will provide oxygen exchange in the tank? 1 more question. How do you guys "attach" your corals to the rocks securely? Mine has been toppled over twice oredi, think it's by the hermits. Just afraid that if it happen a few more times, the coral may not take the shock.

Nope, no chiller. On a tight budget, everything's DIY. Initially just wanted to set up a FOWLR, but can't stand the temptation of corals! haha Slowly learning from the forumers here. Will only add more corals when the existing ones looks healthy and growing. So far so good, they're opening up well for a wk oredi. Cheers!

my first attempt at marine! Set up still new, intend to add LS slowly.... thanks to some of the forumers for selling their great bargains and advice! Tank size: Standard 2 ft tank Filtration: DIY overflow external sump with Filter wool>Bio Ball>Coral Chips (what else should i include?) Lighting: DIY 150W 14K MH Skimmer: simple air stone driven skimmer LS: 2 common clown, 1 maroon clown 1 yellow tail damsel 2 cleaner shrimps 2 blue legged hermit 1 rainford 1 red coris (wrasse) 1 bicolour blenny 1 yellow anemone 1 bubble torch (not sure if name is correct, was told by seller) 1 golden gonopora (also not sure of name) 1 small frag of tree coral (given to me by a nice forumer) 1 open brian 1 tiny candy cane KH : 0 NO2: 0 NO3: 10mg/l (all using SERA test kit) Any suggestion on how to improve the stability of the set up? Thanks all!

Hi, have 2 used test kit to sell. Both are used about 5-6 times only. Bottle is still almost full. 1. SERA NH3/NH4 Test $6 (expiry Jan 07) 2. SEAR Nitrite Test $6 (expiry Sep 07) Alternatively, if u have Calcium Test kit to exchange also can. Pls pm me for quick deal.

Hi, have 2 used test kit to sell. Both are used about 5-6 times only. Bottle is still almost full. 1. SERA NH3/NH4 Test $6 (expiry Jan 07) 2. SEAR Nitrite Test $6 (expiry Sep 07) Alternatively, if u have Calcium Test kit to exchange also can. Pls pm me for quick deal.