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    Newcomer

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    1) Where to get good live rocks?

    You can get live rocks from the fish farms(Pasir Ris, Lim Chu Kang, etc)

    On a budget, can camp at pasar malam forums, there's a lot of reefers selling live rocks also, cheaper than getting brand new.

    2) what skimmer should I get for a 2 feet?

    Any budget? If no, deltec is really good, but my 2.5 feet is on a Weipro 2011, doing good so far. Key is regular maintanence.

    3) what water pump should i get?

    You mean for water circulation? For a 2 ft, might wanna take a look at Seio SuperFlow, 820 or 620 or a combination.

    4) is a sump tank really necessary?

    Not necessary, but it is good to have, since you can hide your skimmer, and various other equipment in there. To me, it all boils down to whether you have the space for it.

    Hope it answers some of your queries

    Cheers

    Nitrate Advise

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    de-nitrifying bacteria lives in bio homes?

    from the looks, it seems like bio homes does not differ much from the conventional bioballs, glass rings.

    anyone with exp on biohomes can explain further how the de-nitrifying works?

    from my understanding, bacteria is a low oxygen level area(in DSB) are the de-nitrifying bacterias

    Tunze question.....

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    here are the specs

    Dimensions: l.125 x w.113 x h. 418mm (l.4.9 x w.4.4 x h.16.4 in.)

    Built-in depth: abt. 260mm to 300mm

    230 V / 50 Hz (115 V / 60 Hz) 12 W

    Air output: 300 litres

    Foaming cup contents 1.0 litres

    For aquarium sizes of 150 to 400 litres of salt water

    couldnt find it on tunze website, so i guess it must be out of production?

    anyway, a quick search on yahoo gives the a/m specs

    cheers

    New beginner to marine tank

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    LR=live rocks

    basically these are porous rocks which enable bacteria to be house inside them, as well as used for aquascaping.

    as for the eheim filter, the coral chips are best avoided, as they tend to trap detrius and will create nitrate problems in future.

    adding the market prawn is a simple way to introduce ammonia inside your system, rather than sacrificing the damsels (if they dont die, they will most likely be a pest to other fishes in future)

    wait a month or so for the cycle to complete, once completed, you should be able to get a high reading for nitrate content. proceed on to change water to dilute the nitrate and you can start slowly stocking up your tank

    cheers

    Fast gasping

    in Disease treatment/parasite/pest control

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    Hi bros,

    did a major re-scape yesterday night to accomodate a newly acquired seio.

    However, after the re-scape, discover that my mimic tang and flame angel was like gasping for air, their gills show that they are breathing very very hard

    Currently, the tang is still able to swim around and take in food, but the flame angel has become very lethargic, prefers to lay by the sand and rest.

    What could be the problem? My 3 clowns and blenny doesn't seemed to be affected by it.

    I'm sure its not Ich, since my tank is doing quite well for the past 3 months without any casualties.

    Thanks in advance

    my poor tank which need advice

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    the normal cycling period is 4-6weeks

    now at 2nd week, experiencing a spike in NO2 should be normal

    keep on monitoring until you see a drop in NO2 and a spike in NO3

    after this happens, the cycle is finished

    i do not know if adding bacteria would speed up the process or not, as some reefers mentioned their cycle is complete in less than 4 weeks

    to be on the safe side, cycle your tank at least until the 4th week

    just my 2 cents

    New tank setup

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    erichokk: IOS (Internal overflow system) is an overflow compartment built into the tank itself, with drilled holes for sump output. Since you don't plan to have sump, we can forget about this

    The 'water-fall' filter is the hang on filter we were talking about, for a small tank (2ft or less), it is still alright to use.

    What is your feeding habit? For 1 clownfish, i think the NO2 should be undetectable if you feed sparingly. Use frequent water changes to dilute the NO3 concentration.

    Yishun central? Is the name aquastar? Their equipment are normally cheaper than other LFS, but have an idea of what equipment to buy before heading down. Normally the LFS people will try to sell all sorts of equipment, which some we don't really need.

    Best advice is to see the setup on some of the nano tanks in the nano-forums. Then you will have an idea of what stuff to purchase.

    Happy reefing~

    New tank setup

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    using undergravel filter means u need to have a larger sand grain so that the substrate wont get sucked into the pump powering the filter

    i've used this setup when i started out, and i've encountered food getting stuck onto the suction created by the filter. this will leave the food to decay, thus adding nutrients to the tank

    what most people are doing, is trying to get as much flow as permitted, to lift off as much food/debris off the sand bed into the water column, and use a skimmer to mechanically filter off the debris

    the methods of filtering commonly seen here would be for nano would be

    1) hang on back filter (have seen some monsterous sized ones around)

    2) canister filter (get eheim if you can afford, and these canisters can put activated carbon to help in chemical filtration

    3) sump (if you could afford the space, this would be the best IMO, as your equipments can hide in the sump tank, and this method gives the best overall extra water volume for your system)

    maybe you can give a description on your planned setup area, whether there is space for sump/equipments, as well as budget

    i believe with more infomation, our bros here are more well equipped to assist you in setting up your new tank

    cheers

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