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hahaha, not that I do not want to get from the beach. I possess the thought of doing so, however pollution and the amount of rubbish around our coasts turn me off.

haha, well I have thought about that. However, I do not need over 9 kilogrammes of coral sand sitting in my office wasting space. So asking for FOC luh. It's just one feet. that's why it is so troublesome well yeah, I am looking for grade 0 coral sand. (:

ups.

looking for the above for FOC. Enough to fill 2inches of a 1feet cube sandbed. Appreciate.

which LFS is it?

I am interested in your camera. But I will like to know how much you have in mind. Perhaps that will aid me better. Don't want to get shot for quoting some chicken ###### price eh (: cheers. you can reach me at 98571283 but please put your subject inside the message. else I won't know who are you. haha

nice blue zoos!

Arctica Mini Chiller, hmm I went to check out their website. They claimed that their mini chillers are running on small compressor units, far superior than other mini chillers which run on Peltzier technology. Therefore that should dispel some of my earlier doubts BUT! Dude, you might want to look into the fan Arctica provides for you. Cause buying a branded chiller is one thing, but knowing how a chiller works is another! I suspect you have a small fan which's in charge of cooling your radiator. And being small, it may not be capable of drawing sufficient cool air from the surroundings to cool down your radiator. So yup, you might want to look into that (: Water changes? Dude, I advise you not to change a BIG volume of water! You can only DO SMALL amounts of water changes. Like maybe 3% or 500ml every 2 days till your whole tank's volume has been completely changed over. Reason is because your tank has just gone through a tough time. So now's the time to give your tank, the bacteria, and microorganisms in your tank some time to recover, or else you are going to have a tough time ahead (: However, it is still not wise to leave old, dirty, toxic waste water running in your system. So I recommend small amount of water changes. And with only synthetic salt k! Don't use premixed seawater or saltwater. God knows what's left inside there. ahaha Anyway, another advice, should your tank run into such a situation again next time, quickly change out the dirty water with NEW premixed synthetic saltwater! Around like 30%. It helps! (: Good luck!

No problem! (: It's a growing up process (: well, in this hobby, you have to go with a BIG heart! cause like you said everyone has a different opinion about reefkeeping. Meaning to say, eveyone has their own idea of a winning formula to take them to how they want their tanks to be! So, try not to be affected by what others say. Take it, digest it, make it into your own knowledge with what you have learnt. Afterall it's YOU who define how your tank will be, not others! (: Yes, clams are possible. Have you seen a melted clam? OOO! nasty beetch! like some melted 'cobweb'! Yucks! And dude, unless you own an marinium, or else small accidents or mishaps like extended photoperiod, overdose of addictives, overfeeding, corals dying, intra-corals' chemical warfares etc have adverse effects in our systems. So yeah, it's possible ><! sadly.. May I know how many horsepower is your arctica chiller?

No problem dude. This hobby is about learning; not fighting. Glad you took it well (: alright, YES! you should relocate the bugger! cause I seriously do not like the idea of a chiller inside a cabinet despite the cabinet looking damn airy, super airy or has a tornado running through it. Your chiller will spoil in the end despite all the above given scenarios. So put outside is the best! and, about how your fishes die, well your corals could have nuked them! what skimmer are you running at the moment? cause, for a temperature as 30-31, it is still okay to keep fishes! (well I have tried before) but corals nah. they will expel their guts and melt off if water temperature rises to that level. So basically your tank's Seconds to Disaster as follows: Overheating begins in your chiller> circuit board in chiller got fried> chiller unable to kick in> temperature in tank rises gradually> corals start to shrink; fishes still okay> corals melt out, fouling water; toxic level rises, fishes start to suffocate> 90% of corals died, toxic levels rises exponentially, 2 fishes died.. then a whirlwind comes along.. well dude, take it easy. given this lesson, I hope you have seen that this hobby is pretty volatile. Investing in great equipments is a good start, but it is not the foolproof start. So I hope you will look at this hobby in a different light. Because it's the nature of this hobby that makes it terribly interesting to explore! so hope you wipe away those heartbreaks and restart again. Good luck!

May I ask where you put your chiller? and was it in where it was shown in your pictures from start of your tank till this misfortune? any relocations during that period? anyway sorry for your tank. and no cauliflowers k! (same advices from the same guy in another forum and SRC) cheers

hahaha well then, now you do (: good luck

Irwana? haha or Aquamarin?

why not? their carbon are meant to be used in their canister filters. but well you can always break the bag and use it sparingly eh

dude, how big is your CPU fan?

I see. well it's not in the equipments that work wonders. Alot goes into discipline, understanding, knowledge and patience! Especially when your tank is barebottomed. good luck (:

ah I see. weekly 15% not bad anyway are you running minimal equipments? do you have like a skimmer around?

I see. not bad that's diligence that pays off well for you! hmm about overdose, perhaps small amount of water change can help you keep the parameters in check. but nonetheless very good! and err, remove the grape algae. spoils the aestheism of your tank

got to give this to you for able to keep this tank thriving. Congrats! well, mind running out your maintanence regime for your tank? I believe there's more than that just meets the eye (:

Oh wells I am sorry about that :/ but I can only think of this plan, unless you forcefully implement a strict regime regarding feeding your fishes. Not easy. but yeah and run some carbon too It helps in keeping water pristine. and PLEASE! QUALITY carbon! I ever got people backfiring me when they bought cheapo carbon and then come say "OI! what lousy advice! now I got more algae blooms!" *as said quality matters! I heard eheim's not bad (:

you do not need hermits. Get narcissus snails instead. they are good scavengers. should do fine for your sandbed