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Both tangs reserved by 9793**** via SMS. Thanks.
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Both with me about 1 year and about 3+inches in size. Only will sell to those with 3 to 4 feet tanks so that they will have a better environment. Both at S$50, collect at Sembawang. No indivdual sale. SMS at 98154477,
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Better be real careful with metal blades - whether sharp or blunt ones.... my tank has lots of heart-wrangling micro scratches to show. But it seems strange that they don't appear until some months later after you use the blades. You will see them clearly at an angle under strong lights....
I tried plastic cards etc but too soft though. Am using a small acrylic sheet (about 2-3 mm thick and about palm size). Personally find them very effective and glass safe.
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For LPS like hammer etc that can come with long "bodies", I try to buy the longest and stick them into holes among the LR. Thus they look like "trees" and other LPS and mushrooms will not be stung by them.
In general, I use the alternative "high-low-high" (makes sense?) way to stack my rocks so that its easier to slot in the corals.
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Better get those rated as high as possible as you are going to turn them on 24x7 right? Mine is rated 1000mA and has been running for a year, 24x7. Only S$10 from SL basement.
Serial / parallel? I just join red to red, black to black (fan wires) for the two fans I have and connect direct to the adaptor.
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Need to check that the base of the anemone is not damaged when you buy them. That's their "achilles heel" I heard. I have seen one LFS using a paint scrapper (metal) to scrap the poor guy of the glass wall! Wow lau -- sure damage the base lah. I would only buy those that are left on the sand bed and its also easier to check their base condition as well.
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Bro, first thing i would do is to uprate your skimmer. It improves water quality tremendously.. especially with your rather large tank.
I thnk coral chips are known to be nitrate factories. remove them from the IOS and maybe replace it with filter floss that you must replace everyweek or so.. will help with trapping the particles in the water as i found out recently with my tank...
First step, uprate yiur skimmer.
Second, start removing the coral chips in batches.. not all at one go. this will help to prevent swings in parameters as the rest of the system needs time to cope with the changes.
IMHO
Coral chips definitely was a Nitrate factory for my tank as well. Had lots of it in my sump previously and N03 was always super high no matter what I do. Took the troublesome task (FINALLY) to remove them in batches over a few weeks and 3 months later - NO3 = almost zero with no other changes needed!
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Used to log on more often but enthusiasm died down when I started to see so much in-fighthing going on. Am also seeing more curt replies from reefters these days as well.
I used to do post more on special offers or things I saw on the net (reefLOBANG) but slowed down considerably as I would get replies like - "its already in SRC for a long time liao or something like this".... Quite sian to see such replies. But yet I do get PMs from people asking for more info or help for those posts as well.
Rumours - its exists everywhere. How to stop this?
Rule No 1 - if you chance upon something/event that you are unable to verify its accuracy, don't forward it!
Rule No 2 - if someone tells you something juicy but he/she cannot verify its accuracy, don't forward it!
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Used to have four tangs in my 2.5 x 2 x 2 living very well together plus flame angle, tomato clown, yellow warasse, bi-colour benny, gamma, cardinal, plus loads of mushrooms and LPS...
Trying my luck I know....Recently sold my sailfin and blue tang to somone with a 4 x 2 x 2 tank... the two tangs must be thanking their lucky stars now...
Tang Police in SRC......??
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Just came across this site - the blue LEDs are rated 470nm and some LEDs are at 100 degrees angle and diferenent sizes available. Anyone want to start bulk order? I lazy to co-ordinate lah......
http://autolumination.com/fixtures.htm
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Wah liao..... wtf!! this kind of people how to do business!??!?!?!
Ai yah, some of them are like that... no point getting angry. Uncle pork-belly at LCK 110 also "humtum" me once. Last year, I saw a very nice red LPS in the show tank and asked him how much is it. You know what he said? "Ai yah, don't need to ask, you cannot afford it one lah..." @#%**&*%%. I "tahan" and repeated my question and added that if he doesn not tell me, how will I know if I cannot afford it? Again he refused to reveal...
You go fish farm is like that one lah.... seletar, LCK etc... will kanna it from time to time...
Want good service - Ocean-Bio, e-aquanature lah...
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Looks like they are going big into selling MH stuff for marine buffs! But do check that if their glass is UV-coated.
Bought my set from them a while back. Should have gone into MH right from the start of my hobby - went from FL to PL to T5.... so much money down the drain...
Oh yes, I am not related to them hor.... just wanted to share this info with those thinking of lighting set up now.
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Chong Pang in Yishun has a few hardware shops that sells them (near the POSB bank). Just completed my holder for my 150W MH over the week end.
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Don't know but I saw my LFS have a wide range of it on the shelf.
Went tpo ask them already. Said they ordered but do not know when it will come... so don't go ona wasted trip. Good thing I live only 15 mintues from that place.
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If you intend to do macro shots, look for one that's able to focus at the shortest distance from the object. I have seen some as close as 3 cm. Also start up time, shuttle lag are important factors, even for newbies for me. My Minolta F100 takes 4 seconds to be ready, almost 1 second lag time between pressing the shuttle button and picture capture, and macro shots only possible from 20cm from the object.......
Its cost me more than 1K last year (with card reader, 256 MB SD card)!
My opinion is that Ixus 1 has only digital zoom so zoomed pictures will lose some picture quality. Ixus 500 may be a better bet!
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both reserved by 10 pm last night. Thanks for the replies.
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These two babies are not what they used to.....now too big in my 2.5 x 2 feet tank.
Have been with me for more than 1 year and fat and eating TOO well!
Blue Tang - almost 4 -5 inches - S$15
Sailfin Tang - about 4 inches - S$10
Priced to let go easily but hope they will be given a bigger home to live in.
Self collect at Sembawang (5 minutes from Sembawang MRT). Sailfin Tang available for collection from tomorrow evening after 7 pm (caught already and in my sump now). Will post collection date of blue tang once I catch it.
SMS me at 98154477 and I will reply tomorrow morning. Sleeping soon....
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Some additional information, those born 1 year less 1970 = 1969! The year man landed on the moon!
Those where our childhood, those were the days!!School During Our Time (very touching esp for those born 1970-early
80's) brings fond memories back...
School-life during our time....
1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silverhawks and
Visionaries. Not forgetting, Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony and Smurfs
too.
I remember only the small frog cartoon in Mandarin (xiao ching wah) and the catchy song... anyone still remember?
2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during
recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside
you,and brush your teeth with a coloured mug. The teachers said you must
brush each side 10 times too.
Who brushes teeth during that time!
3. You know what SBC stands for.
In school, SBC means SUPER BO CHAP!
4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in
class.
Those who are real skinny get milk powder free! My brother was on one such scheme... these days... its the reverse... obese programme for children...
5. You watch a popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about
schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack and
another one called Oshin or those 3pm chinese drama serials on ch8 with the
likes of aileen tan, zoe tay & cherie lim.
Remembered on Japanese tennis drama? The tennis balls will hover and move along the edge of the tennis net!
6. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in secondary
school.
Huh? Not my time..... will think they are carry black matchboxes on they waist....
7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of
wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEEP! when
pressed. There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses.The conductor will check
for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
Who still has those tickets... I remember one indian boy in my school (Bukit Batok East School) that actually will pay you for them. The bus conductor punch the whole according to where you board and thus know how many stops you have travelled when the ticket inspector checks right?
8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every
Children's Day
I remember one rich classmate who slotted a S$50 note into the donation cans and expected change.... she cried the whole day after realising "sorry, no change"!
9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine(you know who's Vinny
the little vampire and Acai the constable) or those lame bookworm gang
bookz.
Bookworm Club started the birth of MLM I think - multilevel marketing....
10. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for
the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see
the scenery.
Wow... already struggling in secondary school already...
11. Movie tickets used to cost a mere $3.50.
what movies... black and white TV!
12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.
Too young to be interested in girls....
13. Missing Sesame Street or The Electric Company was a mortal sin.
Agree..... cookie monster!
14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka, Tora and Ding Dang, that had
a toy in it and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal
crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring. And
chewing gum was not banned !
Ate chewing gum during class one day in Primary one and Ms George (still remembered her name!) saw and shouted - SWALLOW IT! and I did. Worried about it tying up my stomach the next fews days..... Ms George would probably be fired if this happens these days...
15. You watched TV2(also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel
5 never had enough cartoons for you.
Only remembered the Small Frog cartoon still.... was so long ago.
16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and
Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have
read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.
How about Enid Blaton or something like that...
17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates
and let you use metal forks and knives and you get a free pirate plastic hat
everytime you ate at Long John Silver.
Chicken pieces were definitely bigger then compared to now! But someone told me its because we grew up but the chicken pieces did not... sounds logical... ?
18. The most vulgar thing you said was idiot or stupid and THE MOST
EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the
hokkien relative.
Who says... "Hokkien sweet nothings" rule....
19. Playing catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
Still got the brusies to show.... anyone remember "hamtam bola"? Using tennis ball was the rage.... real painful man!
20. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper
that was smooth and yellow.
Don't really remember having such items as books during school....
21. CDIS were your bestfriend.
Is this where you really dose off into dream land?
22. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised
characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
Huh? Probably think its a TV that displays only green text....
23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere
you go.
Find any tap I can find....
24. Boys loved to play soccer with coulourful small plastic balls in
the basketball court.
Was the rage indeed...
25. Teng-teng, batu lesung, hopscotch, hentam bola, one-leg and zero
point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
Yeah... my time....
26. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most
important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important
fish.
Longkang fish and fresh water crabs for me as they are free... I have friends who still don't believe there's freshwater crabs in this world... used tio catch them in the streams at Bukit Timah Hill.
27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our
minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala???
And of course.......Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks.....
Sorry... text book all forgtten already......
28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for
being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
Huh... only remembered holding a test tube in secondary school and heating something.....
29. Every children's day and national day you either get pins or pens
with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with Happy National Day
1994'.
1984 they did not have such things I think....
30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big
sister and brother.
Whack them more likely......
31. We wore Panda, BM2000, BATA or Pallas shoes then moved on to
Paichi & US Masters in sec school.
Panda and the luxurious BM2000 for me....
32. Your form teacher taught you maths, science, english, social
studies & health education.....oh and sometimes PE too.
And also teach you to swallow chewing gum!
33. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
rough recollection of this.....
34. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and
you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear
your dry and warm socks and shoes.
Got such thing meh.... walk bare-footed or with wet shoes on.....
35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
But we stayed around studying the gardens for spiders and longkang for fishes...
36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost
everyday.
Really cannot remember studying..... did not know what PSLE was about.. REALLY!
37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave
you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
Lucky if I have 20 cents a day... mee rebus was my favourite at 10 cents per plate... (but very small serving).
38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
My time... can't remember but think also went to meet his creator already...
39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to
height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
Seems familiar... to do what huh?
40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders & play goli (no kissing, no
sound no count).
"Gusing" also.. wooden tops with the thick white string...
41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
that's for girls!
42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not",
and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hard
to forget".
Still have them.... wonder how all are doing then.... no emails then to keep in touch...
43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I
write your name ah!"
Was one in school but did not know why I was chosen.... probably have to write my own name in the black book....
44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
is it? thought it was smaller?
45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried. And remember those
Bodypac & High Sierra bagz.....yeah....
hug..... green canvas bag for me......
50. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one
thing called the timetable.
You mean you bring books to school....
Looks like I am really one of those "kampong boy" that play the whole day..... really wonder how I finally got my BA with Merit from NUS.....
No re-papers mind you.... -
Its now a Indian MaMa store - literally - MaMa something....
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Just wanted to share some info on this workshop I have been going to the last few times I kanna kissed or kissed others...
Toh Ah Swee Spray Painting
2, Kranji Loop, #01-02
Tel: 63660115
Was recommended to me by an army friend a few years back and so far, happy with them. Really dirt cheap rates but only for car body works as they are not mechanics.
I remember one kissing event I had near my rear lights and a few workshops at AMK (multi-storey workshop Centre) were quoting me S$300 plus or more and the Kranji did it for me at S$90! My friend told me they re-sprayed his 1 litre car for S$300 (1 layer)!
The only issue is that its really out of the way. Its just after the railway track when we are heading towards LCK110. Its one of those 2 storey flatted factory units.
Hope this saves some money for some of you when you need it.
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Actually hor... I just came back from a marriage retreat and they said that men think with their heads (what! A diamond ring? Got too much money is it!) while women with their hearts (boo hoo hoo!!) And the speaker said we must communicate so...
But seriously, it was an enlightening event as men tend to sweep things under the carpet and pretend nothing is wrong while women want to have closure for any issues they face. Those with kids, we probably are too busy making money (buried into work) so as to bring in the dole but we forget the orginally intention - to have a happy family. I have been treating my dear wife as a mother to our kids and had forgotten that she is my spouse! This is probably too serious stuff for many of the younger chaps in SRC but do keep this in mind - those pre and post marriage retreats are not to be missed! It will help a couple's relationship in the long run. It does not mean that you have to have perceived problems and need to go for such events but more from desiring to enhance the relationship.
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Ha ha ha!
We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules
from the male side. These are our rules!
Please note... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl.
If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it
down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving
it down.
1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the
changing of the tides.Let it be.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Ask for what you want... Let us be clear on this
one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not
work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to
almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help
solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your
girlfriends are for.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an
argument. In fact, all comments become null and void
after 7 days.
1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret
girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't
ask us.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways,
and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant
the other one.
1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us
how you want it done.
Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just
do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to
say during commercials, especially during sports (esp.
Soccer).
1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and
neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default
settings.
Peach for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is
also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing" we
will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying,
but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to,
expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything
you wear is fine.Really.
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you
are prepared to discuss such topics as soccer,
computer games or cars, etc....
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.
1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to
sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men
really don't mind that, it's like camping.
Pass this to as many men as you can - to give them a laugh. Pass this to
as many women as you can - to give them an EDUCATION.
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Contact Singapore is they plan to work here....
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its better to use somesealant... i tried silicon n glue gun.. find the latter better... coz sooner or later the hole will leak.. trust me..
and if u are going to mix the kalk solution in that bottle... i suggest u make 1 or 2 identical bottle more... coz my kalk solution normally takes about 1.5~2days for it to fully settled down.. so u can use the dripper on alternate days..
Thought kalk solution needs to be "used" within a few hours of mixing or it will lose its "efficacy"? Anyone can confirm this?
BTW, you mean it takes more than a day for your kalk to settle down? When I was using Coralife Kalk, its was about 2 hours. Now with Reefz, it settles within the hour.
Recommended cure for Ick?
in Disease treatment/parasite/pest control
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Food pellets soaked with Kent Marine Extreme Garlic works 100% for me!