Cookiemunster

Pmed you. I'm interested in the powder blue. Pls call me. Cheers

Hey WOW! You've just given me another idea! I wonder. If I want to kill aiptasia or bubble algae, I should just attach a high intensity ultraviolet LED or infrared LED to radiate the bugger and its pin point accuracy too...I mean well a radius of about 4cm or less. Thats cool. I wonder if it will work. Just connect one of these LED to a plastic pipe and lower into position then turn on and leave for 1hr. FRY THEM Smart bomb style.

Bro please becareful. Are you sure you know what you are doing? Reason being, to directly connect a float switch to 220Vac is super dangerous. Thats like waiting for an accident to happen. I know its cheap to DIY but pls do it only when you are very sure of electrical safety etc. Never dip anything that has a 220Vac into the water when its a DIY equipment unless you really know what you are doing. The float switch wires are only epoxy sealed to prevent leaks. In due time, that can possibly leak and stray current will escape into the tank. Imagine if thats 220Vac stray current!!! Unless you get the very expensive type of float switches meant for AC voltages, a cheap less than $20 float switch should never never be connected in this way.

Hmmm bro , perhaps you may be right. I will have to take a closer look one day. I hope you are right too as I am always looking for beautiful looking xenias. (they move hehehe) I've been looking for green pumping xenias for a long time but it seems its never imported to Singapore. I prefer the pumping xenia types as their pumping action really amazes me. Just like a soft bio motor. Imagine if engines of the future were built of genetic material which only needed sunlight to run. And best of all, they grow more powerful the longer they are used and they self repair.

Thanks bro, but seriously when you have kids running around, everything is a potential danger. Especially that nicely decorated top of the end fish tank with nice cabinet. Nothing is safe from a kid's hands. Your water pumps, chiller, lights, chairs where they can climb to take a look from the top, electrical wirings, cabinet corners and edges, etc etc. There are a million things to becareful of when there are kids around. Those with kids will surely agree. I mean even a wall socket is a danger as they can be tempted to poke something into it. And yes it is a big setup. Especially with the kalk reactor and container of freshwater. But I manage to keep most of it except the reactor in my cabinet. Then again I arrange my tank in an unobtrusive area where people do not walk into it. So its safe. Its really all about planning and layout. For those who have a calcium reactor with a CO2 cylinder its even worse. And believe it or not, I have both a calcium reactor with CO2 and a alvy kalk reactor. But they are neatly tucked away beside my tank. Being a parent, one has to be responsible to plan for accidents as best you can. And having a fish tank in the house is a real risk too. Hence always try to anticipate what can go wrong. I'm not married yet but I can already anticipate all the dangers of having a kid running around in the house. Actually the tank is the least of my worries. Its the windows and kitchen and toilets that are danger zones. Anyway we are

Thanks bro, and great tank you have. You are actually the person who inspired me to keep a mushroom tank when I started my own tank. I have been going around collecting all kinds of mushies and rics. Cheers and hope one day I got something worthy to frag and share with you too.

hehehe finally this time i'm the first one on the list. Hey bro dun forget about the other one you promised me ok?

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Dude, why not ask marinebetta, Rumour or anyone who has been to my place to see it. I even had a blue one. But that didn't make it. I have seen his photo and its the same one. I did not get more cos I was looking for green and silver pumping xenias. And I would agree xenias are not easy to keep corals so anyone keeping them should read up. Xenias require a stable temp of max 28 degrees. A ph lower than 8.3 will cause them to pump irregularly. Iodine additions are important to their continuity. They love strong MH lights and will grow super fast under it. Medium current flow is also preferred. And xenias will stunt sps growth. According to Julian Sprung, they release chemicals into the water to inhibit other corals nearby to prevent them from growing, and sometimes causing death. However they do not sting.

I had problems balancing my calc and dkh. I was using Tropic Marine salt and after stocking my tank 1 month later, my dkh was 5 and calcium was 350. My dkh was not ionically balanced so I used seachem reef builder to up the dkh to 7. Now I installed a DIY calcium reactor and Alvy's kalk reactor, my dkh is now 9.8kdh and calcium is 440 using salifert. I place 30 teaspoons of reefez kalk into the kalk reactor and leave it to top up the tank. Never touched it for a month already.

I'm using tropic marine. Damn expensive. And needed so much!!!! I think it is less concentrated somehow. Thats why need more to get the ideal sg. Perhaps also this is the reason why it dissolves easier. But I am now beginning to think salt makes no god damn difference. As long as its marine salt get the cheapest of the lot. Taiwan brands even. To me it makes no difference cos I still does all the trace elements and calcium and carbonates too. Any comments on this?

Yes but I always dread washing it. It really really stinks very bad. And my parents always complain of the smell when I'm washing it. My dad even worries its very very toxic and full of bacteria. Which begins to get me worried too. I wouldn't touch it with an open wound. My tank is a 4x2.25x2ft tank. Hotsoup: You really won't regret it. Show us the skimmate once it breaks in. Should take only 3 days max to break in.

Are these Yumas or Florida Ricordias? How come they look so alike?

Actually I wanted the LED lights for artinic supplement. Night mode just need 1 LED per 2 ft is sufficient already.

Bro I've got alot alot of other stuff and DIY ideas. I just don't have the time....reason you already know. Sigh Damn. If only I had more time on hand. I'm hoping someone here will be successful with the LED moonlight phase concept too. And hopefully available cheaply. I'd really rather buy off the shelf than spend so much time fabricating one. Personally I would just want to use 1 or 2 1W LED of 470nm to act as moonlight. Its alot cheaper than replacing my T5 artinics and probably will last longer too. Not to mention save alot of electricity too. However, 430nm LEDs are only 5V 3mm ones and will need more of these. Gabriel hope to see you make something out soon. By the way, all the LED specs are easily available from RS components catalogues. The pricing are all there too. Try to go for the 430nm ones as these are reported to be more beneficial to corals. Cheers

Bro its the wavelength that matters. Not the brightness. If I wanted bright, I would just use a 5W LED instead of 20 to 40 LEDs. Oh yeah oops I made a mistake with the maths. Mind is too boggled. 20 to 40 is only $20 to $40. Oops. Ok Sigh no wonder I was thinking $200 to $500. Sorry dude. No wonder you are saying its too ex. I must have been thinking 200 to 400 LEDs. hahahaha But the rest of the things I've stated will cost. Then again I am thinking nicely fabricated stuff not super glue and rubber band DIYs. So of course prices will vary.

Hey bro thats CookieMunster not monter, LEDs can be varied. Usually LEDs sold are rated for max of 5V. Most are 1.5 or 3V LEDs. Varying the voltage will change the brightness just like a variable light in the house. If you have a signal generating a sine wave of peak 5V and valley of 1V over a time period, you can get a slowly changing light intensity. Do not let it turn off completely however as this will shorten the lifespan of your LED. A simpler method would be manual adjustments. You just need to use a voltage divider on resister and potentiometer in parallel to vary the voltage across the LEDs. However, I think using a 1W or 5W LED would have more significant effect.

Have you really considered all the costs carefully? I don't even know if $300 to $500 can cover costs. Heres why but perhaps I am wrong: 1) proper water/splash proof housing 2) proper plastic clip on or similar attachment 3) 430nm superbright LEDs each $1 4)Micro controller 5)timer and counter 6) resister array 7)circuit housing and PCB fabrication 8)programming costs and time involved I could have missed out a few more items but these alone I calculated would cost about $300 to $500 alone. 20 to 40 LEDs already cost $200 to $300 at $1 each. Unless you use the cheapo $0.30 blue LEDs which are not much use in the first place since they are mostly 490nm to 500 plus nm wavelength. I even wanted to build 5W LEDs of 470nm but do you know how much each of these cost???? $80 and min order of 5 pieces. So please do proper calculations before you give false quotations. But then again there are many ways of doing it and perhaps you have simpler and easier less complicated methods. And thats the fun of DIY.

Bro if you can make one costing only $50 with just 20 LEDs, I will order a 100 pieces from you. A microcontroller already costs about a $100 and we have not talked about programming costs.

yup its in the drawing boards now. Akan Datang. hehehe

hahaha no problem with a micro controller and my auto top up device, anything is possible. But dun think you would want rain unless its raining salt water. And not to mention the salt spray. You would need a pond to use this effectively. I can even include sounds along with it. hahaha

I want your red metal mushie and the red yuma. Pls reserve all for me. Thanks

Bros, its no problem to do what you requested. I wanted to do one which could simulate the passing shape of clouds over it randomly generated. However this requires a micro controller. Price will sky rocket. Its part of my DIY plans. Controlling on and off of LED is easy with a micro controller. But question is how may can and are willing to pay something like $300 to $500 (estimated) for such a set consisting of about 20 to 40 LEDs?

Hi Bros, the first batch of Auto Top up (now known as the TUBBY) is now ready for collection. I will be contacting you guys soon. For all others interested, kindly pm me. For those that ordered kalk reactor also, it should be ready by next weekend. Cheers and best regards, Cookie

Bro $40 is really expensive. I bought mine for only $10. The same thing. I bought from a farm near LCK 11$ which my friends brought me.