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    Noisy Arctica

    in General Reefkeeping_

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    Hi, I just bought an artica dbm200 1/4 hp chiller, seems it's quite noisy when kicked in compared to my previous teco 20. I've placed it level on some tiles to raise the height of the chiller, would that have caused the noise? Is it better to place the chiller on the floor?

    EDG 3FT Passion

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    Past couple of weeks has been busy for me.. My 2 mth old Teco TR20 has some thermostat issue and it took a couple of services for them to fix it.. fortunately i had a external thermostat to cut off my chiller at 24 degrees, if not, my poor fishes would be gone.. :angel:

    Aquascape Changed

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    Some notes of what I'm gonna do:

    Add a chiller but 1 big question...

    Is Hailea 150a good? Is it suitable for my tank?

    based on my experience, Hailea chillers are quite alright if you get one which is slightly oversized for your tank, however, you have to get an external temp controller, as after sometime, the internal temp controller will become unreliable.

    EDG 3FT Passion

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    Err....any method to try fishes to eat seaweed?

    what i did initially is to cut/chop the seaweed into very small pieces, like flakes, and i feed it together with their normal food mix. after sometime, the fishes will recognize it as food, and now i'm able to feed the seaweed on its own and in bigger pieces.. hopefully that works for u!

    EDG 3FT Passion

    in Members Tank & Specs

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    Nice setup. Can see that you must have lots of patience in the setup. Ya, purple goby is shy. Mine also hiding and will surface in the morning to eat. Always compared mine with those selling in the shop....somehow i feel those in the shop are more purple....maybe mine eat untill too fat and the colour has been diluted.....any advice to maintain their colour? Thanks.

    Luckily so far, I've been able to maintain/improve the colour of my fishes. I try to feed them small portions several times a day , as fishes in the nature tend to feed throughout the day, in a aquarium setting, of cos, that is not possible due to our work schedule and so on, but I do make an effort to replicate that as close as possible. As I understand from some reading, this would help the fishes to retain the nutrients/proteins much better than a 1-time heavy feeding as they tend to defecate food at an increased rate over a long period. I also try to provide a balance diet of high protein food such as cyclopleeze and mysis together with pellets and seaweeds. Perhaps you should try varying their diet? :)

    EDG 3FT Passion

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    bro, so envy of your purple firegoby. i never seems to be able to keep them alive. They usually disappear and hid into the rocks after i introduce them into the tank n never seen again :(

    ya, they are usually quite timid, this goby has been with me for more than a year, used to hide alot in my 2ft tank, only comes out to feed, but it's happier in my 3FT , almost out for the whole day, only sleep at night.. :)

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