williammuk

Bro, thanks for the tip. I can certainly try. Maybe I'll put the Red Scolymia inside since it likes to flip it.

Bro wa lanz, you could use the "mirror trick" to lure aggressive fish to check out the reflection in the trap. Could possibly work for "hiao" fishes as well ... I've also got Henry's delicious and yummy food in the trap to help tempt the fishes. See ... I've got most fishes swimming into the trap but not the Clown Wrasse. The other fish that is also very jittery is the Blue Tang - it will only go in a little bit and dash out again.

bro wa lanz, I think you posted exactly the same time I click "submit". I haven't caught it yet. Please see my update above.

This is the 3rd unsuccessful day of "Operation : Save My Corals From The Ungrateful Clown". I've got almost every fish swimming into the trap except the Clown Wrasse. Well, at least I now know that if I ever wanted to, I would be able to easily extract my Yellow, Purple or Chevron Tangs; or Coral Beauty, Flame or Rusty Angels; etc. Today I come home to my precious Red Scolymia like this ... sigh

Wow! Cool! Wanna trade a frag of that with my blues?

aiyoh bros ... don't bring up the fake blue suns already lah ... Because of that April Fool's Day joke, some of us got flooded with PMs liao.

ah yes, yes ... sand covering corals. Not to worry, for this part of the messing up, I have my Clarkii Clown to thank for that. This "Clown" has two favourite spots on the sandbed. It uses its tail to fan the sand making a crater. Surrounding corals are buried by the flying sandstorm. Truly an interesting behaviour to observe. I'm trying to live with it for now. Again, for sentimental reasons. I've had this Clarkii Clown when it was a half-inch baby. I bought it for my kids during the Nemo craze. Now it is more than 2+ inches liao ... See lah ... my troubles with "Clowns" again.

Agree with your point about it feasting on small shrimps and fishes. Although that "Clown" doesn't eat corals, I would not classify it as "coral safe" because of its nasty habit of flipping corals upside down to look for snacks. I could probably live with it, if, it at least have the courtesy of flipping it back to up right position. But no, it conveniently leaves the coral upside down ... expecting me to do all the work of putting it upright again. That is simply unacceptable. Imagine me having endured returning home everynight for the past month to find my Scolymia, Cynarina, Fungia, Goniopora, Zoanthus colony, Mushroom rocks, etc, etc, upside down on the sandbed -- suffering, suffocating!!! My reef is a mess because of this ungrateful "Clown".

I like this one. So pretty colours

Hi bro Jpaul, thank you and happy holidays to you too. Cheers. I think bro Seawater probably just wanted to share the info. Hi Seawater, thanks for the info. Any idea what is the size of it? Thanks.

Hi all, I got quite a few PMs asking about this also. I've replied your PMs. I bought the temperature controller from from: Acez Instruments Pte Ltd at Sim Lim Tower #B1-36A.

You're absolutely right. It's really getting worst by the day. We could've gotten rid of it when moving from the previous tank to this one. But we were hoping that it will learn to live peacefully with fellow tankmates having been kept for so long. Unfortunately, we now regret being too sentimental about it. Here's the trap deployed. As you can see, the Coral Beauty Angel and Purple Tang has decided to enter the trap to check out the mirror reflection. Hopefully the Clown Wrasse will get accustomed with it and also enter the trap.

Finally, my two girls and I have discussed and agreed that "Cutie" has got to go. I can't net it out as it is too fast. I've tried digging at the spot where is burrows to sleep. Nope, can't find it there. I think the only way is to trap it. I bought some acrylic sheets and spent my Labour Day Sunday constructing a fish trap. I'll be deploying it tomorrow and hope to trap it within the next few days. Here are some photos during construction. Please pardon the poor workmanship. I'll try to post more photos of it in action. Hopefully the traps works. Wish me luck.

Besides being kept busy by work, my Clown Wrasse has been adding to my stress!!! This fella has been with me for more than two years. Naturally, my kids and I have some feelings of it ... having seen it grown and transform over the last two years. My kids really liked it and has even named it "Cutie". Unfortunately, as it grow and transform from juvenile to adult, its behaviour has also become more and more destructive. For the last two months, I have often come home from a stressful day at work to even more stress seeing my precious corals being rearranged by "Cutie". I would often find my Orange Fungia or Red Scolymia or other corals on the sandbed being flipped upside-down! Our beloved "Cutie" is messing up my reef real bad. Here's "Cutie" through the years ...

Hello all, it's been quite a while since my last update. Work has been keeping me rather busy. Haven't even got time to go "chionging" LFS. If you recall, I bought this temperature controller weeks ago. I'm disappointed to report that I haven't finished it yet. Only managed to find time to mount the front panel components. Believe me, it's really hard work cutting the holes for the mounting. I think it should be easier if you have the right tools. Hopefully, I can complete the project by this month. Here's a picture of it with the components mounted.

Amazing polyp extension!!! Well done!

To isolate the problem, try: 1. Reinstalling OS (eg. Windows XP). Just the OS at this point. Do not install any other software first. 2. Get your Internet Explorer and internet connection going. (If you know how, adding a router can help to minimise external attacks.) 3. Ensure you do your Windows Update and download all critical hotfixes. 4. Install Microsoft AntiSpyware beta1 (as advised by weileong above). 5. Install your favourite anti-virus software. Test run your system for a reaonable period. If you're still having problems, it might well be your hardware that's giving problems. Hope this helps.

I think that might be the Ocean Sunfish. http://www.earthwindow.com/mola.html By the way, are the rest of the photos authentic? With the abundance of doctored pix, sometimes I don't know whether to believe what I see.

Hi bro loowk, nice Sun Corals you have. By the way, I noticed that you liked my avatar so much that you are using it too. Did you know that it toggles between two pictures at one minute interval? I think I'll add another picture to it if I can get a good shot of my Suns.

Happy birthday dudes!!! Just saw this post ... sorry for the belated greetings. Better late then never ...

Bro 35Cents, thanks for that link. Very useful ... even for me.

don't know whether you feel the same but I find it kinda spooky.

Another update. Haven't grown much. Nevermind lah ... at least it didn't STN/RTN.

Agree. Bro Roidan = good guy.