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    Algae Problem

    in General Reefkeeping_

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    Well you could invest in a phosphate reactor and a denitrator.The phosphate reactor is relatively cheap.Just put in the PO4 media thingy and voila in a few days the difference can be seen.The denitrator has 2 types,sulphur denitrator or the bioball one.The faster method is the sulphur one but can be quite ex but results can be seen within days.Sulphur beads needs replacement if the sulphur beads are exhausted.If you want affordable sulphur denitrator,you can get it 2nd hand from reefers in the forum under the pasar malam section.

    The slow but cheap is through the bioball denitrator as the Anaerobic bacteria will take its time to develop in the denitrator.This can take pretty long but the bacteria will stay in forever.If hair algae is growing,i just let my herbivorous fishes such as tangs graze on it and leave it be as it's their natural food.

    Hope this helps :)

    Vlamingi_cont's 2nd tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    its only found in australia shipment. since there are not many of those shipments, prices are high. plus i think they are quite rare.. no?

    btw brine shrimps not much nutrition unless u enrich it. mysis is better

    Aww if its below 50 bucks i'll get it already......it's the same cost as prata right?

    True i love to feed my fishes with mysis!!They're cheap too.I only know brine shrimp is only good for those freshwater fish as i used to feed my angelfishes with brine shrimp.

    I remembered that I have accidentally left my mysis on my defrosting cup for one day(play com games till forgot to feed for that day) and after i came back from school,there is this pungent smelling gas that is so strong.Then i realised it was the mysis...there goes one cube of it :D

    just a thought from a girl

    in General Reefkeeping_

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    My mum doesn't but if too much algae growing on rocks she's the one who nags at me to go clean up/do whatever thing to remove the algae :heh:

    I saw some people their wife/GFs even went fishing together at Punggol End there.Or went to the fish farms together.I guess they understand their bf/hubby fully.

    Weekly Update - 7th Sep to 13th Sep 09

    in Weekly LFS Stocks Report / LFS Info Centre

    Posted

    Erm.. sharing my experience and letting other reefers know about this [not trying to flame, just sharing]

    Went to the shop beside Qianhu to shop, thinking that the shop might have been better. went into the shop, choosed a few lifestock, a guy [young chap] came and help to put the fishes into the small bag.

    he took around erm.. 10 minutes to pack a few fishes, i went back to take a look, normally, when turning the rubber band to tie up the plastic bag, they should turn the rubber band in circle.. instead of TURNING THE BAG IN CIRCLE, the livestock i purchased just went through a tsunami.my heart sank and am quite affected by how unprofessionally my lifestock is packed.

    went home after paying, and 1 x bag is deflated, tried to acclimate a while and it doesn't look good. tried putting in and you all should picture how it end.

    it's not about the price of the fish [thought it's a few more dollar higher then pasir ris], it's how the livestock is handled.

    Am really turn off and affected by it, will NEVER EVER go patronized the shop again.

    OMG that's how they handle their livestock?! Horrible!! :o I was about to pay them a visit that day which luckily i did not.I should stick with the shop i regularly patronise now after reading your post.I'm so sorry that your fish died

    Which fish goes in first?

    in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)

    Posted

    Add the blue tang last.....i introduced a brown tang in my tank as one of the first few fishes(as they are very hardy) they established territory very fast and now my rabbitfish everytime kena chased around when it comes near to the brown tang territory.So tangs establish territories very fast especially when no one was around the tank......

    You're on the right path of adding fishes already.Anthias are very colourful addition to your tank and makes it more lively :)

    Corals Raise Hopes for Survival

    in General Reefkeeping_

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    http://www.coralcoe.org.au/news_stories/coralsurvival.html

    Hope some of the world’s corals may be able to escape destruction under climate change has emerged from a study by an international team of scientists working in French Polynesia in the Pacific.

    The researchers found that corals off Moorea, in the central Pacific, have rebounded on five occasions despite sustaining heavy damage from four bleaching events and one cyclone in the past 18 years.

    In particular they were able to recover even after the reef had been swamped by weeds, says team member Dr Lucie Penin of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University.

    “We conclude from this that coral reefs may not completely disappear as a result of climate change – as some people fear they might,†she says. (In the earth’s past history corals have become either nearly or totally extinct on five separate occasions, and some researchers warn that conditions under global warming may prove similar to those previous events.)

    However Dr Penin notes that the corals studied lie on the outer reef slope of an island that is not heavily populated, and that the main human impact on them is fishing. “The lack of human pressure on the reef makes it more resilient,†she says. “This research suggests that, if left alone, coral reefs have the possibility to recover and re-grow.â€

    "Invisible" fish warn the reef is at risk

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    http://www.coralcoe.org.au/news_stories/gobies.html

    The smallest fishes on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are sending out a warning that profound change is taking place in the Reef’s natural systems, probably as a result of human activity.

    At 25-45mm in length, the gobies are so small and cryptic they are often invisible to the casual visitor – but they make up almost half of all the fish life on the reef, says ichthyologist Professor David Bellwood of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University.

    “These fish may be tiny, but they are very important. They are telling us that the world has changed, and in ways we do not understand. That we may not be able to manage things as well as we hoped,†he says.

    “In 1998 there was a major coral bleaching event that affected corals across a huge area of the reef. After some years, quite a lot of the coral has recovered – and looks more or less as it once did.â€

    “But the gobies have not come back. Something is not right if the fastest breeders of the reef are still missing. Overall, the coral fish fauna are still in a degraded state – after 30 generations.â€

    Post the worst thing ever happened in ur tank

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    The worst shiit that striked was when i came home one day, and my CO told me my fishes are die-ing and i saw my blenny lying on the sand bed, my maroon clown breathing heavily and my brain bloated like a balloon. I realised my salinity level is 1.3 plus!...change my waters a few times...but in the end all my fishes RIP.

    I had this problem due to evaporation last time.Now decided not to put the SG 1.025 but lower it to 1.023.

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