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37 x 35 x 30cm main and 22cm IOS

light - lumenaqua mini 2white 2 blue

salt mix - distilled water with D-D H2Ocean

return pump Hydor pico 1000L

wavemaker - pending stock for Hydor koralia nano 900

skimmer-less :fear: - change water + ATS in the making

Fan cool + room air-con if temp exceed 28.5 degree ... pending to get iceprobe

filtering - cotton + carbon + rowaphos

1 firegoby

1 flamegoby

1 coral band shrimp

12 Nassarius snails

limegreen yuma, green star polyp and tube worm

simple tank, simple LS, simple pass-time :P

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Nice!! Looks like diatoms are gonna boom soon on some of the rocks.

Good equipment choice,should consider getting a tunze skimmer small enough for this tank of yours!:)

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Heyy mind pm me abt the price of ur lighting?:) simplicity at its best...:)

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Nice!! Looks like diatoms are gonna boom soon on some of the rocks.

Good equipment choice,should consider getting a tunze skimmer small enough for this tank of yours!:)

diatoms gona boom? how come?

all this while I was thinking "Heng Ah, use distilled water no diatoms" ...

but has been cycled for more than 5 weeks and no sign of diatoms so far....

actually one of the compartment was sized to fit the tunze or Nac QQ or even Boyu WG310

but wana to try ATS first .. if failed then try skimmer

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bro, blue moonlight will induce diatoms. your tank is good enough with the lumen aqua.

-Main Display Tank : 2ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft c/w sump tank cabinet (Set up by aquarium artist)

-Lightings : 4 sets of 1.5ft mini aqua lumen LED lights (7 high power led 15W)

-Chiller: 1/4HP artica chiller with a standby of HC-100A

-Skimmer : Bubble Magnus 3 (cone)

-Phosphate Reactor

-NP Bio-pellet D&D onceanic hang-on reactor

-Wavemaker : MP10

-Temperature mointor : American Wireless pinpoint thermometer

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getting a skimmer doesn't mean no diatoms...diatoms are bacteria, not algae...they come bcoz the biological system in the tank is established...n there r nutrients available for good and bad bacteria to strive.

Skimmer can only get rid of 30-40% of undissolved nutrients....

so long as u do water change diligently and clean yr tank walls often...and dose bacteria after water change shd control these diatoms from overwhelming yr tank...and flow is more impt.

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so long as u do water change diligently and clean yr tank walls often...and dose bacteria after water change shd control these diatoms from overwhelming yr tank...and flow is more impt.

+ 1. do your water changes, a little more frequent if necessary, slowly removing the diatoms themselves, as well as their food source.

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bro, i thought they are algae ? same class as planktons ...

sorry for the confusion.

to be specific, i meant those cynanobacteria that causes red slime or blue green algae.

brown algae are fuel mainly by silicates - sand bed in this case.

diatoms is a general term

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Why is this so? Care to elaborate? :huh:

Check your source bro, there are a whole host of reasons for diatoms bloom. Blue moonlight is rarely on the top of tt list...

hmmm i am also wondering why moonlight will cause diatoms?

Eqpt: Deltec MCE 600, Tunze 6055 with Tunze 7091 controller, Artica 1/15 HP chiller, AquaIllumination Sol Blue LED Light System

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Hi all, i got the wrong information. Just check with one of the reefers to re-confirm. cheers

-Main Display Tank : 2ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft c/w sump tank cabinet (Set up by aquarium artist)

-Lightings : 4 sets of 1.5ft mini aqua lumen LED lights (7 high power led 15W)

-Chiller: 1/4HP artica chiller with a standby of HC-100A

-Skimmer : Bubble Magnus 3 (cone)

-Phosphate Reactor

-NP Bio-pellet D&D onceanic hang-on reactor

-Wavemaker : MP10

-Temperature mointor : American Wireless pinpoint thermometer

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Nice setup!

Bro, take more pictures of your tank pls.

2 Feet Tank: (Decom Feb 2015)
-Lightings : Pharos LED light 90W with wireless controller
-Chiller : Arctica 1/10HP with H2Ocean Flow Pump 2000

-Wavemaker : Vortech MP10ES
-Skimmer : Bubble Magus NAC 3.5

-Return Pump : Eheim Compact 3000
-Reactor – TLF150 (Mod) with NP Biopellet
-Reactor – TLF150 with Rowaphos


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Nice!! Looks like diatoms are gonna boom soon on some of the rocks.

Good equipment choice,should consider getting a tunze skimmer small enough for this tank of yours!:)

wow you are right ....can predict 2 weeks before :lol:

starts to have a bit of browny on the top of the rock

what should I do?? :cry:

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