My humble 2 feet tank

[RAV-65]

Hi all,

this is my humble 2 feet tank after 2 months, would appreciate any forms of comments, suggestions or criticism... if there's anything I've done wrongly in my tank, please let me know... Thanxs!

Vincent Ho

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Another brighter pic...

[marinereef]

Nice and clean !!!!!!!

[RAV-65]

The sea bunny i mentioned in another thread....

[marinereef]

What light r u using?

[RAV-65]

another pic of the sea bunny...

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My prized green bubble... sorry for the blurred pic...

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My little pink anemone dat still refuses to open fully after 2 weeks...

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marinereef,

thanxs for the compliments bro.... i'm using a 1x150W 20KK MH...

Vincent Ho

[Achilles Tang]

The sea bunny i mentioned in another thread....

That's not a sea bunny. It's a nudibranch. Exactly the same one I shot underwater at Trang.

Here's my photo...

It's in this thread about my Trang dive photos.

IMO, you should not buy something you know nothing about. You will save yourself a lot of grief and money with this advice.

[RAV-65]

AT,

in the other thread, I saw something very similar but in balck and white and the website said it was some sea bunny, I tot its another species....

tink i got my research all wrong!!! any idea wat these nudibranch eats? i was about to buy a blue sponge for it to eat, coz i tot it was a sea bunny....

Vincent Ho

[Achilles Tang]

That's the thing about nudibranchs... not enough research done on identifying what they really eat. And there are so many species of nudibranchs!

Their diet ranges from corals to sponges to algae...

They also have very short lifespans. Beautiful creatures. But better left in the wild.

[Achilles Tang]

Rav, how about you describe how you setup your tank and what's your setup like first?

[marinereef]

Yes....best that u can put up ur setup description

[RAV-65]

Well,

gotta admit when i started, didn't know there was so much about marine fish keeping, got the 2 feet tank after a friend wanted to discard it, gave me LR and Live sand with all the filter media... tot was okay to start and i started stocking LS...

After much reading in this thread, i realise i was wrong, end up giving away some fishes to a friend to reduce the LS, taking out some fishes to put in another smaller 1 feet tank....

i den out in more LR, used Nutrafin cycle to induce more baterial growth.... put in a polyfilter, a weipro 2012, abit of bio balls, got test kits for no2, no3, calcium, nh3, ph, marine buffer, reef trace, strontium, seachem reef builder, activated carbon, mh 1x150W 20kk, fed my fish with garlic soaked food... change water once a week, i also monitered my salinity level regularly....

Is that wat ur question is refering to? hope i haven't left out anything....

Vincent Ho

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setup description? as in my filter system? I got an internal overflow system... where there is 1st a sponge to filter out the bigger debris, den the polyfilter, den bioballs and ceramic rings and coral chips.... the water den runs into the 2nd compartment where i have activated carbon in a bag and dat's where i skim the water with a weipro 2012, the water is den allow to flow back into the tank... not exactly perfect, but i'm restricted, currently still researching before i embark on my 3 feet tank...

Vincent Ho

[Achilles Tang]

Is that two puffers I see in your reef tank?

[RAV-65]

Yup... there are 2 puffers in my tank...

Vincent Ho

[Achilles Tang]

Did you know before buying them that they are not reefsafe?

[marcvelous]

who you give your LS to?

[RAV-65]

The guy at Ginza...

the one u are seeing tomolo...

Vincent Ho

[RAV-65]

Huh? the guy at the LFS told me its okay.... as in its reef-safe, i asked him specifically.... do they do alot of damage?

Vincent Ho

[Achilles Tang]

Sigh... I think one of the lessons that most reefers will tell you is that to take all advice from LFS with a bucket of salt. Its best for the hobbyist to research from updated marine books or the internet.

Puffers are carnivorous. They eat corals, sponges, small fishes, sea urchins and other echinoderms like starfish, sea cukes as well as other small crustaceans like crabs, shrimps and snails.

[RAV-65]

Hmm... sad to say that it seems that some of these LFS people not too honest and profesional the way they run their business... well, next time go buy fish must bring all the books and my laptop liao... kekekeke...

Vincent Ho

[Achilles Tang]

BTW, your anemone looks bleached.

Try feeding it with meaty foods before it dies from starvation as its zooxanthellea is no longer there providing it energy from photosynthesis.

Try selecting an anemone with more brown or green 'colour' in its body tissue. Although whitish or pale anemones may look beautiful.... they are often doomed.