PROX Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Sounds logical because I saw them playing with sandbed at LFS. Mine sleep on tank bottom (literally lying down one sided), "naked" instead of hiding under the sand. Even my Yasha Goby die for no apparent reason despite eating well and swim around middle section to grab for food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqut Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Sounds logical because I saw them playing with sandbed at LFS. Mine sleep on tank bottom (literally lying down one sided), "naked" instead of hiding under the sand. Even my Yasha Goby die for no apparent reason despite eating well and swim around middle section to grab for food. I have the same exact experience with Yellow Wrasse. I lost 2 this way and 1 to jumping. I am also running a BB tank...I have seen yellow wrasse in BB tanks before but those tanks had LR pile in the whole tank. Anyway, I won't try another sand dwelling wrasse, too heart breaking to see a fish die for no reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 added very shallow sand bed to my tank yesterday with 3 sand shifter starfish. Removed 3 acros and dip into coral RX which killed off over 10 AEFW. Currently no acro in my tank and hopefully AEFW will starve to death. cute couple in my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonza Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Have any picture with the new sandbed? Is the sand blowing all over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Will post picture soon. No sand storm. I turned down all my vortech and slowly add clean sand using a small net. Took quite a while to cover 80% tank bottom. I will add more to cover 100% this coming weekend. Don't want to upset tank balance too much for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3lackKaho Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thank you. Full tank shot with newly added sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonza Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Looks really good! What sand are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Picture a little dark cause it was taken during "deep blue" mode. I am not sure what sand but it was cheap sand labelled C-3 on10kg gunny sack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Picture a little dark cause it was taken during "deep blue" mode. I am not sure what sand but it was cheap sand labelled C-3 on10kg gunny sack. Size C3 coral chips. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member barnacle Posted February 19, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2013 u must also get rid of the AEFW eggs... Quote My Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiporty Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 u must also get rid of the AEFW eggs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ben loh Posted March 12, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted March 12, 2013 Beatiful tank you have and just wonder if you use dosing pump for your tank.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 I have dosing pump but it is not turned on at the moment. Currently i am doing 2 x water change weekly (+-50 litres x 2) and only tested salinity. No other parameter test is performed. A little unorthodox but works well so far. So far corals are doing fine and no sign of AEFW. SPS is growing and color started to recover back. On top of that, i am trying to establish routine maintenance that will suit me best. Zeo RX is removed but i am still dosing zeo basic + supplement as usual so basically tank is left with skimmer and filter bag containing rowa carbon (passive flow). My plan is to run this tank with minimal equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedricang Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Sorry to read about your experience with the maricultured piece. Personally, I find maricultured sps corals to have even more pests and unwanted algae than the wild colonies. That's why the no exception rule is applicable to each and every of them when it comes to dipping and basting - let the wrasses do the rest. +1 Honkit raised an interesting yet profound observation between wild and maricultured sps. Some of those video clips on the mariculture farms, the sps are raised on rows and rows of platforms on very open water without natural reef near by...which probably means lesser pest predatory fish to help clean up the sps. On the other hand, wild sps colonies are situated on coral reefs where a variety of pest eating fishes such as wrasses are abundant, hence lowering the amount of pest. Quote Treat others the way you wanna be treated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jimmykj Posted April 29, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted April 29, 2013 very well space out. Thumbs up for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Some SPS in my system now. Icy Tort Ice Fire Echinata Royal Blue Mille Red Mille Bartlett Anthias more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoVan Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Looking awesome bro Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Happy Reefing, Marc J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Nice colors on the icy tort and ice fire echinata. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member surreal1228 Posted October 1, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted October 1, 2013 One Word. SWEET! Quote :superman: :superman: :superman: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Thanks. More pictures.. Oblivion Green Snow Corn Tenuis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member james72 Posted October 1, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted October 1, 2013 Can tell expert at work....beautiful corals 1 Quote Cheers, James Reviving my reef tank : Crystal glass 53" x 22" x 17" rimless (inclusive of 12"x22"x17" IOS) Life Reef HVS3-24 with mazzei venturi ATI Sunpower 8 x 39w T5 (4 x Blue plus, 2 x Aqua blue special, Coral plus) ZET Light 3 x 3w LEDs moonlight Arctica 1/3 Hp + 1/4 Hp back up Vortech mp40w x 3 + Jebao wp25 Eheim 1264 x 3 + water blaster 5000 Vortech back up battery TLF-150 + Rowaphos Activated carbon Kamoer 3 channel + CaCl2 + NaHCo3 150L Refugium with DSB, miracle mud, cheato 2ft T5 x 2 light tubes for refugium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 My new skimmer from Lifereef, replacing Deltec SC2060. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrookiesjeremy Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Clean setup, beautiful coloration looking forward to frags growing into colonies pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedricang Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Nice work Bro Quote Treat others the way you wanna be treated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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