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Always wanted to have a marine aquarium since young, but staying with parents is always difficult as they will complain waste $ of electric bills, troublesome to get saltwater and no permission to any how place a fish tank in living room.

Finally got my new flat and my OC blessing to start a marine aquarium and move in late 2012, but.... no budget because all spent on renovation liao. Some pictures of new home....

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No $, so I started aqua plant tank at my kitchen....

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Melwood1978
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Always wanted to have a marine aquarium since young, but staying with parents is always difficult as they will complain waste $ of electric bills, troublesome to get saltwater and no permission to any

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I think your tang is not going to make it already

Admiraltian
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Ok, thanks.

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Welcone to marine ! But be warn, small tank is always more challenging than big tank.

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

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Nice place u got there, nice pico tank too. Pls rem not to overstock & do regular WC.

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.

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Btw the stock led not enough to keep corals & u need to cool off ur water temp first and upgrade ur lights if u intend to.

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.

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Welcone to marine ! But be warn, small tank is always more challenging than big tank.

Well said.... My pain starts that both nemo died after a month with me every do WC to every 3 days do WC. No skimmer and also temperature for pico is also problem every 3 days WC also headache. So I saved enough in jan to engage Vincent to build a 3 feet, recommendation from a fellow reefer who is also my ex colleague with 5-6 years marine experience. So my pico tank becomes my office planted tank.

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Nice planted pico with the guppies.

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.

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wow fishes in after 5 days, bad move. Too little live rocks too IMO.

My initial plan was a FOWLR as is my 1st proper marine tank and the best thing is these 4 fishes are still well and surviving while some others come and go....My yellow and blue tangs are from CF which i think fishes from them are good quality but need to pay more and also GST. My black ocellaris are from Iwarna. Well initially I want little LR and no sand so that I can see more fishes swimming around.

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Very nice house u have bro. Sure looking forward to seeing your tank too. I can understand your excitement as I'm in the same phase as u. Keep the updates coming
Both of u have nicks starting with "Mel" too, lol

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.

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Due to budget constraints, start off as FOWLR, no chiller, no wave maker, 1 return pump Ehiem 1269, Skimz Monzter SM161 skimmer and 3 feet aquazonic 4 x t5.

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Simple livestock

3 x live rocks

2 x damsel

2 x black ocellaris

1 x blue tang

1 x yellow tang

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Lonely blue tang...

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First few days return pipe leak, lucky Vincent return and fixed otherwise I will write a bad review about him...

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Invest in a mp40 and position it middle area reef crest mode, should be good for future lps, sps random flow.

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

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I think your tang is not going to make it already

Still well and kicking like a goldfish eat and eat...

So add more live rocks n a powder blue tang and a sun sun wavemaker

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Adding a brown tang n strawberry crab

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Adding cleaner shrimp n a 'one hand' strawberry crab n soon tragedy will happen...

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