nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 So good growth. Thanks Marcal! I’ll try to take new updated pictures soon to show it’s growth transformation. Have been recently focusing more on collecting exotic zoas not found in the hobby here in sg! Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 Sad to hear about the fish situation. I really wonder if there are ways to prevent it. Feed some supplements to boost immunity or provide the necessary pro-biotic bacteria needed? I’m not really sure Leon, but I suppose they would have made a difference if I had taken steps to boost its health. I’m not really someone who takes much care into adding supplements etc so I guess my care for my fishes are inadequate. Will see how I can improve on this aspect from here on. Saw your post on how u prepare your own fish feed from fresh ingredients and I’m impressed Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soleh Joe 55 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Yes bro haha u already know... my acropora were all infected with aefw and also another dreaded pest... apparently known as black bugs These pests decimated my Acro week after week before I decided I had enough and removed all acropora from my tank. Fortunately I had the privilege of being able to hold all the surviving ones in a fellow Reefer friend’s QT and have been doing weekly dips to remove these pests. The plan is to do this for about 5 weeks or so. The hope is that leaving my tank barren of acro would starve and kill these aefw and black bugs while the weekly dips would also kill any aefw eggs that were not removed and have hatched. Gotta start from scratch and suffer the losses from this weekly stressing.Stark reminder on the importance of proper quarantine, inspection and dipping whenever introducing new corals into the tank. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Black bug??? Maybe you can share some tips on how to look out for if the sps are affected..Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Black bug??? Maybe you can share some tips on how to look out for if the sps are affected..Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Hi Soleh, I’m not very experienced with black bugs myself either but from my observations based on the acropora they had decimated, it seems the easiest telltale sign is when u realise the base of your acro starts to die and turn white. It may seem like a STN issue but then on close look u will notice these black little dots on the acro. They remain static black dots until u place the acro in a dip and suddenly all comes alive and start moving about. For a clearer pic of how they look like so u may identify them, refer to the previous photo i uploaded.Hope this helps! Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Anyway here’s an update on my reef tank on the aefw and black bug situation:We have been doing weekly dips on all the acro and as of 2-3 weeks ago the dips have come out clean with no eggs or aefw or black bugs. With this weekly stressing, i estimate I have lost about 2/3 of my acropora, as what started with about 3 pails worth of acro is now only about 1 and 1/3 pail remaining. And mostly brown sticks they look so boring. One thing I learnt is that prevention is better than cure and the pain has been so real i almost wanted to give up. I think another episode of this and I’m going acro-less for my tank already.Nevertheless, I will be bringing my acro back home from the QT next weekend! Looking forward to it along with a minor rescape! Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Also, today I received my orders from Amazon. Now I’m ready for some serious potential fragging! The frag rack seems like a glorified egg crate frag rack but it’s made with some special material and apparently the magnet is some super strong metal too. Add the sleek design and the fact it’s made in the USA and it costs about $60 Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Also armed myself with a potential lifetime supply of Bayer.I’m gonna dip the hell out of every coral and kill every critter before anything new comes into my tank from now on. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzlesc 9 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Is that a coral friendly dip?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Is that a coral friendly dip?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Yes it is... I think it is more widely used in the states. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soleh Joe 55 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Hi Soleh, I’m not very experienced with black bugs myself either but from my observations based on the acropora they had decimated, it seems the easiest telltale sign is when u realise the base of your acro starts to die and turn white. It may seem like a STN issue but then on close look u will notice these black little dots on the acro. They remain static black dots until u place the acro in a dip and suddenly all comes alive and start moving about. For a clearer pic of how they look like so u may identify them, refer to the previous photo i uploaded.Hope this helps! Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Its nice to see reefer can give tips and heads up for other reefers to be vigilant.. keep it up.. Appreciate it.Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Sim 93 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Any updates? You do have a nice tank. Very innovative cabinet with side opening for the controllers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bozzykoh 15 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Nice!Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 Any updates? You do have a nice tank. Very innovative cabinet with side opening for the controllers. Hi Darren yeah I do have some pictures. Will try to upload them soon. Meanwhile here’s a random shot of my tank taken few days ago Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRC Supporter Harlequinmania 136 Posted May 30, 2019 SRC Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2019 Your zoas garden is niceee !Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote 1000 Gallon Tank in the Hole http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/120957-1000-gallon-3d-hole-in-the-wall/ Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Your zoas garden is niceee !Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Thanks! Will try to show more pictures hahaSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Anyway I found some time to finally hook up new lights for my tank yesterday after they had been sitting in the kitchen for almost two months. Hooking up the lighting on my Giesemann Stellar, removing the wiring and Hydra lights was time consuming but easy. However connecting and configuring the radions on the WXM module of the apex was rocket science to me. Lucky I had super help from jemlim for this. Really appreciate it Last picture of the hydras before it was taken down. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Sharing some pictures as requested. Jason Fox Raja Rampage Chalice. WWC Grafted Sunfire MontiBubonic Grafted Monti Cyphastrea One of my current favourites: It’s called a Solar Flare Mycedium Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Some sps pictures. Strawberry ShortcakeMulti coloured Tenuis. Blue body with pink coralite growths and green polyps. Cherry Blossom: One of my colonies that survived aefw and black bugs, followed by multiple dippings last year. Cyphastrea Decadia. Hope I got the ID correct else all the gurus here pls correct me. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mengyang_neo 43 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Very nice collection, hee time to pay you a visit. =pSent from my INE-LX2 using Tapatalk Quote 5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12) Skimmer - Reefoctupus Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7kWavemaker - 2 x mp40esChiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop inLighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs) Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11) Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Very nice collection, hee time to pay you a visit. =pSent from my INE-LX2 using Tapatalk Thanks for the compliments. I think there are many nice tanks in Singapore but not many are sharing that’s all. I’m usually lazy to take pictures but occasionally when I dip my hands wet with the camera that’s when I have some updates. Just wished there was a SRC photographer to take nice pictures for our tanks maybe for a small fee Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Some more pictures for sharing. Strats and LSOH zoas. Grafted Setosa. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Admiraltian 244 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Very nice collection. 1 Quote Display Tank : 48" x 22" x 22" Bean Animal CTC overflow box design, custom built by Aquarium Iwarna. Sump : 37" x 20" x 18" inspired by Royal Exclusiv Dream box & Trigger Systems Tideline Series sump designs, custom built by Aquarium Iwarna. Lightings : Inled R80 x 3 with 2 x Illumagic Vitamini Super Actinic LED Striplight Bars. 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. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Maxspect Jump MJ-GF4K, Jebao SLW-30M & SLW-20M Wave Pump. Water Top Up: Reef Octopus ATO. Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Been quite some time since I updated this thread. Decided to post some random shots I’ve taken with my TG-5. Hope u reefers like it Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_fibre 52 Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Wish there was a bigger fanbase for scolymias. I think this coral is very under-rated Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tsimlw 1 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Very nice tank! Thanks for sharing and a very nice, friendly fellow reefer!Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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