Ian's Overgrown Nano!

[c0ol]

hi there bro cool,

i saw you earlier today at the AA gathering at the coffee shop, but you left quite quickly. thanks for your compliments. the air bubbles exiting from the beckett do get sucked in by the return pumps, but somehow, perhaps because the tiny bubbles fuse into larger bubbles as they travel through my pipings, almost no airbubbles are discernable coming out of the two return nozzles in my display. not sure why, but its not been a problem so far.

ic..ya..today was in a rush...haha can you tell me which one r u?haha i felt weird all the other reefers all so much older..lol

[iantoh]

a green with blue tips colony from the 3 for $100 promotion at Harlequin a while back:

a purplish corallite with green polyps acro that i think may be a gemmifera but im certainly not sure. if anyone has ideas on the ID of any of my acros, please help me name them ya:

[iantoh]

hi bro cool,

i was sitting two seats from the outside, besides Muar chee who was beside Alexgopostalcode.

[iantoh]

this is a piece thats meant to be green with blue polyps, but in my tank, the blue polyps only show on the areas that are closest to the light source, and they only extend fully at night, so its kinda wasted. bros who've received a frag of this from me, could you please share what they look like in your tanks? thank you.

and heres a lovely sky blue frag from bro tineng! i really like this piece:

[iantoh]

a purplish bodied, blue polyps acro sp. but this one again, only extends its polyps at night, so the blue polyps i hardly get to admire:

[iantoh]

ok.. last image for tonight.. one of the two acro crabs in my Pink milli:

[dkk08]

My pleasure to help u Ian bro

Me and watever my little HP cam can do is at ur service Wat r neighbours for rite

[c0ol]

hi bro cool,

i was sitting two seats from the outside, besides Muar chee who was beside Alexgopostalcode.

bro ian,are you the one with very short hair and tan skin colour?

[dumdum]

bro ian,are you the one with very short hair and tan skin colour?

is he talking about me ???

[c0ol]

lol..i am talking about the guy sitting next to the guy who is sitting right to alex..lol

btw bro ian..i want to see your tank in person

[veliferium]

Truly Awesome man..

the sps are striking and i like the neat feeling of the tank

[nakazoru]

Bro Ian;

So you finally converted to SPS. Congrats. Really like the simplistic two island rockscape. Look so different from the old LPS Rockscape.

Please do update on the growth of these SPS under T5s only tank.

[iantoh]

hi there bros cool and veliferum,

thanks, thanks for the thumbs up. my tank isnt so nice seriously la. the rocks are leeching phosphates and theres algae growth everywhere on the rocks though hardly any algae gets on the glass sides which is quite strange in my experience. im hoping the coralline algae will take over soon as i should be out of the new tank syndrome soon as this tank is now almost 5 months.

bro cool, just give me a pm about the times youd like to come by ya; if im free, it shoudnt be a problem.

[iantoh]

hi there bro nakazoru,

thanks for your kind words.

i shall try to keep this thread updated with growth pics in time to come. i shall also try to find old pics of these frags when i first got them, or try to get pics from the bros i got them from, as many of them have encrusted onto the rocks ive superglued them on, regained their colours, and grown substantially.

cheers,

ian

[FuEl]

Wow..thought I stumbled upon the wrong post. 5 pages within a few hours. Anyway, pairing black cap should be the same with orchid dottybacks. Force pair one small one big and hope for the best. The largest one should be/become a male while the smaller should be/remain a female. Chances of obtaining a pair are higher if you force pair more individuals. Of course while doing this a tank with lots of hiding places is a must and best if both fish are introduced at the same time.

As for the algae maybe 2-3 abalones will help chomp down everything?

[B|uEc@rpEt]

hey ian...

GREAT job! Am very interested in seeing your next updates...

Btw...sorry if i did not read properly...but do you have a chiller for ya tank?

[decentkid]

bro ian,are you the one with very short hair and tan skin colour?

that person is me la

iantoh: nice tank....when the bird nest is ready for fragging dont forget abt me

[hondaker]

nice tank, a first time i see the display being smaller than the sump, it only goes to show how much u care for the LS

by the way, congrats on getting your elusive black cap, i am sure he will have a happy life in your aquarium

cheers

[Terryz_]

Congrat to you on getting your black cap... lol... Worth the wait... lol...

[giantbicycle]

Hey bro Ian, Amazing tank i would say, but would love to see it "live "

Have not yet to meet up with u ,but will do so if time dont permits since we are staying near off.

anw,real clean tank

[hamannbmw]

impressive tank... time to visit yr tank soon... free frags

[iantoh]

hi there guys!

thanks for all the well wishes and compliments. im really very happy to have finally gotten my black cap too. just concerned that its not coming out in the open, though its eaten several frozen mysids.

bro fuel, are the abalones likely to knock things over? that was my concern with using them. as for pairing the black caps up, i think its a bigger risk than i am willing to take or afford, and ill be really dead happy already if my black cap gets comfortable with the present surroundings and is healthy as that was my kind of vision when i decided to tear down my gonio tank and set this one up.

bro blue carpet, i certainly use a chiller. a Resun CL-650 as my main chiller, and a six-fan set and ice-probe in the sump as back up. my old teco RA-680 with its leaking coil is out in the front of my house.

temp is kept between 26 and 27 degrees with an external thermostat.

bro decentkid, no problem.

bro hondaker, thanks for your kind words. actually ah, the size of my display is limited by the size of the elevated stand that rests on top of my room's table. and the sump is 4ft because i didnt want to have my equipment out in the open, so i sought to hide it all under my table, and the larger it is, i figured, the more water volume id have, and the easier itd be to run equipment in sump, like my beckett.

bro terryz, thanks... still one ABT left at PR earlier today ya bro.

[iantoh]

hi there giantbicycle, thanks. when yorue free we can always meet for a drink or what ya.

bro hamannbmw, did dumdum go visit you today? he said you offered to give him good stuffs leh! so we all told him to be diligent and pick up every last one, and share with us!!! hahaha. well, if theres anything in my tank youd like a frag of, just say ya. shall be seeing you soon right bro?

cheers,

ian

[Flame-Tail]

Very nice tank you have there bro. Today when you guys reached PR, We had already left as had other places to visit. Must meet up again sometime. was great meeting all you guys today.

Cheers.

[iantoh]

hi guys! last pic before i head for bed- need to wake early to go catch the aerial display at the airshow.

a brown milli with blue tips (dont think ive posted this pic yet)

goodnight everyone,

ian