EDG Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Clapper shrimp getting comfy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDG Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 My maroon got her new partner!! did lots of research and introduced a baby maroon slowly and it paid off!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDG Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 my 2 inch baby squammy!! hopefully it will be able to last.. only a week old.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SRC Member Reefzzz Posted June 17, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted June 17, 2008 Purple firegoby bro, so envy of your purple firegoby. i never seems to be able to keep them alive. They usually disappear and hid into the rocks after i introduce them into the tank n never seen again Quote Main Tank: 5 x 1 x 1 Return from overflow: Eheim compact+ 5000 Lighting: 2x 54W T5 Skimmer: Deltec SC 1350 Chiller: Arctica 1/10 Wave Maker: Tunze Nano Wavebox & Tunze 6055 with Photocell Monitor 1: American Marine Pinpoint pH monitor Monitor 2: American Marine Pinpoint Temperature monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Vlamingi_cont Posted June 18, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hi Vlamingi bro, yup, the coraline algae will take some time.. hehe.. ya just a newbie, only 1 year odd into the hobby... Nice job for a newbie... Perhaps you could add the Part A-B by aquapharm... It helps to make your pH stable and also maintain Calcium and Alkalinity at acceptable levels which help accelerate coraline algae growth... Quote 1ft cube with IOS [the low tech tank] 1. JBJ C-breeze to keep temp hovering around 27-28'C 2. LED clip on - 120 bulbs -skimmer-less- My 3 humble equipments that keeps my tank running... [DRIED OUT] 1. The RSM itself of course 2.My NEW Deltec MCE-300 Skimmer 3. My trusty Arctica Chiller Tank parameters: Temperature maintained at 25.3'C to 24.7'C No3: 10ppm(b4 the use of the deltec skimmer) No3: 5ppm (after use of the skimmer) Others? too lazy to measure...LOL Camera- EOS 50D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDG Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 bro, so envy of your purple firegoby. i never seems to be able to keep them alive. They usually disappear and hid into the rocks after i introduce them into the tank n never seen again ya, they are usually quite timid, this goby has been with me for more than a year, used to hide alot in my 2ft tank, only comes out to feed, but it's happier in my 3FT , almost out for the whole day, only sleep at night.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo77 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Nice setup. Can see that you must have lots of patience in the setup. Ya, purple goby is shy. Mine also hiding and will surface in the morning to eat. Always compared mine with those selling in the shop....somehow i feel those in the shop are more purple....maybe mine eat untill too fat and the colour has been diluted.....any advice to maintain their colour? Thanks. ya, they are usually quite timid, this goby has been with me for more than a year, used to hide alot in my 2ft tank, only comes out to feed, but it's happier in my 3FT , almost out for the whole day, only sleep at night.. Quote Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262 FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000 Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000 Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500 Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w Controller : GHL Profilux Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox Ozonizer : Sander C50 UV : Corallife 6x Algae Scrubbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDG Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Nice setup. Can see that you must have lots of patience in the setup. Ya, purple goby is shy. Mine also hiding and will surface in the morning to eat. Always compared mine with those selling in the shop....somehow i feel those in the shop are more purple....maybe mine eat untill too fat and the colour has been diluted.....any advice to maintain their colour? Thanks. Luckily so far, I've been able to maintain/improve the colour of my fishes. I try to feed them small portions several times a day , as fishes in the nature tend to feed throughout the day, in a aquarium setting, of cos, that is not possible due to our work schedule and so on, but I do make an effort to replicate that as close as possible. As I understand from some reading, this would help the fishes to retain the nutrients/proteins much better than a 1-time heavy feeding as they tend to defecate food at an increased rate over a long period. I also try to provide a balance diet of high protein food such as cyclopleeze and mysis together with pellets and seaweeds. Perhaps you should try varying their diet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo77 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks for the advice. I mixed cyclopleeze(dry) with frozen cube mysis and brine and mixed with vitamin and garlic guard. Feed them morning and night. Also feed them mixed pellet - spectrum, formula 2 and another brand from AM. Also feed them flake cyclopleeze. This will be their weekday diet. For weekend, i will give them live brine shrimp or mysis(red colour one...always confused....wahahaha). For seaweed, they dont like or dont eat. So i will buy red bamboo for them. My flame angel only eat pellet.....so everyday got to feed a variety to suit different fishes in my tank....purple goby got different orgin? maybe like royal gamma - braz. is not as attractive as carib. one. Anyway...seeing the fishes swimming happily....one will feel happy also. Me also will be upgrading from 2 ft cube to 3 ft once i get my new flat....may need your advice on the scaping...hehe Luckily so far, I've been able to maintain/improve the colour of my fishes. I try to feed them small portions several times a day , as fishes in the nature tend to feed throughout the day, in a aquarium setting, of cos, that is not possible due to our work schedule and so on, but I do make an effort to replicate that as close as possible. As I understand from some reading, this would help the fishes to retain the nutrients/proteins much better than a 1-time heavy feeding as they tend to defecate food at an increased rate over a long period. I also try to provide a balance diet of high protein food such as cyclopleeze and mysis together with pellets and seaweeds. Perhaps you should try varying their diet? Quote Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262 FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000 Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000 Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500 Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w Controller : GHL Profilux Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox Ozonizer : Sander C50 UV : Corallife 6x Algae Scrubbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo77 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Err....any method to try fishes to eat seaweed? Thanks for the advice. I mixed cyclopleeze(dry) with frozen cube mysis and brine and mixed with vitamin and garlic guard. Feed them morning and night. Also feed them mixed pellet - spectrum, formula 2 and another brand from AM. Also feed them flake cyclopleeze. This will be their weekday diet. For weekend, i will give them live brine shrimp or mysis(red colour one...always confused....wahahaha). For seaweed, they dont like or dont eat. So i will buy red bamboo for them. My flame angel only eat pellet.....so everyday got to feed a variety to suit different fishes in my tank....purple goby got different orgin? maybe like royal gamma - braz. is not as attractive as carib. one. Anyway...seeing the fishes swimming happily....one will feel happy also. Me also will be upgrading from 2 ft cube to 3 ft once i get my new flat....may need your advice on the scaping...hehe Quote Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262 FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000 Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000 Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500 Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w Controller : GHL Profilux Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox Ozonizer : Sander C50 UV : Corallife 6x Algae Scrubbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDG Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Err....any method to try fishes to eat seaweed? what i did initially is to cut/chop the seaweed into very small pieces, like flakes, and i feed it together with their normal food mix. after sometime, the fishes will recognize it as food, and now i'm able to feed the seaweed on its own and in bigger pieces.. hopefully that works for u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo77 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Thanks bro. Will go to daiso or ntuc to get nori... and try out...if fishes dont like, i will consume myself....cook soup...kekeke what i did initially is to cut/chop the seaweed into very small pieces, like flakes, and i feed it together with their normal food mix. after sometime, the fishes will recognize it as food, and now i'm able to feed the seaweed on its own and in bigger pieces.. hopefully that works for u! Quote Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262 FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000 Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000 Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500 Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w Controller : GHL Profilux Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox Ozonizer : Sander C50 UV : Corallife 6x Algae Scrubbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sunny03 Posted June 19, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted June 19, 2008 Thanks bro. Will go to daiso or ntuc to get nori... and try out...if fishes dont like, i will consume myself....cook soup...kekeke solo you seem to live in SK if you want can go to pounglo to collect seaweeds if you dont mind the polluation there ahahhaha Quote Selling big game fishing equipment. Stella 20k / 17k .. made in Japan jigging blue rose / kabuzu popping rod... pm for prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo77 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Bro EDG, sorry to borrow your thread. Sunny03, me getting those dried one lar....punggol beach...dont want lar....hmm...maybe can find one spot and cultivate clean one....wahahaha. solo you seem to live in SK if you want can go to pounglo to collect seaweeds if you dont mind the polluation there ahahhaha Quote Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262 FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000 Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000 Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500 Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w Controller : GHL Profilux Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox Ozonizer : Sander C50 UV : Corallife 6x Algae Scrubbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Vlamingi_cont Posted June 19, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted June 19, 2008 solo you seem to live in SK if you want can go to pounglo to collect seaweeds if you dont mind the polluation there ahahhaha Hey beo sunny dun mind I interrupt your chat with solo... Actually Punggol Beach nothing take one except SOME pls take note some live clams not the giant clams but those like edible ones... Quote 1ft cube with IOS [the low tech tank] 1. JBJ C-breeze to keep temp hovering around 27-28'C 2. LED clip on - 120 bulbs -skimmer-less- My 3 humble equipments that keeps my tank running... [DRIED OUT] 1. The RSM itself of course 2.My NEW Deltec MCE-300 Skimmer 3. My trusty Arctica Chiller Tank parameters: Temperature maintained at 25.3'C to 24.7'C No3: 10ppm(b4 the use of the deltec skimmer) No3: 5ppm (after use of the skimmer) Others? too lazy to measure...LOL Camera- EOS 50D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDG Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Past couple of weeks has been busy for me.. My 2 mth old Teco TR20 has some thermostat issue and it took a couple of services for them to fix it.. fortunately i had a external thermostat to cut off my chiller at 24 degrees, if not, my poor fishes would be gone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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