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That is actually a pretty small head and you fed quite a big piece of prawn? If that is so, it probably hasn't fully eaten the prawn yet.

no I feed it a pretty small piece. no idea where did that come from.

hey one more question:

I was feeding the suns and out of nowhere, came 2 - 3 bugs (oval shape, black colour about 3mm long)

and they tried to take the prawn away. ever happen to you before?

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no I feed it a pretty small piece. no idea where did that come from.

hey one more question:

I was feeding the suns and out of nowhere, came 2 - 3 bugs (oval shape, black colour about 3mm long)

and they tried to take the prawn away. ever happen to you before?

??!! bugs??? could they be pods? dun think so rite??

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To be frank, my nano tank PH is now ard 7.9 and all my fishes are doing very well including my goby.

did yours drop from 8.3 - 7.9 like in 2 - 3 hrs?

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??!! bugs??? could they be pods? dun think so rite??

i have seen white pods but not black ones.

These are totally black and came out to grab food!

eerie...... out of nowhere.

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no I feed it a pretty small piece. no idea where did that come from.

hey one more question:

I was feeding the suns and out of nowhere, came 2 - 3 bugs (oval shape, black colour about 3mm long)

and they tried to take the prawn away. ever happen to you before?

Hope they are not flatworms... if possible take a photo to ID?

anyway if you did proper acclimatization, I would assume the high fin died from the wild ph swing. If not, the ph swing would have exacerbated the process.

I try not to do water change within 2-3 days of introducing new LS. Don't want to stress them too much. Even when water changing, need to check your new water to ensure parameters are about the same.

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!!! how come so fast up lorry :cry: From Henry's should be well acclimatized and feeding well right?

hmmm cause of death? Hope you acclimatized them well.

Pls share with us the cleaning of your tank walls, after you have recovered from your late night. Coz I am thinking of going acrylic for my next tank...

Laptop have to consult my future CEO... she's the one tt has all the requirements... lol

Yeah it should be rather healthy. i did acclimatize it.

unless if it is a very very timid fish and I stress it to death during WC.

unless if yours is a nano, anything bigger than 2 ft dun advise using acrylic.

definitely not easy to maintain.

why do you want acrylic? my case I am worried my girl will smash the glass when she swing things around.

You can opt for high grade glass which gives the same clarity. Go check out ELOS tank. Glass tank can be as clear. just more expensive though.

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no I feed it a pretty small piece. no idea where did that come from.

hey one more question:

I was feeding the suns and out of nowhere, came 2 - 3 bugs (oval shape, black colour about 3mm long)

and they tried to take the prawn away. ever happen to you before?

Nope but I dun think they are harmful though... :eyebrow:

Some type of anthropod maybe.

My Setup:

3x2x2 tank with IOS

Equipment List:

Chiller: Artica 1/5HP

Chiller Pump: Sicce 4000

Return Pump: OR3500

Skimmer: Deltec APF600

Wavemaker: Tunze Wavebox/2x Hydor K2/SCWD wavemaker

Lights: DElighting 2x150W MH + 2x 39W T5 Atinic

FR: Skimz

FR Pump: Atman AT-104

Tubby ATO, Kalkweisser Reactor with magnetic stirrer.

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btw, a ph swing of 0.2 within a day is considered the limit fishes and corals can tolerate. A ph swing of 0.4 like yours within 2-3hrs last night... can be disastrous.

If your sps survived, should be lucky le. I'm not sps keeper, but I believe they are sensitive to ph swings too.

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Hope they are not flatworms... if possible take a photo to ID?

anyway if you did proper acclimatization, I would assume the high fin died from the wild ph swing. If not, the ph swing would have exacerbated the process.

I try not to do water change within 2-3 days of introducing new LS. Don't want to stress them too much. Even when water changing, need to check your new water to ensure parameters are about the same.

I was thinking of doing that but... when you have a family, you will understand...

ren zai jiang hu, sheng bu you ji

who would want to change water at 1 am :P

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I was thinking of doing that but... when you have a family, you will understand...

ren zai jiang hu, sheng bu you ji

who would want to change water at 1 am :P

lol dun sound so old la...

Anyway, just to cheer you up. I also read before tt changing water when the fish are sleeping is beneficial coz less stressful for them as they will all be hiding in the rocks already. :)

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did yours drop from 8.3 - 7.9 like in 2 - 3 hrs?

Ehhh....Nope. Mine went from 8.2 to 7.8 in ard 2 weeks. I tested the water at 8.2 and 2 weeks later, it dropped to 7.8. Now it is ard 7.9. But I am quite surprised that your PH can drop so much within such a short time... :eyeblur:

My Setup:

3x2x2 tank with IOS

Equipment List:

Chiller: Artica 1/5HP

Chiller Pump: Sicce 4000

Return Pump: OR3500

Skimmer: Deltec APF600

Wavemaker: Tunze Wavebox/2x Hydor K2/SCWD wavemaker

Lights: DElighting 2x150W MH + 2x 39W T5 Atinic

FR: Skimz

FR Pump: Atman AT-104

Tubby ATO, Kalkweisser Reactor with magnetic stirrer.

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btw, a ph swing of 0.2 within a day is considered the limit fishes and corals can tolerate. A ph swing of 0.4 like yours within 2-3hrs last night... can be disastrous.

If your sps survived, should be lucky le. I'm not sps keeper, but I believe they are sensitive to ph swings too.

SPS are very sensitive to any sudden changes in water parameters which is the main reason why I am not keeping SPS in my tank.

My Setup:

3x2x2 tank with IOS

Equipment List:

Chiller: Artica 1/5HP

Chiller Pump: Sicce 4000

Return Pump: OR3500

Skimmer: Deltec APF600

Wavemaker: Tunze Wavebox/2x Hydor K2/SCWD wavemaker

Lights: DElighting 2x150W MH + 2x 39W T5 Atinic

FR: Skimz

FR Pump: Atman AT-104

Tubby ATO, Kalkweisser Reactor with magnetic stirrer.

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update, my pistol has gone to burrow in another place. Can hardly see him now :(

Think I need to raise my dKH to very much higher.

My PH is still fluctating greatly.

Morning was 7.95. Now it is 8.22. Might reach 8.3 later ... double :(

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update, my pistol has gone to burrow in another place. Can hardly see him now :(

Think I need to raise my dKH to very much higher.

My PH is still fluctating greatly.

Morning was 7.95. Now it is 8.22. Might reach 8.3 later ... double :(

try aerating your new water for 24hours before adding to bring up the ph next time?

Actually if you want pistol to park somewhere visible can force him to relocate and cut a small pipe and push into the sandbed for him to 'adopt' as his home.

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try aerating your new water for 24hours before adding to bring up the ph next time?

Actually if you want pistol to park somewhere visible can force him to relocate and cut a small pipe and push into the sandbed for him to 'adopt' as his home.

lol I did not add buffer for the ph.

That's the natural variation in my tank

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woohoooooo just saw my G goby. Its still alive hehe

Think I realise why my water condition is worsening. I had overfed the Suns.

Now they are puking out the remnants of the prawn and it is fouling the water.

Another lession learnt.

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woohoooooo just saw my G goby. Its still alive hehe

Think I realise why my water condition is worsening. I had overfed the Suns.

Now they are puking out the remnants of the prawn and it is fouling the water.

Another lession learnt.

Feed mysis la bro... nano cannot afford to make mistake...

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Feed mysis la bro... nano cannot afford to make mistake...

lol yah... challenge with nano.... nvm lah. my 1st month.

next month will be better. make mistakes then will learn. Of course ... a bit costly lah.

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woohoooooo just saw my G goby. Its still alive hehe

Think I realise why my water condition is worsening. I had overfed the Suns.

Now they are puking out the remnants of the prawn and it is fouling the water.

Another lession learnt.

you must have overfed them alot.. they hardly puke out their food.. the only other reason is you must have stressed them during the wc... thats why they puke..

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lol yah... challenge with nano.... nvm lah. my 1st month.

next month will be better. make mistakes then will learn. Of course ... a bit costly lah.

reef on dude.. whatever you do, dun keep tabs on the mistakes cost.. lol...

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reef on dude.. whatever you do, dun keep tabs on the mistakes cost.. lol...

yeah... hmm seemed like the Suns is withering... really closed and the tissue looks wrinkled.

Hope they recover.

Anyone has any idea why ORP reading jumps up when liquid plankton additives is added to the tank?

strange.

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Yes the ELOS is beautiful. +1 to that and the price!

Yes he does, there are a couple more sand dollars.

Just picked up 4 sand dollars from Henry, and a pair of Diamond Gobies. :upsidedown:

Also got to pay a visit to my Adorn Wrasse and pair of mandarins undergoing food training camp with Henry... :eyebrow:

Maybe next year end, if I am still crazy, might just get the Elos for my living room. ha ha ha ha ha ha.... :whistle

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yeah... hmm seemed like the Suns is withering... really closed and the tissue looks wrinkled.

Hope they recover.

Don't expect them to open 24hrs lei... your LED quite strong also.

My rhizo prob only open 16 out of 24hrs. Suns even lesser, prob 12 out of 24hrs.

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Just picked up 4 sand dollars from Henry, and a pair of Diamond Gobies. :upsidedown:

Also got to pay a visit to my Adorn Wrasse and pair of mandarins undergoing food training camp with Henry... :eyebrow:

Maybe next year end, if I am still crazy, might just get the Elos for my living room. ha ha ha ha ha ha.... :whistle

haha... you love the mini ELOS right ?

hehe me too.

But another tank in the house and I will be kicked out of the house :P

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