Ah-lim's Budget set up & Budget gatherin

[Ah-lim]

Finally decided to upgrade after 2 yrs.

Lousy camera though.

This is also a thread for all budget set up to share ideas and tips.

Must support !!

Ps: Thanks to fellow reefers who contribute their stuff.

[Ah-lim]

Put in nearly 40% of my old tank water and live rocks. And some from fellow reefers.

Cycling now.

[Ah-lim]

Simple sump.

Pretty obvious wats my next upgrade will be...........

Waiting to put in live sand, a bit lazy.......

Any fellow reefers will like to share their budget set up?

[cdckjn]

are your live rock (the tonga branches) glued/attached together else your fishes/hermit crabs will topple them when swim too close. then will fall on to the sides of the tank...ouch!

[Ah-lim]

are your live rock (the tonga branches) glued/attached together else your fishes/hermit crabs will topple them when swim too close.    then will fall on to the sides of the tank...ouch!

80% of the pieces are not glues together, some epoxy.

I also thought of that, so i kind of jam them together.

Nv use small piece though, now got alot, haha, dun know wat to do with them.....

Oh, the tonga are epoxy. I need more !

[Ah-lim]

Cycling with market prawn.

The smell......

Lots of bubble in the end....

[Ah-lim]

Got problem le, as shown in the water, the wool are submerge in the water. Used to trap solid waste, but feel that it is not very effective, as its in the water...

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

[jervismun]

Try not to have the filter floss soak in tank water... it's less effective that way

[Salty_Creature]

Use filter bag better? Can wash and use again also.. that way is more budget..

[BFG]

From the picture it is obvious you placed the light diffuser ( eggcrate ) at the wrong place. That white plastic thingy should be on top where it has a place to sit on. Then you placed the filter wool on that plastic thingy ( light diffuser or eggcrate ).

[Ah-lim]

From the picture it is obvious you placed the light diffuser ( eggcrate ) at the wrong place. That white plastic thingy should be on top where it has a place to sit on. Then you placed the filter wool on that plastic thingy ( light diffuser or eggcrate ).

Erika !

Idea. I know i muz have make a mistake somewhere.

I will shift the wool above to that thingie.

Thanks for pointing it out !

Salty: cannot lah, too much water, filter bag cannot take it...

[BFG]

Erika !

Idea. I know i muz have make a mistake somewhere.

I will shift the wool above to that thingie.

Thanks for pointing it out !

Salty: cannot lah, too much water, filter bag cannot take it...

Who is Erika? Certainly not me. Or you meant Eureka ?!?

[Ah-lim]

Who is Erika? Certainly not me. Or you meant Eureka ?!?

haha, definitely not u.....

[barnacle]

haha, definitely not u.....

u mean BFG name is eureka??

[Ah-lim]

noo noo noo.... hahaha.

oh, I need advice on a skimmer for 400 litres of water. Any suggestion?

Not too bulky like Beckette....

Any suggestions?

[space limitations]

[Ah-lim]

Add more stuff to my sump, Still looking for skimmer.

Haiz.

Added sand from my remote DSB, into "mobile tubberware" DSB

[Ah-lim]

Running 2 seio 1100.

Think a bit overkill.

Comments?

[MAG]

Running 2 seio 1100.

Think a bit overkill.

Comments?

hi ah lim.. so are you using distill h20?

hope you managed to get the contact...post more pic ok..

[Ah-lim]

Yo, i got the contact. Thanks x 100

Thinking of getting the RO water instead, same price. hehee !

How's ya tank?

Add any more fishes? Me count down 5 days, even though its 0, 0 and 10 nitrate.

[Ah-lim]

Some updates.

While deciding which skimmer to upgrade....

Did some mod on my macro...

Gutter mod from reefcentral.

[Ah-lim]

Before upgrade....

[Ah-lim]

After upgrade.

Added 2 layer of mesh.

However, got greedy, added 3 layer.

Efficiency reduce.

During testing....whole cannister with bubbles.

[Ah-lim]

More testing do be done to fine tune it.

Hopefully more time during weekend....

[Underwater]

Bro, what's the dimensions of yr tank...2 seio 1100...power!!

l like the "mobile tupperware" DSB concept, very interesting. If one day doesn't want the DSB or need to clean it, just lift the whole plastic tub up, no mess to the entire sump.

[Ah-lim]

Bro, what's the dimensions of yr tank...2 seio 1100...power!!

l like the "mobile tupperware" DSB concept, very interesting. If one day doesn't want the DSB or need to clean it, just lift the whole plastic tub up, no mess to the entire sump.

Tank is 3 ft x 1.5 x 2,5 ft tall.

Think 2 seio is a bit....heheee...but very little algae....thinking of using 1 seio 620 at the front and 1100 at the back though.

Yup yup, hence the mobile DSB, as might nned the space to put a biggger skimmer nxt time, the tubberwear is from daiso, juz nice, I think its 7 inch deep.