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To be honest, when I first received Gouldian's invitation for the nano competition, I straight away said NO to him, In my mind it's just impossible for my to start another nano tank with my current new 6ft reef tank still doing fine tuning. Further more, been a slow learner like me, my standard of reefing will never qualify in any competition like this. But after listening to some encouragement from a friend in SRC, my self-confidence increase and finally decided to take part. Well, It really not so much to win a prize but to have fun and make more friends with the same hobby. Here, I want to give special thanks to the organizer who spend so much time in planning this competition, also giving the participants at least two months in advance to do the preparation, I can say is more than enough actually. So, I think is good for me to give some thoughts start from today as well as set-up a thread like this to record down my idea and journey in this competition. Thanks for reading and I shall continue the next page tomorrow.

Joining the fun!! Being fairly new to the club, hope we can make more reefing buddies during this comp!! Here goes! Theme: To set-up a sustainable salt-water aquarium based on the equipment above. Well to achieve a low-cost nano setup , with minimal effort in maintenance yet achieving the beautiful aspects of a reef tank.. hmm after much thinking, there seems to be viable options in achieving our theme. Looking ahead, we strive to create a eco-system capable of sustaining itself. We took into account that we wouldn't compromise on the aesthetics. Therefore, aside from adapting to the main theme of creating sustainability, we would like to take a different and creative approach. One that we seldom see, or at least to us. So.. here goes. Sub theme: Christmas Tree As Christmas falls on the same month, we decided to add a little tinge of festivity into the creation of this reef tank. While the Christmas Tree coral comes to our mind the moment we think of Christmas, we decided it would be a tad too cliche in filling the tank with such corals. With that aside, we thought hard and thought again. *drum roll* - Tube Worms AKA Feather Dusters, will be the main actor of our setup (as of now)! These underrated invertebrates have often been overseen by many reefers (from my observation). However, they are in fact one of the most beautiful species in the marine reef. Their variation of colors which Tube Worms offer is one of a kind! However, such vibrant-colored tube worms are hard to come by. The very reason why we decided to use Tube Worms in the tank is very simple. Aside from providing aesthetics to the tank, they are natural filters for water. They are very hardy and able to survive in the harshest of conditions you can imagine and virtually in any lighting conditions. Cheap, colorful, hardy and peaceful towards other inhabitants of the reef tank, these forgiving fan worms are perfect for beginners. I, myself am a sucker for Tube Worms! gonna be a challenge on scaping to replicate e tree.. still thinking of other casts and calefares to fit this theme..TBC

Ussualy people will run QT bare btm without rocks (unless cured), the use pipings or stuff to made the hidings.. if it was me, I wont use LR.. NSW, Im really not sure... Its just possible, in my theory, if parasites like ich which cannot be seen and are free flowing, there might be ich in NSW..

Hi ryanlio, thanks for the info which will come in useful when I embark on my maiden project. Looking forward to seeing further updates from you. Cheers,

Wow! U dun even need to frag it urself bro. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk