Achilles Tang

Alright... take it slow. Bad things only happen fast in a reef tank! We'll be here if you need tips and advice! AT

Hope you'll be patient to let your skills and your tank mature first before you attempt SPS. It's not as straightforward & easy for beginners, I can tell you that. They need a LOT of dedication and care. So are you intending to upgrade more of your equipment? AT

Not yet. My single beckett is still able to cope actually!

Within 10 secs, it should set. So what method are you going to use?

If anyone wants to give away this kind of Xenia, pls put me at the top of the list!

LOL! Marineman, trying your luck?

The tempered glass would further cut down the UV from the already shielded SE bulb. But by how much, I don't know.

Don't waste the pump by teeing off back into the sump. You can always tee off a few pipes to run a calcium reactor, a skimmer, or even a gravity-flow back refugium. Alternatively, you can increase the size of your overflow pipes so water is returned back quickly into the sump, equalizing the water flowthru volume rate.

LOL! This is the 3rd new thread on my RC TOTM award!

Alvyswirl coming soon?

Bootie = ######. Are you meaning this?

A search on keyword 'nori' and you'll get results like this thread!

No no... not food shredder!!! You will have a purple paste instead!! Just take a bowl and use scissors to cut into tiny shreds. You'll get bruised fingers but I guarantee they will gulp it down without spitting them out if they are too long. ps - you need to soak them in a 'vitamin liquid' like Zoecon or just add a bit of tank water in the container and add garlic extract or Selco to the mix. You have to make sure the nori bits are all soaked thoroughly or they will float when released into your tank!

I shred my nori to tiny bite size pieces so everyone, including my firefish and anthias can swallow them with no problems. My PBT and AT both demand for bite-size nori bits too... spoilt brats! Only my Sailfin Tang doesn't mind chewing a long strand of nori for a few seconds.

I just let them slug them out. The PBT is small, the AT's much larger. The odds are in the AT's favour. He's eating like a pig now... and I'm sure he's going to overcome his ich in no time. AT

Nice reefscape!

Just 24hrs difference from yesterday and I can tell that my AT is now the new King of the Tank! My little bully PBT is now 2nd in command and can only bully the Foxface! My Sailfin is contented to be Queen. My AT is constantly out and about and is fearless of the PBT and me. I'm feeding him as much as I can now with Nori! He's beautiful!! Too bad I dun have a digicam with me now!

I suggest you do it extremely carefully as sand grains can irritate corals. I suggest washing the 'old' sand from your old tank in aged saltwater instead to preserve the bacterial life on the old sand. (unless its sand that has been taken out already for some time).

Can I change the topic title? Its rather misleading...

Huh? They don't allow outside linking from RC? Hmmm... here it is again.... from my own server.

These corals can grow very very fast when they are settled down! My brown birdsnest frag also grew in spurts but the day it truly exploded in size, it also changed colour to light pink! I have mine directly under a 400w 6500k bulb.

Hard or soft?

Hmmm.... you ought to sell both. The blue MH bulbs not only serve to blend with the lower k bulbs for a whiter look but on their own, can also induce nicer colours to 'pop' from certain corals. They do cause corals to flourescence.... so it does give a bit of 'actinic'-like effect to the reef tank. I like the look of my tank with just Blue MH bulbs... certain colours jump out very well!

Not entirely true. Photosynthesis happens in the lower spectrum ranges as well. If going by this assumption, there is no logic why a 6500k bulb will induce faster coral growth vs a 20k bulb as there is as much blue light coming from a 6500k (just that we don't perceive it because of the stronger red, yellow & green spectral spikes). Some corals do utilize different spectrums of light for photosynthesis and not just the 420 to 450nm spectrum. Full spectrum bulbs are the best, unfortunately, they look awful to our human eyes.

Indeed, it has.... Smuggling in the outskirts of the universe is not as easy as it use to be.... How's it going, Archie? I see you have collected quite a stable of posters here. Good on ya, bud Where's that Spider kid that shares my twisted/warped sense of humour? BTW, (always wanted to post this sign-bearing dude)