Achilles Tang

Yeah... AB Aqualine aquasunlight pendant... 2 x 150watt HQI, 2 x Actinic FL, 1 moonlight.

Gotcha!!! Spotted this in my tank tonight.... a saltwater croc aka harmless house lizard! Hahaha! Man... I must be bored. Now someone tell me how to tell lizards that fishtanks are prohibited zones?

Actually, I think they are doing fine. I have one piece that was just purple in colour (got it a couple of years ago when I thought that was the finest clam I saw in LFS... lol!)... now it is beginning to colour up with some green! And on the sand too!... Don't underestimate the power of HQI bulbs... Reefers have been keeping acros with 150 watt HQIs with no probs. Anyway, once my 400 watt MH goes up, they will benefit from it.

Silicon doesn't bond very well with Acrylic. Building such a sump with a lot of water could be catastrophic. You have to get Acrylic solvent to melt and bond the pieces together permanently. 3mm acrylic is too thin... IMO. You'll see it bowing. You better ask Morgan's advise... he has experience with DIY acrylic stuff.

Cool! Sure! You coming for the party? Pls rsvp in that thread.

The best algae that has been getting rave reviews is Chaetomorpha. I used to think they were hair algae and threw them away a long time ago! Chaetomorpha apparently doesn't bleach at all... and are good nutrient uptakers. I hear they require good light or they won't grow much.

I'll be DIYing a 400watt Radium to add on to my existing light pendant just for my acropora corner... that is... when I can justify it when I get some good specimens. Acropora frag contributions will be appreciated!

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BlueTerror.. if the LR is too big, you can use dynamite. Yes, of course you can! Wedgee.... I am planning to aquascape my refugium ala my old FW planted tank! Heh... Achilles Amana will be publishing his book soon!

Just a little teaser for those who are coming to my place for the SRC gathering/tank warming party on 14 Dec! Here's my 2 x 2 x 1.5 refugium/sea-horse tank! Front View: Back View: My yellow seahorse: Another view of my seahorse: Centre-view of my tank!:

Bro, It's ok! There will always be a majority who are 'lurkers'... who prefer to search for information and don't really post much or at all... simply because: 1. They are shy 2. They are newbies and don't have much to 'contribute' (yet) 3. They are afraid of being flamed (as the culture is in USA-based RC) I must confess that I am a lurker in RC coz of a flaming incident before. I think it's fine to be very opinionated and verbal like the westerners but some of them can be ridiculously stubborn and one-tracked. To those who feel that the above points are true... rest assured, that I intend to make SRC a place where you can be free to ask as many questions as possible to the point of irritation and then get ignored! (heh heh! Seriously, some of us need to do some reading & research first before asking... too many repetitive questions that has been answered before can get on one's nerves).... and don't be afraid to show off your tanks, ask for advice, share your experiences becoz.... THIS IS A REEF CLUB AIMED AT BRINGING MARINE REEF HOBBYISTS OF ALL AGES, EXPERIENCES AND BACKGROUNDS TOGETHER TO LEARN, SHARE AND TEACH ONE ANOTHER SO WE CAN ALL ADVANCE AND BENEFIT TOGETHER! I also promise that this Club will have an Asian culture - for Asian hobbyists... and we will have our common traits of grace, respect and courtesy to each other ie. no excessive flaming & back-biting, shown in our interaction. As far as I can tell... the Club is heading in a right direction. Most of the hobbyists I meet are nice decent people! AT

My razorfishes during feeding time. They love feasting on newly hatched BBS!

A seahorse tank should be 'quiet'... no boisterious aggressive fishes that will outcompete them for food or may attack them. Damsels, clownfishes AND triggers are a no-no. They should be housed with similar fishes like razorfishes, pipefishes, mandarin fishes, dragonets with similar feeding habits. Basically peaceful tankmates. I am keeping seahorses, razorfishes and soon, pipefishes in my refugium which is 2ft x 2ft x 1.5ft filled with macroalgae and thousands of pods. I am feeding them with newly hatched BBS everyday. It's a lot of work but that's the way to keep them alive. You should research more about seahorses and similar fishes for their husbandry and feeding habits.

As with all livestock, they require good water conditions and lighting. I don't believe they are that delicate though. I used to keep about 4 anemones in my old tank from small till giant sized. In the end, I have to get rid of them because they disturbed my corals and one of them is a fish-eater. They will find the right spot in your tank, meaning the lighting, water current and space to retreat in is the best for them. They won't go where you want them to go and won't stay where you want them to stay.

They are supposed to be in a dormant state.

Books on aquascaping? ... if you are looking for a similar Takashi Amano version for marine tanks.. I am sorry there is none. You can search through ReefCentral.com for reef racks or LR supports. There are some aquarists who have DIY such things in place of base rock. I am personally using PVC for my reef racks. You can check my new tank thread, I have some photos there. AT

Near AZ building.

*** REMINDER!!! *** RSVP-SRC x'mas gathering/tankwarming!!! I need to know who is confirmed coming or not coming and for drop-in visit only or those who are coming later in the evening for our SRC X'mas gathering ###### potluck dinner!!! Hurry, pls revert coz I need to estimate the F&B for that nite! More details here: http://www.sgreefclub.com/forums/index.php...t=15entry6969 And I will be updating the guestlist... when you revert. THANKS!!!!

Depending on species.... some fishes don't survive the stress of such dips like tangs.

Click and download this.. http://www.sgreefclub.com/reefpix/mvi_5833.avi Sorry... but it's a big file... just click and wait for the download to finish... it's worth it!

Hi Devil, I personally dun fancy IRC, as least whatever is posted here and be used as references... you don't get that with IRC. Sometimes, you can see people in the chatroom but they are not at the terminal... it becomes frustrating at times... My 2 cents... but if there is a lot of demand...well, I'll look into it...

They are mostly coral/sponge eaters. A few eat macroalgae but these are commonly found only in such habitats. I think they are really fascinating creatures. I have a video of one in my refugium swimming around... really cool! I'll post it soon.

bryopsis. Considered a nuisance algae. LFS love to sell these! If it becomes too much of a pest... you can get a rabbitfish/foxface to eat them. I think they are the only fish that will dare touch these! If they are in your sump, you can keep them for nutrient uptake... just be careful they don't overrun your main tank.

Depends on species... some climb up glass or LR and extend their feeding tentacles to catch things that float by to eat. Some spend most of the time on the sand like the black ones.