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Latifasciatus or Allardi? Actually it's listed latifasciatus, but i noob, cant find any difference from allardi..

I read of some darker variant of clownfish called "Mocha Clownfish". Clownfish experts can pls enlighten me if the pic shown below is a mocha clownfish and wat is a mocha clown? A dirty occellaris?

Jux returned. This week may go down and look at the clarion angel, hope it's still there.

Rare Chaetodon marleyi from Africa

bank x guyanensis

passer clarion hybrid.

Clarions, so good to see that it has becomes a regular import.... The price will slowly drop from now on..

One of the most unique angelfish!

Spending 1.2k on a 2" bandit that has a near 100% of survival is more worthwhile than spending $600 on a bigger bandit that is bound to wither away. I know of a reefer that has failed 4 times at larger bandits so in total has lost over 2k and not yet successful. However not many pple are willing to spend over 1k on one fish, pple are generally more willing to spend on corals than fishes. As such LFSs are more willing to bring in bigger bandits that will die than to bring in small bandits that adapt better. Bandits are so beatiful, but those 5 inches and above should be left in the ocean.

I did not see the clarions cos not in sg. But should be still v high. Maybe those who've asked can share the price here..

The 10k price tag is an exaggeration in RC. Since cortez marine brings in clippertions in bulk, it should be lower than 10k. But definitely the first batch's price will still be out of reach to many, but hopefully similar to clarions, after a few batches, the price will drop in time.

It'll be available from the same source as clarions. Whether we can see it here will it depends on whether steven is willing to bring in. The rocket high price will be a daunting factor though.

Your fish list is not hard to realise if u've the money for them. Bandit and Conspic are not difficult once they pass acclimation. Both bandit and conspic will prefer lower temp (preferably below 27) and for bandit try to get a 4 inches and below as big ones always perish. Goldflake is a really easy angel and is not rare compared to the others in your list, so if u looking for something rarer and obtainable, clipperton will be a possible choice as it'll be available sometime next year. Clarion i've no experience, but its a holacanthus, so it's an easy angel as well, hardy and aggressive and commands an enormous price tag. Adults are currently available at LCK i suppose.

I actually tot of trying it one last time, the hawaii ventralis. But after looking at the condition of the ventralis and the shocking price (7 blue notes for one), i gave up. Cant spend tat much on a fish that is dying!

How's everyone ventralis doing? Mine as mentioned b4 all died in less than a week. Weisheng, did u see the hawaii ventralis at LCK? Quite sad 2 out of 3 are breaking down already, one last one looks healthy but still too early to say that it can make it. Anyway got good size bandits available, your dream fish, can get now.

Good price for a good size. Those looking for bandit this is a size w higher chance of survival, grab it. V sad the ventralis are breaking down. Hope one of it can survive.

30 degree should be still ok. But these few months weather is cooler so if your tank is already 30-31, then during the hotter times, your tank temp is prob gg to shoot up to 33 and possibly higher. Lower temp (25-27 degree) benefits all fishes. Becos metabolic rate is lowered, higher dissolved oxygen level in the water, slow down spread of diseases and parasites like ich and velvet etc. However most fishes can survive (even long term) at high temp over 30 degree. So as long as u keep to hardy species with no low temp requirement, temporary surge of high temp is fine for FOWLR.

Is pinnacle the old pacific marine?

Carbon get rid of a whole range of impurities, both organic and inorganic. But for nitrate removal easiest is water change for a small system, so mux change water. Algae scrubber are good for bigger system and too much hassle for nano as no sump. Certain snails like the nassarius will forever be buried in sandbed foraging for food. I prefer hermit. Tank wall i can clean it myself.

I mentioned test the water parameters first, if everythings ok den can start slowly adding livestock, and add slowly. But well if not the cycling period has to extend, up to a month. I'm the more impatient kind, which is not a good example for new reefer. Try to get the highest quality live sand and live rocks possible, it helps in faster cycling and starting up of bacteria colony. It's not wise to save on this area as it's especially important for stability of such a small tank. Also try to get as much liverocks as possible. Anyway sand is not a mux. Water conditioner ae those those antichlorine bottles that can help remove the chlorine, chloramine, neutralise heavy metals etc. Go to any LFS and they'll be selling them, it should be cheap. If u dun keep sand, den no need snails. Hermits are enough. Snails are more for stirring the sandbed and grazing algae of the tank wall. Anyway there are many kinds of snails, astraea, turbo, trochus etc, but any kind also doesn't matter. jux get 2-3 small ones. Big tank also a lot of hard work because we tend to overstock and also mux keep up with water change, and bigger the tank, more laborious the water change is. Also the chiller, the skimmer, the bigger pumps and better lights etc can be v costly (thousands of dollars for good brands) and constitute to high electricity bill. So cheaper maintainance of a nano is a pro. For a nano, the biggest challenge will be good discipline in stocking. There'll be many beautiful fishes and corals u've to learn to resist their temptation as they are jux not suitable to be in a nano. Other than that if u keep to a low bioload, good quality liverocks etc the system can be v easy to maintain. Actually how much and requent water change depends on the parameters of the tank. If u've good discipline, water change can also be quite slack. So all in all, u need to test the parameters of your tank frequently, parameters for small tank fluctuates more than big tanks, and that's a con.

And to answer 2 of your qns, 1) No need to add any additives if u do 20% water change weekly. 2) No need to feed your corals. When u feed your fishes food like mysis, your corals will also benefit from the fish food, so there's no need for specific feedings to corals unless u keep difficult non-photosynthetic corals (meaning corals that don't require light).

Welcome. There's a saying, for marine aquariums starting with a bigger gallon tank is better than a small one, it's true 10 yrs ago but not so true now. With so much advances and more understandings of this hobby compared to when i started many years back, there are many successful nano tanks (Check out the Members tank and specs thread) now and in fact there are more pros than cons of keeping a nano compared to a bigger tank. It's more manageable (in terms of the amount of liverocks, sand etc) and most importantly as u mentioned, no space constraints.There's no need to make things complicated. Step 1 fill your tank with dechlorinated tap water (no need to buy seawater or mineral water so troublesome, jux use tapwater and water conditioner). Step 2 add in salt and aerate for one day checking the required salinity. Step 3 add in sand and live rocks. Step 4 get a hang-on filter with carbon filtration. Let everything run and cycle for 2 weeks den check ammonia and nitrate. If the parameters are ok den u can start adding livestock. Fishes - keep to nano gobies and firefish will be the best. Clownfish and damsels can be v aggressive in a small tank so not a good choice. Some species of dwarf angels and cardinals can be suitable. Inverts - Hermit crabs, snails and some nano-shrimps. I discourage cleaner shrimp since they can get quite big, peppermint shrimps will be a better option. Corals - Because u hav no chiller and strong light, keep to soft corals, a few simple LPS can also do fine so research b4 u buy. For such a small tank no need skimmer. Jux do weekly water change. U can prepare your own and store a pail of seawater for water change from salt mix, add conditioner and aerate for few days and it's ready for use. No need to buy seawater or mineral water la so troublesome, i know some pple may disagree w me, but tat's my own practice which u can choose not to follow. Tat said it's also one of my dream to have a nice nano tank one day. Wish u success.

Tks for the tips, but dun think i'll carry it out as too much trouble. Fishes with buoyancy problem almost 100% will die on me, and the deepwater lios collected from Bali are not handled well and all seem very prone to this problem. I'll stop trying if this one shows the same problem again. Normally they dun show any signs of decompresion sickness. They can be eating and swimming v well at the LFS and in my tank and after a week or two it'll one day suddenly lose its balance and after that i can only watch it struggle with a bloated belly and slowly wear out. There's a big 5 inches at Reborn which already shows the sign of swimming head down. Smaller specimen decompress better, but mine is not small, so the hope is low.

Oh reli, thanks for the info. Pinnacle is new and i've not visited it before. Good next time can see if they carry any unique maze.

Ok this is my third attempt on this rare bali deepwater liopropoma. Let's hope this time no more buoyancy problems! L.Latifasciatum