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Lying eggs, Keep an eye on it, it will die soon after they lay eggs, not sure if true anot as I have not kept seahare that laid eggs before...

Actually I dun get it, Isn't it just two tank connected together?

Interesting fish..

Is this the first time changing.. From my knowledge, you are supposed to "flush" the new resin for 15 to 30 mins.. then you test the Tds..

Looks Goniopora..

I am still wondering how you going to get the solid acetic acids and testing the stability of the vinegar against oxidation during storage... Ascorbic acid will turn brown from my experience... I believe the two things you are talking about is using zeolite and using biopellets??? From your description, it fits nicely..

I dun think there is leeching involved in the usage of biopellets, The bacteria colonises the bp and feeds on the bp and the tumbling will cause some of the bacteria to be discharged from the reactor and into the tank... I believe it should work but hopefully this time without any livestocks.. lol.. Actually the bp reactor outlet is to placed at the inlet of the skimmer to get maximum results...

Yes, I know that the zoos and public aquarium do experiement but they have professional in the related field doing so... The dosage is indicated on the bottle, Many ramp up the dosing is becos they dun understand the implication of overdosage, it is the same as having overdosage of medications.. I am saying the white mouses are bred for the purpose of doing experiment and not obtained from the wild and not talking about the trait of the mouse... It is all up to you if you want to experiment with your fishes that you spent so much time to raise... Many do that by separating the spawn to see which food is best for growth and coloration, done that with my betta spawn before.. There is still a lot of controversies with using of animal for experiment... Yup, I admit that I do buy weird fishes and try to keep them alive, but I am not doing anything special to the water... They are difficult mainly due to the feeding problem... It is more of trying to get a diet that they eat in the wild.. And have done research on the fishes, that I want to buy if not much information is given, I will try to avoid that fish.. I believe it is the same as fw fishes, not all fishes adapt to dry food and etc... Just that Fw is easier to breed... I know but if all the experiment that you want to do can be done before starting the main tank, it would not cause any death of anything. I know most are still dumped in landfill and incinerated, not sure about liquid waste but I know some reefs are due to waste dumped into river and it goes all the way down to ocean, causing bleaching of the coastal barrier reefs.. Haha, no lar, you sounds like getting a nano is better than getting a huge tank.. lol.. Yes, but FYI most of the aquarist overseas are holding doctorate, phD or some related background when they are doing these experiments and they have support and backup from institution, and yes some are not professional... I agree a lot is still not known to a lot of marine biologist and scientist... But the point is if they cant even figure out what is going on, you think we can esp we are not equip-ed with all the knowledge and resources.. If there is not enough research and case studies, there will not be reefers keeping sps for years and not even using the latest technology and equipment.. I am just adding permits in the list as some research requires permit to carry out, not saying all.. Like what you said.. But hard corals and clams are under cites... Most of the aquarists that started all these have marine biology or some scientific background and not just average aquarist... Actually they are more concern to aquaculture of food fish than ornamental, the funding are given to food fish aquaculture than ornamental aquaculture, same as singapore government... I dun really think there are much flows with aquarist and researcher unless you are close with the researcher and have access to their research paper or you are willing to spend money to buy the papers.. Biopellets is proven to work from the results, that is when they started to sell like hotcakes... The reseachers are not there to prove if it works, they are to test for the effectiveness..

The increase in cyanobacteria is becos the cyanobacteria are feeding off the carbon source from bp..The biopellet will not leech any thing back into the tank, it will just melt even if it escape into the main tank.. It is still the same even you try to dry the vinegar, have to do something about the hydrogen bond if not wrong, I dunno if even we can get the equipment without a lab environment... I dunno what are you trying to test here, carbon dosing does not have binding effects on the water parameter, the bacteria make use of the carbon source with the Nitrate and Phosphates, that is why the Nitrate and Phosphate will reduce.. If I am not mistaken from my knowledge, polymer laden water will be able to bind dirt and particles and thus will be skimmed out easily by skimmer..

Every tank is an experiment? Then a public aquarium or a zoo enclosure would be also an experiment and should be closed down in your perspective... Water change and adding additives is to replace and replenish the elements that are used up by the corals and fishes in the tank, NOT doing these you are causing stress and torturing the corals becos the lack of elements and non-ideal water parameter... All sorts of elements are found in seawater(Exception of medication), even copper, so basically there is nothing on the market that is not found in seawater and all these products have been in the market for years, so they not good and causing problems to home aquaria, I highly doubt so as if that is the case, they would not be in the market for so long.. As for corals, I am not a expert to say they have or dun have sensory nerves, but they close due to a lot of factors, stress, protection(a lot close becos of predator, it is a reflex action), lighting and etc,, I dun think most of the corals withdraw their polyps due to feeling pain, it is more of a survival instinct.. Conducting experiment is good but the point is removing the use of living things, you are using living things as experiments and these fishes and corals are not bred for that purpose, unlike white mouses which are bred for experiment purposes... I agree that everytime you buy a fish or corals, it is an experiment but if you have done enough research, you would know what fishes that you have bought and how to care for it and whether it is compatible in your tank... I admit I always buy weird fishes that are difficult to get feeding and some i managed to keep alive and some died but there are previous evidences and sources that show success... Your results can be tested in a bare tank with no fishes and corals, with the use of monitors and testkits... Captive breeding, that is for good causes and undeniably for profit, the deaths of the spawns has got nothing to do with environment, If there is no captive breeding and no aquaculture, the reefs will be more in risk in the future as the captive breeding is showing very good progression... I dunno where you got the idea that all the fish food and corals foods that we used, the manufacturers are ditching waste into the sea, we have no ideas of what they are doing unless you are working there and you have evidences.. You are contradicting yourself in your last paragraph, you feel that a huge tank is in a wrong place on land, but your nano is not??? For your information a bigger tank is easier to maintain than a nano tank.. Everyone in the world that is keeping pets are destroying the ecology in some way, but what is different is what ppl do to give the best for their pets and not experimenting with them. There are enough research and cases studies out there that can give you enough for keeping a decent tank without having to experiment anything.. We are not professional scientist or researcher, we dun have the necessary equipments, permits, research papers and experiences to do all these, even if we can see some results, it is not even considered valid and there are a lot of things that are left unexplained...

It all depends on the coral reaction to the bacteria bloom, there is nothing such as compatible or not, or if your meaning of compatible is some corals can tolerate or some species cannot tolerate, then there is... Using BP in nano tank will not have adverse effects on the bacteria count as it is still isolated in the reactor and the increase in a steadily increase depends on your flowrate, if you are talking about the pellets that go into your tank, as long as there is flow, the pellet will melt as the bacteria uses them up..

It is still carbon dosing, be it citric acid, vinegar or vodka... Bro, no offences, I said it is the acid that have ph as low as 2 not the water after you have added... It is too complication calculation for me... Not a maths person.. But I remembered if calculated in log base of 10 so if you dilute it to 0.005%, it is might still cause some changes in a small volume in your case... Maybe I should say oxidation/reduction of Vitamin C in water as water is a catalyst of oxidation becos they contain oxygen molecules that will cause oxidation of the vitamin C, and Vitamin C oxide readily when in contact with air, the lemon and orange internal are not in contact with air, but it is shown that if the juice is stored at 4 C it can be stored up to 4 weeks before it loses all the vitamin nutrients. As for affecting the part after being oxided, It is not as reactive but the oxidation is progressive as when you dose in the first few hours the pH might still be low... I used to read that they say that most in normal temperature, within 8 hours, it would be used up by the bacteria in your tank..I guess it is supported by bacteria count... Murky water doesnt always mean the bacteria concentration is high, it might be due to sediment and other particulate.. I dunno about the bacteria count in sewage water but one thing is certain, there are bad bacteria and pathogen inside... The one we are promoting for nutrient reducing are the denitrifying bacterias which use be able to use carbon in conjunction with nitrate and phosphate... As for science, taken from a quote I heard from a recent science seminar that I attended, If we are able to find novel discoveries in our hobby/classroom (in my context), where the scientist took a life time to discover, that would bring shame to the scientist who spent a lifetime and we just found out thru being passionate about our hobby and teaching students. And there is many other ways of doing the experiements without the usage of lifeforms exception of bacteria and micro-organism.. There are testkit out there that you can use to test for the different outcomes, pH and etc... You still can monitor the changes in the parameters... No fishes and corals involved, only LR and cycled water.. Yes, I know, it is a known knowledge to all that dosing sodium ascorbate increase the salinity overtime, but if you doing water change and top up weekly it is difficult not to detect any changes in the salinity, some that blindly follow others might not know this.. Ya, I know, it will help to find the exact cause but if it can be done in another way instead of this way, it would be better right... If you want to check how long can a person survive smoking, would you get a baby to start smoking and see how long they live, not all experiment require a live organism to conduct, yes, some inevitable we have to use live organism such as mouse and etc.. And all the data that we get as from how long a person can live with smoking daily, is all based on past cases and studies, are you saying all these are not accurate and we should try it on a human to be accurate? That is the same as what you are doing, with all the past experiment and research, be it accompanied by professional equipment or not, there are several result already... But there are results already, becos it is not a very important or breakthrough technology, scientist are not keen in going thru all the trouble of getting all the equipment, just to find out something that trivial as what happens to the organism if something is dosed into a tank. Ants based it on their instinct, they are born to do that instinctively, we have a working mind, we no need to go down all the paths that others have gone down and shown results, failure or success.. Taking reference from them is enough to keep a decent tank... Actually very subjective if they are stressed out or not, LOL, I once told my fren, I think my fishes are quite happy as they get food and interaction in the tank, but they could be more happy in the wild... Subjective? It all depends on how the fish takes it, some might be able to tolerate it, some will just flip at the slightest change.. Becos I think you dosed by dripping the increase of the bacteria not a sudden increase, so the water is still clear and not much skimmate as the die off and waste is not a mass one.. If you dose one shot, you should see the effect on the tank water(first few rounds) and the skimmate.. Not photosynthetic corals, love the increase in bacterias, so they are not really affect.. Think coraline not that sensitive..

Bro, I know you are trying to find out but there is another way of doing research without involving actual hands-on and risking the lives of your fishes,, Not saying I have not killed anything but before you do any hands-on there must be ample research by asking or looking for information before you try it out as other might have done it before and failed, you are just going down the same road.. For this specific "Experiment" that you have done, have been done before.. And it is being discussed before, if you done enough searching you should find it.. As I have tried it too, but due to the facts that time I was not made known, I did carbon dosing on my nano and the fishes reacted very badly to it, even the corals are stressed.. Due to the sudden increase in the bacteria count and the reduction of the oxygen and DOC for the bacteria usage and becos of the low water volume, the bacteria count will drastically drop becos there is a certain 'Limit' to the amount of bacteria the water column can hold and thus the spike in ammonia and nitrite and the corals will be the first to be affected as some fishes can tolerate small ammonia spikes.. And you are using unstable acetic/citric acid as your carbon dosing, they are having extremely low ph as low as 2 and dosing it even in small amount will have drastic effect on the ph in small water volume as the ph is calculated exponentially..That is another cause for the death of your corals. And I dunno if you have read, Vitamin C will degrade as soon as it comes into contact with water without any preservatives, so dosing it over 12 hours, it is not doing anything other than reducing your water ph. It is possible to do carbon dosing in Nano tank but the dosage must be very precise and only the usage of Stable Asborcate Sodium not Ascorbic Acid... I have done for a subsequent nano tank, the dosing is as precise as a few gram only..

Astrea starfish

Really beautiful!!! Yup, it is also called a pale lip tang... It is one of the more timid tang, I have kept so far... It is hiding under my pump and pipe for the whole day.. Feeding very cautiously... Think it will get bolder as time pass..

Damn bright.. Wheres's the princesses??

And I can tell you your maintenance cost will kill you becos the chiller is under power, and all the jebo equipments are running extra watts for undesirable results... it is better to spend on the initial setup.than to spend on the maintenance cost..

Not to be a wet blanket, a 6mm 3ft will start to warp within a year if there bracing is not done properly, or there is no bracing..

Sand is new too, I presume.. With the old rock and "new" rock (which presume is uncured), there is no way it can be cycled in 1 week ogre a few days.. Even with cured Liverocks, live sand, it took me 2-3 week to get my ANN all to desired parameter which is 0 for ammonia and nitrite and nitrate should be more than 20..

It is still happening now, just that it is not that obvious but if you go LFS during weekends you will still see newbies buying fishes and corals that are impossible to keep alive or on the expert list..

Shouldnt be the case, you should have put carbon once you noticed something wrong.. The AT was quite long liao if not wrong..

Dun want...

Too deep liao lor.. But I got a group of flashlight fishes...

Dwarf Scorpionfish (Feeding on Mysis) Two Flying Gurnard (Feeding on Mysis)

LOL!!!