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Alteco $2.00 for 3g Loctite $2.50 for 3g 3M $3.70 for 4g (2 tubes of 2g) Selleys $3.15 for 3g

Home Fix DIY got tonnes of super glue gel. Loctite is back (after disappearing for sometime) with new packing, also got Selleys, 3M, Alteco..........

Aiyo a small frag won't die one lah. Bro, go back there again this weekend. I can't sleep already hearing Superman monti available.

OIC it now when I compare with the zoos at the top corner of your pix. I saw the polyp so big, I stun a while. Very macro shot eh?

Bro, this is nice What is it ? Monti verrucosa? Undata? Leng Sy????? BTW how come your photos so blue ah?

I know the ID. Its Acropora Passmeafragensis. That's a gorgeous piece, weileong.

You using new pump? Sometime the pump also got oil.

Congrats bro. Good choice! Now can sleep better right?? RAV, I heard you are going the same direction also???

Hi all, I don't mean to be long-winded lah (post everywhere also talk about water change ) but frequent water change is the way to go. Weekly is excellent, why not? Even every 4 days, like what RAV-65 mentioned, when you have problems. No matter how small the quantity you change, it will help in replenishing the good and diluting the bad. If ever you redesign a new tank, always consider it for the ease to do water change like incorporating drain off valves and easier top up mechanism, especially for big tanks. The easier water change is done the more encouraged you are to do water change. So this weekend being a long weekend, get off your butt and do the long awaited water change. And use the correct type of water, RO/DI or distilled is recommended.

Bro you think I running factory at home ah? Normal usage about 250. Fish tank I estimate about 150 to 200. Now my PUB bills averagely about 420. It is that one month that went to 650 because of the chiller. Since changed for a year already, the bills has been quite constant.

Different chiller the hp rating not consistent. When I started my tank, I use one local product chiller called Eido. Rating 1.25hp That time I running 2x150W only. Thought sure super efficient and over kill one. 1.25 hp what for a 3.5 feet tank. Then I find the chiller (with a built in pump) runs for a long time, about 1.5 hours to cool 1 degree. So thought maybe normal. Then........I upgrade to 2x250 and 1x150, the bloody chiller run non-stop when my lights are on. Worse still found out the supplier went bust and nobody to service the chiller. That month my PUB bill went to 650 bucks . So hp rating doesn't guarantee performance!!!!

Bro how many blue stag frag you wanna buy????

Looking good bro. Nice acans as well. You've been busy at Iwarna I see That reddish piece (last post on the previous page) is a micromussa.

Change the chiller. Don't trial and error when come to chiller. 2 to 3 hours of high temperature and you can say bye bye to your SPS. We have spent too much money on stocking than to ignore the defect in a chiller.

I'm changing 5% everyweek and I find that it is good enough. I have a 100 gallon tank so 5 gallon water change every week using the red pail. Stop the skimmer and let the excess water flow into the sump and just suck from the sump or the main tank. I don't switch off any of my return pumps, so no problem with forgetting to on chiller later. Clean the skimmer cup and off we go. However reefers with bigger tanks or very small sump will have problem doing it this way. You will have no choice but to switch of your pumps. If you change 5% only, you must be hardworking and change every week in order for the water change to be effective. Cannot skive. Run a good skimmer, suitable in comparison with your livestock. You don't have to overkill your skimmer if your LS do not need such low nutrient water. I feel that water change is more for replenishing the trace elements on top of reducing NO3, PO4 etc. I have undetectable NO3 and PO4 but still do weekly water change to replenish the trace elements. Major elements such as Ca, Mg and Alk need weekly monitoring, sometimes water change not enough to replenish them so dosing or a well tuned CR is required. Also suggest test your major elements weekly. Use RO/DI or distilled water for water change so as not to introduce unwanted components into your tank. Untreated tap water can be troublesome.

I second and fully support what typrobin has posted. I'm one of the 2 so far that voted the last option (water change) in the poll.

All frags reserved. Those who are confirmed would have receive my PMs. Thanks/ Will have more to frag very soon.

You don't qualify..... Get your company to post you here long term so you can set up a tank here. Then you'll qualify.....

Got 3 frags of the following Blue Staghorn for sale coz it's getting too big. Minimum 2 inch frag with multiple growth tips. Will frag from the bottom left hand portion as it is starting to shade my other corals below. Those with multiple growth tips. Each frag $25. Please reply via PM. Not on a first come first serve.

2 months' growth of my monti digis Feb 2005 Apr 2005

Monti digi

Efflo

Pink stylo

Yellowtip birdnest

Tricolour