terryansimon

me? harsh? I'm just blunt. (= I'm sorry if I appear to be blunt, but that is just me. anybody can testify to it. (=

why are you so uptight over whether your macroalgae is doing well or not? if they aren't doing well, it could be due to the lack of NO3 to fuel their growth *which is good!*, lack of adequate lighting *not that it really matters*, or simply bad water chemistry that we may not know of *uh-oh*. unless you are going for a marine planted tank, I don't see why you should engage yourself in a philosophical quip about whether injecting CO2 is good for macroalgae growth, when it has been shown without a shadow of a doubt that it may do more harm to your tank and your pockets. PS by shown I mean from what the other reefers have mentioned in the posts prior to mine.

okay. I'll update the list accordingly. but I wouldn't take the deposit from you first as I may not be sure that they are still alive. they like to hide in my liverocks. a lot. have to fish them out when I take out my liverocks. (=

the wise chevron has spoken. (=

seamonkee.... heyyyy, can you get back to me ASAP? tried sending a few PMs but to no avail. thanks a bunch.

no leh. my water doesn't appear yellowish to me. either that, or my eyes are really playing tricks on me.

heard of photosynthesis? they require more than CO2 my dear friend. why do you think we put lights in the refugium, instead of CO2 bubble dispensers...or whatever you call that gizmo. (= I don't bother pumping in CO2 simply because it's a waste of money and time. and besides, my macroalgae grow quite well thank you very much, even without additional CO2. why? that is because I have a high nutrient tank, and high nutrient = NO3. since NO3 is required for the growth of all plant forms, including macroalgae, my macroalgae blooms as a result. when I mean bloom, they really bloom. like wildfire. (=

the dottybacks are definitely smaller than 3 inches I think. in fact, they can't grow that big, can they? as for the grey fox face, I think it's way bigger than 3 inches. I think so lah.

it is blue in colour. the colouring that is. as in, the outline lah. not the whole shrimp. (=

you know what? I never bothered rinsing my media, even though I'm using FR. I just let the blown effluent go all over the tank, and after 10 minutes, it'll settle down on its own. and so far, I have no seen any far reaching consequences as a direct result of my sheer laziness to wash the media. (=

would you want your tank to suffer from low pH, and have all fish die/get stressed as a result and have a nice garden of macroalgae to boast about? or would you rather let your CO2 levels be natural, let them macroalgae grow naturally, and have happy and healthy fishes who live in ideal pH ranges?

dude. if you want good sound quality, you shouldn't even be listening to MP3s in the first place. a true blue audiophile will tell you to bug off if you tell him that his masterpiece orchestral arranged soundtrack sounded good on an iPod/any other MP3 device. iRiver/Zen/what other funky names, not even the iPod can recreate the audio environments that a true blue audiophile seeks. you shouldn't even be listening to CDs! try vinyl instead. it'll be quite cool to see you carry a vinyl player. (= not to mention the plethora of third party accessories available for the iPod. what does the iRiver have that the iPod cannot offer? it's always a situational compromise when it comes to such players. you either have aesthetics and pathetic SQ, or SQ that causes huge stimulations to audiophiles and aesthetic designs from the 1920s? Apple has managed to achieve a fine balance on both aesthetics and SQ, although I must say it's design leans heavily in favour to the aesthetic side of the story. by the way, I don't think testing out Sound Quality is done via blasting a song at high volume. if that is the case, am I right to assume that all the ah beng vans with huge sound boxes have good sound quality? since all the music they play sound better loud than when played softly. and nobody in his sane mind would play anything that requires you to be plugged into the ear at maximum volume, or anywhere near it. and PS. Apple actually has a specific lab that does research and development and designs for the iPod. if you ask me, that beats the pants down any Korean designer. not shooting you down. just a very passionate defence from a person who has tried out players before settling down with the iPod. and not regretting a single minute of it. (= anyway, when will the mass order be carried out? as in, when will we get the stuff? I'm interested in getting an iPod mini for a friend...and if saving up to $50 means waiting for three months, I'd rather go spend the $50. eh but wait for a while, coz there is a major Apple Convention somewhere over in the US, and experts have predicted that Apple may slash prices due to the imminent introduction of higher capcity models.

hour glass figure..... beauty is in the eyes of the beholder mah.

goodness he's looking for a girlfriend and his previous girlfriend was 16 years old? how old is he again?

the audience who voted for him oughta have some CAT scans done immediately.

on the 18th? that's bad. I'm going on the 16th in fact.

southpaw.... I wouldn't be in singapore by the end of February. I guess you may have to ask somebody to take care of it for you first. (=

don't kan chiong. I need to get rid of the live rocks first. I still have to run around settling my university stuff, all this whilst doing this. it's confusing at times. I can feel my small little mind exploding.

the reason why we calculate until so cheem, is to make sure we know where our money is going and to make sure we are spending our money wisely. impulse buying, in this hobby or anywhere else for that matter, can and will lead you into serious debt trouble, both short term and long term. hence, people like to talk about the potential pitfalls of investing in a chiller that is bigger/smaller. ultimately, everybody is paranoid about the amount of dough coming out from the wallet as a result. face it, you'd be worried too if you were in the same predicament. (=

my friend isn't interested. or rather, he's actually asking me to pay for him first. ervine, upz for your sale. (=

Lifestocks 1) Achilles Tang x 1 at $100. eats anything. (babycat), manta, chris21 2) Black Australian Clown x 2 at $20 for both. eats anything. (babycat), decentkid 3) Blood Shrimps from Sri Lanka x 6 @ $15 each. babycat 4) Blue Tang x 1 at $15. eats anything. vincenttan 5) Brown Tang x 1 at $8. eats anything. 6) Cleaner Wrasse x 1 at $8. eats anything. babycat, manta, chris21 7) Cleaner Shrimps x 4 at $15 each. babycat 8) Flame Angel x 1 at $30. eats anything. (pegasus1010), shawncel, manta, 9) Yellow Fox Face x 1 at $10. eats anything. manta 10) Grey Fox Face x 1 at $10. eats anything. 11) Longnose Hawkfish x 1 at $8. eats anything.(minsmarine, lightningstrike, shawncel) 12) Mandarin Fish x 1 at $8. (shawncel) 13) Powder Blue Tang x 1 at $18. eats anything. (decentkid), manta, deep_sea 14) Purple Dottyback x 2 at $18 each. eats anything. 15) True Percula Clownfish x 2 at $30 for both. eats anything (lightningstrike) 16) Yellow Tang x 1 at $18. eats anything, from Hawaii babycat, deep_sea 17) Coral Banded Shrimp x 2 at $28 both. 18) Harlequinn Shrimp x 2 at $40 for both. 19) Algae Blenny x 1 at $5 diabolous 20) Sea Cucumber x 1 at $5 babycat 21) Red Bubble Tip Anemone x 1 at $20. babycat, manta, deep_sea 22) Star Polyps x 2 at $5 for both sslow, diabolous 23) Orangey Yuma x 1 at $10. another rock of Yumas included. neokn, chris21 Finally, Live Rocks of 110kg selling at 7kg each. buy 30kg and above at $6/kg each! buy 50kg at $6/kg and get 5kg free! All rocks have tentatively been reserved for by seamonkee. Equipment list... 1) Teco RA680 x 1 at $900. includes lock valves for hoses. 2) Pump for chiller x 1 at $20. Eheim pump. forgot the model. get chiller and pump for $900! 3) Joe_P's Fluidised Reactor x 1 at $100. includes lock valves for hoses. 4) Pump for FR x 1 at $20. Eheim pump. forgot the model. $100 for both FR and pump! abflug22 5) AquaC EV180 x 1 at $400. wonder 6) Aquabee 3000 for AquaC x 1 at $80. by skimmer and pump at $450. wonder 7) Aquamedic Calcium Reactor x 1 at $600. iceman, Ca only without CO2 stuff 8) Aquamedic two stage regulator x 1 at $120.RESERVED for piglet 9) CO2 tank 5kg x 1 at $50. RESERVED for piglet take Ca reactor set at $750. includes bubble counter and one way valves. 12) 2x24w T5s Aqualight x 1 at $100. 2x10k tubes. 13) 2x150W MH x 1 at $200. 2x20k. Azoo casing. tidur, niggy, deep_sea 14) Digital timers x 2 at $10 each. given free if MH is bought. tidur, niggy, deep_sea (complete set buyers) 15) AquaSentry pH/Temp monitor x 1 at $50. Buffer pH7 included.iori_del, lionz, wonder, chris21 16) Tunze TS24 x 1 at $900. SOLD!!! 17) Tunze photo receptor x 1 at $18. bought extra, not part of TS24 kit. 18) Eheim 1262 Return pump x 1 at $150. new_reef 19) Tubby x 1 at $100. includes container for reservoir, and pump. SOLD 20) Le Kalk x 1 at $50. no pump included.SOLD!!! 21) 4ft by 2ft by 2.5ft, 12mm thick black silicon tank. full chengai wood support, with GeorgFischer piping and sump. $800. delivery can be arranged. astder, abflug22 Misc items 1) Tropic Marin Bio Ca x 1 at $28. Brand new. 2) Tropic Marin Bio Mg x 1 at $32. Brand New. 6) Tropic Marine Triple Buffer x 1 at $20. get item 1, 2 and 6 for $50 nicken 8) Salifert Ca test kit x 1 at $30. used less than five times. 11) Salifert Mg test kit x 1 at $18. used less than five times. wonder item 8 and 11 for $40! 14) Reefez Kalk x 1 at $5. 500g tub. 15) Cycloeeze x 1 at $10. Flakes. 16) Frozen Mysis x 8 at $5 for all. decentkid 17) Frozen Brine x 4 at $2 for all. free plastic tong if item 16 and 17 are bought together.shawncel, deep_sea 18) Polyfilter x 3 at $20 for all. *must sell in 3s only.* neokn,shawncel 19) Salifert NH4 testkit x 1 at $5. used. 20) Salifert NO2 testkit x 1 at $5. used. 21) Salifert pH testkit x 1 at $5. used. 22) Salifert NO3 testkit x1 at $5. used. buy 19-22 at $18. neokn, seamonkee, iori_del 24) Acrylic tank L x 1 at $4. 26) Acrylic Tank M x 1 at $3. buy items 24,26 for $5. 28) Four outlet air pump x 1 at $5 29) Jerry Can x 1 at $5 31) Nori seaweed x 3 packets at $10 for all. deep_sea 32) Strainers x 4 at $5 for all. assorted sizes. good for catching fish. 34) WM Iodine x 1 at $28. used less than 20 drops. many items have been sold! come come come. lelong. anyway, items in BLUE mean that there is a price revision for the particular item.

psychologically, to people, faster = better. so I suppose time is a better thing. the downside of having a fast cooling chiller is that the change in temperature variation may be too great for the fishes to handle. then again, this can be solved by setting a lower delta value, and therefore having a faster cooling rate will ensure that the parameters are kept constant under the shortest possible time.

don't dispair. I see if my friend want. (=

Lifestocks 1) Achilles Tang x 1 at $100. eats anything. (babycat), manta, chris21 2) Black Australian Clown x 2 at $20 for both. eats anything. (babycat), decentkid 3) Blood Shrimps from Sri Lanka x 6 @ $15 each. babycat 4) Blue Tang x 1 at $15. eats anything. vincenttan 5) Brown Tang x 1 at $8. eats anything. 6) Cleaner Wrasse x 1 at $8. eats anything. babycat, manta, chris21 7) Cleaner Shrimps x 4 at $15 each. babycat 8) Flame Angel x 1 at $30. eats anything. (pegasus1010), shawncel, manta, 9) Yellow Fox Face x 1 at $10. eats anything. manta 10) Grey Fox Face x 1 at $10. eats anything. 11) Longnose Hawkfish x 1 at $8. eats anything.(minsmarine, lightningstrike, shawncel) 12) Mandarin Fish x 1 at $8. (shawncel) 13) Powder Blue Tang x 1 at $18. eats anything. (decentkid), manta, deep_sea 14) Purple Dottyback x 2 at $18 each. eats anything. 15) True Percula Clownfish x 2 at $30 for both. eats anything (lightningstrike) 16) Yellow Tang x 1 at $18. eats anything, from Hawaii babycat, deep_sea 17) Coral Banded Shrimp x 2 at $28 both. 18) Harlequinn Shrimp x 2 at $40 for both. 19) Algae Blenny x 1 at $5 diabolous 20) Sea Cucumber x 1 at $5 babycat 21) Red Bubble Tip Anemone x 1 at $20. babycat, manta, deep_sea 22) Star Polyps x 2 at $5 for both sslow, diabolous 23) Orangey Yuma x 1 at $10. another rock of Yumas included. neokn, chris21 Finally, Live Rocks of 110kg selling at 7kg each. buy 30kg and above at $6/kg each! buy 50kg at $6/kg and get 5kg free! All rocks have tentatively been reserved for by seamonkee. Equipment list... 1) Teco RA680 x 1 at $900. includes lock valves for hoses. 2) Pump for chiller x 1 at $20. Eheim pump. forgot the model. get chiller and pump for $900! 3) Joe_P's Fluidised Reactor x 1 at $100. includes lock valves for hoses. 4) Pump for FR x 1 at $20. Eheim pump. forgot the model. $100 for both FR and pump! abflug22 5) AquaC EV180 x 1 at $400. wonder 6) Aquabee 3000 for AquaC x 1 at $80. by skimmer and pump at $450. wonder 7) Aquamedic Calcium Reactor x 1 at $600. iceman, Ca only without CO2 stuff 8) Aquamedic two stage regulator x 1 at $120.RESERVED for piglet 9) CO2 tank 5kg x 1 at $50. RESERVED for piglet take Ca reactor set at $750. includes bubble counter and one way valves. 12) 2x24w T5s Aqualight x 1 at $100. 2x10k tubes. 13) 2x150W MH x 1 at $200. 2x20k. Azoo casing. tidur, niggy, deep_sea 14) Digital timers x 2 at $10 each. given free if MH is bought. tidur, niggy, deep_sea (complete set buyers) 15) AquaSentry pH/Temp monitor x 1 at $50. Buffer pH7 included.iori_del, lionz, wonder, chris21 16) Tunze TS24 x 1 at $900. SOLD!!! 17) Tunze photo receptor x 1 at $18. bought extra, not part of TS24 kit. 18) Eheim 1262 Return pump x 1 at $150. new_reef 19) Tubby x 1 at $100. includes container for reservoir, and pump. SOLD 20) Le Kalk x 1 at $50. no pump included.SOLD!!! 21) 4ft by 2ft by 2.5ft, 12mm thick black silicon tank. full chengai wood support, with GeorgFischer piping and sump. $800. delivery can be arranged. astder Misc items 1) Tropic Marin Bio Ca x 1 at $28. Brand new. 2) Tropic Marin Bio Mg x 1 at $32. Brand New. 6) Tropic Marine Triple Buffer x 1 at $20. get item 1, 2 and 6 for $50 8) Salifert Ca test kit x 1 at $30. used less than five times. 11) Salifert Mg test kit x 1 at $18. used less than five times. wonder item 8 and 11 for $40! 14) Reefez Kalk x 1 at $5. 500g tub. 15) Cycloeeze x 1 at $10. Flakes. 16) Frozen Mysis x 8 at $5 for all. decentkid 17) Frozen Brine x 4 at $2 for all. free plastic tong if item 16 and 17 are bought together.shawncel, deep_sea 18) Polyfilter x 3 at $20 for all. *must sell in 3s only.* neokn,shawncel 19) Salifert NH4 testkit x 1 at $5. used. 20) Salifert NO2 testkit x 1 at $5. used. 21) Salifert pH testkit x 1 at $5. used. 22) Salifert NO3 testkit x1 at $5. used. buy 19-22 at $18. neokn, seamonkee, iori_del 24) Acrylic tank L x 1 at $4. 26) Acrylic Tank M x 1 at $3. buy items 24,26 for $5. 28) Four outlet air pump x 1 at $5 29) Jerry Can x 1 at $5 31) Nori seaweed x 3 packets at $10 for all. deep_sea 32) Strainers x 4 at $5 for all. assorted sizes. good for catching fish. 34) WM Iodine x 1 at $28. used less than 20 drops. many items have been sold! come come come. lelong. anyway, items in BLUE mean that there is a price revision for the particular item.

wah lau you doing public relations for me siah. I should treat you some CO2 gas from my tank.