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Hi Sis Ming Any new small SPS frag? Our birdnest from you is growing well, next time should u some pics

shd be ok... somerset a bit inconvenient i think...based on the regular kakis' working locations.

ya man... these things happen, not just in reefing but in life as well... you will get over it and be a better reefer/person

yup, the partition can be hidden by liverocks..

beautiful shots

haha... ok, up to you. If wanna put at our place it's easy since Jane's parents stay same block as you.

I know what you mean... Having a 8 ft tank means at least 15mm thick glass if i am not wrong. I did a quick calculation, if your tank size is 8 (L) X 4 (W) X 2.5 (H), using the recommended safe factor of 3.8, you will need 18mm glass should be safe. So, to be on the safe side, i will probably opt for 20mm glass if i am you. Glass thickness: http://www.theaquatools.com/building-your-aquarium Useful conversion calculator : http://www.fishlore.com/ConversionCalculator.htm If you using only 1 tank, and being 8 ft in length, you probably will need some waveboxes/wavemakers on both side. Based on your 3 sided view, the logical location of your external overflow will likely be behind (if you opt for external overflow). You can probably have a acrylic divider to separate the two tanks and have either holes or some sort of cut outs to allow for the flow and water exchange. The holes will probably determine the smallest size livestock you wish to keep on the non-reef safe size of the tank.

ohhh, if u want can put some corals at our tank.. plenty of space

oh ya, maybe if you are nice enough, he may let you into his fish room... or help him change water!

Lemon, just visit Cedric, check his setting, take photo, do water reading for him and VOILA!

Bought LV then PREFER Hermes... woman...

comycus, new canister filter ah?

Just to add on, i think to build an 8 ft tank with good quality equipment, fully stock will easily costs you 30k. having a 8 ft tank will double the cost of just building the tank as the glass need to be thicker, esp if you choose low iron glass. Excited to see you guys plan for this tank... Can consider Mega-tank for SRC liaoz!

Hi Lawchan77 Actually what you are planning is very similar to something i have in mind if i stay in a landed property. For the max load, i think if you have the floor plan, it may indicate. I know for sure, floor plan for commercial properties will indicate the max load. For the 8 ft tank idea, if you like corals and your husband likes butterfly and angels which are not reef-safe, i would say, it's best to build something like what Ray has linked. This way, you can share the sump and equipments but would need separate returns, separate lighting (which may be good since if your hubby is a FOWLR tank, photoperiod can be shorter with less expensive lighting). If max load is not a factor, i think it may be possible for you to even have a divider in the 8 feet tank (to prevent the non reef-safe fishes from swimming across), this way the water parameter will be the same, design wise it will be different also, in particularly the return and overflows. What i suggest is to sit down with your hubby and think through what livestocks/corals you guys wanted. Then see if it's better to split into 2 tanks or 1 mega tank.

Beautiful acan... always wanted to keep those but never get around to buy it.

Justin must be busy.. no SRC for 2 days already

Agree. That's why the key is what the photographer wants to achieve.

market prawn will kick start the cycling. If you don't use market prawn, some people use starter fish, which i strongly disagree.

I couldn't find it in SG when i was searching.

any pic?

Yes, this thread should be renamed long ago!

ya lor, dun slander my wife... only i have MAFIA LINKs.. through FB Mafia wars!

Yup... subject is always the first consideration. ISO is just a backup plan.. funny i was just talking to some senior photogs and they were so happy you can change ISO so easily in Digital cameras these days...

On youtube, you can search for the LAFISHGUYS, they have some neat videos showing how they set up tanks etc. Also check out http://www.melevsreef.com/

For me, of the three, usually the thought process will be APERTURE > SHUTTER SPEED > ISO Why so? For example, i want to shoot a subject, say some chiobu called DESI I first have to determine if i want to isolate her (i.e. large Aperture)or to include some background for interest (i.e. some nice scenery). So assume i want to isolate her, which is typical portraiture, i have to determine what aperture to use and what lens. For portraits, F4 to F8 is probably the best. Usually anything less than F4 may results in situation where nose is sharp, ears are blur (yes, it will happen ) Lens choice will probably be 80mm- 125mm for full frame camera or 50mm to 100mm for cropped camera like D90 etc. Next consideration is then Shutter Speed. Say, for example, i think F4 is the most ideal aperture and my shutter speed can support the shot without me shooting some blurry picture (can use 1/focal length of lens as a guide for shutter speed i.e. 100mm lens will be shutter speed should be no lower than 1/100 sec.) If it gives me a reading of say 1/30sec, i know for sure i will end up having a blur picture unless the camera/lens has some image stabilising mechanism or i have rock steady hand or using tripod/flash. So my choice will be to change the aperture bigger (which will results in faster shutter speed at the expense of having part of the image more blur) or to change the ISO to make the shutter speed up to 1/100sec. This should be the thought process, which will comes naturally as you shoot more and experience different situation and know what you want. Hopes this help.