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ic.. NOTE TO SELF: HAWAIIAN SHIPMENT!

I think i saw Victor (Sphinx) tank got 2 of these.. very unique and nice anthias

hmm... 150W MH shd be enough for 2 ft tank but i think the main question is what is the depth of your tank and do you have corals that requires strong illumination.. MH is very hot... and cannot come direct contact with saltwater..

Hmm... i use black live sand also leh.. jacky nm, my intention is to put most live sand in 1st, esp the fine one into the tank 1st... then add NSW. As for live rock placement... if you look at my design.. it will be on the eggcrate actually... so very little sand on top of eggcrate unless i want to make it very high on certain sections The eggcrate design also ensure that i wont disturb the the central part of the sand bed no matter what i do Of course, i did leave gaps and holes for the snails and whatever to move around

no la.. DIY better still.. we can all learn from it Handphone photo also can la.. LOL

I think what Lemon say is true.. i think they do eat.. i prob stock too many in my small 2ft despite Henry's assurance.. i shd trust my instinct.. also, not enough hiding space.. http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Gobies/YellowClown.php

ic... seems like quite ok from what i read as well... I think we will likely keep barletts instead of chromis then... which LFS stock them ah? AM? i hardly see anthias at CF iirc.

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/anthias/bartlettsanthias/ US$49! http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/anthias/Bartletts.php http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_di...amp;pcatid=1128

Hi Digibee Thanks.. we will try and keep this thread going... but i think we will close this thread once cycling is completed... Then open another once we start stocking so that easier to read... i have read some threads here that ran over 70 pages, and i must keep going to find the right page:P Good luck with the 2ft cube... we started with a 2ft tank as well.. smaller than yours.. you get the 2ft cube from J****?

Really? If bartletts are better choice then we will definitely go for it as it's more colourful and originally what we wanted... I think price wise is ok la... thats the thing abt keeping marine fish in SG>.. equipment is super ex but fishes and corals are quite reasonable...

I kept some of these before from Henry... but unsuccessful.. based on what i know, they don't feed well... and you must have some crevices/holes for them to hide if you don't have SPS. they like to perch on stones (if no predators), inside the space on the SPS or in holes... later i go home and check what they eat... i think mainly meaty food.. not on pellets or nori flakes etc.. so more like scavenger if i not wrong.

Good to hear abt the clam! I read that smaller clams are more diff to keep as they may not be feeding well.. so i didnt buy the clam that day,... very tempted though:P

Hehe... desi posted the msg almost same time as me from home... and we both use SUPER DUPER... Are we SUPER DUPER or what! LOL...

Is it the YT? i only recall seeing school of the hawaiian YTs... small size.. super duper cute size!

Hehe.. mitlancer, we have been doing that since we ORDER the tank! lol.. anyway, we have most of the test kits (from our existing 2 ft tank). Our 2ft tank can serve as QT once our existing livestocks/corals is transferred.. if necessary, we have a spare 2 ft.. and a small boyu, which are our reservist units!

Hi LemonLemon Yeah, our initial thought was getting abt 6-8 anthias (preferably Bartletts anthias as they are so nice and colourful) as we would like to have a small school of fish swimming across the tank but we read that they are too aggressive. So we look around and apparently Blue-green chromis are the least aggressive.. (peaceful, as stated in the book) so hence the choice.. we have kept 2 yellowtail damsel as well as blue damsel before and they are pretty hard but like what you say, can be aggressive and in occasion case, suicidal! For clownfish, we are kinda stuck with going for the black oscellaris.. The background is we bought the tomato clown which is with us for 2 yrs 3 mths and counting since day 1 in our 2 ft nano tank. we tried to keep some the true percula (or is it fake percula) but i think because of various reasons (tomato aggressive, percula is also orange colour, lack of 2nd anemone, tomato being bigger in size), it wasn't successful. Hence this time we decided to try black oscellaris and we will likely have 2 separate anemone. One for the tomato (we disposed the old anemone, which has bleached badly recently) and 1 for the pair of black oscellaris. We also intend to put the 2 anemone separate side of the tank... maybe one on FT side, one on side or back. For the warasse, we have yet to decide what type... all desi know is that some help to clean fishes so she wanted it.. will research more.. Hood wise, ours is full length cabinet so should be ok.. unless they jump into overflow, which i intend to maybe DIY some sort of netting on top of the overflow box. Tangs... they are what really brought us into Marine tank... The mention of ich and velvet(if thats what it is) really scare and anger us... With our 2 ft, we are somewhat successful in keeping a tomini tang (mainly bought to eat all the algae, till our attempt to catch a hitchhiker crab, somehow cause the tang to die (prob due to dust/stress). Regal blue and YT have all succumbed to ich/velvet... till the recent YT (5 mth old now). I think now we have a better understanding of the fish (like what they eat, signs of trouble) and with a better tank, more stable system, we will try. In fact, we keep on telling ourselves that we WILL NOT KEEP PBT unless we have a 4 ft or larger tank.. so here it is.. Anyway, my plan is to add in maybe a smallish regal blue, then maybe our YT... lastly, we will look for a nice Powder Brown (prob not too small so it's feeding and healthy) and lastly prob a Powder Blue, maybe 1-2 mths after most of the live stock is added.. hope this sounds ok? For ich, we kinda accepted that all Tangs will get it but it's rather an issue of whether they can survive through it, either with or w/o our intervention... best way to keep ich away is avoid stress, good nuition Blennies and gobies, we also kept before but it was a mistake as we have no sandbed and little space for them to hide.. Hence, we decided to incorporate all the space under the eggcrate, in the t-joints, x-joints, so that it will provide them some hiding place.. also, the fibreglass rock and live rocks we chose should provide plenty of small nooks and crevices for them to hide.. I may dig/drill some small holes in the liverock too... Lastly, the boxer shrimp is pretty ok.. i don't think it's too agressive as we have kept it since day 1. However, we will still add in the other cleaner shrimps 1st, prob 4-6 in pairs, first. if our boxer shrimp (we call it Rocky) is too agressive then i will prob take it out or something... keeping my fingers crossed that he will behave Thanks for the advice and keep it coming! we need more advice as we go along so we can learn from you guys

I think NSW is good for initial setup, i shudders to think of making like 600-700 litres of saltwater For our 2ft, we use a RO/DI and mix with salt and it works equally well.. All depends on tank size... Another reason for using NSW is that i feel it may help the cycling process..

ok.. make sense to me too initially i was thinking of using the method i saw online about using the cloudy water to test the wave flow.. but i think i will throw in the fibreglass rock 1st, add sand (fine, then less fine) add in NSW, then add in another pack or 2 of fine sand and on the wavebox/wavemaker.. When all settle, then i add in my liverock

Nice! now, where's the photos!

Don't want la.. learn more than more tempted! lol... We did some research based on some books we bought la... so more or less the lifestock like fishes/corals shd be compatible or at least we think can survive in our tank provided we don't screw up.. LOL... Fish wise, should be chromis (maybe 8 blue-green chromis), 1 pair of black oscellaris clown (if possible), 1 Tomato clown (existing, abt 2 yrs 3 mths), Powder Brown, Powder Blue, Regal Blue, YT (existing, abt 5 mths).... others maybe some wrasses, blenny, gobies. Cleaning crew - boxer shrimp(existing, 2 yrs 3 mths), 4 cleaner shrimp (maybe peppermint?), snails (a bunch.. i rem is max is 1/gallon?), some small sandshifters... Corals a bit more diff to decide... more temptations.. but we have some existing corals... super sunnies, bubbles, octopus... a 1/2 dead gonipora.. a pink cauliflower (new) + 7 corals at GO

Can throw Prawn..

trust me Lemon.. we are "controlling" very hard to not give in and cross over to the DARK SIDE! hehe... I agree that Marine Tank is a hobby that really requires a lot of patience... Well, hopefully, we can achieve what we set out to achieve... If we can keep this 4 ft for at least 3 years... we may just upgrade to something bigger/nicer if we move to a bigger or more suitable place As of now, i am very contented.. and much poorer! LOL

We tested ours is abt 96ppm.. then we use the J**** RO/DI unit, go down to 89ppm... then Crystal Pro... goes down to 7ppm.. So in terms of PPM count i will definitely say Cyrstal Pro is working... the J**** one prob not working well as this is the 2nd canister and we have used it for like 9mths already..

Haha... i wish our tank can be 1/2 as nice as yours lehh.. i see all ur corals so nice!

Hehe.. Thanks.. like Desi said... keeping fingers/toes all XXX!