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it' s not a matter of how.. it's a matter whether they want to eat or not.. that's why sometimes when getting fishes, it's best to throw in some pellets and see whether the fish is actively eating.. it makes it easier. however if the fish is not eating, one of the ways could be to soak the pellets in a small bowl of your tank water and drop in a few drops of Garlic Guard ( which you can get ...from most LFS.. I usually buy Kent Marine but there are other brands) and then throw the whole thing into the tank.. hopefully your fishes will eat. Sometimes despite a reefers best efforts, the fishes refuse to eat and sadly pass on. PE Mysis is a brand of mysis ( not the regular ones) which is .. well more expensive .. about $15 a slab rather than $1.50-$2 a slab for the regular ones. You can check out the madpetz website, they stock it. http://www.madpetz.com.sg/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=378 good luck

love the vid lemon!! Your tank is a beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFL!!! Nudis.. maybe siangz go around in the nudi...

in my personal opinion, ich is ever present in the a marine tank setup.it's a matter of how strong your fish is able to fight it off. You can try Hypo but if you have many corals in your tank which have already encrusted to your rocks then it is impossible to remove. So your next alternative is to catch the fish and QT them again using the Hypo method and leave your tank fishless for about 6 weeks. I did that when I first started out and I had 2 outbreaks of velvet... all my fish died accept for my tomato clown which managed to survive 2 outbreaks AND freshwater dipping. If you are unable to catch your fish, then it's a matter of hoping they carry on eating and build up strength. I tend to overfeed whenever I add in new fishes, more pellets, more flakes, I use Dr Basselers and I soak my PE Mysis in Selcon & Garlic Guard for my fishes to eat. As long as the fish is still eating and swimming, then it's alright. when you add new fish to your system, it's good to float the bag so that the temp of the water in the bag gradually becomes the same as your tank or for sensitive fishes like Powders and tangs, to use the drip method. good luck

lemon lemon.. SWEE AH..... love the SPS and the scape... so pretttyyy

I AGREE MORE PICS pls!!! Reminds me of the REef in the Sky HK tank in Reef Central.

You can also consider Prodibio for your bacteria dosing. I have been using that for the past 1 yr plus.. very well thought out tank good on you.. a bit too narrow for my taste but well we all work with what we have!! I LIKE your custom made acrylic sheets.. very very neat and good idea.

Jacky welcome back.. I want the Hanna checkers!! will PM you

LARRY you got the canon led?! I LIKE!! I also want leh.... but... next tank la... HAHAHAHAHAH oh yes... you got a compressor!!!!! Yes I love my compressor as well... hee hee..

omg I LOVE your AT... makes me so tempted to try again.... sigh..

I don't think anthias on it's own produce as much poo as tangs.. more like HOW MANY anthias you have and how often u feed. I have 6 and I only feed twice a day pellets. lovely tank and LS.

you guys can try Nelson from Chilldown. 9799 3955. good luck

long term go for a drop in coil... I'm running a 4 feet and in this heat a 1hp compressor is a god send seriously. 1/3 HP for a 6 footer is definitely not enough. The cost of a brand new 1/3 HP arctica is almost equivalent to the cost of a drop in coil 1HP mitubishi starmex.. so go for the coil! and yes my overflow box is external so my entire 4 feet is for livestock. good luck for your new tank.

yeah I second what Sunny says .... can your chiller pipe be piped directly into your main tank? Or have you tried putting the chiller pump in the first compartment and the return of the chiller pipe in the last compartment? I know your first compartment is meant for DSB but my own personal opinion after having a DSB is that it doesn't work especially since the DSB is so small in relation to the size of your tank as it should be as big or even bigger than your main tank. I could be wrong but from personal experience, if your DSB is that small, no point of having it. Do reconsider and good luck

same compartment won't help... Firstly, Arctica thermostat range is preset to 0.5 degrees not 1 degree. So if your set temp is 27.. that means that the temp of the water will go up to 27.5 and then the chiller will kick in and cool it down to 26.9 and then stop. Your chiller should come with instructions as to how to set your temperature.. the differential is fixed at 0.5 degrees, that you can't change. Secondly if your inlet and outlet is in the same compartment.. think of it logically, the chilled water is going back into the SAME compartment where the pump IN for supposedly Unchilled water is... so it is not efficient as the chilller is chilling the relatively same water it JUST chilled so the temperature reading will definitely drop quickly in the chiller since it senses the water is already cold. so it drops really quickly.. but the problem is that it's not chilling the water from your entire system but just the water in that compartment since the inlet and outlet is in the same compartment! This is the reason why people are telling you to put your inlet and oulet in different compartments.. this is the problem that you will and are facing. Change the inlet and outlet to seperate compartments and it will solve this issue. Good luck.

so nice!! HAHAHAHAHAH I like the scape and the DIY internal burrowing thingy.. LOL cute cute..

haahh really my tank? well I haven't updated my thread for a long time as there has been no changes since last updates. thanks for the compliment.. well I got a big system at home to take my water from so I'm quite lazy with my office tank. hahah which is why I only want 1 fish.. won't have to worry whenever I fall sick or go on leave.. my colleagues can help take care with minimal fuss. LOL the TLF Nano mag is cool huh... clean clean clean!

good that you are killing off all these unwanted pests... I know my tank has many worms but I can't get rid of them! Good on you!

LOL lots of 4 footers out there... going by that logic ... we're all screwed .. and actually it's quite true... my wallet has many a hole because of this hobby and mine is a 4 footer. heh

ahah nice.. I have an IQ5 in my office also but as I want to maintain a low bioload, I only keep 1 fish in it.. a Firefish. That's it. Do note that there is a high chance your clownfish will outgrow your IQ5 so you may have to sell them once they get too big for it. Personally I feel that you have way enough fish in it already so time to just add in more hardy corals. Do regular weekly water changes and clean the glass to keep your little tank pristine.

I would like to get a neptune also but as you said nobody has brought it in and I personally don't feel it safe if it's not on the same voltage as singapore to use a converter although that could purely be a pyscological point of view than any valid reason to not feel "safe". as for the rest of the query, no clue... btw, why would you need a heater in the tank? singapore is hot enough already. we have issues chilling the tank rather than heat.

oops double post.

alamak siangz.... you could have taken my Ketchup Tomato clown which I have banished to my sump... LOL but then he is a big bugger and a violent fish. don't know whether you would have been willing to adopt. hah