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Just rinse the plugs under the tap before use. I have been placing the plugs straight into my tank with no problems so far for 2 years.

The ones that I saw were plastic. If its wood like what you said I don't think it is reef safe.

Not sure abt that but ah beng was giving him special treatment... explaining the different ls etc. Lol.

Around 6pm+. I think its the same actor we saw.

Saw a popular mediacorp artiste at ah beng yesterday buying ls. Anyone seen him before at any lfs and knows which artiste I'm referring to? Not sure if its appropriate to state the actor's name here though.

It bumps up when there is a new vote in the poll.

Try testing the chiller in a small container of water and see if it is able to cool that down first.

AL-30: Suitable for 10L – 30L aquarium tank Your tank size is 10 gal ~ 37L. Its too big for the chiller to cool down. And even if your tank size is small enough, sometimes your pumps, wavemaker, lights will also contribute to the heat. This kind of chiller is good for those IQ3 or IQ5 type of tanks. And even if your tank were the max suitable volume of 30L, it can only cool down to say avg 29'C - 30'C in sg weather. You're better off getting a compressor chiller instead.

More blue and less white is recommended, or place the SPS in a fully shaded area. Most of the time when SPS bleach its because of high lighting. When bleached, they have already lost most of their zoox algae so they can't primarily rely on photosynthesis for food. Feeding more helps them to regain energy to get the zoox algae back. During this period, a low light is needed so as not to cause the algae to expel. I observed that it took about 2-3 months for the SPS to regain back to a brown colour.

Since the topic is about SPS and additives, I'm deciding on what additives to use for my SPS. I'm considering between TLC Acropower or Grotech ABCM. Anyone using it care to give their comments and reviews on SPS PE & colouration?

Are you still on vinegar dosing?

Most of the time the driver is the one that fails...

What you are doing is only temperature acclimatization. It does not account for sudden ph, salinity shock etc. Consider yourself lucky that you got away with it. Others may not be as lucky as you.

Some of the corals may look slightly different from the before pic as I trimmed parts that were affected by algae. Left this out. Pink monticap which I would had kicked myself if it didn't recover.

Low lights, low to medium flow, feed it alot and watch out on water params. As long as polyps show, its still alive. The coral will also turn brown first before colouring up.

Miscalculated. Just realised that's its 7mths instead of 6.

6 months after starting up this tank, would like to post an update of the recovery of the SPS, just for document sake. Lost almost half of the SPS over the weekend due to kalk overdose. This tank has since been decom and the SPS are now back in my home tank. Some pictures of the SPS that made it. Its been a good run and I'm glad I managed to save these corals. The before pics are the same pics that were posted at the start of the thread. First up, my best recovery of all, jade green digitata. Got it as a small frag (few cm), grew to out and was totally bleached, stark white. Green monti & jade green digi sharing a small rock. Bleached. Unknown monti. Injured but recovered and its now bigger and encrusting downwards. Pink salmon. Totally bleached. Stark white. Pink salmon. Totally bleached. Stark white. Pink salmon. Totally bleached. Stark white. Pocci. Browned out and waiting to RTN. Made a comeback after some TLC.

Do a search on bristle worm.

Still avail.

Hope this vid will be useful in understanding tds in water. I have personally tested tapwater with seachem prime and the tds increased just like in the vid. The office dispensers I'm referring to in the office are those that use 5gallon drums that need to be replaced when empty, not those water purifying dispensers running on filtered cartridges.

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If your office using dispenser can use the distilled water there.

Better to use distilled or di water. Tapwater with seachem prime still contains nutrients which cant be compared to distilled / di.

Posting this again as the previous buyer aeroplane. 12X3W PAR38 LED bulb only. 2 x Cool white 8000k 2 x Violet (410 - 420nm) 8 x Royal blue (455 - 460nm) 120 degree lense Going for $65. Whatsapp 96 580 411

I'm interested to know too if sea hares eat them.