blueheaven

This used to be the rave for SPS reefing a while back Rainbow monti

This one is slow growing At first I thought it is some beige coloured SPS but it turned out to grow blue branches

Huge, overgrowing M. digitata Might frag it soon

This frag I got from another reefer Grows quite fast despite the thickness

I tried to take some pics of my SPS for Jervis but these were the best I could do for now Pink A. millepora

Its not a blasto, that's an Acanthastrea lordhowensis sunnymau: I'll not be fragging them soon cause they grow really slowly

Just wondering whether anyone here are like me who love the land (rocks to be exact) as much as we love the water? Was so inspired after watching the Kalymnos Roc Trip My chalked up, blistered and battered fingers

Compare this to the one in my avatar = How much its grown

Need to take time off my tests lately so here are some shots of the acan lords Green one still growing new polyps

Teaser photo from my most recent trip to Semakau JC you got to check that place out man, its amazing

Haha earliest I've been is at 4am, we literally have to coordinate pick up points with those driving there for tompang. IMO its not the time but the sandflies that are annoying, they just don't seem to stop biting

Oh you know who Ron is? He's the one with lots of badges on his bag

I've got updates on my recent trip to Semakau

Yeah Blue Tempeh is a really nice blog Budak blog is also good with nice pics and info Ironically Semakau's waters are one of the clearest I've seen

Oh man I could remember those days when I just add the "calcium powder" into my previous 2ft

Strong light + strong water flow Best to have the bunch swirling around so that those at the bottom get the light too

Should be a slang for "fragmenting" Defragment is to de-fragment the thing Unless you consider gluing the frags back onto a rock as a form of defragmenting

Latest trip update! Morning at St. John's Island intertidal zone. From psychedelic flatworm to a copperband butterflyfish. More on the trip on my blog

I switch my tank MH off for 2 days in a week. I find that the corals still look amazing under the blue T5s

Yes, jacobus brought up a very good point which didn't cross my mind before and that is the electricity consumption of our hobby. Of course we do know that we are paying more since we start this hobby but other than worrying about electricity bills, have we spent some time to think about being eco-friendly with electricity? I guess for the sake of this topic, I'd say that there would be some reefers who truely love our marine life and as part of the hobby, want to help to keep it sustainable. There would also be reefers who just want to have an obscenely impressive tank to show off to others or brag about what they just acquired in such forums. For a long time, I had this thought in my mind that we reefers should be concerned with conservation and be environmentalists at least to our marine diversity. I mean, who else better to be ambassadors to our marine ecosystem than us hobbyists who embed this miracles of nature into our daily lives? Maybe its because many reefers (and Singaporeans) already have this thought that our local waters are barren and lifeless. Who wouldn't when they see how murky and turbid our waters are when you picnic at the beach or be disgusted by the crap that gets washed ashore our beaches? In fact, Singapore's waters are very much alive and well as can be seen from my blog www.thebluheaven.blogspot.com where I post about my trips to intertidal zones around Singapore and its islands. The pictures were not taken while I was underwater snorkelling or diving and in fact, I am rather dry when I go out documenting the intertidal life of Singapore. Maybe we could group up and organise a conservation programme or something of similar context. I hope that reefers can give some suggestions or requests of what you guys want to do to help or at least put an effort in. Maybe you'd like a trip to an intertidal zone or try out reef surveying and transects. All can be arranged in a way or another as long as we have the passion and commitment!

NHC are a group of nature lovers that focuses more on the Sentosa shores We're currently doing recce for the Sentosa trips for June Actually we formed quite recently so I shall not give out too much info

There'll be Sentosa walks by the ###### Hermit Crabs (kinky name huh) in June to show the place to the public before the reclaimation for the IR takes place. I'm supposed to guide there but it clashed with my tests so I hope that more people can go and see our shores. Don't worry, the price isn't going to be anywhere near the Semakau one

And lastly, a photo of me looking over one of the unused cells. Can you believe our rubbish dump can have so much life? Go to the nature walk to find out for yourself!

We also found a nasty looking cuke on the shore

And some LPS which was covered with parasitic flatworms