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they do not carry very small ones? I don't depend on the rocks for surface area for bacteria, do I still need to cycle it?

I don't think he runs a skimmer

where can I buy small artificial rocks?

nice

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Yup, I have some pods on the rocks. It is feeding cyclo-eeze. It feeds slowly. It ignores the floating cyclo-eeze, slowly picking off those landed onto corals. Corals appeared to have no reaction to the peaking from the mandarin fish. It doesn't seem to eat a lot, gets full easily though. I will upload photos of it tonight if possible to snap them. If it is not feeding, I will pass it to a huge, mature tank owner (the size is describing the tank, not the owner). If you refer to post #9, you can see the tummy is not exactly indented. I think it was starving in the lfs as it literally peaked at the rocks within 5 minutes of introduction into tank.

sorry, mandarin fish is not reef safe?

<p> Yup, need to figure a way to scape it in such a way I can put in more livestocks. Too many rocks end up not much water left, water change will be cheaper though, haha. The more rocks = less water = more unstable parameters, especially temperature for my case.Somemore the tank has ios, totally no space now, =( that's why the clam is side ways.

Added 2 teaspoons of cyclop-eeze, 1 cube of hikari rotifier, 8 drops of 5-in-1 coral food and 16 drops of oyster feast today.

Top left of the clam is the area where the bleaching was the most serious. There is a light brown patch in between 2 white patches. It was originally 1 large white patch. I believe that is indication of zooxanthellae repopulation. The second severe area is the bottom left. It is rather difficult to see the white patch in the photo. There is a light white patch with some purplish pigment. It seems to be recovering too. For the top and bottom right patches, as of today, there's literally no indication of white patch. Not very sure if the unidentified coral is opening. No idea of the health status. Any experts? Just measured nitrate. 0ppm. Reaction in the vial occurred as there are bubbles in the solution. Left for 15 minutes and there's still no visible colour change. Getting frustrated with the attempt to increase nitrate naturally. May end up having to hunt for ammonium nitrate to add to tank (if desperate). Suddenly realised tank is suffering from cyanobacteria problem even with low nitrate. It is forming sheets partially peeling off wall now. Not sure what is the brownish stuff on the wall. Any experts? Even at such a temperature, it is strange that most livestocks are not bleaching horribly. Numerous articles, in fact, most articles suggested maximum temperature is 29 degree celcius. It is even stranger that the more I feed and add livestock, the lower the nitrate becomes. I am not sure of the exact reason for that. Possibly is the reduction of nitrate by cyanobacteria or the dosage of vinegar. It may also be due to the high temperature, causing the zooxanthellae to photosynthesize faster or increasing population more rapidly, resulting in the increased consumption of nitrate. I believe the cyanobacteria may be caused by the single biopellet in the tank which I cannot remove without hurting any livestock.

Sorry for the mandarin fish. It wasn't there just before I pressed the shutter. Biopellet in tank. Strangly, photo gets automatically rotated when uploading. Sorry.

Duplicate post. Please remove/ignore, sorry.

As of today

Why not?

A tank can always have a sump, no matter the size

Appears so, Used to have white patch on brown. Now there's brown patch on the white patch. Will post closeups real soon. Yup, it is a crocea. When I first bought, there's around 2-3 white patches, small though. It should recover fast as I just upgraded it to a multi-storey condo instead of landed, haha I hope crocea don't grow fast, I do not want to see the clam become the tank when I get home one day, haha

never tried. clam meant for food. they trade the baby clams and grow them before selling. baby pacific clams not that bad taste, easy to keep too, just throw into a cabinet, haha

Would be great if someone can id the ls as I am horrible in id-ing. Any suggestions as to scaping as I think the tank is running out of space for more ls and it is not easy to scape with a hand that's big and can't really move around in the tank?

I know, haha. The problem is it is difficult to cool water down at such small volumes. I just tried insulated the hosings. Time before kick increased only by a few minutes. Such a small volume gains heat too rapidly. The tank is a giant heat sink now, only gaining heat. I don't think any controller /relay /compressor /equipment /components can survive for long for such frequent kicking in and out. I know my wallet can't survive the massive electrical bill and equipment replacement costs too.

Does aquaculture industry even trade baby clams to consumers? Haha. I only know they sell baby clams for clams for human consumption

Should have a list of hardest sps to keep too for beginners to avoid

Think I missed you then. That 3 not reserved. The reserved 1 is at the top tank with blue lights.

Ls and tank so much nicer than mine

Pitto, what time you went? 3 more + 1 reserved