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MadScientist

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  1. Looking for Teco TR 5, TR10, Arctica nano or mini.
  2. Looking for Votech mp10, tunze comline doc skimmer 9006, tunze comline mangrove box 3178, 2x1x1ft crystal glass (w oro w/o ios) braceless tank
  3. anemone is not that hard to keep. by time bomb, I meant it keeps shifting around for no reason. Once it goes to your pump inlet, good luck to you, unless you have a skimmer that is rated many times more than your tank size. There's many cases of anemones getting blended by pumps and the tanks have to be restarted. Unless you manage to find an anemone that doesn't move, you have a very huge tank, or maybe you have a skimmer that is rated for 1000L (with 70% reduction for SPS) for your 100L tank (which from what I know, I am the only one who did that before), it is safer not to keep anemone. If you notice, most tanks with tons of expensive SPS or ls do not have anemone for safety reasons. If 5g of uneaten food can cause an ammonia spike, imagine what 100g of liquified protein slurry can do to your tank.
  4. Possible. Cannot confirm until you tested all 3 parameters. How high is your tank from sump? You also need to see the hmax. Use the graph provided by the pump to determine the actual flowrate from height/hmax. Not needed, however, mandrain fish requires special diet. You may need tons of lr to sustain them. A fish that's not recommended to keep unless you own a very huge and matured tank.
  5. where is this henry located? must go to him someday, haha
  6. sis, you are missing test kits. haha, if you dont want to be called bro, maybe you can try defining your gender? i would call bell a bro too if you have not posted that, haha. mind pming the price of your tank as I am trying to find a cheap and good tank maker? yup, reefing is a time consuming and demanding hobby. think about the time spent by mother nature to create and maintain this beauty! maintenance will be tedious, you are talking about daily, weekly, monthly and yearly routines. must be very committed to have this hobby. time, energy and money consuming! I would suggest running a dc fan in the cabinet to prolong life of the chiller compressor. if you are using external temperature probe, you can connect the fan with the controller, thus switching it on and off with the chiller. I used to have fans that are only switched on when the chiller was on and switched off 5 minutes after the chiller was switched off.
  7. 1) no, it takes time, may take from 2 weeks to 4 weeks. if you want it to be faster, try using commercial bacterial cultures and keeping your biomedia as dark as possible helps. what is your ammonia reading? if it is 0, turn off your protein skimmer. 2) yes, phosphate has minimal impact on cycling, bacteria need some phosphate, but we are talking about very minute amount, which cannot be detected by your test kits nor your remover can remove. 3) yes and no. filter media can be changed but do not disturb biomedia, unless you are trying to culture detritus decomposers.
  8. investing in skimmers help in reducing water changes
  9. someone on the market recently posted aquamedic turboflotor 1000, not bad a skimmer
  10. i thought too low voltage/amperage also kills?
  11. That's possible? I have not yet get my tank made, haha. Any tips for me to rear sps that's as amazing as yours?
  12. Darn! Why didn't I get my tank way earlier to grab this once in a gss time deal! My hands are itching badly! Bro, can make this once every pc show? =p
  13. maxspect sells diy kits too? are their leds good? using dimmer will shorten the lifespan of the led? will it save power?
  14. PVC pipes, must be careful of plasticizer and additives leeching. try to switch to uPVC. especially the PVC near to pump, if temperature too high, PVC burning can produce dioxins and HCl.
  15. haha, singapore has very developed aquarium market as we are the supplier of many ls. equipment wise, I feel we are much more restrained as compared to Europe and US.
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