TayHongSiang

kool....

yep...that's the best sps food! but sometimes the wave too strong...dun know whether they get to eat these sheets..

any corals over at iwarna?

haha...smart gal...

well..u can start some sps...the feeling is better than pms

get prata...much cheaper...haha...n colours can be quite brilliant...

that's the thing abt the dark side...every morning and every night, i have to inspect my sps b4 i sleep...after trying out a few months...this is affecting my sex life...i decide to give up....but unknowingly i got myself a plating monti which GO told me it's krup coral, in thai or cup coral, in english...

yes....imagine u have these pods in your tank one morning...

thanks for sharing your photos...think i just got myself into sps again...GO told me its cup coral...but after looking at these pics...i kinda realised its sps coral...

coz i have watched my sps die from STN disease over a period of time...these creatures will try to fight back and survive...so it will drag...the fastest i ever witnessed was 2 days...whole thing botak...fast n furious...

the old school of thought system seems to work well for sps...meaning refugium system vs a berlin system....i'm always amazed by iwarna's outdoor tank...

GO has elephant ears...any reason why u want to get this?...they can trap small fishes u know...

u can add some soft corals like shrooms, zoas and yumas...these can be place side by side with your brains at the bottom...

get one or 2 more draculas if your wallet allows...coz these fishes are bolder in a group with a dottyback in your tank some nice corals at the bottom will make your tank super rock n rollin'

yep....kh is the main source but do observe your sps...STN sometimes takes about 2-3 weeks to happen...hur hur

go to GO...5 for $100...

for nano reefers....check out this site www.nano-reef.com, it's a good site for u... for nano tanks, the system is the opp of big tanks...for nano tanks, keep your system as simple as possible...a protein skimmer and a cannister hook up will do...when i was keeping my 2ft nano...i dun even use a protein skimmer..just a cannister with biohomme and filter wool inside... for maintenance wise, use NSW or distilled water from ntuc...do small water change...not more than 10% each time or less than one inch of your water level. allow your tank to cycle for one month...if u can't wait, dose bacteria and let it settle for one week... and lastly, do not introduce too much fishes / corals at one time...have to do it slowly week by week... if u do it well, u can make your tank look like this...

too much fluctuations...esp temp...cannot fluctuate more than 2 degrees within 24hrs...otherwise, it's like global warming for these sps...and some sps do not require strong flow...it's not always the case for ALL sps to have strong flow... main thing is the ca, kh, and mg...so long can maintain constant parameters...dun let them fluctuate too much... and do not bring down po4 level too rapidly...your sps will also kena STN / RTN... sps are pussies...need to give them a lot of attention...that is the reason why i decide to get out of the dark side...

turning brown is usually po4 and too much "waste" or nutrients...there are 2 types of nutrients...organic and inorganic...inorganic are mainly from salt mix, additives and water. organic are from fish and livestocks, food, dead organisms in the tank, po4 released from substrate...etc...and this is the hardest to manage for sps tanks... u can dose bacteria that feeds on organic nutrients or dose carbon / vodka to bring down your nutrients...after a week or 2, your sps should colour up...if u want to do water change, do it gradually... wait till u kena STN or RTN...u will cry...hur hur...

sometimes these meaty corals are too tempting for them to resist...but this is the 1st time i hear abt pyramid butterflies nipping on meaty LPS...must have taste like steak after first bite...its just like a vegetarian monk who decides to try chilli crab one day

dun push your luck too far...

any corals over there?

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