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Hahaha, yah lor, hard to find good skimmer for nano tanks with hood, have to take things in my own hands sometimes. This is the $8 yuma rock I told you about lor, 12 to 15 polyps, but only 4 or 5 of them are this colour now. Seems to have a yellow or green yuma sprouting out too. Thanks for the tip, will try that after a trial run with this set up! I was starting to wonder how many days/hours it will take to collect 100ml of skim mate

Yah, didn't have time to work on the cover. Would be drilling some holes and adding a dome shaped disc to the inside cover to act as a deflector for the bubbles. Thanks, but won't be starting it up so soon, wanna wait till silicon dries completely, and need to water proof the wire, there's a tear near the skimmer pump

Oh... API NO3 test kit is a bit inaccurate between 20 to 40 ppm. You might have misread the "before" readings. Hard to differentiate between orange and red in that range.

Pictures of my skimmer as requested My 70 cents skimmer cup mod with the original cup for size comparison: Will start using the skimmer next weekend after the silicon cures. The cup is not pretty, but it is a cheap alternative to a $85 custom cup until I find a more permanent solution

From this colour:

Thanks It's the same purple/orange yuma in the earlier pages, when I saw the colours, I quickly grabbed the camera. Finally captured the greenish turquoise tentacles which I saw at the farm. I guess if I wanna appreciate these colours, I must camp in front of the tank on every afternoon at 4pm if it rains - or upgrade my lighting

Yuma morphs into yet another colour on a rainy afternoon Anyway, does anyone know what to do if a submersible pump's wire is melted with the copper exposed? Can it be replaced by any electrician or would silicon and crossed fingers work as well in water proofing?

Ouch! Hope it recovers fully. I was wondering the same, looks like there is a polo mint on his eye To echo onizuka: very nice nice zoas!

That shot looks overexposed, that's why the green glows like that. But nice wat... Hahaha. If you are using a prosumer or dslr, just need to compensate the stepping down the exposure. If using a point and shoot, I think depending on brand and model, you can focus on a darker spot of the frame and press down half way to get the exposure, and frame back the zoa, all the while holding down the button halfway. Edit: Oops, I meant brighter spot of the frame, to trick the camera into capturing the zoas darker. This is confusing me as well haha.

What test kit are you using? Any live stock already in the tank? Check for any rotting organism hidden or stuck somewhere. The only reason nitrate is still at 20ppm before and after water change is either an unreliable test kit or something in the tank producing nitrate.

Yes! They release poison from their skin when stressed or scared and when they die. In a nano tank, one incident like that can kill every single live stock living in it. Also, they are not reef safe, nip on certain corals.

They are radioactive mah, hence the over exposed green face. Muahahahaha! Nice pictures by the way, the correct white balance really does make a big difference in presentation

Isn't that illegal?

Rather than to buy livestock that feed on the algae, isn't it easier to fix the problem at the source? Manage your NO3 and PO4 levels, high concentration of those will contribute to algae bloom, the lights are not to blame, they are more like accessories to the crime Oh yah, higher temperatures also expedite algae bloom, it has been rather warm these days, my office tank which is beside the window had a massive bloom of red algae on the sand bed too. If all else fails, and you need a temporary fix, there are off the shelf chemical solutions for the removal of the algae, haven't personally tried them so I'm not in a position to recommend. Anyway, good water parameters is the first line of defense you should adopt against algae.

Question is how much rocks we are talking about and where you are mounting the cables to. Live rocks are not as light as we think they are, esp after bonding a whole bunch together. The point at which you mount the cables to would have to be able to handle the load. If you are talking about the side of the tank or bracing, then confirm cannot la, the weight would pull the joints inwards and weaken the silicon, sure leak within weeks one (I'm assuming you are talking about a lot of live rocks here).

I hardly observe my tank when the lights are off, but I'm guessing you mean the mushroom closes up or curls into a ball? That is pretty much their normal behaviour when they are digesting stuff. They open as soon as the lights switch on cos they are photosynthetic.

Hahahahaha of all the strange zoa names, this one takes the cake. Gorilla nipples. Hehehe...

:shock: Do not handle zoas with bare hands especially when you have open wounds! One of the most poisonous toxin among corals, can cause death almost instantly.

No problem, glad to have the chance to fund your other addiction

His lightset blew out and caught fire.

Nope, not keeping any, I just like the unique look of the clown warty when I first saw your avatar. I would want to keep one in the near future though, in a species tank or something Yah man! My thoughts exactly!

Yah MTV Cribs, I saw the trailer. Floor to ceiling cylindrical tank, 8ft in diameter! Was wondering what kind of livestock he keeps inside.

"Tracy Morgan safe after fish tank explosion" The actor himself has a pet shark... who knew... hahaha! His character on 30 Rock is known for many crazy one liners including "Live every week like it's Shark Week!", and the character set up a marine aquarium in his dressing room in the first season. Any other celebrity reefers you know about?

Haha I know, just kidding around. The way you said you were a student, and from your polite messages, I expected to see a small boy How many fishes you have in total? I think the Eheim filters with biohome should be sufficient from what I saw that day. The only problem is the limited water volume, I think nitrates will build up rather quickly, but since it's fish only, which are more tolerable to small amounts of nitrates, water change alone should keep it within manageable levels. Just need to have a clean up crew to take care of algae growth.

I'm not worthy of the compliments leh. Whatever I know is learnt from this nano reef sub forum from people like yourself. I'm spending a bit more $ and effort on this set up cos I know that I won't be able to get a bigger tank due to space issues... this 24G will be accompanying me for a long time so I gotta make it work. LEDs not yet installed