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sorry for late reply. just came back from thailand about a week ago. was reading tru this then remember u posted something. school is ok lah. thanks for the compliment! u wan some zoas? let me know which ones u want haha i see if i can frag for u its been awhile for sure. haha. 5ft tank looks great. ur rics are omg as usual.

you're welcome. these do well if they are already feeding. as easy to keep as any other fish. the only problem is to get them started. for pest control, a yellow wrasse will also serve you well. however not all are hardworking. i have 1 that doesnt do anything except contribute to bioload they do pick on flatworms, nuibranches, bristleworms and other pests too. and 100% reefsafe on corals. so this will be a better choice. small ones are usually more hardworking. but then again, all boils down to the individual fish wether it is hardworking or not. no guarantees.

hi desi! its a copperband butterflyfish. chelmon rostratus. care must be taken when buying this fish as it is ridiculously hard to feed, although not impossible. they will decimate all tubeworms and anemones. they might peck on larger anemones such as bubble tip anemones, but if a clown is there to defend the anemone, its ok. larger anemones like carpet will kill it and have it for lunch if the fish tried to nip it or gets too close. corals, they pretty much almost ignore them. i give them a 80-20 success rate with corals. this is based on my experience. but there are cases where they nip on corals so reef with caution! if u willing to take the risk and try, get a feeding one. i got mine from henry@ml and he does have some occasionally and he gets them feeding pretty well. this is a rewarding fish if you get a feeding one. a butterfly in a reef tank is not only beautiful, but certainly rare!

bring your tools!

looking good! love the PUN!

ok lol recently spam alot of photos. trigger happy hehe my hardworking parol officer. loves spaghetti worms, small bristle worms and all other pesty worms. and not to mention aiptasia. in charge of frag clean up before they go into their final display place. good work fish! and also feeding like a pig. well i think pigs are sad. they keep getting sterotyped! ok lah eat as much as ME!! feeds heartily on frozen. fat fat like his owner

Valentine's day massacre once again. found 2 more polyps under my clam. need to frag some out soon. not much space to grow liao. and also zombie eyes from bro peaecmaker. they're doing well bro. didnt take photo of the other frag. they aren't open up coz i went to disturb ._.

must thank good friend for these frags 1 frag of mandarin orange zoas. bright yellow face with bright orange skirts. very nice under blue lights. and next to it is a few frags of leptastrea.... did i get the spelling right? hmm.. according to him they are extremely rare. grow faster!

The discussion here is going off topic. moreover, this issue is NOT allowed to be discussed in an open forum. what you have said is illegal and not only portray you in a bad name, but reflects badly on the community also. i hope you learn that what u did is wrong and u should never take anything from the wild. let alone blatantly showcase here. your tone and action reflects to me you are proud of what you did and not remorserful. even wan to teach the "art of smuggling" this topic shall be locked until further notice/actions.

Hi. here is an explanation. listen up because this is important and will help you in the future Corals are animals under the class Anthozoa. These animals can be solitary or colonial. Basically there are 2 types of coral. Hard coral and Soft coral. Hard corals are colonial animals that secrete calcium carbonate to build a skeletal base. Very good examples are large polyped stony corals (LPS) and Small polyped stony corals (SPS). LPS as their name suggests, has very large polyps relative to skeleton size. examples of these are hammer corals, plate corals, and most other fleshy corals with calcium skeleton base. SPS are colonial animals with tiny polyps that sit in calcium skeletons too. these however are made up of hundreds and thousands of polyps in a giant skeleton lattice. such examples are acropora, montipora, milliepora and other SPS corals. Next we have our soft corals. Like hard corals, soft corals can be grouped into different catergories. we have our corralimorphs, xenniidae, dendronepthlia, sacrocrypton etc etc the list is endless These soft corals have no skeleton and may live solitary (mushrooms) or colonial (zoanthids). to answer your other question, mushroom, zoa, yuma and anemone. Mushrooms are corallimorphs. they are not true corals. they are sometimes called mushroom anemones because they have the basic anemone structure minus the stinging ability. these corals grow single and reproduce by budding. Images can be found online. example of mushrooms are (Actinodiscus sp, rhodactis sp, discosoma sp, etc) Yumas belong to a group of mushroom corallimorphs called Ricordea. Ricordea has two main species, ricordea yuma, and ricordea florida. a yuma looks like a mushroom coral except it has many 'tentacles' all around its disc. it can sting and can capture food particles, albeit weakly. this yuma is differentiated by florida by the presense of tentacles on the mouth. next, zoanthid. zoanthids are colonial soft corals, otherwise known as colonial anemones. they are colourful encrusting organisms that bear a close resemblance to anemones. contains poisonous toxin known as palytoxin. these animals grow in large mats and close when there are no lights. finally, anemones. these are not corals but rather, animals. i'm sure u know what they look like. as cnidarians, they resemble alot like corals but are actually animals. they can move and contain large copious amount of nematocyst which fire and kill prey on contact. to differentiate between an anemone and a coral, look at it. anemones are large single based polyps attatched to substrate. it is easy to differentiate, but smaller specimens may come off as ricordeas, especially the carpet anemones. detailed differentiation can be classified by reproduction between anemones and corals. but its too detailed and the above should suffice in answerinf your questions

yah can back this up. saw it many times and never fail to amaze me. and your avatar also amaze me. very nice for an avatar

sooo nice ;) !! lumi green summore

thats a saddleback clown. haha. unusual. not many people keep that/

haha. wah no one comment on my FTS! only on my avatar. ok lah i put my fts on my avatar and the girl in my tank thread

walao. shud say : bro lemon ur tank dam chio leh! btw the girl dam nice gf? dream lah. lol

yep! i like the "furry" appearance.

decided to take a FTS. haven taken a fts since i came back from my trip. some new additions. the flame angel and the copperband. tank getting very cramped.

messy and cramped frag station/betta box.

gumdrop goby 1 of the 2 i have. they paired up lol.

isit? if not nano i move to other thread

haha. still in planning stages lah.

will be updating this thread VERRRRRRRRRY slowly. as have not decided how i am going to connect it yet. but this should be fun!

After much procrastination (literally months on end), finally decided to start this new project. a BIG thank you to bro neokn for graciously giving me this tank FOC. Dimensions are 2x1x1.5 if im not wrong. anyway planning to use this as a refugium/species tank/ frag growout tank. Still hovering around this 3 ideas. Thinking of connecting it to my main 3ft. but will be alot of work. need to drill and etc. so if really lazy or really cannot, then just set it up on its own

got tapao for me any goods? or fruits? i wan eat watermelons. so juicy and sweet lei. sigh. i miss thailand. fruits there very big and sweet. singapore 1 diluted