lawchan77

You are right. I am given only a week of steroids till I see him next week again. The key now is to control the swell and inflammation before starting the skin starts to heal. By the way, I also have foot rot for many years. I soak my feet in hot water + dettol every day after I return home. It seemed to help. Took the opportunity to consult the dermatologist too. Apparently foot rot can be CURED. It's basically a fungal infection unlike my hand and treated with antibiotic.

Ya that helps if the first layer of skin hasn't been eroded yet. I practiced washing hands after contact with sea water too but didn't do anything for me. The reaction start with first contact with sea water that contains CA, MG and KH. Even freshwater also contains these chemicals but lesser. Doc advised me no contact with shellfish, raw food, even prolonged contact period with freshwater no swimming...

As many of you know, I've been battling skin problem on my hands for almost a year. Each time I touch sea water or handle corals, I get a real bad reaction to the point of having no fingerprints, swollen fingers and extreme pain. The reaction is now spreading to my arms (past the wrist) and in desperation, I've finally gone to see a dermatologist today. Cost me $500 but came home with a bag full of medicine and hand wash and cream. Most importantly, I have a diagnosis. It's not allergy but a chemical reaction to sea water. i have hand ezcema. According to the doc, its a common problem amongst marine and freshwater reefers. See the hands of a fishmonger and you will know what i mean. Sea water is full of abrasive chemical esp when we dose chemicals like calcium, magnesium and sodium bi carbonate. Short term abrasion with chemical will damage the first layer of skin which is a protective film. But it heals quickly. However, consistent contact with these chemicals will not allow the healing and the 2nd layer of skin will be affected. After some time inflammation will take place. The whole process will take about 18 months before it get noticeably uncomfortable. Now I'm on steroids and off limits from sea water unless wear LONG gloves. You know how inconvenient that is.... My next follow up is a week later. I'm sure alot of reefers have this problem but never voice out. After all, guys will be guys.... Our egos do not allow us to whine about such little discomfort. But take heed that it is a disease and if left untreated will continue to attack your nails and spread all the way up to the underarms. So that's my story. Feel free to contact me if u have the same problem. I'll be most willing to share.

The bloated tissue lasted for about 3 days and went off by itself. Lost a couple of Walt smith colonies via stn. Those that survived turned brown in including the royal blue Millie. Never managed to find out the reason why... Now monitoring closely and hope to get the colour back.

Cannot siphon lah. It's growing on the branches and seems like its own tissue. Similar to our skin have a water blister (水泡） I used a coral feeder to blow water at the affected branches and saw the bubble at the tip 'burst' And the jelly form on the rest of the body 'shrink' Let's wait and see if it comes back. I just stopped using bio pellets this morning. The only thing I added yesterday is fauna supplies pods. Water change was a week ago.. Maybe I will change water again. Last dose 'it's clear' about 4-5 days ago. Reef vital dosed about a week ago

No.. Only sps. Very obvious in digis, Millie and acros. Live rock is ok.. Lps seems fine too.

This is a clearer picture. Note that there is a outer jelly like skin.

Noticed all the sps seem to be swollen since light on today. There seems to be a transparent 'skin' / jell covering the body and branches of all the sps which I can't figure out. Is this normal? Anybody encounter this before?

bro.. u mean 10pm ~ 12am (midnight) or 10am ~ 12pm (noon)? I can only come during the night leh. picked that up from the recent australia shipment.. the polyps should be yellow. must be the lights...

my collection is still a far cry compared to senior reefers like uncle mike and honkit's. still waiting for your gem too.. haha..

And this from joe_p Acropora lokani Purplish blue body with red polyps

Didn't get to post these from Iwarna last Australia middle of the night shipment. Yellow stag (I think) Funny... But these stags polyps grow in the form of 'little flowers'.. Very unique. Purple blue stag. Light green almost yellow monti

No particular species lah. I'm bad with names.... I'm interested in stags & plates and unique / unusual sps colonies in general. Wait till neck long long...

thanks bros.. i like this scape more also.. makes housekeeping so much easier. water flow is better and coagulates at the 2 front corner of the tank. very easy to remove. but still not ideal yet cos still got some spaces for nice colonies.. walt smith shipment delayed again and again. sigh... my supersuns are located at the corner where the debri will accumulate.. so there usually alot of 'nutrients'.. sometimes i will also feed small pcs of market prawn directly into the mouth. other times i will use a syringe to feed mysis shrimp to target feed.

Looks like a milli but grows in the form of a plate. Not sure what it is.

Ah beng...

Picked this up today...

I have 2 durso stanpipes behind the black acrylic. Cannot be seen from front view.

no particular reason.. i like the bare bottom look and makes housekeeping easier.

My little frag garden

Cute!!

Mostly for my seahorse and Trigger fish. I'm located at kovan area... Hougang, upp Serangoon, AmK, seng kang etc are convenient for me.

used to buy $2 per packet of live brine shrimp from lfs like iwarna or the shop infront of ah beng.. but now it seems that the supply has come to an abrupt stop all of a sudden. can anyone advise where I can find live brine shrimp? thank you..

if the coral is dying due to no light, you shouldnt be able to see tisssue loss.