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Desi if you don't add anymore fishes into your tank, I think you can try again in 2-3 months. Tank should be more matured and stable then. Get a healthy looking one. The one I got from SL actually didn't feed for a few days. Didn't know how to catch pellets in the water column coz his eye mouth coordination was screwed up. Got it feeding within 1-2 weeks if I remember correctly. Mine prefers Dainichi Marine/Veggie pellets, ON formula 2 and NLS pellets in that order. Started with feeding only on Dainichi, and slowly learnt to recognise ON, then NLS pellets as food.

I just caught a few episodes of Season 2 over the weekend. Light hearted, funny show. Anyone enjoys watching it? Better still, has all 3 seasons on their hdd? Of course, who can resist the oh so hot Yvonne Strahovski

Don't think mine is suffering from anything, but will monitor it again the next few days. for sharing your experiences bros! Do keep it coming so others can also learn from our experiences. I think the powder series tangs are one of the most beautiful tangs, but always find it sad when they don't make it in captivity. Hopefully this thread helps others in their bid to keep the powders!

Yeah tt's a real sucker, but Apple can afford to flex their muscle now with their size of the pie. Sigh... Please let me upgrade my 3G at cheap cheap price

well, I know we have seen it through the leaks already... but still... WOW! Wonder whether current 3G or 3GS owners can upgrade their sets...

Nope from my observation it does it only at night when the white lights go off. Like I said, swims ard actively, then goes to the return for a good workout on the 'treadmill'.

All seems good. Spent a good hour monitoring my fishes last night. No ich, fat stomach, colours all coming back. I guess it was just enjoying itself in front of my return. I read that powder series and archilles tend to like strong direct flow. They would plant themselves in front of the wavemaker or return pipe and fight the flow. Just needed a confirmation coz I was abit afraid it was stressed in my 3ft tank.

Siang, try again when your tank more matured!

Thx for the clarification Terryz and Lemon. Just needed to confirm if there wasn't anything wrong with one of my favourite fish. For those thinking to keep powder series successfully, I think apart from good flow and oxygenated water, I attribute my 2 months + success to having a more matured tank and relatively good water parameters. Tank was running for 9+ months before adding in the pbt. Nitrates are undetectable. The only parameter that skyrocketed in the last 4 months due to my neglect was PO4. It went up to 0.1ppm for almost 2 months but no averse effects on pbt. Through some stupid mistakes, I also raised my salinity to 1.030 last month! slowly brought it back to 1.024 over a period of 7 days and paid for it when my pbt got a massive outbreak of ich for the first time. Managed to fight it off and is back to it's healthy looking self

Yes tap water (silicates) could prob be the main culprit in this case, but it is best to buy some test kits to measure your no3 and po4. It is not wise to be dosing stuff when you don't actually know the amount you need to be dosing.

Just noticed my powder blue tang swimming in front of my return pipe. It looks like it's enjoying itself with the 2000L/hr flow and keeps swimming against it, getting a good workout. I know that tangs, especially powder series and archilles like strong flow. Want to ask if anyone has observed the same behaviour in their PBTs or even other tangs? Does this behaviour translate to it enjoying itself or does it actually signify stress or some form of negative behaviour? PBT is stable in my tank, added >2 months ago and is feeding and swimming ferociously.

Really nice fishes kiko! Reef on! I'm also slowly trying to restock my tank after letting it run haywire and fowlr for the last few months. I really love the algae blenny. Just got it this evening and its already earning it's nickname "Lawnmower". Really cute and inquisitive fish. Just hope it doesn't take to nipping my future corals. Heard that as long as it's well fed, chances are slim of it nipping at corals.

Don't feel alone in this... I actually like the size and weight of the 1.4, but... the price hahaa

Actually we don't really spend alot on our phone bills. Hardly go above our monthly limit for phonecalls or smses. At least for my family, loyalty pays. Have been with Singtel since day 1, never change telco. IMO they have v. good service. We have not had much problems with them and whenever we feel they charged us unreasonably, just give them a phonecall and they will waive the fee by crediting it back into our account. For example had abit of problems with my broadband about 6-8 years back? turns out the person who installed magix when it first came out did a poor job with the wires and were corroded. They charged us with the bill and my mom called up reasoning with them that it wasn't our fault that we had to change our telephone lines, so they waived all charges. I recently bought my iphone and was too busy to go down to a singtel shop to buy one. So did an online transaction, but their delivery options were limited. So I called in to request for a delivery at a specific hour (after office hours) and they were quite happy to accomodate me. From a logistics point of view, that is actually v. commendable. And a big plus point was that I actually bought the iphone before they had the 12gigs 3g free service. They called me up and automotically 'upgraded' my plan so I got to enjoy the free 12gigs 3G service. I know my friends using Starhub were not able to get the same upgrade even when they called them up. My gf's BB had been acting up last month coz singtel having problems with their email services to my gf's company. BB customer service is another league of it's own. Person was knowledgeable, apologetic as the problem had to do with some server issue at the back end, but was on call all the way to handhold my gf through. (I'm sure all you corporate BB users will appreciate this when emails are literally your life) So tt pretty much sums up some of my exp. with Singtel over the last 10+ years. Not bad indeed.

Desi resist the temptation!!! don't fall to the dark side

Do a 50% WC to bring down your nitrates to 10ppm and another 50% the following week to bring it <5ppm. Can try Henry's goodbye po4 especially since he's having a sale now, heard many good reviews about it. Otherwise rowaphos is another trusted po4 remover. It's prob new tank syndrome. Can last up to 6 months into your tank setup, so I wouldn't worry about the algae, let it run it's course. You can get some clean up crew to help you with controlling algae. Coralline will also take some time to go. It will not be able to grow if it is outgrown by other forms of algae, so don't worry about tt as well. If you don't have a sump how are you going to install the scrubber?

I just went to see the IQ3. Desi, I can totally understand the lure!!! hahaaa Maybe this can be my plan B in future if I can't put a fish tank in my house.

I see. That's still a v. new product right? Hopefully the quality is good, and can get good after sales support. Wil be looking out for it

I'm not gonna ask my boss whether I can keep a fish tank in the office... Can always be interpreted as too much free time on my hands

Wished I had a colleague like that!

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Say until like tt I have to assume is one of our sponsors. Did you interpret their answer wrongly? I really can't think of any LFS that would give this instruction. Maybe what they meant was you should aerate your newly mixed saltwater for 24-48hrs? It's an ok skimmer. Have to take not that the skimmer will only run optimally at constant waterline. So if you are not running a sump, will have to either monitor your evaporation rate closely or get an auto water top up.

lol install a lock to the cabinet?

Bro can PM me details of the controller? If it's only $300++ and is reliable, it's already 50% cheaper than the profillux one! Jerry can? hmmm is it self mixed by Victor? I'm thinking of the ESV bionic calcium buffer system from RD. Quite good reviews on it.

Quite frankly, I don't agree with many of the practices of CHC, tt's why I don't go there. But if the other 32k members are ok with their church practices and choose voluntary tithing, whatever rocks their boat Was arguing with my godpa last week over this and he was of the opinion that it's their church, their $$, their choice. At the end of the day, accountability lies between the church and it's members. Yes sometimes we feel anger or even outrage when we think of their practices, but let's take a step back. A lot of these church members are smart, successful ppl. Even before this mini saga, the church has always been a centre of controversies. Now that the authorities are looking into it, I'm really waiting to see how the situation unfolds. It's interesting to note that Pastor Kong Hee is taking a 'much needed rest'.