comycus

if you remove all your bioballs at once and it is your main source of bio filtration, your tank will crash. What are you going to replace your bioballs with? Your system still needs place for bacteria to colonize. If you are intending to use other media, I recommend you change them over the course of 4 weeks, 1/4 every week and to dose bacteria every week. (just to be kiasu) Don't assume that your high nitrates are caused by bioballs. What's your tank's bioload? Do you have alot of fishes? What's your feeding regime? Advice: Don't try to fix something that's working. But if you're trying to improve your system, find the root cause first, and treat it gradually.

wb bro yeah i'm back too

Just my experience. my star polyps took 3+ weeks to open. Originally thought that it was a lost cause, but just left it alone coz I already glued it onto my rock. One fine day I was looking at my tank's algae and thinking how on earth should I get rid of my red slime... lo and behold! It's finally opened up! So just leave it there, as long as the skin doesn't rot or get swamped by algae growth, it should open up.

Your seahare could be hiding inside your rocks. Anyway, pls refrain from buying it again in future. Seahares are prone to die either from starvation or getting sucked into wavemakers. It will wipe out your algae problem v. quickly and starve to death once there is no more to feed on.

ayez I wonder whether my place will have elections... no matter, as if I have alot of choices to cast my vote like tt... lol

wah... chief must have gotten big fat bonus eh? lol ok, don't let this thread degenerate any further le, or u wanna up ure status siang?

My gf will be in Japan!! hahaa 1) Jacky 2) justin 3) comycus

I always recommend at least 2ft width if you have the space. It gives a more realistic view than a 1.5ft as the narrower, the more '2d' your tank will look. rock scaping wise, you can look for smaller rocks, spend abit more time with the scaping, no problems. However you will definitely have limited real estate to put your corals. If you have the space, go for 2ft, doesn't cost a lot more, but gives you alot more flexibility.

Really sad to hear about your loss. I'm sure your other fishes will pull through!

Probably hiding from the other 3 coz hits being bullied... At least it's still eating. The lighter colouration could be signs that it's stressed. Apart from colouration, do you see any injuries on your fish?

Check your Mg levels too. Prob need to dose Mg.

Let's put it on trial of 2 weeks, and if there are no violent objections, make it compulsory. Guidelines too weak la

oh crap... Jacky's so gonna kill me... too engrossed with sharing my 2 cents worth.

no comments for now... hahaa I prefer to do this over coffeeshop table U know why right?

lol true true! Call me an economist by blood, but I still believe that by setting a compulsory ceiling price for all to follow, we distort the demand and supply. For example C is very busy at work and seldom checks the forum in the day. One day C come home to check SRC and finds an auction for a rare fish he's been dying to get. But too late, bid closed coz buy it now price is hit, although C is willing to pay more for the fish. In this case, we can say jtb for C coz he wasn't around to monitor the auction. Or we can say that in this case, the auction system failed coz it becomes like a normal pasar malam sale. First person to agree to the seller's price gets the item, thus distorting the 'true' market value of the item. This is especially true if a low buy in price is set. To me, the main benefit of an auction system allows the true value of the item to be reached, and not on a fcfs basis like that of a pasar malam sale (in most cases, not all though). It gives seller less headache on whether he is setting a price which is too low or too high. If market dictates a low price, jtb for seller. if market dictates a high price and seller makes a profit, we shouldn't be too upset right? The market will eventually correct itself as more ppl see the opportunity to jump on the bandwagon. I have seen this happening a few times in SRC already actually. Tt's why i only suggest optional to state buy in price, up to discretion of seller. In this case, if seller always don't state buy in price and auctions his items off at v. high prices, we will also know his 'true intentions'

I think MFA's hands are tied la, can't do anything much other than making strong statements, recalling the romanion ambassador, or in extreme cases, follow the lead of the British... expulsion of a senior official.

Bro I think it's good to have a buy now price. But sometimes seller might not know the item's worth, tt's why putting up for auction. I agree, sometimes seller is thinking of getting a quick profit because he perceives there is demand. But demand and supply right? willing seller-willing buyer theory. If we put a compulsory buy now price, can predict alot of bids will just put a ridiculously high buy now price, defeats the purpose also. Just my 2 cents worth!

1. Sellers should follow a set template when posting new auctions. Mods can, at their discretion, delete the thread if the pertinent infomation required is missing. a) Name of item(s). Seller is encouraged to include photos of the item(s). b ) Starting price. (There should be no reserve price) Seller can choose to include min/max price increments. All bids to be rounded up to the nearest dollar. c) Condition of item(s) to be described as accurately as possible. The winning bidder has the right to reject the item if the condition is found to be otherwise. d) Collection date and venue. As far as possible, time and date should not be changed to prevent confusion. e) Auction end date and time. Max. auction period is 7 days. 2. Only 1 item per auction thread to prevent confusion. Bundling is cosidered as a single item. 3. Sellers can list a "Buy now price". Once hit, item is considered sold to the winning bidder and auction is closed. 4. Seller is obligated to sell to the winning bidder. 5. Auction closing time will be based on SRC time. (Located at the bottom right corner) 6. In the event that a sale falls through between the seller and highest bidder, seller has the option to reopen bid in a seperate thread, or follow through the sale to the next highest bidder. Next highest bidder is not obliged to follow through on the sale. 7. Commercial and Mass sellers cannot auction items. 8. As far as possible, reefers should refrain from TCSS to avoid confusion.

Guys let's be nice to seller la... round up the cents. upz for you, I bid $4

I hope macro algae can survive being bagged for a long period of time... Coz I bagged Siang's algae ard midnight, prob will be in the bag for at least 14-15 hours before he releases into his tank.

do/should we need to book table(s)? If we are doing trend analysis, by tmr afternoon, prob have enough bros to book the whole eatery!

I see i see... V handy feature! hope that there's a limted ammo per day that can be dished out by a reefer to a reefer that 'reloads' everyday and perhaps as reputation or seniority grows, will have abit more ammo. wow tt's quite a mouthful! Hope someone understands my england...

errm pardon me for asking noob qn... but what's this rep system all about? I read the new function, but don't quite understand how it's supposed to work... Does it mean: we have ammo everyday to upz or down a post/thread/person? got reload function? got upgrade from pistol to M16 to MG then maybe phasers?

+ dainichi by tmr! I pack for you le

Dead rocks = not live First it takes you ~4+ weeks to make it 'live' aka for bacteria to colonize it, and start to observe "funny things" growing on the rock. Depending on what kinda rock, your parameters, it can take anywhere from 2-3 weeks to months after to see coraline encrusting the rocks. But coraline needs to be seeded first, you cannot expect it to grow from nowhere.