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cool! Any tips on how you got your true perc to host it? my pair just ignoring the whole tank and are 'hosting' my waterline... zzz

I wonder what happens when 2 mantis fight....

bro you know i'm quite clueless about these diy stuff. But was reading some sites on cooling pc and one of their methods of cooling was using a radiator - in fact, straight out from cars! Maybe we can find a sg equivalent here? "The most popular heater cores for water cooling are those from the 1984 Chevrolet Chevette and 1977 Pontiac Bonneville, due to their perfect sizes for full tower cases. The Chevette core has the correct surface area for a single 120 mm fan, while the Bonneville core is large enough to accommodate two. These can be purchased at most auto repair stores for between $20 and $30." http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/diy-wa...101,1055-4.html Again, I hope it helps, otherwise paiseh paiseh!

nice pair of elegance in the background too! are the clowns hosting them?

Bro I feel that way too. For me, it is better to do my own research so that i make my decision based on facts/views I can find online. Some of your questions revolve ard which one is better, the truth is, everyone will have their own thoughts. These are already well documented not only in this forum, but elsewhere too. By reading up on them, you learn more, and eventually don't need to ask so many questions. At the same time, many other factual questions, you can also find them easily. At the end of the day, I'm sure we all agree that we want to grow in this hobby. And a little initiative to research and read up goes a long way into that.

Bro why not set up your own reef journal? btw, 24g with 3 tangs??? err... building a time bomb dude

I feel for you bro. It would be good if you could quarantine future fishes to make sure they are feeding well and fighting feed before introducing them to you dt to ensure they are healthy. And run UV or ozonizer. It would be better if you could run your dt fishless and let the entire ich cycle die off and qt future fishes to prevent the same occurrence. Up to you bro.

wow it would be cool if you manage to catch it in action. Like take a video of it and slow it by X number of times. great looking closeup of the mantis. Just don't put it in your room or you might be woken up by it's snapping noise!

Sad to hear that. What were the symptoms? I would watch the main tank for other possible disease signs as well. Hope the other clown makes it through

Doesn't really matter if rocks have coralline when you get them. My coralline all disappeared when I was cycling my tank, the purple came back within 3 months. I would get nice shapes and sizes from bros here to save $$.

I can see frag day coming soon! Lovely tank

lol early xmas present for me Digiman?

lol a pic might help. My english not v. good, can't really visualize what you mean... why do you need a gap btw overflow and top of tank for? what is the concern? Gravity will do the job.

Many reefers have used various salt with varying degrees of success. Can find their accounts easily. Same as many popular equipments and questions on setup

Agreed. But some are not as hardy, and there are many factors involved to keeping marine, so buyer discretion is advised especially for expensive livestocks.

Actually I've never heard much about reefmax salt. bro care to share what are the parameters for this salt? Can't find much info on it online either...

Can check with our sponsors Pricing all quite competitive, can check online for pricing details.

Definitely need more light then. Consider changing at least to T5 lights?

bro all your tanks are awesome. I really love the rics and yumas! totally knocked me off my chair! if you ever frag them, pls count me in! Great stuff!!!!

good to know! more places to put my future blastos! haha yeah... definitely not a chalice fanatic by everyone's books....

Ever since joining SRC, I have gotten to know many other great reefers. Not everyone has a dslr. Sometimes ppl say: "I need a dslr to take good photos!" Others say: "I can't even take nice photos with my dslr, so cheeeeeem!" Sometimes, a little post processing helps. Photos taken by cameras are not always WYSIWYG. Colour may be off, it might have been under exposed, white balance was off etc. This is where post processing comes in. In my opinion, good post processing brings the viewer closer to what we intend to show them. It helps us to portray a true-er photo than what the camera did. However, post processing can also be misused, for example like over-saturating colours to get better colours to sell off a dull looking coral frag. I consider it an art to beautify the photo further, but only to the extent of correcting it to how my eyes perceive it. I have used photoshop.com as an example of minor photo editing in this example. There are many other photo editing software in the market that can do the same job, this is just a quick 101 lesson to get everyone started. After uploading your photo to your library, go into editing mode to open up the editor. The first thing I always do is to check if my photo needs to be cropped. Take note: when you crop your photo, you are actually 'magnifying' the area to be cropped. Therefore, if there are not enough pixels (like in a camera phone), you end up with v. pixellated photo (you see lots of squares instead of a fine photo). Drag the corners to crop the image. Take note of the grids on the lines. These are v. useful in helping you compose your cropped image. I will talk more on the rule of thirds and other 'rules' in photography another day. As technology improves, Auto correction gets more advanced. For quick correction, I will always use this first. If I am satisfied with it, I can end off right here, and the whole process only took me 10s! If more work needs to be done, I continue on with adjusting the lighting. I seldom use "exposure". A better option would be to play around with "Highlight" and "Fill Light". While the former accentuates bright areas, the latter 'fills' light in shadows. This gives me more control in controlling the lighting not only in dark areas, but also in bright areas. Sometimes, there is a need to play around with 'sharpen' and 'soften'. Sharpen actually helps to bring out detail in the photo while soften... softens detail. For example, by softening the image, you can see less detail in the fins. The downside to sharpening your photo too much is it becomes too grainy. Play around and you will know what I'm talking about I always leave adjusting colours till the end. This software has saturation and white balance corrections. So go ahead and tweak the colours! Remember not to overdo it, or it will just look fake. Finally, remember to save a web copy of the photo to post online. This helps to reduce the size and resolution of the photo to more manageable dimensions. That wasn't v. hard was it? With a proper software, and some practice, you can edit your photos within minutes for sharing with your friends at src! Oh yes, just to compare, the original pic and the edited one.

Even if i was crazy over chalice, my wallet cannot support the price tag! Think of all the gems I can buy instead and populate my empty tank! I thought elegance sting quite powerful too? I dare not put anything near mine...

I am not familiar with any tourist discount cards, but if you don't intend to get any, this might be good for you: http://www.singapore-attractions.com/coupon.pdf more info can be found here too: http://www.singapore-attractions.com/attractionspass.pdf Hope it helps! save more $$, buy more corals!

To all chalice lovers out there... How much would you pay for this? btw, that's USD...

I agree, hope you find what you are looking for then! btw, RD brought in royal gamma like 2 wks ago, not sure if there are still any, but abit more $ than LCK. If you are visiting Mandai Zoo, LCK and CF is a short 15-20min cab ride out. And if you stay along East Coast, Pasir ris fish fams are just a stone throw away