Singapore Reef Club

F.A.Q How do we select for the TOTQ winner ? - The idea of the Tank of the quarter started is to share great tank setup which hopefully will helps inspire others into the hobby and practicing good husbandry practice in a responsible manner. It is by all mean NOT a competition only against who's tank is more beautiful than who;s ect.. We see that being able to help promote, share knowledge of Reef keeping and educate the hobby being more important than justing showing a beautiful tank alone. Thus , not only the overall view, color combination of the tank display, TOTQ selection is also base upon the sharing of quality informative information that is being shared on that member's thread during his setup, which can benefit others in their own setup, prevention of their own pitfall and including D.I.Y work ect that will help others. The display of the member's knowledge of up-keeping of his / her tank to maintain the reef tank in it;s best condition a hobbyist can provide for is also an important factor that we aim for.

Terms & Condition - Contest period ; 11.10.2016 ~ 31.12.2016 - START OR UPDATE your Tank thread under our member tank thread section and if your tank is selected to be featured as the next TOTQ winner, you will win a Ecotech Radion XR 15 Led sponsored by Reef Depot Asia - Judging decision is final - Winner will be notified by PM , email Prize sponsored by ;

Darren will get to win himself prizes sponsor by Gemsurfs ..

We are proud to share with you this quarter showcase of Darren's beautiful reef 3 feet reef tank. Congratulation !! Brief introduction of tank setup from Darren First up, I am delightful about being nominated for Tank of the Quarter. I never thought my tank would be worthy for this title but other hand I am thankful to have the opportunity to share my experience with the community. I have always looked up to those previous Tanks of the Quarter for inspiration and I am honored to be part of the list. I have kept freshwater tanks since I am young, but I was always was intimidated to try salt water. However few months ago I decided to give it a shot and it is one of the best decisions I have ever made. I have gone through most new reefers experience trials. I started with a 3x1.5x1.5 crystal glass with a canister filter that I used for my freshwater aquarium. After 1 week I find out it's hard to maintain a saltwater tank with just a canister filter so I decided to go bigger and gotten a 322 tank with sump and cabinet from a reefer in Sgreefclub for affordable price. After several weeks I realized that the tank with 2 feet height is too high for me. I have to tip toe on the top of a chair in order to reach the bottom of the display tank to do my maintenance. In order to prevent any unnecessary accident from happening my last resort is to change a lower tank. After several days of considering, I went on to customize my own tank for my room. That's my current 3x2x1.5 tank from AA. That's when my journey started!! Within 2-4 months I changed 3 tanks so I advise reefers to plan properly ahead before committing to the hobby because I really didn’t do much research before jumping to saltwater. Read more and seek more advices before jumping into this hobby. Tank specifications Salinity: 1.022 ~ 1.023 Temperature: 25.5 Degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) Ph: Never measure Calcium – 420ppm (Salifert) Alkalinity– 10dkh (NYOS) Magnesium – 1260ppm (Salifert) Tank: Hardware Skimmer: Skimz SV203 Oval Mechanical filtration: Filter Sock Calcium Reactor: Skimz CM122 Chiller: Hailea HS90A Biopellet / reactor: Skimz RR113 Recirculating Chemical filtration: Activated carbon Biological filtration: 2x Marine Pure block, Biohome, Bacterial king, Siporax medias Main return pump: Jebao DC 12k (Main return), Eden 135 (Chiller pump) Wave maker: Vortech MP40, MaxSpect Gyre XF 150 Lighting: ATI SunPower T5 06 X 39W Lighting period: 10am – 9.30pm (3x Blue plus, 1x Purple plus), 1pm – 7pm (2x Coral plus) Addictive used So far I am only using Aquaforest Pro Bio S for bacteria growth. Dosing 3 drops a day at my medias section of the sump. Tank maintenance Daily - Feed my fishes twice a day when i woke up and during dinner time. (Each 5 cubes of mysis, 1-2 drop of goldpods) - Clean the tank glass - Drip 3 drops of Aquaforest Pro Bio S - Check for any corals that drop on the sandbed Every 3-4 days - Empty my skimmer and clean it's neck - Give my filter socks a good scrub Weekly - Check all my parameters Monthly - Water change around 40% and suck out the dirt on the sandbed and sump - Change the carbon Every 6 months - Check for clog in my RR113 biopellet - Wash my wavemakers Every 8 months - Change all the ATI tube Live stocks – Corals To be honest I really don’t know most of my corals name except for those common ones like Rainbow stylo, Strawberry short cake, Green and Purple stags. These are the names I know. Normally I will buy corals by looking at their colors. If their corals strike my eyes then I will normally get it. Live Stocks - Fish: Currently: * Purple Tang * Blue Tang * Golden Midas * 5 x Blue eye anthias (1 male, 4 female) * 4 x Chromis Some personal Q & A questions 1. How long have you been reefing? 1. How long have you been reefing? Ans: I have been reefing for about 8-9 months ago. 2. How did you get into this hobby?. 2. How did you get into this hobby? Ans: Keeping a marine tank has always been my childhood dream but the cost and maintenance of it makes me think twice but once I get into my National Service I decided to give it a goal and *poof* here I am now. 3. Are you a fish guy or a Coral guy? Ans: I love both fish and coral because I believe in a reef tank i need these two to complete my “Dream Tank” 4. Any dream fish or coral you wish to own one day ? Ans: I wish to convert my whole tank to mainly SSC but this will definitely be a heavy damage. My dream fish is Gem tang , Black tang and Achilles tang. One day/Hopefully I can keep all of them together. 5. What is your main concern when looking around for your reefing equipment? Ans: My equipment are mainly from reefers that I bought from Sgreefclub. I always will look for those reliable and reputation equpiment. For example brands like: Vortech, ATI etc. I believe in spending more in good equipment than save a few dollars to get a lousy equipment because a good equipment will definitely benefit you in the long run. 6. What is your favorite past time 6. What is your favorite past time Ans: Normally is just lying down my bed and enjoy my tank and going Local Fish Store with my sibling and girlfriend. 7. What is the satisfaction you got from this hobby? 7. What is the satisfaction you got from this hobby? Ans: What I really get/feel after all my effort and money spent in this tank is remarkable. It’s just beyond words. I really love seeing my fishes and corals PE swimming and waving when I come home. It makes me feel so relax after a long day of work but my BIGGEST Satisfaction is my girlfriend (CFO) loves my tank too! HAHAHA 8. Any advice for newbie in this hobby? Ans: PATIENCE and PATIENCE. You must really have the patience when setting up a marine tank. Read more members’ tank from Sgreefclub, understand their system, and understand what kind of problems you will encounter and how to solve it. There are a lot of systems in the market like Auqaforest, Zeovit, Fauna marin and Triton. All of these systems do create amazing tanks but don’t just blindly follow. I will always make time to head down reefers house to look at their tanks and also ask for their experience. Experience is what money can’t buy. Understand the basics and happy reefing! First and foremost, I really want to thank Leon (“SubzeroLT”) for my tank. Without his guidance and experience I won’t get what I’m getting now. Thank you for being so patience, answering all my nonsense questions. Another two important person to thank is my late mother and my Girlfriend. Without their support and contribution everything won’t even happen. I also want to thank “Reef Manic” they also played a big part for me to understand reefing. Last but not least, a Big Thank you to SGREEFCLUB moderator for nominating my tank and also created such a good website for newbie to learn reefing and for experts to sharing their reefing experience! “There are a lot of amazing tank around Singapore and I am not the best. Everyday I’m learning new things from reefers/gurus so never stop learning and Happy Reefing!!” More photo can be found on the Gallery album HERE