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Hi, am confirmed coming but no need to prepare food. I will be bringing the Vodka.

___ Hi bro, pm-ed you liao.

_______ Hi bro, have PM-ed you. Price negotiable.

I see!! Thanks LemonLemon Bro on the correction! I did not know that there was a difference on such terms. :thanks:

Iwarna has many clams now. Just saw yesterday.

Hi, I'm selling my Ehiem Canister 2215 @ $120 & Resun Chiller CL450 @ $200. Canister about 1 year old & Chiller is about 1 and a half years old. Any takers?

Are maiden hair or shaving brush asexual and deem dangerous to the reef tank?

_________ I see... I think that should be enough for a refugium.

Wow! That would be really nice of you to help me with the drilling. I can't wait to meet the great people like you guys in person!

______ No kidding?! I would really appreciate your kind gesture. But leh cheh for you to bring your doraemon bag at the BBQ not?

______ I see ok ok... Btw, wads BB? Sorrie ah... I still not familiar with the acronyms in the forum here. Me still "plankton" lah.. haha.

_____ Do you need to change the refugium water too? Can I ask for your refugium, do you use sand or refugium mud as your base bed?

_______ Thanks so much for your kind offer bro! I Pm-ed you my address liao. U need a drill for the hole in the bottle cap (quite hard)leh... but I dun have a drill. Wad u suggest to make the hole? Btw, I just got 4 syringes for feeding. Heh heh...

___________ Wow!! Thanks for the information, bro. Sorry to trouble you to search for the information. I will go get a syringe and a ballon stick. As for specific feeding, I'll get a plastic bottle to feed it. I hope it works.

_______ Yeah... when I saw the display clams at Iwarna, I was totally awe-struck by the colour and serenity of the clams. That was where my decision came, to keep clams. I will get a couple more HO T5 lights for the clams. They are stationery as compared to fishes; but might be boring. Thats where I will keep some fishes for movement beauty. (Need your recommendations on clam-safe fishes)... As for a shallow tank, that will come later until at least I stabilse this 3ft tank first. I also got space constraints at home lah.. even though I would like to have another tank. Haha... Aside to all the above, I even have a themed-name for my tank, and it will be called, "Clam Valley"

__________ Dun worry Comycus bro, I will take top-down views and post them up for all to share. I hope the pics will turn out nice lah... if not nice, then "lao kui"..

____________ Bro raydiative, I have a sun coral but it has not opened at all since the first day I bought it. I have tried all methods (low light to strong light, high water flow to low water flow.. etc) But haven't open at all. Sigh... "Kek Sim" At least I know what corals I should not keep in future.

______ A bit of insight.... My tank dimensions: 3ft x 2ft x 2ft with sump tank, similar to yours. As for my sump tank, it would be a 4 compartment (1 collection/ 1 skimmer/ 1 Refuguim/ 1 Return)tank. I also dunno how it would look like but I will take photos for all to share. As for the number of clams, I plan to have 19 of them (1 & 9 are my lucky numbers).. But I dunno if this is too many?? Wad do ya all think? I dun mind having less fishes in the tank actually... cos I scared to see fishes die in the tank and usually fishes tend to die easier than clams... (thats wad I presume lah..) but you can correct me if I'm wrong. Wad would ya all bros think?

okies, thanks for the recommendations. Critters as in any marine life (eg: Clean up crews, fishes, corals, anything to recommend??) Currently I have a 2ft tank in operation liao (consists of 1 tomato clown, 1 blue tang, 1 green wrasse and 4 SPS). I will migrate them into the bigger tank soon. Heh heh... They will be the first residents in the new tank.

Thanks so much bro. I'll ask Victor to see if he can help to make the scrubber for me. Btw, I also ordered the tank from him. Heh heh.. I will keep my tank setup log in another thread soon. Remember my nick: CLAM CHOWDER! Haha.. I still do not know what type of marine critters in my tank leh. Any suggestions? But the majority of the livestock will be clams (my nick explains all).

Yeah I agree. An algae scrubber should not be a replacement of changing tank water or skimming. It should be a complement filter for the tank. I am looking to have the algae scrubber only for the main reason to reduce Phosphate & Nitrate. My tank is arriving this Friday and am so excited about the setup. I wonder if one or manufacturer makes algae scrubber? Would anyone know who does it?

Hi StevenKoh Bro, I see your point, as long got light the sump will grow algae. How often do we need to clean the sump tank?

Wow..! thanks so much for the article. It looks so "easy" to place an algae scrubber in our reeftank system, but there is so much more to it. I wonder how are our fellow reefer bros coping with their algae scrubbers in their reeftanks? Any bros who owns an algae scrubber would like to give their 2 cents worth of comments on their previous experience?

___ I will bring 2 bottles of Vodka!

Hi Bluestar, cycling of the tank esp for newbies need at least 1 week. Actually the longer, the better. It assures better stability of the tank. You wouldn't want your tank to crash when you have your expensive fishes or corals in it, right? I know of a bro who did not cycle his tank at all, end up his fishes died one by one within 2 weeks. Its very frustrating and disheartening to see them to die one by one and have to restart your tank again. Cycling of your tank is beneficial and it will go a long way for your tank and tank critters. Sorrie if i replied too late.