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The one I'm monitoring color has lighten up abit, starting to see green colorations and tinge of blue/purples on the coralids (spelling error): Front view: Top view: The other one I think some digitata or smthg... Can spot new growth tips (I hope) Front view: Top view: Can remember from which frag I broke this off from but it's coloring up and still alive Nothing much changed last week so that's all for now --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?k1jl2m

Some of my fraggies Monti frags: Digi & birdnests: Finally the brown color faded to review the pink polyps and white base The millies: Some I dunno what:

Some pics of the nano gobies: Nano maroon goby (trimma sp): Nano skunk goby: Still have a black bellied nano goby but unable to catch a photo of it... Will try again this week My orange plate: believe it or not, i realise asexual reproduction when a second and third mouth appeared today: Some of my zoas... Got a new addition over the weekend which can actually be seen in today's FTS:

Some photos earlier today: Added a few frags over the weekend The tank last week when lights turn on: Some pics of stocks shortly

I think a lot depends on the type of equipment u are looking at and the status (new/reused) of the equipment... IMHO not impossible but a tad tight

Congrats! Nice pastels! Amazing!

I referring to the t-loaned unit dude Anyway if by now it is still hoovering at 30C, its either not set or spoilt... Since it's a loan unit, why not just ask the maintenance folks to loan u another?

Or we could have been conned by marketing!! Hahahaa.... That could explain why my recent catch rates so bad... Hahaha...

Fresh water then coralrx? Normally I do that for corals before gg into tank... 1 large pail, power head/wave maker, submerge rock in solution, 15mins of saturation, most guest, hitchhikers bye bye...

Btw, if you do buy led from pasar malam, just google what you bought or search this forum, I'm sure you will find instructions for setup. Imho most systems quite easy to setup.

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No expert here but i used to use a TECO RA680 for my 4' previously. Did u set the desired temperature for the chiller? How long has the chiller been running?

Is energy cost/efficiency a concern? How deep is the tank? Personally I would go for ecomarine radeon + 1 or 2 par38s to supplement... Got more experts out there to advice

Interesting... Circle hooks were marketed as a no need to set hook... Suppose to increase catch rates by having the hook auto set when the fish takes the bait...

Try Iwarna, think their resident local "breeder" there have...

Just make sure u do a general check on the water before putting in la... And also top up progressively and not a lot at a go as it may affect PH. I do a weekly of about 30% plus every other day I siphon out detritus abit abit...

Welcome! So you finally decided to take the plunge For me I do water changes even during cycling... Shouldn't be putting any livestocks now as you would be expecting ammonia to peak, followed by depreciate while no2 spikes before lastly a depreciation of no2... Cycle considered complete once nh3 and no2 is undetectable... Why off your filter? If you off it, no water flow through you IOH, I presume increase in bacteria due to cycling would increase oxygen intake and without gaseous transfer you might face cycling problem... Not sure though... But I never off my filter, maybe skimmer during cycling but not the filter. Good if you can keep your temp btw 26-29C, I think the tank small those clip on fan should suffice but do take note of evaporation and top up with ro/di water accordingly. Advantage of small tank - you can buy a few 1.5litre bottles of distilled water for topping up Have fun bro!

I think so la cos for 2 tanks actually quite value for money if I go for Hanna... Time saving too!

For sale Alkalinity, Calcium & Magnesium test kits. Used for 6 test so far. Letting go at $40. Getting old, eye sight no good enuf for this kits... Interested parties pls pm or SMS me. Collection at upper Thomson or east area upon confirmation. Thanks all!

i think you can consider "trying out" (with ample reading) on a tank of slightly bigger then mine or about the same size as mine... I would believe that even for fresh water, small tanks are also very much harder compared to having a big one. You would have more room for error when it comes to bigger tanks. Small tank, small volume, small change, big disaster... That being said, IMHO marine takes a lot more then your typical fresh water but even for freshwater i believe the same, "the smaller it gets, the harder it gets" applies

No issues but do read up more if you are not clear as such a small tank allows for little/no room for errors. This forum is a wonderful place to start. Depending on what you want to keep i think the stock lights are enuf if you are looking at a Fish dominated tank with easy LPS. Again, im not an expert but due to size its a challenge for sure

Hey bro, I'm not sure which version it is but all in all, its a 1ft x 1ft x 14" (l x w x h). Tank is progessing fine so far (cross finger and pray). My main focus is on NO3 and PO4, and limit feeding and livestocks to try an keep nutrients low. Regarding your question, i didnt use any of the factory provided media. I replace the whole of the 1st plastic container with Biohome, and the second with Ultralith. I added on an additional HOF with a mix of BioHome and PhosBan. Only liverock is in the main tank but i have no sand in my setup. Default lights were replaced with 2 x Par38 and i think it might be a wise choice to replace the default pump too(for circulation purpose), else i may consider adding a small small power head to increase circulation. Hope it helps. Let me know if you need further clarifications, i will do my best to assist! Good luck!

Hahaha... Yup it's certainly enjoyable! So busy traveling, now finally have time to have it setup!

some old photos from my hp/cam... didnt take any photo last week cos busy working and running around all the LFS... never stay late in office for work for such a long time... recently keep staying late and going back on weekends to man the tank bicolour poci when first put into the tank... currently PE is quite decent, colour so so la... cant remember the name again, parent colony is white base with red polyps: cant remember name oso, but quite a common sps but i always like the fluff fluff look: Some comparism from 1st introduction to the week before, the acro polyps turning greening and body is lightening up a little, dunno how it is suppose to actually look like cos nvr see mummy before: Current setup: Close up: havent got the chance to take photos of all the other nice frags i have collected from all the bros here... will try to do it soon... Next up... another strip of red and blue LED for this tank and preparations for a new tank at home! ^_^

trying la bro, but tank in office lazy to bring cam up and down and iphone photo is like sai... hahaha... you should post more photos bro, your tank is Hi bro! Thanks... its very hard though so is completely off focus... cam lousy, skill lousy.... must find a day go raid your stocks liao ehhhh.... dun understand... but i do drive to MP once or twice a week to buy water but i cannot afford a BMW, BMX still can