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nice video! corals looking very healthy with good PE. Keep it up!

Took some top down shots of my 2ft, everythings in a mess, plenty of war zones going on. So glad I'll be finally transferring them to a bigger tank, but that will still take at least another month.

Haha I'm waiting for ur tank to come. Than we can buddy and start together

Hi bro, for nitrate remover, there isnt a reactor with media that will solve the problem. If so, u will be talking about a biopellet reactor. Nitrates have to be naturally consumed by denitrifying bacteria, or outcompeted by other means like macroalgae in refugiums or natural algae in algae turf scrubbers. As for the pump, its also up to u, U can choose to have a standalone for each equipment or u can buy a big return and T off to each equipment, whichever u prefer. I personally like having the T off method as it saves electrical, reduce chance of failure with a single durable return pump, and lesser heat overall generated.

Can consider 2 rw15 instead and turn the power down as required. Personally getting a 4ft tank myself, and i feel the rw8s are not gonna cut it.

For phosphate remover, aka GFO. U can try rowaphos, but theres plenty of other brands out there, u can be the judge which is better for you. If I'm not mistaken, the RW series comes with the night sensor, which slows the pump down when lights are turned off. For the maxspect, u can go 50%70% for starters, and tune it up from there For the cycling stage, theres no problem with getting NSW at the start, but many prefer using own rodi+salt for personal reasons. It up to u. Yes, skimmer and whatever nutrient control should be started at this point. U can switch on the lights if u like, there both beneficial and non beneficial effects to this. Google to understand more. Primarily, u will only require one return pump. A secondary pump is handy in case of failures. The rest of your equipment looks good. You might wanna consider one or two reactors to run phos remover and carbon. Also think about what time of system u plan on running for the tank. Refugium only? Biopellets? Carbon Dosing? Probiotic dosing? Algae turf scrubber? Just the good old water changes? Its all up to u. Enjoy ur tank!

no issue la bro

Wah swee frag! up for ur sales bro!

Heres a pic of the digital co2 bubble counter Bro whq, I'm using 5 fans connected in parallel to 1 adaptor. Not very good with electronics myself. But i've attached these pictures, hope it helps. The adaptor i am using is controllable, so i can control the speed of the fans.

Hi bro whq. Yes it's exactly as u thought. Red black cable connected to 12v adaptor! In total I have 5 pic fans. 2 at the cabinet. 3 on led fixture. The two fans do an amazing job at keeping the cabinet cool. Cheers

Thanks for the well wishes bro.... Recovering from the injuries slowly but surely. Haha. I'll be using the kz system. Will take a close up of the digital counter tomorrow

Equipment list! Most of my equipment were bought from the previous owner. All these equipment were carefully selected and indeed very good choices. Did my fair bit of research on them, and were very impressed by the reviews and performance. Few of these are not available locally and were brought in by the previous owner, main issues faced when buying such items will be the support if anything goes wrong. Other items listed are mostly brand new. Size: 48" x30" x20" Volume: 125 gallons 1. Skimmer : JNS C0-3 Skimmer, rated for 550 gallons. 2. Cacium Reactor: Geo 618 with Eheim 1048 Circulation Pump + Nature aquarium 5l co2 bottle with digital bubble counter, Aqualifter feeder pump 3. Return pump: Reef Octopus Hy 10000w, Water Blaster 4. Zeovit Reactor: Reeftech zeolite reactor Z100B with eheim compact 1000 Feeder pump 5. Chiller: Hailea Hs90a ( Still looking for one) 6. Ato: Triple Sensor electronic auto top up from Gemsurf 7. Wavemakers: 2 x Jebao Rw15 (Ordering) 8. Lightings: 2x 48” DE T5 2 tube retrofit with ATI bulbs + 1M DIY CREE LED (40 LEDs on three drivers) 9. Addictives: Zeovit system 10. Salt: H20cean Pro 11. RODI: DD RODI setup 12: Sand: Caribsea Special Grade (out of stock atm) 13. Might include: Filter socks, 1 x DD reactor for carbon, 1 x Ehiem 1262 Secondary pump, 1 x Hailea 1/4 Hp secondary chiller, 1 x Jebao Dosing pump (to meet additional dosing requirements at later stage) For those curious on the cleaning phase. The method i use was fairly straightforward. Break down the parts u can. I.e remove the skimmer body, hose, cr pump, return pump parts, etc etc, and vinegar soak them for 24hrs or more as required. Simply remove from the vinegar bath, rinse thoroughly with tap water, use a brush to remove whatever organics remaining. Let it air dry, or wipe down. Assemble, and your equipment is as good as new. Vinegar soak ratio is 1:1 (vinegar:water). I bought my vinegar from tongsan at bedok north, artificial white vinegar, its good and value for money with their 5 liter bottles.The main reason i like using vinegar is because its safe, and even if theres minor residue left from the washing, its not harmful for the tank. Skimmer being ready for a vinegar bath 24hrs of vinegar soak As good as new The interesting bubble plate Zeolite Reactor Reef octopus Water Blaster after a good vinegar soak and clean Geo 618 CR body only after cleaning Lightset after wiping down and housing the cables Complete sump system Stay tuned! Rock Aquascaping next! As soon as I've recovered better from my injuries!

Lol, i would say its to a very small degree. Unless u are running BB, than yes, the reflection will be much higher.

Nice bushy birdnest Looks healthy

Thanks guys for following along the thread. Appreciate the support. Some of u guys may have known, I recently got into a motorbike accident, good news is I'm fine, but suffered a lot of surface abrasion. So my hands will not be able to touch salt water for a good week at least. My dad been very helpful and doing most of the maintenance on the 2ft as well as replacing the rodi for the curing rocks. Heres an update of the process. Added the remaining dead rocks for soaking. The bleached rocks are still turning the rodi water brown. Tested the po4 of the water, good news is the po4 is definitely within an acceptable range, this will shorten the rodi soaking phase. I'm using seachem prime, according to the manufacturer, prime does not remove po4, so the test is relatively accurate. Lastly, I calibrated my ph meter and tested the water. Ideally I want it to be as close to ph7 as possible, which would be an excellent indication that there is no more bleached within the rocks. Realistically, I don't think i will be able to achieve 7, even if all the bleach has been effectively removed, due to the nature of rocks. Will continue to monitor over the next week, if the PH will continue dropping. Eventually, I might consider actually getting a chlorine test kit, but we'll see.

Yes sir.

Omg! Is that 5 AT that I'm seeing? Beautiful bro.

Hi andromean, First of all, welcome to SRC. Before u consider getting a marine tank, do check out the main page of this website on FAQ on how to setup a marine tank as well as many other helpful guides like cycling, keeping your aquarium cool, importance of live rock, etc etc. http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/page/index.html/_/marine-aquarium-setting-up-resources/faq-for-setting-up-a-new-marine-tank-r41 For any beginner, you need to be patient with this hobby. Cycling may take a long while, but its certainly worth it. U should be safe to keep a paired clownfish, some crab, snails, starfish and maybe a few other nano fishes in a 2ft tank. Start off with some hardy corals, mostly soft corals, like mushrooms. Before u commit into buying anything, do take a walk around pasir ris farm, lim chu kang farm and other specialised marine shops like our sponsors on the forum to check on the pricing. Different shops can differ largely in pricing especially if your new and not familiar with the equipment needed. Skimmer is important, but its not absolutely necessary if u are willing to change water frequently as the primary means of nutrient export. I would not recommend keeping any sea cucumbers, puffers, seahorses or octopus for a new hobbies, you can consider these at a later stage when u gain more knowledge about this hobby. U might be fine keep a small sea urchin at the start.

I would say its mostly personal preference

Erm whats this topic about? As in you want to know what are the popular items usually on sale?

+1 Moonwater. U can buy loose carbon n DI resins from madpetz. U will need to buy the empty canister as well. Another option is u can buy crystal pro cartridges. Its more costly in my opinion.

Beautiful corals!

Choosing rocks for a tank build might be one of the hardest choice for me personally. I had experience with many types of rocks, both live, dead, cured and uncured rocks. To be honest with you, even if u buy cured rocks from a farm or a reefer, u can never be too confident in them. Basically there's 2 main problems with using live rocks. 1. Pest and hitchhikers 2. Po4 locked in the rock. Eventually, I decided to use dead rocks for one simple reason: I could find the best way to eliminate both problems. There are tons of method to cure dead rocks if you look it up online 1. Boiling rocks 2. Vinegar soak 3. "cooking" live rocks 4. Bleaching live rocks 5. Hyposalinity The common bleaching method will be to bleach it for 24hrs followed by a muriatic acid bath. Since Muriatic acid is impossible to get hold of here in sg, I decided to go with bleaching live rocks followed by sun drying a week (to remove decaying organics) and 2 weeks (maybe longer) of soaking in RODI with dechlorinator (to remove phosphates). The pros of this: U kill every dame thing. The cons: You risk having left over chlorine, basically killing everything still. I got most of my rocks from kind fellow reefers. They were given to me free, so i saved tons of money already. The first step was to soak the rocks in 1 part Bleach to 10 part Water. This was done for 24hrs, removed, scrubbed and spray down with fresh water. Since the rock were in pretty bad state, i had to soak down for an additional 24hrs. Unfortunately, i forgot to take pictures of the soaking. But its pretty straightforward. Heres a pic of before (notice the amount of decaying organics): Heres after the 2 x 24hr bleach Sun drying the rocks for a good week. This is tedious. As u need to bring in the rocks at night, take them out in the day, and watch for the rain. The rocks were than soaked in RODI water with dechlorinator added. (Only half the amount is shown here, the rest are still being sun dryed) U can use any water treating products like Seachem Prime. So, I am still undergoing the whole curing process. At the end of the process, i'll be using a calibrated ph monitor to test for the water, if it gives me a reading of 7, thats when i know the rock is clear of chlorine. To be honest, will i use bleach again next time? Yes and no. Yes because it does a great job at dealing with decaying organics. No because I just don't feel at ease even till now. A much better way to cure the rocks would probably be to cook them. But that requires plenty of saltwater mix and hard work. If you are going to cure dead rocks, you can decide whats best Thanks for viewing, will be updating my equipment list next and the cleaning process.

Heres a last FTS of my tank that sparked off the sps frenzy in me. I'll be focusing more on the 4ft tank now. Corals will be moving house in about 2-4 weeks time. Thanks to everyone who has viewed and supported this tank build. I really appreciate all your comments and advice. To the newer hobbies, u can check out the link to my new 4ft tank build. Thanks once again, and please do support my new tank build! Cheers, Tofu

Dont think its lack of light. That area looks like stn. I reckon its either flow or Kh fluctuation