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Cardinals sold to a steady bro!

By the way, if u are planning to keep a school of these. This 4 fishes will make good mentors for taking pellets for the rest

Sorry double post on tapa

Hi guys, I'm reducing my bioload from 12 blue eye cardinals to 8. So I got 4 healthy ones for sale. They are already feeding on pellets and are very healthy. No injuries or fin problems. Video of them feeding can be found under my tank thread. I'll be selling all 4 for $10. Pick up at siglap. Before 6pm or after 10pm today. Or Tmr after 5pm onwards. 90020585, Jarrett

Hi guys, I'm reducing my bioload from 12 blue eye cardinals to 8. So I got 4 healthy ones for sale. They are already feeding on pellets and are very healthy. No injuries or fin problems. Video of them feeding can be found under my tank thread. I'll be selling all 4 for $10. Pick up at siglap. Before 6pm or after 10pm today. Or Tmr after 5pm onwards. 90020585, Jarrett

yay!!!! new tank thread!!!! Gonna be an epic one for sure! I already pitched my tent when u told me u upgrading. HAHA

Looks like a purple tang to me. But cant be sure from a short footage of it.

Heres my dream tank! Hope one day i can achieve this standard. Already getting similar colouration on some of the corals. Credits to Rosso4852 from youtube

Everyday open this thread so exciting. Never know whats gonna be on sale next.

U need phos remover for sure bro. Cant rely on just rodi water. Everything u add to the tank leaches po4. Especially ur spongebob set =/

Beautiful set up! Lets see more shots of those sps

I would like to share some of my own personal thoughts so far along my zeovit journey, and also hope those not using zeovit can have a better understanding. The core of every system is very clear and straightforward. It does not take a magical system like zeovit to get beautiful sps tanks. The core of any beautiful tanks u see anywhere boils down to simply, water parameters and lighting. Thats about it. Water Parameters: In particular u are talking about KH, CA, MG, Po4 and No3. The rest i will explain further later. How you maintain the above it really up to u. Theres nothing special in zeovit to address KH,CA and MG. So here are the available methods: Manual /automated dosing with balling light, 2 part dosing, self mix powder, Kalkwasser dosing and calcium reactors. There isnt a perfect number to any of the above. But there is however, a balanced no. U can check out this no from reef calculators. http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html , just input any products to display the balance no. Keep these 3 big boys stable, a range of number is usually preferred as its hard to always acheive perfection since we do water change and stuff. A range of +-1.0 is good to start with, slowly narrow it down to +-0.5. P04 and no3 is a little big harder to address: Zeovit basically controls this using their basic 4 system, zeovit/zeostart3/spongepower/zeobak. So what if u dont use zeovit? Its still exactly the same principle. On top of your skimmer, be it probiotic dosing (polylab genesis/fuel, Prodibio biodigest/biotim, FM Ultralith/Ultrabak, Redsea care program), Refugium with macroalgae, Deep Sand bed, Biopellets, algae turf scrubbers, large amount of bio media (siporax, bacteria king, eheim substrate pro, Biohome) your goal is to break down that nitrate into harmless nitrogen gas. So u dont need zeovit to do this, its just another method along with all the above mentioned. There's pros and cons to each. And than theres p04 which u run reactors with (rowaphos, ultraphos, sorb4, goodbye po4, Redsea Algae management program). All the above also work towards the same goal of phos removing. Given the choice honestly, sometimes i wished i had stick to the basic of having a good nutrient export system like a refugium system with macroalgae. The last thing i have to mention is trace elements. There are important elements in the water that determines corals growth and colouration that sometimes goes overlooked. Mainly Potassium, iodine, strontium and a few others. Triton is also big on trace elements for having a successful reef. Now that u reached a low nutrient system, u need to be able to fuel the corals with the necessary elements. The importance of potassium is often overlooked. Regular change of water will help keep this in check if u use a good salt mix. But if u really want to bring out the colours or potentials in corals. u need to supplement further. So whats the best way i learnt, is to try out some colour products commercially available. Zeovit (Xtra, Bbalance, Kbalance, Xtraspecial) FM( Colour elements), Grotech (ABCM), Red sea coral coloration program. Start off with half the dosage and monitor the coloration. ( I.e U lack red in ur corals, u can increase ur dosage of FM Red/Purple complex, or increase dosage of bbalance) You don't need to measure the element in the water, this is already done by the company manufacturing these products, all u need to do is look and understand how your corals display. This makes it 10x easier to supplement trace elements The main concept im trying to put across is that, u do not need zeovit to have a successful tank. Zeovit is amazing, but not everyone is made for it. It takes a lot of diligence and also an amount of experience to identify the dosage amounts. There are tons of successful methods used over the years that yield great results. So now all u have to do, is mix and match ur preferred method for Big 3 dosing, Nitrate removal, Po4 Removal, trace elements addition and a step closer to a beautiful successful tank

Thanks alot bro Chris! Looking forward to more updates on ur thread. Starting a tank is always the most fun part

By the way, if ur observing a noticeable cycle occurring in ur tank, i.e the usual ammonia/no2/no3 rise and drop. Than ur tank has bacteria colonising which means ur rocks are free of chlorine. The diatoms are inevitable and will come and go. Thats when u can add ur cuc, any hint of chlorine will immediately be noticeable if theres any death.

Wah! Nice tank bro! Love the external side overflow Your minimalistic scaping is really nice! I ever had the idea to do something similar after having seen many minimalist aquascapes exactly like yours. Keep it simple, and brings the attention to the corals instead, it will look beautiful with some outstanding pieces of corals, sps or lps =D My advise would be to keep the back glass clean since ur overflow is by the side. Will make the scape stand out better. Cant wait to see u stock up. Will be following your thread!

I would be very interested to know if theres a 24hr fish shop in the east like polyart. Not that i know of any though

Hanna is accurate and gives u a digital readout instead of having to compare with colour charts. There is however a problem i notice with hanna checkers. It depends alot on ambient lighting if u dont cover the caps with ur hands during testing. Anyone faced the same issue?. Tried it on both po4 checker and kh checker. Inconsistent reading if testing in a well lit room and a dim lighted room.

Ups for your sales bro! Any pics of ur black tip? Would love to see it.

CHIO CHIO! Keep those peetures coming!

Bayer targets the nervous system if living organisms. Extremely harmful if exposed to ur fishes for sure. U need to rinse well after dip.

Yup just checked the website, they have it. Will call tmr to check for stock availability. Thanks Turtle1989

Thanks alot guys for the feedback. Yup, Im looking for the large slabs or blocks. Do they carry these?

Hey guys, Anyone knows where i can get this? Any LFS selling? Thanks!

Super love this tank, still remember first time i saw it, breathtaking! Gd job mellow!

Thanks bro, right now low on budget! May have to wait a little longer before i invest on a DSLR. The amount ive been spending on the tank is killing me. Haha. Haha, of cos chosen by you ma! Definitely eye catching piece. Thanks man. Thanks ash! Haha, no la, just heng i had nothing on that night, so was at AC, made the trip down to AM to take a look if theres anything new. Thanks bro.