nicreef

hi, i just got this hammer head from the lfs last thurs (28/02). 2 of the head is opening up nicely but 1 of it did not. i thought it needed time but today, the head turned kind of jellish brown (attached photo) is it dead? if so what should i do? leave it or cut it off?

ok skimmer solved by changing it to over hanging type. anyone any tips on the bubbles?

ok going to try vodka than. is it ok to use it with my bio pellet? i just got it last week. and according to the seller need 2 week before it runs in finish.

just happen to saw this. i got myself a skimz overflow box when i started this new tank and it has been working well. only up was once when the air leak in the middle comparment and it stopped working. thinking of ways to do a back up overflow in the tank itself but cant find ways without drilling.

a baffles is kinda out btw...thou i can try...but it is going to be tough since it is round in shape haha

hmm need some help 1. there are bubbles coming from the pipe back to my tank. how do i reduce them? is it ok to have them? not sure if the pic below is clear enough to see the bubbles. 2. my skimmer cup fills up with foam that changes to water in about every 30 minutes. i am using a dymax LS 10. the knob has been turned to the max to make it as thick as possible liao. should i change the pump or is this normal in the inital stage?

sorry busy day. just got back from ML to seek his advice. according to him should be everything good to go. rockyboy: yup i have live sand n rock in my tank. couple of them from my old tank (which i close after a bacteria bloom when i used the red sea nitrate n phosphate reducer coupled with a timer failure). kelvin: i dint use market shrimp. i used the ammonia filled water (1.5ppm) from my old tank and some dying coral (picture attached). at first i poured 1l to my new tank than test the next day followed by 1l den test den 2l and test and finally 4l and test.

The sump has been cycling close to a month Liao since it was done for snother tank. The current tank is only a week plus 2... Ammonia definately 0. Just the nitrite I having problem reading the test kit.

ok thx going to try google up some info now

hi just need help to verify if my cycling is done. my reading of nitrite yesterday at 2.30pm was 1 (using old test kit) i added some dead coral into it from my previous tank and by 7pm it was 4 (using new test kit. using old test kit it was still 1. somehow i read somewhere the old test kit may not be working fine thats why i tried a new 1). before i left the office i did a dose of bacteria. today at 5pm, if reading is taken from the top view it indicates 0 but if i view from side it seems to indicate 0.5. did a google search http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/salifert-nitrite-test-kit-19259.html and the advice was to use ro/di water to do a comparison test. i used ntuc pure drinking water instead to do the comparison test and the result is as the attached pic with the tube on the right being water from tank n left the water i bought from ntuc. is the cycling done? as for nitrates the figure has been 100ppm for a long time and i have been using the red sea nitrate and phosphate reducer for a week now to bring it down to 60ppm as of today. (did a 40% water change in between not by choice but because my overflow box stopped working). ammonia has been less than 0.25 for more than a week now. wanted to be sure my cycling has ended before i start up my skimmer and slowly add some life stock (after water change)

hi have been reading up on using vodka or sugar to reduce nitrates http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=898931 wondering if any reefer out there can share with me which is better? also read that dosing vodka caused a fellow reefer coral to change colour http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/dosing-vodka-112705.html

Hope this works than....iphone max zoom liao lol

opps sry.. hope this is better

Realized there are lots of this brown thing on my life rock should i remove them?

nice irwana sells di water dint know. have been buyin 30l at $10 from aqua and $12 from ml (not di, ready made mix saltwater) $2 for 18l is much cheaper as i already bought my own saltmix.

view inside sump. decided to put the skimmer in by using a glass container below as a base to push up the height. view of sump + filter + chiller replaced white tube to blue and rock scaping more or less done.

reading yesterday (day 2 of cycling) was ammonia 0.25, nitrite 0.1, nitrate 100 reading today is ammonia >0.25, nitrite: 0.5, nitrate 100 can i use my red sea nitrate and phosphate reducer? (the overdose of this killed my tanked twice before...)

sure will update as soon as i can...just got more life rocks from irwana. in the midst of thinking how to piece them together. A) just wondering if anyone can give me feed back if this would work. 1. water from tank goes to top of bin 2. hang on skimmer takes water in from top area (3/4 of water level) discharge to lower level. 3. pipe from bottom of bin links to external filter. was reading that skimmer can remove bacteria, while i heard from henry that crush corals are good places for bacteria to grow. thus this set up ensures as much bacteria gets back to the tank again. B. Also would it be a good idea to speed up the cycling by adding the ammonia rich water slowly? C. Why is the reading this weird? it is only day 2 of cycling so shouldnt the no 3 be at its peak towards the end of cycling?