Royston

May I know how many stages is your ro/di unit?

I keep my LSP & softies keep at around 27-28dC.

Haha yes thank you for the correction.

It is nothing just jusr your net or fingers to pop them new tank gets it sometimes. 1.021 is still not enough salt. Better raise it to min 1.23 at least since you are cycling the tank.

Yes must be zero for ammonia & nitrite.

Thanks guys dun think "gong gong" will work shells are too heavy. I'll check out CF & LCK soon never been to so far before, I've gone to am, go, irwana & ah beng ever since I started this hobby.

No you cannot skip this step what you can do is buy NSW & bateria culture to speed up the process.

Reverse Osmosis/ DeIonization therefore RO/DI is a water purification process. If lazy just buy NSW from irwana or ah beng & dump in the tank helps to cycle the tank faster too.

Ehiem 2213 can get for around $90-110 at most LFS but canister not recommend for marine.

No. You are suppose to do cycling with everything except anything alive(e.g. Corals, Fish, Inverts). So it is better to get your salinity right during the cycle(reflectometer is a good investment in years to come). Do your tank setup: add sand(w/o), water, salt, dead rocks and run your filtration system (I do not prefer to run my skimmer at this start point of time dead prawn makes the skimmer work faster but the cycling process slower). Get 3 tests kits Ammonia, Nitrite & Nitrate. Get a piece of "market prawn" drop it into the tank & leave it inside. Measure your ammonia now should be 0 to near 0. Leave the prawn for a few days 2-5 days when you notice it start to disintegrate. At this point of time measure your ammonia it should spike in compare to your last measurement taken at the initial stage when you just drop the prawn inside. You can now remove the prawn or just leave it there to "disappear". Measure you nitrite it will be rather high at this point too. Ammonia-> becomes Nitrite-> Nitrate(Nitrification process done by bateria). Do measurement for all 3 parameters every other day till your Ammonia & Nitrite becomes 0 and your Nitrate is around 10ppm or less.(at this point if your Nitrate is still high do water changes). All your rocks & sand are now "alive ALIVE". This is a tank cycling process if you do a search or google around you can find many information by seniors in the forum or other people in the www.

Wow very nice tank & no sump or refugium! I like your coco worm looks deep neon purple.

Sand, salt mix & liverocks to cycle together just no livestock. TS did U did a non-saltwater cycle?!

Nice rockscape lots of caves & area for corals seems a little wasted not to keep corals.

1pm at TFC very nice small to mid size royal gamma & 1x french angel (size of their tiny flameback) got afew mid size french angel too. Solid jewel damsel very bright blue spots.The rics are quite colourful too.

Yes, but to be sure you should test the parameter with at least 3(ammonia, nitrite & nitrate)test kits as not all cycling takes the same period of time.

Yes, same place as in Pasir Ris Farmway 2 but you will reach ah beng before irwana.

Any small size rbta? About 50cent coin to chilli sauce dish size?

Price lower to $40 hope to clear by this weekend.

Looking to sell my "mis-bar on the cheek" gold flake maroon clown getting a little too big(abt 2.5inches)in the tank. Feeding on garlic soaked mysis, pellets(like hungry ghost) & stealing nori from my YBB Tang. Sorry for the lousy pics by iphone cam. Selling at $50. Deal at my house Wan Tho Ave near Potong Pasir mrt stn. Sms me at 8228 388six can view without buying.

Untill 2-3 weeks or till you cannot find the prawn. This means the bacteria have truely broke down the prawn when you notice the ammonia increase follow by nitrite, lastly follow by nitrate. But some will just take the prawn out before it started to disintegrate. Remember nitrate feeds algea with light. After nitrite & ammonia is zero(very important). Can try partial change of water & test nitrate. By this stage cycle almost 95% done. Monitor afew days parameter remains the same then is time to buy 1-2 livestocks & slowly stockup.

Looking for cheato if anyone can spare a fist full size. My tank crashed abt three months ago even cheato wipe out. So now I am looking for some to restart my refugium. Thanks in advance.

Do I need to buy hermit crab shells for my red & blue legged hermit crabs? I know land hermit do need it but does underwater hermit do the same? If yes where do you buy them from the ones sold at Pet Lover are all painted which I scare may kill my fishes & corals.

No updates on ah beng?

Nice hope to see your tank get stock up after your cycling is done. How small is your tank anyway?

Sometimes have to starve them for 2 days then feed mysis soak in garlic juice(or commercial fish garlic juice). Or can try to feed with "prepared cyclopfreeze" from LFS. My maroon & butterflies were not eating till the 2nd day I prepare a mix of pellets(irwana), cyclopfreeze(from AM), mysis & garlic juice (freshly squeeze). In the end my maroon eat the pellets more readily than my butterflies.