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I have red bamboo in my sump. It turns green when it is about to die. It looks nice and I use it to conceal my chaeto from sump display lol. I dont think feeding it to tangs is sustainable though. They don't grow very thick and spread outwards, meaning that they need more space than other macroalgaes

With Sunlight Advantage: -Faster growth for some corals -Brighter lighting Disadvantage: -Discoloration of lights -Huge algae growth, and hard algae on glass isnt easy to remove -Added heat to the tank. My tank rose from ~29dc to ~32dc. Wrecked all my corals -Causes cheap china leds with no proper heat circulation to overheat, causing leds to become less bright -a lot of evaporation. Imagine adding 5l a day to a 24g. Thats a lot of water in longterm for such a small tank -for some unknown reason some fish get lethargic when they were under the sun - if you prefer viewing your corals at night, you can't as the lightcycle for them would become too long and you end up having to synchronise leds with the sun Source - experience, from moving my nano from the living room to beside the window Its probably obvious that I hate the sunlight lol it caused more problems than benefits for me

lol unlikely lah. The latest gen of led lights are pretty professional. If you get from the correct places your warranty can also exceed 2 years, but imo its unlikely you'll need it anyways, unless you're suay haha

you won't get much views here so potential sellers may not even see this. It would be better if you try to keep alert on the pasar malam section, and when you pass the 100 posts mark you can make a wtb post. Good luck finding what you want fast:)

they don't ship to singapore. Even if you post it to an american address and then ship it to singapore, the fish or coral would not survive the time of the journey. Live aquaria is super expensive compared to singapore lfs btw, so no point(unless buying exotics)

Do you have a species id?

Im using api PO4 and KH, and salifert MG. I hope to migrate over to completely salifert once my api kit finishes

NO2 is useless after cycle, so I'm not wasting money buying it now. All I need to test is ammonia and nitrates actually. I will wait for ammonia to shoot up, fall and nitrates to peak and the cycle would be over

Ammonia rose to "alert" zone which is good,as cycling is starting

@comycus I noticed that it took nearly 4 hours to change from white to yellow. I got what I paid for I guess... I just tested parameters(api & salifert) Cal:480ppm NO3:2.5ppm PO4:0.25ppm KH: 9.5dKH Mg:1478ppm Ammonia:safe range Parameters seem good but *sigh* cycle hasn't started yet. its probably due to the salinity problem. Either that or the macroalgae is prevemting cycle from starting. I just put in food to let the water get waste in it. I think maybe the live rocks may have been too *clean* and no dying matter etc. So cycle cannot start yet. Now I'll just wait

Im not talking about test kits but about the alert in tank device. Anyways I will check ammonia in the future should any problems arise as corals are definitely less hardy than discus

lol its ok haha I ammonia and ammonium are similar enough. As long as it tests something useful im fine with it. It cost less than $10 anyways

the lifespan is 1 year long. Oh ok wow just stick to glass.. so simple. Mine hasnt had a color change yet but the package said that the color will change after a few hours so ill wait

err it shouldn't work with ammonium compounds. Ammonium is not dangerous but ammonia howevrr, will wreck havoc in small quantities. Ill still use it anyways. Perhaps your ammonium carbonate decomposed to ammonia water and carbondioxide, but its unlikely. Well it really doesn't matter if the thing tests ammonia and ammonium because both can be used as signs of a problem

just installed this seachem ammonia meter thing. I wont rely on it for solid ammonia readings but ill use it to see if the levels of ammonia are in the safe range to indicate any signs of trouble. Anyone used this before? Any reviews or tips I could use?

I noticed that the macroalgae has been doing terribly currently. Its probably due to the low salinity. The red color branching thing is turning palish red and slightly green, and the capulera a is turning transparent and disintegrating. I hope they survive when the salt gets topped up!

Wow I'm laughing so hard at the title xD its so misleading LOL

Oh ok. I think maybe seawater may not be the best choice for marine tanks then... but if I switch over to the triton system(which I am considering), I need real seawater, not a salt mix so I guess maybe a mixture of both may be acceptable

Im no expert too, but there's not enough info to determine a cause. Maybe you could state your water parameters are or tell us what change you had in your routine recently. Also try to check all equipment is working. I use this as my troubleshooting guide. Hopefully it helps you!

just curious, how low is your low salinity?

I plan to cycle until no more ammonia. Test kits coming today so I will have a range of dates to visualise once the parameters are tested

Interestingly i had a discussion with the distributor on the reason why it was dilute, and found out how changing tides and rain can affect salinity of seawater greatly. Next time anyone who uses seawater should check their salinity after a change. I was really lucky I hadn't put in lifestock yet else they wouldn't have made it. And about the tubeworms, once the tank matures I'll be willing to give them to an experienced reefer who can learn more about them. Theyre not as simple and weak as I (and probably many others) thought.

thanks bro! Im as surprised on this as you are. I thought they would have died off due to the low salinity but theyre doing fine. And it wasn't really freshwater just somewhere slightly less than 1.010 sg. I guess they're hardier than we think. What surprised me most is that 3 different types of tubeworm(shell creating, rock burrowing and very large feather types) actually survived, and not just a single species.

I managed to contact the seawater supplier whom I got my water from and they agreed to fix the salinity for free. Thanks anyways!

thanks! Though I wouldn't want to see the finishing :S LOL Id rather it last long