MrSalty

Hi bro corals still available.. can u watsapp me at 93364474 darric thanks

:bow: :bow:awesome tank...I am just amazed by the tanks' dimensions & equipment list ..will be camping here to follow the thread

nice start bro..tank's looking good

some sps brown out & water parameters not very stable had been using NSW to water change, decided to buy a RO /DI unit to change water - hope parameters stabilize & can bring back the colours pic updates of LPS for this week (taken with hand phone, quality not good) :

good decision to let go the emperor bro nice zoa ....where did you get them from?

hi bro list of equipment looks good instead of the aquazonic, may also consider getting a led setup form pasar malam to get the natural shimmer effect...will be a joy to watch the fish & corals my 2 cents worth

nice prata...our prata have the same colours medium to low light & not too much flow will get the prata to open more, weekly target feedings of Mysis will help too

very nicely decorated house & tank indeed, wish I had the space to integrate my tank into the living room too nice LPS bro ...where did you get the corals from ?

hi bro, welcome to this exciting hobby as I had tried to convert sumpless freshwater tank to marine before (tank crashed eventually), like to share my 2 cents worth: 1) no sump - you will need canister filter - can be very tedious / messy to service when you have salt water. & may become a pain to do weekly maintenance after the initial excitement died down 2) hang on skimmers - can be a challenge if you have bracing on your current fish tank 3) Aquazonic T5 was good enough for many LPS, no problem when I was keeping my prata, cynarina & torch Needs stronger lighting for more challenging corals 4) I am using the jebao Wp 25 now - so far so good, comes in different programmes too 5) Other eqpt - depending what you want to keep, may have to consider getting FRs as no refugium, but need to consider where to place these 6) test kits - if you are planning to keep LPS / SPS in future - bought many Salifert test kits (NO2/ NO3/ Calcium / Magneisum / KH / PO4) not to be discouraging, with so many equipment hanging around, it may disturb the beauty of a marine tank that we want to achieve. then will spend another big amount to upgrade - that's what happened to me. do think of the other option of getting a tank with sump. To keep in the 1.5k budget, you can look at the pasar malam section where reefers are selling their tanks / equipment.

hi bro nice rock scape , looks like you are going for the valley concept. what corals are you planning to keep? welcome to this exciting hobby. like you, I am also quite new & also tried to convert a fresh water tank into a marine without sump. just to share - pls double check for any leakages (last thing you wanto is to come home to a soaped floor)

thanks bro, I am also staying in east side ...can catch up during this weekend will PM you my number

thanks bro, nice trying very hard not to buy same here ...marine fishes are so nice & hard to resist my OC likes AT / flame angel very much ...must tahan don't go look look see see too often sure end up with 20 fishes soon roger, weekly 10% water change....now considering if I should add rowasphos to bring down the PO4 (currently running bio pellets)

thanks bro This is my current fish stock. Not sure if the bioload is too high for my mixed reef tank (422): - lye tail anthias x 6 - purple queen x 1 - yellow tang x 1 - lawn mower blenny x 1 - banana wrasse x 1 - 6-line wrasse x 1 - exquisite x 1 - lineatus x 1 - blotchy anthia x 1 - red dragonet x 1 Total: 15 fishes

bought a blotchy anthias and a lineatus last weekend: here's some random pics -using handphone so photo quality not that great

nice xenia bro..it looks orange in the video where did you buy this from

update of pics for this week. Gotten some nice frags from Cedric... his collection is super impressive

Nice scaping ....your skimmer looks powerful Always so exciting to have a new tank.. congrats bro

Hi bro thanks for advice. I will do a water change this weekend and monitor the parameters again go the bi-colour prata from GO, its a beautiful piece and price was reasonable so bought it - that's was about 4mths back

hi bros seek your advice - is RODI unit + salt mix a must / preferred way to keeping SPS can I just buy distilled water & add salt mix for water changes? OR can I still use NSW ( low mg / ca / kh ) & try to raise the parameters?

Yup, tested water again yesterday. Mg is at 1350. still lower than ideal - l will have to get supplements to raise the parameters

yes bro...I suspect I may gotten the test wrongly will check tonight again as the NSW shouldn't be this low

some update photos: gotten some frags from some nice bros: 1) green monti 2) green tip BN 3) german blue digi (no pic yet) & my favourite coral - prata

thanks bro

Update on my tank as I have put my remaining livestock into it: Parameters Nitrite: 0 Salinity: 1.025 Calcium: 400 Magnesium: 1140 attached a FTS & also the sump. corals still adjusting to the new environment. Hope to add some frags /corals over the weekend

And last but not least a fts after many mths. Very nice tank bro...hope I visit you to learn how to keep SPS