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hmmmm... i do believe so.. lol Yeap, nice zoas from cedric.. have you visited him before?? amazing fish room......... The green jewel looks like a goniopora after some search on the internet, but im not so sure... Have you kept one before? Any special care needed? it seems happy enough with the lighting and flow, was wondering if i need to give somemore calcium because its a stoney coral.. btw, i realised its definitely an impulse buy after doing some research on it... Btw, give me some photographing tips leh hahaha

Hey bro, I tried using other lights but it looks worse!! LOL.. using my lousy handphone camera lah, no choice.. Have to ask bro bunster to teach me some photography techniques!! Bro bunster's photos always make me drool, good inspiration~!!

Thanks bro tofubox~! Thats so true, I have read so many post from the seniors here with that problem.. thats why I am determined to dip all my corals, and its quite fun doing it actually!! Hahaha! Plus i really see a big difference with my mushrooms after the dip.. So i see you are decomm-ing your 2ft? Lol

Hey everyone~! today's shopping ended with 2 Zoas frags (From Bro Cedricang~! Nice fish room~! I was amazed from the beginning till the end~!! An eye opener~!!) and a green jewel from a pasir ris lfs.. Green jewel from lfs (PS: Please please dip all corals from lfs.. they may look fantastic in their shop but you never know whats inside, a coral rx dip before entering my dt and out came AT LEAST 10 worm looking creatures, and one of it is big and FAT~!... tsk tsk tsk... lucky lucky me... I rather go through the trouble now then having the trouble of catching them in my dt in the future..) Zoas Frags, Robin Hood & Armour Of Good~! (Coral dipped it too, nothing came out.. must be due to the good care of bro Cedricang ) Happy Family of 3 (For now, hahaha) Happy Sunday~!!!! Cheers~!!

Hey bunster bro... my mushrooms came back stronger than ever~!! looks even stronger than when i first got it~!! I did a 10% water change yesterday, dipped my mushrooms in coral rx pro for about 10 mins and gently 'turkey blasted" it a few times.. guess what? a mini crab and alot of brown stuff dropped out of my mushrooms.. Now its so happy and wide open till i cannot see the rock they are attached to.. Time to shop for more~! Woohoo!

Yo Bunster bro, I am not sure if the lights are dimmable but i tried and tested a few intensity it had and the mushrooms seem to open better with this intensity.. This a shot of my mushrooms 2 days ago, but it was much better this morning, didnt get a shot of it though.. Praying it will get better after i coral dip it and wc 10%...

Hi bro andtsg, I last did a wc last Saturday, aprox 25%.. Planning to do another 10% wc tomorrow.. do you think its ok?

Hi bunster bro, I ended up buying a maxspect glaive instead which I'm guessing it should be enough due to the shallow depth my tank has (light to sand beg is 18").. btw my mushroom is not doing so well too, some of the seniors here said it may be due to strong lighting, but I'm guessing it should be due to a lack of nutrients coz my water is only about 1 month plus old.. Might be too clean for any corals... thinking of giving it a teeny weeny bit of reef nutrition dose.. what do you think? do you have any similar experience?

Hey bros, thanks for the kind advice~! Will carry out the testing tomorrow! Cheers!

Hi bro, thank you for the advice! the mushrooms i have is at a super low current position in my tank and my lighting is about 18" above it.. I did a parameters test last night and my NO3 is at 10ppm.. I am guessing it is the nutrients part that you have mentioned? if thats the case, what should i do to boost up the nutrients? Thank you so so much~! Save my mushrooms~~!! Please~!!

Hi bros! Need help kind advise for my mushrooms! I bought it about a week ago, doing great for day 1 & 2, but has not been doing well for the past 3 days..... Before After I thought it was my lighting, but i changed to a maxspect glaive 2 days ago, still the same... checked parameters also ok... temperature around 27 to 27.5 degrees... placed in a low wave current spot... Any bros with similar experience?? Please help!

Wow! I am guessing your IOS must be damn spacious to fit so much equipment~! Bo Bian lah.. because of space constraint in my IOS, im only left with a choice of getting the Deltec mce300 skimmer, plus lighting and some live stock thrown in, close to 1k already...

Yes bro, only 1 watchman & 1 pistol shrimp at the moment.. Great pair, always together and feeding well.. i feed a quater cube of frozen mysis in the morning and another quater in the evening, i always check for leftovers after feeding and seems like they are able to finish everything.. I am sure they finished it because i switch off my return pump for a good 10 to 15 mins during feeding, nothing left on the spot i left the food for them.. Okie.. seems like i have to invest in the maxspect too but am thinking of getting the 60w instead.. pocket very very shallow lol

hey bro, i bought the tropic marin sea salt but have not started using it yet. Planning to try it out for this weekend's wc. Was using nsw from ah beng for the last wc. Got to admit that nirates build up quite fast.. its was 5 on sunday and shot to 10 yesterday.. nh4 and n02 remained at 0 consistantly.. btw, your tank is my inspiration!! Was wondering what lighting are you using, I planning to change my China LED too..

LOL, nice fish bro, will it get very big??

I see.. i read that some iodide drops occasionally helps the colouring? Have you guys tried?

05/10/2014 (First Coral~!!) Seems happy enough with my China LED lights and 27.5 degrees water.. Bros, any coral supplements to recommend??

Yeap, still trying out some little experiments with the fan chilling, temperature and evaporation. Anyways, got to go slow by force due to shallow pockets~! LOL

Hey bro, tell me about it.. i just bought a mushroom from ah beng again today hahaha, trying my very best to add slowwwwly.... Btw, yeah got the aquaroche ceramic rocks from iwarna, they have a great selection of ceramic rocks the last time i went, its locked up at another warehouse and its only upon asking and he will bring you to the warehouse for viewing.. I just started running a fan this morning, managed to keep the temperature between 27 to 27.8 degrees till now, using a dymax digital thermometer, reading taken at the return pump section.. This is the back view of my IOS, 1st portion is the overflow with Dymax IQ skimmer, 2nd portion is the bio rings/balls (the biggest portion), activated carbon and sponge filter, 3rd portion is the return pump.. Any tips to make it better? Areas of improvement?? Advise from a experienced nano reefer is definitely much appreciated~!!

Thats what I am thinking about too.. as it is a 2 ft IOS tank, the DT area is quite small and I am currently using a 1200l/hr pump, seems to be creating quite abit of current in the tank As for temperature, i plan to start off with a fan first and see how it goes.. But still hoping to keep some beginner corals like mushrooms and buttons haha

Hey bro, its just some cheap LED made in china brand, has got 11 blue and 3 white LED.. haha

hey bros~! Finally have the chance to post my own nano 2ft IOS tank here and hopefully I am able to gain some valuable advise and experience from all the fellow reefers here! I have been cycling my tank for 3 weeks now, added my first fish today~! Here goes~! Day 1 14/09/2014 21/09/2014 (First guest of my tank) 30/09/2014 (Added new rock and deco) 04/10/2014 (First Fish!! The pretty Yellow Watchman) Have been adding 2 tablets of bacteria (Aquapharm) every week since day 1. I have also been testing my parameters regularly in between a 2 days period, results are always NH4 - 0 (Salifert), NO2 - 0 (API), NO3 - 10 (API), SG 1.023 (refractometer). Did a WC today before adding the new fish and NO3 dropped to 5.. Currently also running a Dymax IQ Skimmer, having tons of problems with it and saving up to buy the Deltec MCE 300, any bros here with experience with it? Hope to have some advise! Thank you~!

Hey bro i had the same problem, went to a lfs and was told I probably overdose bacteria. I reduced my dosing and the white stuff reduced significantly too!

Ok Thanks guys~!!

Hi Bros! Anyone knows where can i buy turtle weed? and are they are to keep? I am just planning to have some turtle weed in my tank with fish and rocks. Possible without chiller? Hope some reefers here will be able to advise. Thanks!!