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wow!!! very nice!! i was late...

The reason is because the oils lower the surface tension of the water, which inhibits foaming.

1/3hp should be enough for you.. but u can go for 1/2hp if u want.. go to the website below, use their guide to help u choose the correct size chiller http://www.jbjlighting.com/prod_chiller_size.asp Alternatively, u can get a Daeil chiller which is basically the same as Artica but much cheaper

The deep purple ones of course.. need to grow a number of purple coralline layers over each other to achieve deep purple... need lots of time and calcium.. haha....

yes i agree.. i got lots of green and red as well.. weird rocks i have

i'm using aquatim.. its good.. more concentrated than DT

me from MPE yr3 as well... NUS

what he meant was red algae doesn't mean cyno... could be coralline too.. i have lots of them too still think purple is nicer... haha..

1. I read the forum at arofanatics that you should not turn on your protein skimmer until the tank has fully cycled. Is that true? Cos I turned on my skimmer since I set up my tank. What is the reasoning behind turning off skimmer? Weird that you are naming arofanatics that the people there said that you should not turn on the skimmer. In fact most of the people there on their skimmer during cycling but thats optional. Maybe you are reading one of the older posts. Skimmer can definitely be switched on during cycling. 2. Saw 1 crab in my tank, 6-7 bristleworms and 1 clam. At first, I tot the clam was a piece of chipped of LR but suddenly it started to climb up the LR and upon closer inspection realise what it is. Going to try to catch the crab. As for the clam, necessary to get rid of it? You can get rid of the bristleworms and crabs if u want. most people dislike them They can be useful at times though (eat up your unwanted food and dead fish) 3. My tank's temperature is 30 Degrees celcius. Should i lower it? If so, any brand of fans to recommend? Profantec fan is good 4. My wavemaker (Eden 228) blows air bubbles into the water. Is this good or bad? I saw somewhere that bubbles should be reduced in the tank. Any comments? By right the wavemaker shouldnt blow bubbles into the water.. u shld check whether if u have install correctly

wow... got censorship one Upzz.. very good skimmer!

think stomach fat is that start of a fully fat fish.. haha.. looks like bloated stomach...

For the second link....thats a lot of fishes!! eyes almost popped out.. dun look real at all.. seems like i'm watching tv.. haha

the first shop is Polyart... from the NKF carpark

you never knows.... it actually looks similar to blastos.. but blastos will bloom lah..

picture?

No fish inside no need to skim lah...

There are reasons behind this $50 top-up condition. There's quite a huge numberof CPF accounts (above 21) and some of them maybe is no longer in Singapore (for whatever reason) etc etc.. This $50 top-up is just to ensure that the person/account is 'alive' and the government won't just put a few hundreds in an idle account. Maybe they can reduce it to $10? There are reasons who every actions.

oh no... next craze is favia? haha...

Weird... i feed cyclopeeze everyday and I don't encounter this problem at all... skimming consistently everyday

where u buy? $50.. i may get one also....

Pointing the Tunzes down will cause a huge sandstorm... and if u r having LPS, they won't be too happy with the strong flow... difficult for them to open

eh.. Flubberina and Chris... u 2 very funny ah.. but come to think of it.. the sentence can be interpreted this way too bad u guys got no chance to eat the bread.. i accidently dip him in the Lugol's solution

wheres the collection place?

Opps... u got the the wrong impressions.. i know u guys are just helping out... no motives one.. and i wasnt talking about u guys.. haha.. i was just jokingly 'suaning' Bonjour who volunteered for the Lugol's bath.. I also not rushing for anything... really an eye-opener though... like night market (Pasar Malam) like that

If u have made at least $50 CPF contributions for the past one year... there's no requirement to top-up.. irregardless of whether u have any amount in the CPF. Even u have $10000 but no contributions for the past one year, u have to top up $50.