dachkie

better then right from the start got no protection at all right?

my sweat are literally flowing down after applying the rowapolitus , taking a break now . i think i will stop for the day , piping shall be continued tomorow, after my late late dinner later ( too kanchiong to see my tank so haven eat ) i will start to post up some pics

lol old thread revive , i have an answer to your question already, after 1 yr i change new tank but anyways i find rowapolitus a gem , like what drato said , algae will still grow but it will be so easy to remove , you just need to make sure it is well applied. clean out the tank well and after applying the solution , let it stay on for as long as you can , i leave it until the next day instead of the stipulated 15mins, my old tank never had any algae sticking problem eventhough i travel very frequently and come back i just need to use the magnet to run it through and its clear again. my 2 previous tank ago , after i return from a 1 week trip i would have to spent 30mins cleaning the glass

sai kang time , applying rowa politus now

oh yes , cabinet is officially at home, in 1 hour time the tank will be in but i wont be around to take pictures of the people moving it in since i am still at work , cant wait to go home and fixed up my pipings, some photos will be up tomorow including some acrylic sand lifts that i customise

ok i went to check already seems ok , just have to decide which promo to take haha

any idea what singnet giving for promo? time to recontract leh

wahahaaha interesting style of reviewing

no need lah , you never see the way he write his FR oophs i mean review on the cabinet

bro i do suggest you get him to cut out 2 pcs of additional removable centre beam , 1 for the back and 1 for the front its good to have that added security , especially since its not chenggai cabinet. salt water have almost double the weight of freshwater and plus rocks i'm sure if you insist , he will just cut for you , even if he charges you i still suggest you do it just my 2 cents

sshhhhhhh, wait til its done and i got pics to show lah, i hope it works thou , else i be wasting my time and money on a few pieces of plastic

very simple dish , 2 cups of water, a pinch of salt and a couple of rocks

ok finally mustered up that last ounce of energy to wash 50% of my rocks to clear it of detritus and now in my quarantine tank, making water to transfer them to my fgt later and start the cooking, now my tank looks like a tusnami just went tru it and broke all the corals onto the seabed

lol i'm fine with off topic, today i took pic of my cabinet frame, cabinet maker say confirm will be ready latest this thursday, so you guys will know what i will be buzy with this long weekend i really want to start cooking the rocks today but cant find the energy to make water, just reached home after a long long day

lol coz i got wavemaker but no spare air pump , the only spare air pump i got is a resun ozoniser and i cant use that for this purpose lol

i was thinking of using a wavemaker for circulation instead , unless the air bubbles are to go into the pores of the LRs to bring out the dirt?

i think i will be cooking 50 - 80%% of the rocks , i got a few pcs of artificial rocks so those will be used to stack the corals for now, so i supos the whole idea of the absense of lights is to kill of the coralline algae ? then what are the micro bubbles for?

please correct me if i am wrong , cooking of lr is to take out the po4 from what i understand , my current tank po4 is at 0.015 measured with dd low phosphate test kit if i reduce the po4 to undetectable and keep it there with very religious rowaphos change and dose lanthanum cloride, will it also achieve the remove po4 results from the recommended cooking method

ya your wrasse haha y now u dont want to decom lah lol

i call u ltr, going clementi before vivo, ya decided not to go 3ft because i not doing 3 sided view like the current tank

haha hopefully it be nice, i haven decided on the style of rockscape yet but most probably do the boomerang style so i can hide my ts24 behind, i want to see nuttin that is not natural in this tank

would like to ask fellow reefers who had done a tank shifting before, i am planning to cook my current liverocks to clear them off detritus and hopefully any PO4 that has been binded to them , what is the fastest method that i can use because due to equipments i do not have the luxury of cooking them for months which would be ideal, after my tank arrive i will be able to fill in the water and then leave it for 1 week because i will be out of town what will be the potential problems that i will face? if not i also have a 4x3x2 FGT waiting to be use for any unforseen circumstances another question is i am thinking of using pvc in between the base of the glass and the rocks to prop the rocks up to prevent dead spots , what size pvc pipes would be ideal?

Decided to start a new thread to track down the building of my new tank, that will be delivered this week before Hari Raya, The birth of this new tank was decided after i consulted a FengShui master to take a look at my place , my current tank was sitting on the worst location in the house and it's call a JUEMING sector, and i should stop it and if i want to have a tank i should shift it to the North of the house to the Sheng Chi sector. too bad reefing is a hobby i cant give up alot i have tried many times and always come back with a vengence since i started in 2003 ( stupid hobby ) After my consultation , i was battling with myself for quite awhile if i should shift my tank to the new location which will be alot of work , those that came to my place before knows why ( my place is a mess ) or to make a new tank but my ideal tank is a full acrylic 4x4x2 which due to budget constraints that would not be possible. After weeks of asking myself what i want to do and going around sourcing for various kinds of quotes and different ideas i decided that i will get a new tank because i never did like the look of my current tank's side IOS. After deciding on getting a new tank i had to decide on what is next to come, a 1 sided full partition tank with Chenggai stand ( will take up 1/4 of my living room space ) or a Chenggai cabinet tank ( dont look as nice and more expensive then a partition tank ) . Finally decided on a 2 sided view cabinet tank for space and ease of maintenance. Finally the last decision i had to make was to engage the creators of the new home for my Livestocks. the sourcing part was painful as i never like being ripped off but the sad part is i dont understand why there are still so many people who wants to make more at the expense of not being able to make at all but anyways , i went ahead to design and built my tank and cabinet seperately. The Full Red Glossy Chenggai cabinet was built at a furniture maker in defu lane who was very accomodating to my requirements , i have to agree i was pretty troublesome as i wanted a very strong and steady stand and yet at a decent price. Then due to another new tank thread here in SGR, led me to Alantic Glass Industry to ask for their quotes and i have to agree , the price given was really competitive and i was lucky to see a big tank on their table being assembled and i was very impress with the neat and thick silicon work. So since i cant bear to part with the money for a full Acrylic tank, i went for a 2 sided low iron 5 x 2.5 x 2 with EOS with a 4 x 1.8 x 1.5 multi compartment sump just like my current acrylic sump that i am still using , but since i gonna make a new tank then might as well have everything new. Also visited them yesterday and my tank is already 80% done sitting on the big table in their shop , so anyone who are interested can pop over to them to take a look before it gets delivered to me this coming Thursday. another amazing thing i found out about this tank maker is that the tank joining is done by non other then the little lady at the shop, i only got it know about it after i asked why i never see any other worker at the shop. no wonder the silicon work is so neat and nice , ladies tend to be more delicate and more attentive to their task and of course she was also very nice and listened to my request for a super strong tank. There are pics taken but i can only upload them next week as i do not have the cable for my phone to connect to my pc with me at the moment .

yes please make sure ur denitrator is clean and free from choke, mine choked once and killed more then 20 precious wrasse and i still couldnt understand why they died that time, until i clean out the denitrator and did a major water change.