veliferium

Tassled Filefish (Chaetodermis penicilligerus)

Wow! Deep pockets! Hahaha Looking forward to your new project:)

Huh...How come decom? I thought you just had a major re-scape!

I am not intending to drill another hole for the extra return. Do you think it would be better to just run an extra pump with the FRs and direct the outflow to the sump since I will only be hanging the extra return pipe onto the side of the tank's glass. Noted that it will be rather hazardous.

Good Evening bro, I find this fixture very strong. Initially I was sitting it on top of my tank and I realised that I have bleached some of the corals (rics esp). Now I am hanging it 6" above the water and can still sense that the rics are still unhappy. However, all other LPS/softies are doing fine (hammer,zoas). IMO, the key to LED is slow acclimatisation of the corals to the lights. I tune my settings to about 80% blue, 20% white. Colour mixing about 40% and UV about 20%. This should be the combination for mid-day mode. The rest of the modes are just varying degrees of the original combination. I have tried playing around with the settings, and somehow have yet to manage to find a sweet spot, especially so when all the photos I take mostly turn out too damn blue. hahaha I feel that the key is blues > white and maybe alittle of the UV(but not too much as it will result in difficulty in viewing the tank). I will try to do a more updated settings and hope to find more zetlight users! There is so little info available over the net for this brand and somehow I feel that it is rather under-rated. Hope you have fun in tuning but do take note that the livestocks would require some time to get used to it!

Thank you bro for the invaluable advice! I'm looking at running a second Aquabee pump with a flowrate of 2000L/h for the T-off to FRs and chiller. Do you think this would be feasible? I have tried the headloss calculator on RC, however, I'm rather confused by the way it is calculated

Ah! I saw the photos you posted for Dr Tanaka... I guess from now onwards it should be rather easy to feed since they've established their first bites. I'm guessing they are, like all other wrasses, protogynous hermaphrodites?

Seems like no wrasse can escape your fingertips! Harem of 1male and 3 females?

As my tank is progressing quite a bit,I'm trying to fill up some gaps which I hadn't manage to make a decision on initially. They include, 1. Adding a redundancy plan to the return pump; by having a second pump to run the chiller in the case of pump failure for the first. 2. Running GFO/carbon in the form of fluidised reactors. 3. Increasing the flow rate of the aquarium by investing in controllable wavemakers. 4. Investing in a DI Unit. Of the above, I am in the process of 2 and 4 while 3 is probably not so much in urgency as I have yet to fill the tank with more sps frags and I feel that the current set up is sufficient for now except for a single dead spot on the right hand side of the tank. Of all the above, the one issue that has set me thinking more is point 1. I'm currently running a Fluval SP 2 return pump (flowrate ~3600L/h). Return loop is as such, pump ---> chiller----> return. I would like to include another pump to feed the chiller so that the loop will be as such, Pump 1 (yet to be decided but probably a pump with ~2000L/h flowrate) pump-->chiller + T-off to 2xFR-->return Pump 2 pump--->return Would like to seek the advise of more experienced reefers on this issue as well as how I can construct a second return and whether it is necessary to drill any holes. I was wondering if adding Pump 1 will end up draining my sump but I'm guessing the return for Pump 1 can be dialed down with a ball valve. Overflow is a single durso piping with standard 3/4" diameter pipe. Sorry I'm still a noob in piping works,trying to see if I can manage some DIY works with the help of bros here.

Hmmm... you have the lunatus, cf.lanceolatus, and their hybrid. I see where this is going! haha! We should be expecting some squirei or claire or maybe some johnsoni?

How much are the griessigeri? Anyone living in the west can help me to get some of the fish in LCK? PM me to discuss Thanks

Got a few recent LED products brought in by our sponsors. Can try searching there. I think you can also google this brand MicMol

Rose pink bubble tip can try ML. Henry usually brings them in. I'm also looking for maximas, small ones. But you can go to Iwarna to take a look at their Ultra Maximas, otherwise, best places to hunt would be LCK, CF or Iwarna Cheers!

The squamosa is humongous!

Love the clean and organized look of your sump! And the colours are stunning! Is Lifereef a local brand?

Not very sure but they look like juvenile blue swimmer crabs to me,Portunus pelagicus

I got mine from Ah Beng, near the anemone tanks

Up Price reduced to $150 for fast sales. Trying to clear space. Interested parties do drop me a text!

Up Looking for a suitable FR for my tank Thanks!

Looking for Two Little Fishies' PhosBan Reactor 150.As long as its in working condition(ie, no leaks). Would be a bonus if it comes together with a feed pump as well as some media! Otherwise, its okay:) Please PM me. Thanks!

1. bukitimah - Bukit Timah 2. minireef - bukit batok 3. Reddevils - Ghim Moh 4. Sapp - Boon Lay Drive 5. Xersion - Jurong West 6. Dleecool - Clementi 7. iantoh- bukit timah 8. dominik - bukit batok central 9. kusboy - Jurong West 10. Hobgoblin - Bukit Batok East 11. Idefix - Pasir Panjang 12. TntR2 - Bukit Panjang 13. brian38 - Bukit Batok 14. fongster - clementi west 15. tengah26 - West Coast 16. kopiO - Bukit Panjang 17. AK23 - Bukit Batok 18. Stangreef Jurong East- 19. Koji - Hillview Ave 20. les71 - Jurong West 21. Tian - Holland Close 22. Spkentchai-Bukit gombak 23. Gargamelron - Jurong West 24. Ashaegyee - bukitpanjang 25. Blondmyth - Teck Whye 26. Chrislwp - Queenstown 27. Kpkno3 - Bukit Panjang 28. Joeybabooey - Dover Crescent (VERY new reefer) 29. Azlindaza - Bukit Panjang 30. MGDAR - Bukit Panjang 31. Veronica - TeckWhye 32. Qun77 - Bukit Panajang 33. metaphor89 - Pioneer 34. Angmoh - Teck Whye 35. Keith - bukit panjang 36. kanegan - Choa Chu Kang 37. Sherman - bukit panjang 38. Jameshong - Jurong West 39.Snoopyhamburger-Jurong West 40. veliferium- Tiong Bahru

Tiong Bahru considered? Or is it South? Lol

Thanks for the heads up bro! I'm aware that diamond is not RO/DI per se. However, I don't think that 0 TDS is essential at least for me since saltwater, technically speaking, have a rather high TDS due to the mineral content of the different elements inside saltwater. In fact, I was trying to solve the low kH/Ca problem which I suppose can be rectified using an additive (ie Kalkwasser). I think that would be ideal since most of the evaporation takes away only freshwater, while the organisms inside are constantly depleting the big 3. Since most of my water changes are only partial (< 50%), I think I will have to try other alternatives of supplementing. Currently not looking at dosing pump due to the slightly higher cost and trying out cheaper methods first, since I don't own any high consumers of Ca and kH at this point of time

Initial introduction of saltwater is from Iwarna Aquafarm. Subsequent water changes are carried out using red sea coral pro+diamond energy water.

Woots! Thanks for the idea of a new tank inhabitant! One can never get enough of wrasses