MarcoVan

brown is not bleach. It's because of high nutrient level or can also be lack of lights. Info is provided in general for all spses And for rics, yeap give it time and try not to move them around. Once determined a place, leave them there and try not to move them around. Otherwise bound to melt Happy Reefing, Marc J.

Bro, do you think got any left for me during your CNY Spring Cleaning Sales?! hahaha I want montis, your digis, and birdies!! hahaha Nonetheless, ups for you! ahaha Happy Reefing, Marc J.

Hmm, Cut down on your stocking up and leave everything to fate or you can tompang some away at some reefers' place. Keeping my fingers crossed with you (: Happy Reefing, Marc J.

pics don't do justice to your zoas, sister (: anyway ups! Happy Reefing, Marc J.

wow, I love those yumas! good luck with them! they look all too lovely! Same goes for FragM's rics! You should have seen his tank when it was at its peak! Shockingly beautiful! hahaha Happy Reefing, Marc J.

SWEET! that's a BIG toy! And about girls, it's natural lah. Just let her call what she wants and best of all, buy something she wants and she should be keeping quiet about any future corals you be buying for a long time to come! teehee (: and also most importantly, ask her to give your corals name. My gf calls my ex-zoas "feathery flowers!" and my tubeworm "Wormy!" hahaha Happy Reefing, Marc J.

HAHA I sent you a PM. and no need for starting another thread lah. I wrote and found all those info just for Jacky himself and the people who are reading his thread everyday because here is like the next hot thing in town! hotter than Tiger Woods scandal man! hahaha viewership and readership quite high, put something as such here, alot of people will benefit so yeaps (: So in short, I just saved everyone's time! Happy Reefing, Marc J.

lol bro. I just edited the post! hahaha.. but no problem. Thanks for reinforcing the idea. teehee (: Happy Reefing, Marc J.

Sorry bro, I think that statement I bolded which you said is politically incorrect. Personally, I do not believe alkalinity or calcium share an inverse relationship. In fact they share the same if not, a tight relationship between each other. Excerpts from Reefkeeping Article 6 of Nov 2006; A Simplified Guide to the Relationship Between Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium and pH by Randy Holmes Farley "The effect of corals, coralline algae and other organisms that deposit calcium carbonate, while not exactly the same as abiotic precipitation of calcium carbonate, has some similar attributes with respect to the interrelationships between calcium, alkalinity, pH and magnesium. Some of these are: 1. Corals and coralline algae use calcium and alkalinity almost exclusively to deposit calcium carbonate. Because of this they use a fixed ratio of calcium to alkalinity, which is driven by the ratio of calcium and carbonate in calcium carbonate (1:1). The net consumption is about 18-20 ppm of calcium for each 1 meq/L (2.8 dKH) of alkalinity. The reason the amount of calcium varies is that the incorporation of magnesium in place of calcium varies a bit from species to species.. Also to have high Ca and kH, If the water contains excess calcium and carbonate, then it is possible for precipitation of calcium carbonate to begin, and it can continue until saturation is reached. In other words, if either (or both) calcium or alkalinity are very high in a reef aquarium, then precipitation of calcium carbonate can reduce both. Lastly to have an inverse relationship between calcium and alkalinity which means high alk, low ca or high ca and low alk:- Excerpts from Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine Nov 2002 - Solving Calcium and Alkalinity Problems by Randy Holmes Farley If, for example, you add too much of a calcium supplement, you will drive down alkalinity as you get precipitation of calcium carbonate in the tank. Likewise, adding too much of an alkalinity supplement can result in reduction of calcium. Consequently, trying to correct one problem can cause another. Moreover, if you try to correct a calcium or alkalinity “problem†with the wrong type of additive, you might accomplish nothing more than creating limestone in your tank Based on the articles above, it's therefore not wise to have an inverse relationship. If you do have an inverse relationship, look to this article for remedy:- http://web.archive.org/web/20021127040526/http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm And to understand the relationship between calcium and alkalinity, refer to this article:- http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/rhf/index.php#2 In closing, my school of thought in reefkeeping has been the school of balance. Disrupt that balance; you will be screwed big time! :S So hope the articles I have found help in some way for you in the future! Took me some time to find them all and pardon if I highlighted some points but basically the ideas are all there (: Happy Reefing, Marc J.

Hahaha, o wells.. Anyway bro, you going RB later? Heh Happy Cheonging, Marc J.

1000 for an acan lord? Zhun bo? Haha Actually we shld be happy that we have these groups of tycoons around, pushing the market to expand and allow LFSes to import more exotic corals for us, commoners to drool. If not for them, we should still be sucking lollipops behind computer screens and admiring PICS only of such corals in someone else's tank across the Pacific or South China Sea! :S To see and admire such corals with own eyes is truly tascinating. You all should make the effort to chiong to RB. Seriously Just my 2 cents. Happy Cheonging, Marc J.

Hmm, kind of. Especially for a nano :X but well, like Peter said, grab some GFO and try to reduce that level (: All I know now is that I see two big red cheeks! *jokingly* Anyway on a serious note, I think what you can do is to draw up a chart to predetermine your dosing and water change schedule. Run like a week or two weeks long of tests to see how much your inhabitants are consuming on the addictives, kH and calcium. Through these series of test, I hope you are able to see a pattern happening in your tank and from there, pinpoint specific date of the week for each specific task (: Anyway, presence of phosphates and nitrates are inevitable for new tanks or semi-old tanks. It takes a while for everything to run in and eventually hit a consensus note which minimal effort is required to keep everything going. So hang in there bro, continue doing what you have been doing so far. I do see some progress in your nano so don't let it down. A kite will only fly higher if you pursue in the course of the wind and determined not to let it dwindle. I am sure your nano will go as a kite, only up and not down with your current diligence in handling your husbandry (: Happy Reefing, Marc J.

It's inevitable for NSW to have some phosphate or nitrate given that there will be some dead-offs inside the water. That is why it is not recommended to keep NSW in jerry cans for too long (: I'm surprised that alkalinity is 6 for NSW. ahaha. Happy Reefing, Marc J.

Oh I see, sounds like a lot of shit there well, I guess in the end of day, it depends if you want aesthetism or practicability. Imo, I wouldnt go for canister because it's just too much trouble going through the primings, cleanings and servicings of a cylinder every month but for the sake of something neat to look at in the tank, then canister is the way to go. Otherwise, I will suggest a hang-on back filter attached with a surface skimmer for practical uses. Surface skimmer can do top and bottom skimming and a hang-on back filter offers you 2 compartments to allow you to put your carbon etc in. So cleaning it is quite easy and restarting it is easy too. But downside, it's not so pretty to have so many equipments hanging around on your tank but it's practical. So end of day it depends on yourself. whether you want aesthetism or practicability (: Happy Reefing, Marc J.

what's happening bro? care to share? Honestly, I won't recommend a canister filter for you. Do you wish to open the canister up every month to clear the detrius? It's quite yucky! :S Happy Reefing, Marc J.

That's usual for a girlfriend! lol Happy Reefing, Marc J.

+1 on LemonLemon's point. Never epoxy your clam! Will do more harm than good. regards to placement, I have seen a friend drilling and cutting holes in live rocks just for clam placement! If you have access to power tools, that's an option (: Happy Reefing, Marc J.

Nice write up! Finished it while attending my marketing lecture! LOL Anyway, it's feasible to keep a clam in nano tanks. Except for the matter that you may lose the pattern after some time and totally possible for anyone to grow a clam in a nano too! I have a squamosa which from 2" becomes a 4" monster in my 1ft cube! All I feed it is kalk, kalk, and kalk (: Also, I agree with some posts some of the guys posted about the position of clams. For myself, I consulted 3 friends who gave me the same logic which is to leave the clam alone and let him/her find his/her favourite position. I had ever tried putting flat rocks for my clams to attach on but to no avail. Somehow or another, they still manage to huff-and-puff out of wherever I left them and went to some place I didn't like (because I couldnt see them!) haha. In fact, I lost a maxima because of that, so word of wisdom: Let Nature finds Her own way out! Lastly, brothers, for nanos, better is to always monitor your kH when you have such delicate animals around. I have lost spses, clam and other lpses due to overstocking of such calcium-demanding animals in my 1ft cube. It's great to have them around but definitely not at the expense of my other corals imo. SO, better be safe than sorry. Usually bad things happen in a few months time. Won't be that soon but definitely around. My maxima died on me on my 8th month It was from Irwana's Vanatua shipment. Still can remember buying it together with bro. Nitro. but o wells.... Happy Reefing, Marc J. P.S: +1 for jawfish. They get spooked real easily. So wiser to always get your cover up before you go to bed bro! (: Also randall goby can grow up to a great size. Be prepared for it (: besides that, they are some lovely fishes! All of them my dream fishes when I started this hobby. Cheers!

Can I bleed? hahaha, Cheers for some great frags.. Happy Reefing, Marc J.

can pm me too? (: Marc J.

LOL! where?! so "drama"! hahaha.. Marc J.

Oh I see, any good stuff left there? ahaha. Sadly I am like bro. Fuel too. Can see cannot buy... saving up $$$ Happy Reefing, Marc J.

ehh, are they eagle eyes or other variations there too? (: To think I jogged past this shop, ah beng and irwana today without taking a peek in it haha Happy Reefing, Marc J.

FR! WHAHAHAHA! Wrong forum already then bro! LOL :PPP Happy Reefing, Marc J.