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Thanks for the info It wouldnt hurt to havest some would it? since its common

My calcium has been at high level of 600ppm for months Ive tried both Sera & Selifert test kit .. same result Ph reading is around 8+ The only thing i really add is Alk carbonate buffer .. it drops by about 2mg/l once per week Stuff in my tank r doing well so far

I have starfish too!! To feed on my clams!! ok j/k

Sponge r deep water creature, they wouldnt appreciate the bright light, but not sure if MH would melt them... some sponge dont photosynthesize at all. em. no BlackPowder is diff from Spectra Vital RM53!! we've to pay SGD48-50 for the same product

er.. T95 only accept cash tho (i think) heh seriously.. does anyone have success growing Gracilaria (Tang Heaven) or sea lettuce? And anyone heard of sea lettuce been used for pods farming? (dont rem where i heard that from)

Tang heaven USD19.95 Same Algae from T95 SGD$8 The way your tang chomp down the algae ... priceless

Beach?? which one?? ive seen sea lettuce and the red algae ipsf.com sold as "Tang Heaven" in T95 quite offen.. didnt have luck with the latter one its alot cheaper than what u've to pay in the state tho.

Hmm. hey plankton is cool! I would like to be labelled plankton if i could get a good pic of my amphipod and use it as my avatar

My bristle worm gave birth yet again!! Hmm... they've been h0rny lately .. they created their previous egg mass just 8 days ago

>I hear that caulerpa also goes sexual monthly and releases all it stored > nutrients right back into the system. (???) yea .. u can reduce that possibility by providing 24/7 lighting period

And another one taken on Jan 4th 2003

I only have 3 1/2 months experience with sponge. They're probably the fastest growing visible organism in my tank. It is placed in area where they dont get too much light (Place where light is not enough to allow hairalgae growth) i heard they do consume silicate .. i hope to employ more of it to act as a nature filter against diatom. The following pic was taken on Dec 13th 2002 What i currently feed: Marc Weiss BlackPowder!! SprayDried Phytoplankton from TLF

can't get LR? hm.. ORCA (or OCRA..dont remember) Skimmer is good enough for 2ft tank ($20+ without pump) then of coz if u prefer something that is not in-tank .. go for Red Sea Prizm ($200+ with pump) no replacement of airstone needed. theres prob a lot more skimmer available in SG suitable for 2ft tank cant give u more detail coz ive been skimmer-less & mechanical-filter-less for sometime.

DSB in 2ft tank

Hi, are u a Singaporean? How did u managed to get DT? it must be costly to import it over here in icebox

Yea .. using mandrain for this is a hit & miss thing maybe mine really hates flatworm

Yep.. never regretted adding the sump convertion of my FOWLR tank to reef tank may not even be possible without it

Er one question .. doesnt mandrain consume flatworm? thats how i got rid of mine

This is what i meant liverock + powerhead + protein skimmer (its actaully my tank 1 1/2 years ago) ive a tiny sanda piccolo skimmer on the left side of the tank... does a decent job for 15g tank The tang is a gonner .. clown is still alive

Em.. those things that u mount on the side of your aquarium that creates current in your tank. they've some pic at http://www.eaquanature.com/storeindexordering.htm liverock act as a biofilter good enu for fish over tank (normally we would call it FOWLR - Fish Only With LiveRock) , provided that u bring enu current to them .. so powerhead is quite essential. U can do away with canister filter with this kindof setup.

Ive a good friend who is travelling to Thailand tmr for some betta business hes a friend of Tsukahara San pacificbetta: he lives around our area too .. incase u wanna get some of hes line .. contact me were u involved in the competition held in dec 2002 ? heard the winning fish was bough from Thailand.. not locally bred.

Hey u japan freak ... (j/k) check out http://www.cpfarm.com/ too

kentkent: u could get good amount of LR for 2ft with $50 or less, and maybe another $30 for a powerhead. No changing of filter media & stuff. They serve as deco as well. U can still find LR at $5/kg Some LR shops r selling looks more like dying mushroom rock .. maybe they'r selling their "handle corals" rock as LR

[2] Nature reefs do get strong current day & nite .. why turn it off? Corals feed at nite too.. so why not bring the food to them? My seafan opens up mostly after lightsout .. any idea why? my powerhead runs 24/7

never had canister filter b 4.. i dont see why u could not run both skimmer & canister together... skimmer will aid in mechanical filtration but whats your budget for the canister filter? i would prob get liverock & stuff with that much of $