redmushroom

Pretty aint she?

My love since young..... fiery yet beautiful....

Here's some pictures of my inhabitants in the tank.... Let's start with my pair of true percs....

He's a very shy fish..... hiding in the rocks the moment he was released... and he's still hiding as i am typing this now....

Finally released my vanuatu candy hog and the black cap just now......... Here's some pictures....

Haha am glad the fish is well and fine. Take good care of him ya..... he has been with me for over 2 years.... and is fondly called Baku. Anyway my set-up is still nothing much to talk about.... thanks for the pointers you shared bro.... happy reefing meanwhile... cheers!!

Thanks bro.... but i still have alot to learn from everyone here. Will post more updates as and when i can so come visit my thread when u are free la.... cheers!!

No worries mate!

Count me in leh... if you are going to organize a gathering. Really wanna see your pretty tank in person......

Hi ppl, i have about 6-7 pieces of LR (small) for sale at $5. Or come with a packet of live brine shrimp (for feedin my fish) for exchange. Hurry and pm me if you're interested. Am looking to clear it or throw it away soon.

Did a water check just now. Here are the parameters: Ammonia: Undetectable Nitrite: Undetectable Nitrate: 10mg/l Phosphate: Undetectable Anyway my laboutei has adapted well to the tank and its new environment. Was worried that it might be bullied by the other tank mates... but it seems he's assimilating well. But the blackcap and candy hog is still in an isolation box tho'. Wanted to let the royal gramma get used to the black cap's presence (they were opening their mouths very wide last night threatening each other ) before i finally release him... so as to boost the chances of them living in harmony. Candy hog's still not very active in feeding yet..... so that'll have to be observed for now...

This pretty fella was finally released from his box just now. Took a picture of him before i let him roam free in "my aphrodisiac".

Hi MAG, Yup my tank went thru the ann process... probably due to some die off from the LR i got. Nitrite was detected at very low levels about 3 weeks ago, but last time i checked it again both ammonia and nitrite was undetectable already. However, nitrate still remains at about 10-20mg/l and it seems to stay quite stagnant around this value for now. Diatom bloom apparently is quite normal for a newly set up tank so i think there should be no cause for concern as it will come and go. i have some on my sand bed too. Maybe what u can do is to reduce the intensity of your lighting for now or reduce the photoperiod... and that should help things a little i guess. Haha and lastly, i've set my artica at 27deg for now. Might be lowering it to about 26deg or thereabouts once i have more corals in the tank.. but 27 is fine for fishes i reckon. Mine kicks in at 27.5deg and stops at 26.9deg... from what i have seen... altho i haven been watchin it closely to say for sure. Hmmm... as for yours... it seems to be "kicking in" between too small a range... so maybe u can gather more opinions from bros here to make a better informed conclusion as to whether is it normal? Hope that helps bro......

Haha cannot la bro... my tank is filled with containers now housing my recent acquisitions because i have yet to release them until they have acclimatized... so its quite unsightly to take a FTS with 3 boxes floating inside. So to show my tank with mostly LRs and a few fishes.... haha but since so many have asked for it... i will try to take a shot once the fishes are released from their "cages".... Anyway bro... dun worry... will surely contact you regarding my coral beauty should the 2 bros back out...

Haha okay then i will keep you guys posted..

Yup thanks bro..... hope the blackcap turns out well and fine in my tank.... It was feeding when i fed it just now.... so everything looks good for him so far.. However, the laboutei and candy hog were still not eating yet when i fed some frozen brine shrimp......... Wonder if any bros here have any method or food that you can recommend to help me get them to start eating...

Haha my tank is still in transformation.... currently the fishes i bought are still in a containment box in the tank so it will be so ugly to take a FTS now.... Will do so once the fishes are released and i have a decent enough camera to make my tank look okay..... But i promise it will be soon la bro....

Anyway, after much thought, i have finally decided to give away my coral beauty. Dun wanna risk having my corals being nipped at in future when my tank stocks up. As for who is going to get the coral beauty, i have decided to give it to the person who has expressed interest first... before going down the line. However, collection will have to be at my place. 1. Van Deam 2. totorofurby 3. Brownie Van deam.. pls pm me your contact so that i can arrange a collection time. Totorofurby will be next in line if van deam changes his interest.. followed by Brownie. Cheers!!

Oh... haha and i managed to get one laboutei wrasse and a candy hog fish too.... but it was too late by the time i got back and i fogot to take a pic of them before introducing them into my tank.. Will try to post up some pics of it once i get a chance to take some shots.... Seems that this weekend has been a very rewarding one....

Yup.... am really happy that i managed to get one for myself. Its indeed hard to find them nowadays...... But then again it seems that the vanuatu shipment at Iwarna last night was even harder to come by..... Did you get yourself anything this weekend?

Oh so you were the one who wanted to take a look at my prized buy at the counter is it? Haha nice to meet you bro.....

My latest and most favourite addition for this weekend.......

Lots of new and exciting members to my tank!!! Am so happy now, still tune for updates tonight...

Oh so thats you! How are your mushies doing?