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first u need to know whether ur cycle has been kicked off or not? if so , u'll have ammonia spike, No2 spike and No3 spike during different stages of cycling. when the time u get ammonia,no2,no3 = 0 , this considered ur cycling has completed.

i'd like to have my tank water to have a full range test, like NO2,NO3, Ca,Mg,Kh ,pH etc.. any idea which LFS provide such services? and how much ? thanks

i think that will really depends on what brand of bulbs u r using. different bulbs different lifespan. like ATI T5 , can be more than one year, but some other brands (china) perhaps just 6 months. same goes for MH cant decide on MH or T5 ? well they have their own pros n cons. u have to weight them urself

this is a type of caulerpa .. i experienced that in my tank, and caused me to throw away the all the LR they are a real nuisance. dun try to plug them, or else they will be spreading all over ur tank . anyway bring down ur no3 n po4.

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...topic=51146&hl=

is there any small size beckett or needlewheel skimmer for a 40 gal tank with low bioload ? my budget for the skimmer is about $100. Thanks

i found that my weipro2012 is not producing dense and fine enuough bubble. I'm using rio14hf (3500l/h) to power my weipro2012. I'm wondering if there's anything i can do to fine tune the weipro ? a few things i can think of... 1) to increase air intake , ie to install more air tube on the skimmer ? will that help? 2) to put something in between the water & air intake so that the thing can cut the bubbles into finer bubble ? such as coarse sponge ? or any idea ? thanks

hehe hammy how long u'v been using it? i heard that one problem of swing arm is it will get less accurate as time goes. as the arm can be easily clogged and cant get the accurate readings...

one of the comment from other reefers... macro skimmer is very noisy !

As above. as my budget concerns, i will not go for refractormeter. so only 2 choices, swing-arm type or floating ? which 1 gives more accuracy ? and any preferred brannds ? like azoo ? sera ? ai.m ? thanks

the more u pluck them, the more it'll spread

i'd say different LFS serves different needs.. i believe ML is more on gobies / nano fish / shrimps and also SOFTIES !!! haha which i second with blueheaven , also my fav lfs pasir ris there's alot of corals/fish farms.. quite a few.

ok i'v roughly sketched it. is that wat u mean ? remove the thingy?

ohhh i see, meaning that remove the bottleneck ? where there's a place it bcome a very small hole , somehow like a "V" shape rite? but if this case, how can i get the air ?

what's the smallest size for a deltec skimmer ? is it a needlewheel or beckett?

storm trooper i cant really get u .. meaning that u remove the air-inlet pipe, which is in white color 1 ? the one like a straw ?

i'm using 3000l/hr rated pump, china brand to push my weipro.

what r the modification u made to ur weipro ? i have one weipro 2012 , but seems like the foam produced is not up to my satisfaction ... any advise on enhancement ? also, any recommended pumps for 2012 ? which is not high price ? budget about 50-100 SGD. thanks

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some LPS like pratas, plate will prefer to hv sandy substrate.. anyway, imo , if 1 inch sandbed compared to bb, i'll go for bb for me, either DSB or bb

i have a Sera floating type hydrometer. The bottom part is broken and alot of small small black balls come out ... ermm i'v tried to siphon out 90% of the black balls out... wondering the remaining one will leak any toxic to the tank ? what are those black balls ? are they lead balls? also, today i noticed that there's a significant grwoth of the algae on the glass and LR, green ones. is it caused by the balls ? my tank still under cycling stage. 5th day. i just turn on 2 x actinic blue only. yesterday the tank still very clear of algae. this evening, the algae all grow almost 60% of the glass and some on the LR .... pls advise.thanks

how to clean it ? it seems to be clogged as the bubbles produced very little only. checked pump, still performing strong. thanks

u can eliminate the noise by using durso pipe.. what is a durso pipe ? read here http://www.aurx.net/saltwater/durso.html

wondering if it's possible to keep the temp low enuff (28+-) by cooling fan with a 150W MH ?

i'm quite interested. still available ? and what's the casing like ? reflector ? parabolic? pls more info anything, pm me. thanks.