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hi bro, do you know which antibiotics? incidently i recently acquired a pylei wrasse with a cloudy eyes. after about a week, the eye started to swell... and now it looks like what this bro has described, an air bubble inside. the eye is still cloudy but the wrasse is still feeding v well. i might want to catch it out and treat it if i know what antibiotics would help... i've heard adding epsom salt will help but what is epsom salt? and it screws up the salinity too so i am reluctant to do that to my main tank with all the other lifestock / corals in it...

yup the whole underneath section is called the sump. used to increase the volume of water in the system so it is less susceptible to parameters fluctuations some people use ceramic rings to help cultivate bacterias, which are suppose to be good for the system because they help convert ammonia (fish poo) to nitrate. i believe the coral chip serve the same purpose at this point... these media are chosen because they are porous and have alot of surface area for the bacterias to grow on mm. charcoal / carbon removes chlorine, sediment, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from water (wikipedia). i think it removes heavy metal also? there are many grades of carbon as well, some that leaks phosphate and some that don't. there's a thread on this forum that has a good read on that and i think u are about right for the water flow down and back into the main tank! =)

mm.. nope. don't think its a hns.. the pump doesn't look like a AB to me and the skimmer cup neck is different... anyhow... here's abit about equipment.. since u mentioned cleaning the protein skimmer, i guess you know which piece of equipment that is. that is used to remove organic nutrient from the water... which is why the skimmate (the dark liquid collected) stinks so much you also have the chiller, which helps keep the tank water cool as singapore's weather can get quite hot on some days. also depending on what lighting setup you are using, it does heat up the water quite abit. as for lighting, the 2 popular lighting equipments found in sg are T5 and metal halide (MH). T5 are like slim fluorescent tubes, MH are like what people called flood lamps? T5 tend to run cooler but others claim MH has better penetration power and produces the shimmering effect because it is a point light source. both have to be replaced once a year (some say 6mths) as their light intensity and spectrum shifts after using them for awhile... other than that, you should have some pumps to pump the water back up into the main tank.. many varieties and brands of pumps available in sg.. too many to go through here. you'll probably have a wavemaker in the tank too, to simulate 'waves' in the tank. that's about it for basic equipments i think! read read read and you'll learn about this wonderful hobby in no time.

wah... so shiok.. i also wanna try breeding. haha anyway go lemon!!! you're starting on the steep learning curve now.. lots to read up and learn! can i pre-order your next batch of banggai? i will pay you market price. =)

sold and collected by ckevin... ultra efficient reefer! haha

close bidding started... please don't post your bids here. please pm me.. thanks. bro ckevin is currently the highest bid at previously posted bid of $45.. cheers

hey bro, no more updates? keep the thread going lay... v interested in how the babies are doing. i want to try breeding also... do u know banggai cardinals was listed as one of the most endangered animals of 2007? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...res/photo5.html hopefully you can continue to breed this beautiful species so we don't have to get our LS from the sea again. =)

all for $25 i chop first! haha i think he said he''s selling the one in the middle for $25... nice true percs.. big and fat too.

sold and collected =)

yeah that's true.. but incrementals of $10 abit chor la bro... i'm gonna try what my school does for last 30 mins bidding (for modules). its called closed bidding! basically i'll be around from 1130pm onwards tonight and if you wanna bid from 1130 till 1200, please pm me your bid. i'll let you know if you are the highest bidder, but not the actual bid itself... so far ckevin is the highest.. so for those who had sent in your new bids after 1130, i'll keep you updated on whether or not you are still the highest bidder all the way till 1200 that way u dun lose to a silly bid that is 50 cents more than yours at the last minute... sounds fair?

hi sorry bro, didn't had time to reply your pm. but all frags are currently reserved... i'll pm you again if anyone pulls out okay? also for those whom i didn't get a chance to reply your pm yet, sorry but all frags are currently reserved... thanks! have a nice day

yes bro, the two frags you requested are reserved for you. thanks

sold / collected. sorry to all whom i didn't have time to reply to your pm

blue light only might not have the correct light spectrum for the zooxanthellae in your corals to provide food for your coral... so do keep a close eye on your corals as you play around with your lighting... having said that, actinic light does help some of my zoanthids to grow quicker.. also moon light are usually low power blue LEDs that are quite dim.. used to observe the corals and fishes at night so you do not scare them. alternatively, red light works very well at night for me when i go worm hunting...

pipe organ has a pinkish hard tube-like skeleton where the polyps go in and hide. i guess the reason why they are called pipe organs is because a bunch of the tube-like skeleton looks like a pipe organ? star polyps on the other hand grow on a mat, which you can easily tear it out, similar to zoanthids..

bukit timah, near beauty world. if u're not too far i can send over la... if u're too far we can meet at somewhere central. i'll put it in a pail w/ matured tank water. =)

one more of the red face frag for trade...

got white color one? i tot this coral is photosynthetic? upz

thanks wilson... buyer please bring a bucket along coz i dunno how to pack it.. its big wor

i'm located at bukit timah, near beauty world. i have another piece of zoa to let go.. but this colony not doing so well coz i nuked it in antibiotics to get rid of the red slime. >20 polyps but all half open.... original colony up for trade or token sum...

another piece of easy coral to let go... about fist size when closed. bigger when open... $20, collection at bukit timah near beauty world

i'm sorry, which blue and purple zoas?

i have 2 frags of this too... looking for trade. anyone?

btw the monti was kept in a tank w/ only t5 tubes... started with 3 tubes, then increased to 5 and now there's 7 tubes... seems like more light, the faster it grows...

yup! there's a sailfin swimming over to the next tank! there's also a very unique tank at underwater world... it allows you to stick your hand into the water at mid tank level and feed the fish. for some reason the water doesn't flow out from that opening... which it should due to the placing of the opening? too bad i dun have a pic of that.. hand was too wet to use the camera after sticking my hand in