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OMG...am sure there'll be tough ones around...hope your corals will recover quickly and leopard coming out from hiding in the sand.

Very chio collection of wrasses.

Wow bro, you have quite a bit of pumps though. But of course, you are into SPS, so there are minimum stuff you need to have. Hope all is well with your other precious fishes and corals.

Maybe LED but will be very costly i think. I only got a Ehiem 1262 return pump (run externally), 2 wavemakers, 3 T5s, 2 15w lamps for algae scrubber and Rio chiller pump. I think could be my temp controller which is not set too low cos i dun have SPS. I only set to kick in at 28.5 and stop at 27.3 (1.5 degrees).

Bro, thanks for your caution. I just bought a new external controller made by a shop and it works great so far. My chiller used to kick in every abt 3 hours, but now only abt 5 hours then kick in. Think i better monitor my set also. Sorry to hear the loss of your beloved fishes and corals. I can understand the heartpain. Hope you'll stay on strong. How about changing MH to T5, or using lesser T5 so that in case anything happens again, the temp won't go up that high? But with SPS, maybe that is difficult to do. Drop-in coil is most ideal, no noise and heat in the house also, esp during these days when weather is already so hot and humid. Just that the piping and trunking can be a headache if house is already renovated.

Acclimatization is really important for the fish to prevent unnecessary shock and stress which will lead to weaker immune system and more prone to diseases and parasites attacks like ich/white spots. Not to mention further attacks from resident fishes. Best to acclimatise properly and introduce the fish at night when lights are off. For me, after floating the bag in the sump for half an hour, i will use the dripping method until main tank is 100% more than the bad water, add Seachem ParaGuard for an hour dip to get rid of parasites and external fungus or bacteria. As i do not have a betta box, sometimes i release certain fishes into my sump tank first to train to feed or observe for diseases/parasites, and also let it settle down for a couple of days with the new water parameters before letting it into the main tank.

Very nice fishes...but the tank --> Prison or like a world war concentration camp.

Tks for the info, hmm...i didn't think of that when one pump fails, the other can still circulate the water between tank and sump and also prevent flooding. Good one.

Prices here are rough estimates only and based on individual reefer's experience. Discounted and bulk buying price should not be used. Prices will vary from shop to shop due to many factors such as region/breed/size of fish, economic sense, operation cost, quarantine methods, import quantity, pellet/frozen food trained, bargaining, stock clearance, etc. Names of LFS should not be added. Clownfish Fake Percula Clownfish $0.80-$1.20 Black ocellaris clown pair, $75 to $80 True percula (small) $12 - $25 True perc (grade $90 True Percs pair (grade $150 Tomato Clown $? Yellow Stripe Maroon $? Tang Powder Blue Tang $30 for small ones and $35 for big ones Powder Blue Tang: small, $15+/- Yellow tang: super small $23 Purple Tang $50 Pacific Blue Tang $15(depending on size) Sohal $60 Chervon Tang $120 Brown Tang $8 Clown Tang $8 Convict Tang $8 Alantic Blue Tang $80 Achillies Tang $160 Black Tang $350 Gem Tang $2800 Angelfish Bicolor angel: $8-12 Coral beauty Angel: $8 Potter and flame angel- $35 Flame Angel $38 - $50 Argi Angel $? Wrasse Radiance wrasse $50 Golden wrasse - $170 Flame wrasse male - $120-$150, Female - $90 8 line wrasse $? Laboutei - $80 Splendid Leopard Wrasse $38 Potter Wrasse - $28 6 line wrasse - $8 Solar wrasse $10-$12 Blenny Tail Spot Blenny $8 - $17 Midas blenny $18 Anthia Barlett anthia $30 - $40 Lyretail anthia $10 - $12 Basslet Royal Gramma: Royal gramma: $20-$40 (depends on size n locality usually Caribbean) Blue assessor - $35 to $45 Yellow assessor- $80 - $100 u]Goby Blue Neon Goby : $20 - $40 Half Moon Goby - $20 Butterfly Golden? Threadfin $8 - $15 Racoon $8 - $15 Long Nose $8 - $15 Others Mandarin $6 - $12 Red Mandarin $20 Mandarin that is feeding on frozen mysis / brineshrimp...may cost u about $30 or more Helfrichi Goby $120 - $140 Purple Firefish $12 - $28 Red Firefish $5-$12 Moorish Idol - $15 - $20 Soft Coral Leather coral (Sarco, sinularia): $5- those morph of ultra green $120 Yellow Leather (Fiji): $40 Zoas: Low end zoas: $5-10 for one large colony. Zoas: High end: Sky's the limit, Xenia: $8 -$25. White Xenia (Fiji): $40 Mushrooms : Low end: $5 - 10 Mushrooms : High end: $20 - 30 Yumas : Low end: $10 Yumas : High end: $50 - $200 Rics : Green: $25 - $30 Rics : Blue: $35 - $40 Rics : Orange: $35 - $40 Rics : Multicolour: $35 - $120 LPS Japanese Sun: $80 - $280 Supersun: S$60/colony, S$10/head used to be 120/colony normal sun: $15-40 Green bubble: $30 Inverts Skunk shrimp $6 for small one, $12 for large. $12 for Sri Lankan Coral Banded (normal): $4-12 Blood Shrimp: $12-35 Fire Shrimp $12 Coral band (golden or blue leg): $3- $15 Peppermint shrimp: S$15 Starfishes $3- 25 (specify type) Seahorse $X.XX Hermit (electric leg): $5 Hermit (dwarf zebra) $4 Hermit (dwarf scarlet): $10 Nassa snail: $5 Turbo snail (Astraea): $2 Sand dollar: $10 pls click on 'Reply' button and remove the 'quote' at the beginning of the message and also the end of the message.

Bro, is this batch of anthias from aquamarin? Mine is eating pellets, mysis & cyclopeeze. Shd be ok.

Lunchtime mah...

It's midas from maldives shipment. Why would you want to get him out, i would remove the damsel instead, lol. Likely the damsel trying to bully it since it's a new comer and Midas is defending itself. I got the midas too, it's living peacefully with all my fishes, big and small.

Prices here are rough estimates only and based on individual reefer's experience. Prices will vary from shop to shop due to many factors such as region/breed/size of fish, economic sense, operation cost, quarantine methods, import quantity, pellet/frozen food trained, bargaining, stock clearance, etc. Names of LFS should not be added. Clownfish Fake Percula Clownfish $0.80-$1.20 Black ocellaris clown pair, $75 to $80 True percula (small) $12 - $25 True perc (grade $90 True Percs pair (grade $150 Tomato Clown $? Yellow Stripe Maroon $? Tang Powder Blue Tang $30 for small ones and $35 for big ones Powder Blue Tang: small, $15+/- Yellow tang: super small $23 Purple Tang $50 Pacific Blue Tang $15(depending on size) Sohal $60 Chervon Tang $120 Brown Tang $8 Clown Tang $8 Convict Tang $8 Alantic Blue Tang - $80 Achillies Tang - $160 Black Tang - $350 Gem Tang - $2800 Angelfish Bicolor angel: $8-12 Coral beauty Angel: $8 Potter and flame angel- $35 Flame Angel $38 - $50 Argi Angel $? Wrasse Radiance wrasse $50 Golden wrasse - $170 Flame wrasse male - $120, female - $90 8 line wrasse $? Laboutei - $80 Splendid Leopard Wrasse $38 Potter Wrasse - $28 Blenny Tail Spot Blenny $8 - $17 midas blenny $18 Anthia Barlett anthia- $30 Basslet Royal Gramma: Royal gramma: $20-$40 (depends on size n locality usually Caribbean) Blue assessor - $35 to $45 Yellow assessor- $80 Goby Blue Neon Goby : $20 - $40 Half Moon Goby - $20 Butterfly Golden? Threadfin? Racoon? Others Mandarin $6 - $12 Red Mandarin $20 Mandarin that is feeding on frozen mysis / brineshrimp...may cost u about $30 or more Helfrichi Goby $120 - $140 Purple Firefish $12 - $28 Red Firefish $5-$12 Sand Dollar $10 Soft Coral Leather coral (Sarco, sinularia): $5- those morph of ultra green $120 Zoas: Low end zoas: $5-10 for one large colony. Zoas: High end: Sky's the limit, Xenia: $8 -$25. LPS Supersun: S$60/colony, S$10/head used to be 120/colony normal sun: $15-40 Inverts Skunk shrimp $6 for small one, $12 for large. $12 for Sri Lankan Coral Banded (normal): $4-12 Blood Shrimp: $12-35 Fire Shrimp $12 Coral band (golden or blue leg): $5- $15 Peppermint shrimp: S$15 Starfishes $3- 25 (specify type) Seahorse $X.XX Hermit (electric leg): $5 Hermit (dwarf zebra) $4 Hermit (dwarf scarlet): $10 Nassa snail: $5 Turbo snail (Astraea): $2 pls click on 'Reply' button and remove the 'quote' at the beginning of the message and also the end of the message.

Let me help to combine Bro Solo's and Jacky's info. Coming up...

Help you re-arrange a bit for easy reference. Clownfish Fake Percula Clownfish $0.80-$1.20 Black ocellaris clown pair, $75 to $80 True percula (small) - $12 Tomato Clown $? Yellow Stripe Maroon $? Tang Powder Blue Tang $30 for small ones and $35 for big ones Powder Blue Tang: small, $15+/- (LCK) Yellow tang: super small $23 (LCK) Purple Tang $? Pacific Blue Tang $? Sohal $60 Angelfish Bicolor angel: $8-12 (Jireh has a lot for $10) Coral beauty Angel: $8 (Ah Beng, Pinnacle, AM) Potter and flame angel- $35 Flame Angel $? Argi Angel $? Wrasse Radiance wrasse $50 Golden wrasse - $170 Flame wrasse male - $120, female - $90 8 line wrasse $? Laboutei - $80 Blenny Tail Spot Blenny $8 midas blenny $18 Anthia Barlett anthia- $30 Basslet Royal Gramma: Royal gramma: $20-$40 (depends on size n locality usually Caribbean)(LCK201 sells the lowest i feel for large Royal: $25) Blue assessor - $35 to $45 Yellow assessor- $80 Others Mandarin $6.00 Mandarin that is feeding on frozen mysis / brineshrimp...may cost u about $30 or more Soft Coral Leather coral (Sarco, sinularia): $5- those morph of ultra green $120 Zoas: Low end zoas: $5-10 for one large colony. Zoas: High end: Sky's the limit, Xenia: $8 -$25. LPS Supersun: S$60/colony, S$10/head used to be 120/colony normal sun: $15-40 Inverts Skunk shrimp $6 for small one, $12 for large. $12 for Sri Lankan Coral Banded (normal): $4-12 (sz and locality) Blood Shrimp: $12-35 (size n locality) Fire Shrimp $12 Coral band (golden or blue leg): $5- $15 Peppermint shrimp: S$15 Starfishes $3- 25 (specify type) Seahorse $X.XX Hermit (electric leg): $5 Hermit (dwarf zebra) $4 Hermit (dwarf scarlet): $10 Nassa snail: $5 Turbo snail (Astraea): $2 maybe those kind to add in, may click on 'Reply' button and remove the 'quote' at the beginning of the message and also the end of the message. your kind heart is great appreciated by me and others.

Our friendly AquaMarin shop - As of yesterday maldives and existing LS tt i can remember : Clown tang PBT Spotted Kole tang Mini blue tang Red sea sailfin Foxface Long nose hawkfish Blue eye anthias (many) + other species i'm not sure of Splendid Leopard Wrasse (very nice!!) Black Leopard Wrasse Midas blenny Nice boxfishes Many softcorals

Sure do, bro.

Thanks Bro Steven, already pm you. Finally got my hailea chiller, the friendly supplier even installed for me at my place. Indeed, a nice piece of equipment at very good price and rather silent in operation (my tank lightset with build in fan is even noiser). The only issue i faced was that the chiller sensor temp reading is always a degree lower than my tank temp...wonder why? Pump is 3100 l/hr which should be within the recommended flowrate range of 1200-3000 l/hr.

Thanks for all the info, bros. Think i'll go ahead to get this set. The only doubt should be the set temp. If this set can only set temp difference of only 1 degree, wonder would the chiller kick start and stop too often. I thought 2 degrees different would be better to delay the on/off and better for the chiller also? Though good thing i can think of is the chiller need not run too long each time.

Thanks Steven! Anyone has more comments on this set? How about which is the best pump to use Ehiem, Aquabee, Rio, etc?

Hi everyone, I intend to get a Hailea Chiller 500a for my 4ft due to budget. There are limited info in the net and got two nice bros who were kind enough to share their thoughts with me. As it's not cheap also, before i commit, hope can hear more thoughts/experience from bros and sis here? And some questions i have: 1. Can this set it be adjusted to have a difference of 2 degrees? e.g. 26-28 degrees 2. Is the compressor really made by Mitsubishi and comes with titanium coil? 3. I know this is subjective but it is noisy like those mini fridges in yr opinion? 4. Heard of internal temp sensor problem with hailea set previously, does this set has this problem too? Comments on any of the above are much appreciated. Thanks for helping.

It'll be risky to add any 'small' big angel as they may nip on your meaty corals, leathers and zoas. I have experienced that for emperor, french and queen.

The leather corner is nice. Makes the tank looks very natural. Hmm, didn't see the copperband, will be nice with it.

Bro, PM sent to you on the equipment.

Sure, just pm you on when you are going. With the scrubber pulling my NO3 down to 0-5ppm, hands always very itchy to add more fishes. I think safer to add wrasse than tangs in terms of bioload. Oh yah true, my clown tang also like to chase my tailspot wrasse at times.