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Don't buy the tank cos it looks nice, very risky , just like livestock; sometimes nice to see, cheap to buy but quick to die or a nightmare once into the tank. The tank you are keen in may not have have the proper set up for marine. A sump tank at the bottom is recommended. When you are really ready to upgrade, i would recommend supporting our reefers here who are "decomm-ing" their tanks. Not only their tanks are much cheaper than new ones, i'm sure most of them would be willing to share some tips on setting it up as well. In the meantime, like a bro has suggested, maybe its a better idea to sell off the bigger fishes to reefers with bigger tanks to accommodate them, reducing your tank bioload. Cheers...

Maybe you can list down your current lights and reefers here can help to comment as I've only limited knowledge on anemones. i only know they need rather strong lighting and water movements. They need to be fed too.

Bro, i would suggest you take some time to do some research on marine reefing and also on the livestock that you are planning to purchase. But for now, i advise not to add anymore livestock cos it's too crowded already. For your tank size, blue tang and koran angel are not suitable cos they are big fishes that need space to grow and produce lots of waste too. Look for nano fishes. Your anemones needs mod to strong lights and water movement. The starfish looks like those non-reef safe type. Cowfish may release toxins when stressed and your small tank may not be able to cope with the release. You will need carbon and skimmer. Flowerpot and cauliflower corals are nice but very difficult corals to keep for long in captivity without proper food. Happy reefing.

Beautiful!!

Looks like red grape to me. If there's no more algae on screen, maybe it's a good sign that yr tank had hardly any nutrients, phos and nitrate to feed the nuisance algae, which is a good thing.

My eyes were drawn to the yellow tubeworm too!! Wow...

I just don't understand why these fishes are still being imported in by our LFS. Maybe they have no choice but to take in whatever the suppliers give them but they should try to alert the suppliers that these fishes are doomed in captivity. I don't think there are many SPS keepers here who are willing to let these fishes eat their precious SPS corals and even so, how long can it last feeding them SPS. Beautiful fishes like these should be left alone in the ocean. They have lives too. Very sad. And sorry, i've gone off topic.

Want to give a small tomato clownfish. Abt 1-2inches. Healthy and pellet eating. Collection at Hougang Central.

No problem, just that it'll a little longer than usual for the algae to start growing on the sheet. As long as there's good flow and enough lighting, algae will grow naturally.

i always have these three types of shrimps in my reef tanks. Not a problem though i do hear of encounters where coral banded (aka boxer shrimp) would try to attack the other types of shrimps. But mixing two or more coral banded shrimps will be an issue as they tend to fight and even kill the other if both are not a mated pair.

Don't worry too much, they are unlikely to kill each other, somemore yours a huge 6 feet tank. Can easily accommodate the number you bought, anyway you probably won't get to see the fire shrimps as they hide within the LR most of the time. Unless you are talking about coral banded shrimps which are more aggressive and more likely to attack other shrimps...But even so, not easy for them to catch and kill the faster and more agile fire and skunk shrimps. i have 2 fire, 4 skunk and a coral banded living together.

It's indeed pretty effective to bring down nitrates. I've been using scrubber for more than a year now and nitrate remains as undetectable. Seldom do water changes but i dose supplements and add carbon. No skimmer. I have 4 tangs and 30 smaller fishes in my 4 ft with LPS and softies. I never achieve such results with skimmer and water changes previously. I'm still monitoring for longer term effectiveness. For the screen, you can consider those plastic knitting sheet which many of us use, durable and easy to clean.

IMO, since you are getting very good results from your scrubber, why don't you monitor a bit longer its effectiveness before adding another equipment that takes up electricity and add extra heat into the tank from the pump? If the scrubber continues to work best for you, you don't even need to waste that extra money too. No harm monitoring it a bit longer.

If you need feedback, SM's thread here should have a great deal of different DIY sets and feedback from reefers here and around the world. I'm one happy user of algae scrubber (its like growing chaeto) for a over a year without skimmer. Some reefers recommend the use of both scrubber and skimmer. I would say carbon is still needed.

Very nice re-scaped NPS tank! Love your scaping...looks natural.

Fishes sold to a nice reefer.

Selling the below fishes: 1. Magnificent foxface - $15 2. Long-nose Hawkfish - $10 Both very healthy and eat pellets. Collection at Hougang central. Pls pm your interest. Thanks.

Bro, try this method that i always use - Sudden lights-on method. In the evening, after turning off all your room and tank lights, wait for the fishes to go into the night 'sleeping' mode, then after an hour or more, turn on all the tank lights (full blast). The fishes should be swimming out in the open disorientated and you simply just scoop up your target. If you know where your bellus hide, can use a long ballon stick to 'chase' it out into the open. Works for my tangs and angels, except some wrasses though. If your bellus hides very deep in the liverock, there's a chance it might not work also. But since this method is so easy to use, no harm trying. Hope this method works for you. Good luck.

Frozen cyclopeeze should work.

Apologies, didn't take any pic of them but both looked identical to the pic which i got from the internet. Buyer is free to view and decide thereafter. Thanks.

Hi, want to sell my blue throat trigger pair. Both about 2.5 inches, healthy and eat greedily on pellets. Selling at $35 for this nice pair. Collection at hougang central.

Algae scrubber! Diy one yourself, cheap and you'll be amazed how it can bring down yr nitrate to undetectable. Forget abt the denitrator in my opinion. You can check out santamonica thread to see reviews from reefers ard the world. And if u really doesn't like it, just take out the set. No pain as it's cheap and easy to set up.

Tks bro erikokelf for the good news on pellets feeding.

They are easy to keep as long as you don't have to rely solely on pellet food. The only dried food mine eat is freezed dried cyclopeeze. Tried different types of pellets like dr bassler, formula 1&2, kent, grotech, etc also no use. Will soak the pellets with mysis juice and feed them only pellets for a few days to see if that works. Thanks all for the kind advice.

'Mission Pellet' failed for my banggai. Sigh. Mine eat mysis, cyclopeeze, frozen fd, minced fish meat, minced mkt prawn till damn fat but still rejects pellets. Maybe I shd just feed pellets for a few days and see if they eat. If not, got to feed wet fd already.