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Finally laid hands on a digi cam again. Some growth pics... This pic was taken in february

yup...i think this form of filtration is also known as berlin method which is pretty popular with the germans...just tonnes of LR and a ultra powerful skimmer

IMHO, I feel dissolvability should just be one of the many factors that we should use to compare salts. I think like what some has brought up, we should also look at the level of trace elements, calcium magnesium etc that's present in the salt mix as well as the undesirable things like nitrate or phosphate that may be present in it as well as the ph of a fresh mix. I remember reading a review on RC whereby they actually did lab test on the level of the different trace elements that are present in the various salt mix available...Can't remember the results though. Do a search on it...shud be able to find! I only remember that kent and instant ocean seems better overall though some brands might outshine others in certain areas.... As for myself, I was using deep ocean for a while before switching to instant ocean. Don't see any diff while using deep ocean but after using instant ocean, it seems easier to maintain high alkalinity levels although i can't be too sure if instant ocean was the actual contributing factor..... Before that always having problems maintaining above 8dkh... my 2 cents

hi all, can't get hold of a digi cam at the moment...but here's my monti taken a few months back... will try to post a pics of its growth currently with 4-5 new layers...

your white xenia is lovely man!!! seems like all your corals are spreading really well!!! nice nice!!! Can't wait to see an overgrown tank in time to come...keep it up GT... do be careful of the green star polyps though. Bought the same kind as you and it was lovely...but it came to a point of spreading so fast and started burning some of my acro colonies..in the end gotta remove the whole piece of LR....

Agreed with u DB bro...that prata looks lovely!!!

left 1-2 monti caps and abt 7-8 pieces of acros...colours not too good. Mostly brown except for 1 or 2 which showed some purple shade. but the lps are pretty nice.... prata and brain...mostly green pratas...left only one red one when i was there yesterday.... dun remember seeing other lps

some sps at irwana...and nice looking pratas and brains as well. They also have lotsa cleaner shrimps and powder blue tangs as well.. saw a mated percula pair at reefwrold...other than that, nothing much besides the usual buttons and such...

thanks alot bawater for all the details!! will prob go get some soon...

how much do the zooplankton cost by the way?? If not convenient to reveal prices here, can pm me instead??? Oh, and are they live zooplankton or frozen???

hi people, book tentatively sold....if buyer backs out, will let those who pmed me know again yah? thanks for showing interest....

Hello, I've got a book titled "Australian Marine Life" by Graham J. Edgar for sale. Brand new...Brother bought it for me in australia at A$25(price tag still there) Original price was A$55 but got at discounted price....Will sell at S$20..Quite a detailed book on all the different marine algaes and other marine life forms like worms, snails, pods, corals, fishes, shrimps and even cyanobacteria etc...quite good for identifying things as well coz all the scientific names are given....those interested can pm me....collection will be in outram area.....

regarding bubbles forming when water gushes into your sump, maybe u can try putting a glass vase or something in the first chamber where water from your overflow gets into your sump. Use a vase that's slightly higher than the water level in the first chamber and direct the outlet pipe into the vase. The water will overflow the vase as it enters the sump thus helping to dissipate the bubbles... it acts like a baffle basically....

hello, is it 2X55w or 1X55w for each set?

I've tried the flatworm exit with pretty good results. Hated it last time when i see them all over my mushrooms..but gone were the days... did 2 doses over 1 week....and they disappeared. Just make sure u read the instructions carefully. the toxins they release is pretty potent when they die

anyway, cool growth of the birdnest you've got man...

Yah man..notice the same thing when I keep handling some of the colonies...the coloured tips tend to fade a fair bit until i left them alone...

there wasn't any fishes for the shipment....only sps corals, white pumping xenia, saw a moon coral, cloves(i think).....that's all i saw... but there were alot of red mushrooms, orange short tentacled plate, moon corals, hammer, clams from earlier shipment...

LCK 110 just came in sps shipment.. Some encrusting purple montis, bottle brush, etc..... and some white xenias... not alot of white xenias left...abt 15??? Yup, remembered lighteningstrike has been looking for them...

All corals sold. Thanks for all your support....

Anybody want the moon coral??? I'll reduce it to $12....

Left with moon coral...

green stag frag sold. Left with moon and cup. Somemore info, the cup's polyp's extension can reach almost 1 inch ...

a slightly clearer pic of the bluish moon....at the bottom of the picture.

forgot to add, I stay at spottiswoode park, near outram.