jervismun

FIRST TIME!!! My FTS

Hehe... that's one of my proud possesion really... it is almost a perfect circle Here's my Blue Goniopora... opening up quite well... I have a feeling it will open up fully by the end of this week

I got a feeling... nope... those are already long dead... perhaps the remaining few polyps may spread and form a new colony Here's a closeup of my lovely Green Cup Coral (aka Satellite) Opening so well... pix taken 1 day upon introduction into my new tank

Emm... definitely wrong placement... I am still trying to understand the flow in my tank... well perhaps another 2 days

What a discovery... my HUGE LR is in fact a large dead Cup Coral A few polyps spotted... I must make sure they survive

bro... yeah those Gonios is the my heart and soul Yeah I will leave them on the clam shells...

Yes I read from a book Halloween hermits (among others) will consume them... but again it really depends on the amount of hermits you have in your tank in order to have sufficient cleaning power For me, I will be introducing a Rabbitfish (Foxfish) very soon as I read from many sources (and from reefers) they are the best algae controllers... grazing a wide range of algaes from hair to bubble. Will update you guys on my findings

This Pink Gonio really gave me a lot of confidence... upon 1 day of introduction it is already opening better than my home tank... if you ask me... I will give credit to: 1) The new salt water (as to compared to my home tank which I seldom change) 2) The TWIN TURBO FR running a large amount of PO4 remover and activated carbon 3) The ATI Bubble Master... been running it for weeks now

Very busy at work these days... no time for updating but what the heck... my FIRST partial FTS with corals Some of my corals are still in a remote holding location... will transfer another batch of corals tomorrow

Yeah I got a feeling it is not affecting the clam much as it is opening up fine... but will keep monitoring it

Try inject liquid food... at this stage I dun think the Prata has the energy to chew those tantalizing shrimp meat

I am just wondering if it will affect the clam or it's just part of nature...

Time to feature some corals... my 9-month old Tridacna Crocea... manage to take a shot of it closed (seconds upon switching on the light)... its shell is infested with hitchikers... experienced bros out there... any reason for me to remove them off its shells? The 20000ºK is really blue and mysterious

Lots of hitchikers to remove... some Zoas... BUBBLE ALGAE is bad Now I am confident to introduce my Yumas into my tank... remember to do this entire exercise as swiftly as possible to minimize heat absorption back into the water

Quickly pour them out into a plastic container... as you can see my Yumas are not entirely clean... all the macroalgaes should be removed unless you have starving predators in the tank waiting to feed on these algaes It's amazing how stable my Yumas are... they are still opening up like nobody's business

Just wanna share with you guys the procedure of transferring the corals from my home tank... I pack them in clear plastic bags, preferably double-layer to avoid leakage. Since my travel time is around 30 minutes, I try to minimize the amount of water. Corals of the same family will be packed together... for example my 2 Yumas in the picture. I will soak the bags in my sump for around 30 minutes to sync the temperature. This is a crucial step especially for cold water tanks... mine set at 26.5ºC - 27.5ºC... that means my tank water can easily be 2ºC cooler than the water in the bags. And please... recycle the bags

Latest parameters (partial): NO2: 0.1ppm NO3: 10ppm Redox (ORP): 380mV pH: 7.9 - 8.1 Temperature: 26.5ºC - 27ºC Things are looking fine really... and it shows on my corals

Thanks Jem... yes everything is going according to plan... now the challenge is to see if the NO3 will continue to build (currently 10ppm)... but I do have a decom AquaMedic NR1000 Nitratreductor on standby... can fire up within 1 hour More pix will come today... sorry for my laziness

I am chatting with the guys lah... TCC

Me too... emm... BE... interesting

Wow nice!! And the Zoas beside it is equally stunning

Yes... the colour is simply stunning... bro Naka, can show a pix of the clam looking through the front glass?

Wow... if the 851 is complete set and new... please PM me... I am looking for a birthday gift

As expected... NO2 dropped... NO3 on the rise... KH is at a comfortable level of 9dKh Sorry no pix today... will post some tomorrow

Wow... that's a very nice piece of Crocea... a true member of TCC