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He was definitely avoiding picking up the call since the call was immediately picked up when borinz used another number to call.

Have the above to give away. Since I not keeping alot of FW fish for now. One packet of frozen bloodworms. One packet of frozen black mosquito larvae. Both are partially used. Still alot left. Self collect in bedok area.

Wonder what happen to sea stars...now my harlequins feeding on frozen star..

That yellow tang looks HUGE.

Hmmm...you got pm.

Wow..mauritius..do let us know if you rediscover Dodo birds.

Depends on your lighting. 8 hours of MH can equal 10-12 hours of PL.

In the wild, tangs have their own space to retreat from aggressors. Such vital space is normally not present in aquaria. The dominant tang will perceive the other tangs as intruders into its territory. And if not given enough hiding places, the poor bullied tang(s) will forever be viewed as a constant intruder, being chased down and wacked. To keep more than 1 type of tang in the same tank in the long run, you will need 2 things. One will be space, the other will be large amounts of barriers to break visual contact. Definitely I would not suggest mixing the same species together. This is rather impossible unless you are thinking of about preferably 5 or more tangs of the same species. This will help to spread out the interspecific aggression. Anything 4 or less will be rather unstable. But then again your tank will need to be HUGE.

Yep. Had one more rock of orange yumas (bigger polyps). But did'nt buy it as it had less polyps. About 5-6..

Ever thought of replacing the internal pumps with external pumps? You might not need to buy an expensive chiller then.

Hmm..that don't look like a birdnest....posted wrong pic?

How about a miniature beckett?

I just bought a rock of orange yumas from Kirin yesterday.. About 12-13 polyps..for $15. Anyway..anyone seen starfishes? Anything but the red sea stars at ML, choc chip stars or brittlestars..

Brown things = diatom covered cement.

I don't pray one lah...I'm a free thinker.

Relatives came to stay over for 2 nights. Due to lack of beds I had no choice but to sleep on the floor. Needless to say I slept very little. Less than 3-4 hours each night. They left yesterday, not to mention I was hoping to catch up on some needed sleep. This morning was woken up at 9.30am. The top floor water tank was giving out lots of smoke. Security came told us to evacuate. Walk all the way down to the first storey. Shortly later scdf arrived with a fire engine..Waited about 1 hour before walking back up 20+ floors. Was hoping to continue sleeping. Realized electricity had been cut off. Been manually stirring my tank like a big tank of soup every 15-20 mins. Electricity only came back around 1.30..thank goodness all is well now.. Now for some much needed rest........

"In studies of the ubiquitous Hawaiian branching stony coral Pocillopora damicornis, Dr. John Stimson, of the University of Hawaii, found that the presence of Trapezia sp. crabs, actually stimulated the coral to produce fat bodies, which were clearly visible as small, whitish globs in the tentacles of the polyps. These were then fed upon by the crabs. How this occurs is not clear. They could be eating the tentacles directly, they could stimulate the polyp in some way to cause it to release the fat bodies, or the fat may be exuded in coral mucus. When the crabs are removed, the fat bodies get larger for about a week, but then grow smaller. Dr. Stimson has recently discovered that if the crabs are fed, they readily release ammonia, but if they are not fed, they don't. This raises the possibility that when corals feed their crabs lipids, the crabs become living fertilizers, moving amongst the branches, releasing nitrogen-rich ammonia to the zooxanthellae. This may explain why polyps in the lower branches retain high vitality rates despite being exposed to less light. When crabs are removed, the lower branch polyps often die-off, and the lower branches become covered with algae, sponges and tunicates. It has also been speculated that the movements of the crabs lower down in the colony increase water circulation and prevents detritus from accumulating. They may also stimulate an increase in mucus production by the coral, further contributing to keeping the branches clean." From http://www2.hawaii.edu/~delbeek/afmjan97.html

Interesting site on colouration of sps http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/stevepaper02.htm

Maybe it's the diet? Some foods might be higher in fat than others? Some food esp FW feeders lack certain nutrition that SW fish need? Maybe the feeding regime? Like lionfish if anglerfish are fed to often they can die of gluttony.

Did'nt see any today..oh well..frozen starfish for them till I can find suitable starfish..

...........Took cab down while raining then in the end kenna quoted $80...

Use to feed harlequin one..I don't want use such nice stars.. Later starfish lovers hate me..

Wait till you see the intensity of the T5 sun tubes by ATI...you'll literally go blind looking at them..

Thought of that..end of year then decide...if end of year got to move to the deep south then my upgrading will be such a waste..see how la..now just be content with what I have and readup first..meantime find way to save $$.. I always got cashflow problem..thinking of propagating my bulls-eye discoma and purple rhodactis. Today bought one rock of orange yumas..gonna try to frag also. hehe..

Hmm..I'm trying not to get too much into my tank...later one fine day the glass give way..i will literally cry....