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oh no...hehe...nevermind..today afternoon will tell.

Silicon?

Ok..looks like I have to use bristleworms...

AHHAhahHAHAhahaha...something which woke me up!

Hmmm..my question still unanswered...so will "lala" affect the functionality of a DSB?

Hmmm....I have actually emailed that guy when I saw his seahorses a few aquaramas back..he sent me some mails with seahorse setup and other information. Included are those for pot belly seahorse. Anyone interested just leave your email address with me and I'll send the stuff to you peeps when I'm free.

Did I see....sea sn*kes!? I would love a sea krait.

No prob..if I were to change my tank I would do something like this. Back 3/4 of the tank...2/3 of the space use for DSB..1/3 use for plenum front 1/4 of the tank...use plenum...then just below the top layer of sand add one U.G plate trimmed to size as microfauna nursery before gently covering with a layer of sand.

Yep..definitely mechanical. Cause proteins are amphiphatic (is that the word?)...they stick to bubbles and when the bubbles burst then the proteins get splattered into the collection cup.

If I'm not wrong the hydrogen sulphide would seep out very very slowly by simple theory of diffusion. But at such a rate would do minimal impact to your pH.... If you were to dig up your DSB for some reason or another then all the hydrogen sulphide will be released at once, causing a major pH disaster. Hope my guess is correct.

Copepods. amphipods, burrowing worms, etc. Everyday I am bound to spot an amphipod exoskeleton circulating in my water.

Hmmm...you wun have to restart the cycling as your bacteria would still be alive. Few days ago I added livesand into my tank. Did not have enough saltwater to wash the sand properly. In the end ended up with a milky tank. After 1 night the water cleared up already.

It's best that waterflow thru a DSB is kept to the minimum as possible. This is the reason why for remote DSB in sumps, water flows OVER the DSB...not filtering thru a DSB. If water movement thru a DSB is rapid, oxygen concentration in the DSB would be higher, leading to little or even no anoxic zone for anaerobic bacteria to grow, impeding denitrification. If water movement thru a DSB is slow, it would be best, as less oxygen enters the DSB, enabling an anoxic zone to form for anaerobic bacteria to form. Using a U.G would render the DSB useless as fresh oxygen will oxygenate the DSB, enabling only aerobic bacteria to form, causing nitrate buildup over time. Actually...IMO..a DSB works better in tropical climates due to lower levels of dissolved oxygen levels in the water and due to higher metabolic rates of organisms. Less dissolved oxygen would thus enter a DSB, making it possible for a large anoxic zone to be formed. Anaerobic bacteria use sulphur as they break down nitrates into nitrogen gas. The biproduct of this process would be hydrogen sulphide which could build up in the DSB. If levels of hydrogen sulphide is high, disturbance of the DSB could release hydrogen sulphide into the water, causing a rapid drop in pH, and causing inhabitants to die due to pH shock. Hope I am speaking sense...

Hmmm..not exactly my taste..i not paedophile.

EvIL snaILs! Beware...they are plotting to take over the world.

The dragon pipe i got for $6 nia..at reB**n. Sometimes not stable..observe the fish. It should not be dazed for prolonged periods of time, they should slowly 'crawl' curiously and gracefully around the tank. That's a pygmy seahorse. Impossible to keep if you do not have the time to obtain food resources for it. The smaller the seahorse the more times it has to be fed a day.

Paradiz Reef...After my experience with Contraphos, I learnt not to wash the stuff before putting it into the sump. The water will turn brown for awhile..after which it clears up without any problems.

Check out the skimmer at octopus bay if you are on budget. Value for money. More so than weipro.

Log : Today bought silicarbon. Added into tank at around 3pm+...time now is 11.40pm..sandbed looks so much whiter...the diatoms like just disappeared?! Will take another pic n post up tomorrow around 3pm for comparison against my tank with diatom bloom.

Maybe you can try arofanatics.com Should be able to get better quotes there.

Huh...... Alligator pipe is the bigbig one swimming that look like a big seagrass one. The one in the pic is dragon pipe..check up the scientific name you know what i mean. Amazing something so small can be called a dragon pipefish.

OMGF...silicarbon is a miracle. Not even 12 hours in my tank and my sandbed is turning white already.

H.comes can be found in local waters. Dragon pipefish I kept before..but got killed by whitespot a long time ago. Have yet to buy another one..but dun think i should. Tank overstock liao. Nah...i include my copyright pic below. Taken around last July.

hmm..guys generally have more imaginative minds.

A scientific name would help. I think 99.99% of ppl here have no idea what is a cinnamon clownfish.