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I used to have a sera nitrate test kit years ago when I was only 15...Used it on my nano 2 ft tank...it showed nitrates at 50ppm...that time thought it was accurate....after changing 3/4 of my water..nitrates was read at 40-50ppm still. Resulted me in changing water very often, wasting alot of $$ uneccessarily back then. Now no more using sera ....all my test kits salifert.

Upz..for fellow bros who have missed out this post.

For many months already..3-4 months I think.

Hmm..those 2 mandarins seem to be both males. Females wun be that aggressive towards each other. Males will rather display to females rather than biting them on the operculum. It makes sense when you put it in human terms.

If you burst it with a small toothpick most prob the garlic extract will spurt all over the place. I prefer using metal tweezers. You can try using the needle if you want. I'm more of a tweezer guy.

10 weeks old baby?!

Bro...I used to have one..a simple 1200l/hr pump gave me kopi-o already. Your pump is way too strong. There is a recommended flow rate to follow on the box. In fact, it should be around 1200l/hr if I did'nt remember wrongly.

If the pump is too overpowered, of cause you would'nt get much skimmate as the bubbles do not have enough contact time with the organics in your water to trap them.

Hold the syringe with the plastic tip pointing downwards, you read the readings from where the lowest part of the black piston is touching. Don't just drip kalk. Best you test your kH too. Raise it to the desired level before adjusting your calcium levels.

I use sharp stainless steel tweezers to twist one end till it bursts..don't worry..you will get used to the smell of garlic. I'm known as the walking garlic man at home. It has an oily texture that will sink deep into your skin. Since it can do that..I'm sure it will soak right thru food.

60 softgels. I burst each gel before soaking the food with it. I throw the capsule away. 10mg concentrate equivalent to 5000mg of fresh garlic. No added sugar, preservatives, artificial flavoring or color, starch, yeast or wheat. Recommended daily consumption for adults = 1 capsule a day. I feed my fish 1 capsule soaked food every 2 days or when I feel like it everyday. You peeps must be wondering how much this costs....you all will be shocked. Saw it for SGD $9.90 in one pharmacy. At first I thought it was like 20-30 bucks per bottle...coz my dad buy one..then I chanced it upon at the pharmacy. Yea....no more holding back on garlic now. Now my secret is out.

Many have asked what form of garlic I feed my fish. So here is my secret. Won't be a secret anymore after this.

Hmmm..I'm only 1.7. So he is considered slightly tall from my point of view. He lives around east area. Looks like I'll just have to wait for the price to drop lower after a few years...if were to buy now I might as well use the money set up new tank already...... and even buy a chiller!

I've been having a persistent itch outbreak in my tank for about 1 month plus already...oh well...nothing died yet. Many thanks to garlic.

Due to my poor photography skills, antique digi cam...coupled with the shy male pistol shrimp...only managed to get a shot of his 'pistols'. Anyway...i made the pic clearer using photoshop. The colors are falsified. The female is in front..the male at the back..shy fellow.

Was pleasantly surprised...found my 2 tiger pistols sharing the same burrow with the yashia and nematodes....here is a pic of big momma excavating a bigger home for the 'shrimp-pecked' daddy.

Be careful on the kalk if you don't have a calcium test kit. No need to add so much esp when your tank does not have that much corals yet. Later kalk overdose like me last time then very troublesome.

It's not a malamut...its even smaller than that. Its around the size of a small jackal and looks exactly like one. From what the guy told me there's only 700+ in the whole world.

Alaskan klee kai.....

I have recently set my eyes on a certain dog breed...but cannot afford it...a darn 5k for a puppy.

Yo bro..learnt today that mangrove seedlings will grow faster if the following nutrients are provided : nitrogen compounds, phosphates and iron. Maybe why mangroves grow slowly is due to lack of iron?

It's a empty reservoir of water under a deep sand bed. Supposedly nitrates will get attracted into this sink via some kind of gradient. Doing a search on the internet should yield more information.

It won't harm the seafan much.

Was down at ML today...it's closed. On the door had a sign put up by Henry....saying that due to some urgent domestic matters, ML will be closed from the 9th to 12th

Low calcium demand corals....or Ca reactor..