bellinayu

Good to see you back again. More female power! Ming is prata and zoas queen.

Thairun sells DIY frag plugs with self attached acrylic stems which you can glue on. When you want to glue the plugs on to your lrs, just break the stems off to be re-used.

Clarification, I meant that I have replaced with a new impeller so the complete set comes with new impeller and magnetic clamp holder.

Selling a 2 yrs tunze 6085 wavemaker for $120 fixed. Specs and pic can be found on the web. Replaced with a new impeller. Collection at depot rd. SMS or whatsapp 81117171.

Chiller currently reserved. To be collected end feb

Selling for $350 fixed. You can google for it's specs. Runs very silent and i Maintain this chiller every 6 months so it has been serving me well for 4 years. Reason to sell is because I would be installing a compressor chiller unit. Chiller only available after cny when I have installed the new compressor unit in mid feb. Collection in depot rd. SMS or what's app at 81117171.

If you can remove the rock from the tank, you will be able to remove it.

You have to take out the pump and check the impeller and hosing of the pump. Something could be broken or calcium deposit. It's good habit to wash your Pumps every 6 months to prolong the life span. If you are not sure how to do it, either sought help from reefer friends or engage the service of tank makers found on our sponsors' section.

Pump is currently reserved, pending collection on Sat morning by deadmanz. Thanks.

Eheim 1260 pump FS at $60. Used for about 2 years. Collection at Depot Rd. You can sms me at 81117171.

congrats!

Price reduced to $300 without feeding pump. I can PM you a pic of it or you can come down to have a look as it's still in operation.

Good to add a water conditioner to remove chlorine and neutralize chloramines. API has this tap water conditioner. You can also try their quick start. What you place in your IOS is fine. This will add as your mechanical and biological filtration. Also to add bacteria.

Sales Price for this work horse is $350 (without feeding pump); $400 with Eheim 1260 feeding pump.

Where do you all live? I live near bukit merah. If you live near by, easier to arrange. If you live in the east as most reefers are, easier to arrange with someone near by. I presume, you'll be looking for dead or live rocks to put into yr tank. You can get from pasar malam. I think you just need 1 medium pc. Look for a nice shape one.

Did you change to new cartridges and media? Smell may come from old resins or media used. Stage 1 should be sediment which is yr existing filter. You can put stage 2 : carbon and stage 3 & 4 : DI media. Buy a Tds meter to measure yr Tds reading.

Hi. My full name is bellina but I'm known as belle in this community. One of the distintive difference in salt and fresh water is the no. Of equipment to sustain the tank . My advise is to cycle the tank longer. Cycle at least 1mth esp if you are using dead rocks or new live rocks as some leach po4. Within the first 10 days, recommend to dose bacteria daily and change water weekly. You can follow the recommended dosage. You will surely face algae problem during initial phase of first 3-4 mths. That's part and parcel of marine woes. Continue with yr water changes and you'll see the light at the end of the tunnel. Prepare test kits to chk water perimeters before you add fishes. During cycling stage, you could add some cleaning crew like hermit crabs, snails to clean the tank. You can research on what cleaning crew to get.

Just remembered, you can consider lumenaqua max200 IOS tank set sold by aquarium artist if you are getting a "off the shelf" tank. Refer to his sponsor thread. He also has a few other nano sets. I will be paying him a visit later in the afternoon at about 2pm so if you are free, I can meet you there.

Those filtration systems are only suitable for drinking as it's only sediment and carbon for 2 stage and some only have 1 stage. You can use a TDS meter to test. it will probably give you a reading of more than 20 as such systems do not have DI media which strips yr water off everything. For sps tanks, reefers wouldn't settle less than 5-7 to keep nutrient low; however, if you don't want to invest in 4 to 5 stage ro/DI systems, you can use chemical conditioners to "soften" tap water. Do some research on designing yr tank if you are going with custom build. If you are buying the tank Off the shelf, then you're better off with an iOS system. What equipments will you be using? what are you using for nutirent export? protein skimmer, underflow algae scrubber, refugium etc. There are tons of info in the forum. I may be imbarking on a small tank size build so doing some research myself. These are the type of questions I ask myself. Also, what is yr budget? Btw, FR stands for fluidized reactor. Use a FR if you have a sump. If not, you can use filter bags containing po4 removal media if you are having an IOS system.

This skimmer was bought from Germany and modified for better control of the water level in the skimmer neck by adding on a gate valve. I've been using this skimmer for about 3 yrs plus and still in v. good condition. I've wrapped the skimmer body with black trash bag so as to prevent algae build up in the body so the whole skimmer body is very clean. If anyone interested, offer me a decent price. I can whatsapp you a photo of the skimmer as I'm having problems in attaching photos on the forum. You can whatsapp me at 81117171. It's still running so you can see it's performance. I'm using a ehiem 1260 as it's feeding pump.

Most moms / parents / wives would enjoy watching the fishes and corals move / grow without bothering too much about the maintenance; however, as you have pointed out, you are too busy with yr work to maintain the tank for her so the designing of the tank and purchase of equipment is extremely important to cut down on the maintenance and making the hobby more hassle free. I would recommend a shallow 2 ft tank to start with. Max ht of 1.5 ft so she can easily reach for things in the tank. The tank has to be placed near water change area so she can easily do the weekly water changes herself. Equipment keep to minimum. Chiller, return pump can tee off to FR, skimmer or UAS. She can do manual dosing herself. Go to a reliable tank maker if you don't intend to do the piping work yourself. However, you could also look around for good designed 2nd hand tanks in pasar malam.

Upz

1. Ehim 1264 (4500 l/hr): $160 2. Tunze 6065: $105 Collection at depot rd. SMS 81117171

I have 1 bottle of the above to be collected at depot rd. fcfs.