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Singapore Reef Club (SRC) is proud to featured this quarter (March 12 ~ May 12) Tank of the Quarter ( TOTQ ) winner .Bellina Yu aka (Bellinayu) beautiful SPS dominated reef tank to be be showcase . Brief Introduction of your history of setting up your tank I was drawn to this hobby when I was moving to a new home. Since I gave up diving, I missed the quietness and awe of the underwater world and thought how nice to have a slice of the ocean in my living room where I could just be in my own world. I got my husband’s buy in to this idea and I never looked back since then. I am very thankful to have his support in this hobby. He is paying for all the electric bills . This was more than 6 years back. I started with a 4x2x2 LPS dominated tank and later changed to a 3.5 x 2 x 2 as I wanted the water change to be more manageable for myself. My current tank is a SPS dominated tank. Having a small real estate space, I had to be very selective in my choice of corals and fishes. I’m particularly fond of these SPS species: digitatas, montiporas cap, milliporas, birdnests. I stay away from the more demanding Walt Smith Acroporas Tank details and specification Main Tank size ; 3.5 ft (L) x 2 ft (W) x 2 ft (H) Sump tank size ; 80cm (L) x 43cm (W) x 47cm (H) Types of Glass / thickness ; Normal / 12mm Total Water volume of system ; About 435 Litres Weekly Maintenance Routine 3 Oceanic pails of RO/DI water with salt mix Siphon detritus from sump and overflow compartment Wash / change cotton wool Clean skimmer cup Check parameters esp. KH reading Dose bacteria Tank system profile ( Equipments list and lighting period ) Skimmer ; Deltec AP850 Mechanical filtration ; Filter sock / cotton wool ect ?Cotton wool & fiter sock for my FR & skimmer output Calcium reactor ; Deltec 501 Kalk reactor ; DIY Kalk reactor connected to water top up devise (built by Gary) Dosing pump ; Marine Magic (KH & Mg) Chemical filtration ; P04 remover and carbon : Rowaphos in a FR Main return pump ; Tesino Amphibious Pump (GP-233 8000L/H 70W 4.5m)Wave maker ; Tunze 6085 & 6055 Lighting / period ; ATI Powermodule (8 hrs); 2 x Par 30 & 1 par 38 (5 hrs); Beamsworks powerstrip 35 for moonlight) (1 hr) Addictive used Please give some details of the brands/ types of addictive that you used and how frequent do you used it ? Weekly dosage Zeo Coral snow, Amino acid & bacteria Feeding of sps after lights off (try to) List of live stocks in your tank SPS: Montipora digitatas, Montiporas capricornis, Montiporas foveolata, Milliporas, Seriatopora hystrix, Seriatopora caliendrum , Pocillopora damicornis, Acropora tortuosa, Acropora hyacinthus. LPS: Cynarina lacrymalis, Scolymia vitiensis Clams: 2 x Squamosa, 1 x mini Maxima Others: Mini carpets Fishes: a pair of Black Ocellaris clowns, a pair True percular clowns, a pair of Halichoeres iridis, Macropharyngodon bipartitus, Black Cap Basslet Cleaners: Astrea snails, Electric Blue hermits, Hairy Pincushion Urchin Some personal Q & A questions 1. How long have you been reefing ? Ans ; 6 years 2. How did you get into this hobby ? Ans ; Refer to above 3. Are you a fish guy or a Coral guy/gal ? Ans ; Coral gal 4. What is your main concern when looking around for your reefing equipment Ans ; Reliability & affordability 5. What is your favorite past time Ans ; Water change , sports 6. What is the satisfaction you got from this hobby ? Ans ; All the corals & fishes are doing well 7. Any advice for newbie in this hobby ? Ans ; When everything goes well, the hobby can be very enjoyable but when things go wrong, it can be very discouraging especially when you have to deal with it yourself. This hobby requires a lot of patience and dedication. I have tasted my fair share of tank disasters – tank leak, equipment failures, power trip, algae outbreak...Knowing some nice reefing kakis do help in easing the burden. For those who are considering to start a marine tank, a word of advise: do as much reading, research, planning and talking to as many people as possible. It’s really important to know your livestock andit’s compatibility with the rest of the other things in the ecosystem. Then chose suitable equipment to sustain your chosen livestock for the particular tank size. It pays to spend more time cycling your tank and to introduce your livestock slowly. To enjoy this hobby fully, you have to pace yourself. This hobby is a marathon and not a sprint. Final Acknowledgement and thanks you note ( If any ). Thank You SG reef Club (SRC) who has set up this platform which enabled so many of us to share and exchange knowledge and tips so that we can learn from one another. This has made us a more informed reefer. Through SRC, I came to know so many reefing friends. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my reefing friends / kakis who have helped and taught me so much: Drato – my sifu who lured me to the dark side of SPS. Gary – the equipment guru whom I seek help and advise in the various aquarium equipments. Gouldian, Rockyboy, Fuel, Lemon, Terryz – MASS buddies whom I came to know while setting up the society. Ming, Cedric, Wilson, Joe – Sharing of knowledge and experience.