My low budget nano tank

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37 x 35 x 30cm main and 22cm IOS

light - lumenaqua mini 2white 2 blue

salt mix - distilled water with D-D H2Ocean

return pump Hydor pico 1000L

wavemaker - pending stock for Hydor koralia nano 900

skimmer-less - change water + ATS in the making

Fan cool + room air-con if temp exceed 28.5 degree ... pending to get iceprobe

filtering - cotton + carbon + rowaphos

1 firegoby

1 flamegoby

1 coral band shrimp

12 Nassarius snails

limegreen yuma, green star polyp and tube worm

simple tank, simple LS, simple pass-time

[bugattilambo]

Nice!! Looks like diatoms are gonna boom soon on some of the rocks.

Good equipment choice,should consider getting a tunze skimmer small enough for this tank of yours!

[Zoa guy]

nice tank, esp with the rock. lol

i support the idea of getting the tunze.

[Rxcp14]

Heyy mind pm me abt the price of ur lighting? simplicity at its best...

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Nice!! Looks like diatoms are gonna boom soon on some of the rocks.

Good equipment choice,should consider getting a tunze skimmer small enough for this tank of yours!

diatoms gona boom? how come?

all this while I was thinking "Heng Ah, use distilled water no diatoms" ...

but has been cycled for more than 5 weeks and no sign of diatoms so far....

actually one of the compartment was sized to fit the tunze or Nac QQ or even Boyu WG310

but wana to try ATS first .. if failed then try skimmer

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Heyy mind pm me abt the price of ur lighting? simplicity at its best...

is bought from our sponsors ... can be very open

mine is the mini 30

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also waiting for hydor blue moonlight

[william_choo]

bro, blue moonlight will induce diatoms. your tank is good enough with the lumen aqua.

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bro, blue moonlight will induce diatoms. your tank is good enough with the lumen aqua.

bro, thanks for the heads-up

so all the moonlight product going nowhere?

[peacemaker]

bro, blue moonlight will induce diatoms. your tank is good enough with the lumen aqua.

Why is this so? Care to elaborate?

[comycus]

bro, blue moonlight will induce diatoms. your tank is good enough with the lumen aqua.

Check your source bro, there are a whole host of reasons for diatoms bloom. Blue moonlight is rarely on the top of tt list...

[TayHongSiang]

getting a skimmer doesn't mean no diatoms...diatoms are bacteria, not algae...they come bcoz the biological system in the tank is established...n there r nutrients available for good and bad bacteria to strive.

Skimmer can only get rid of 30-40% of undissolved nutrients....

so long as u do water change diligently and clean yr tank walls often...and dose bacteria after water change shd control these diatoms from overwhelming yr tank...and flow is more impt.

[poomoon]

so long as u do water change diligently and clean yr tank walls often...and dose bacteria after water change shd control these diatoms from overwhelming yr tank...and flow is more impt.

+ 1. do your water changes, a little more frequent if necessary, slowly removing the diatoms themselves, as well as their food source.

[poomoon]

diatoms are bacteria, not algae...

bro, i thought they are algae ? same class as planktons ...

[TayHongSiang]

bro, i thought they are algae ? same class as planktons ...

sorry for the confusion.

to be specific, i meant those cynanobacteria that causes red slime or blue green algae.

brown algae are fuel mainly by silicates - sand bed in this case.

diatoms is a general term

[jackywongto]

Why is this so? Care to elaborate?

Check your source bro, there are a whole host of reasons for diatoms bloom. Blue moonlight is rarely on the top of tt list...

hmmm i am also wondering why moonlight will cause diatoms?

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just to show light color

bad photography skill

besides a bit blur due to shaky hand.... color should be quite accurate

orangy light on the yuma is the AF light ba

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seems like the blue led become spot light in the photo

[william_choo]

Hi all, i got the wrong information. Just check with one of the reefers to re-confirm. cheers

[JeffL]

Nice setup!

Bro, take more pictures of your tank pls.

[finind]

Nice setup!

Bro, take more pictures of your tank pls.

just hope to keep it simple and clean and dont cost me too much

hope leg-hand can be faster to pick some of those nice yuma

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blue-leg hermit help to clean up some newly grown red hair alage

that row was almost cleaned up

but while they scratch the rock... the coralline alage also gana

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still left a bit ... NBz dont know is it for supper

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Nice!! Looks like diatoms are gonna boom soon on some of the rocks.

Good equipment choice,should consider getting a tunze skimmer small enough for this tank of yours!

wow you are right ....can predict 2 weeks before

starts to have a bit of browny on the top of the rock

what should I do??

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red mushrooms from Ng family, Blue from GO