SRC Member finind Posted October 16, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 16, 2011 replace the simlim blue led with a aquazonic 28cm T5 actinic blue then realize how dim the led was just hope the soft coral like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted October 18, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 18, 2011 UPs and DOWN first was green and red alage... though just a bit but is definitely a threat luckily blue-legged hermit come to the rescue and clean it up. Then discovered fin-rot on true perc ... followed by the 2 fire & flame gobies Dosed melafix for 4 days and cured them. 25% Water change Now the true clown rot fin is back to normal and fire goby has longer fins Then true clown gana ich... wah problematic felle. Luckily it starts to feed again ... eating pellet with garlic soon after ich is gone. Of course water change after water change. Diatoms quietly built up after 2 months. Blue-legged hermit manage to clear or maybe push away those on the rock but not a clean job bought 3 astrea snails and they cleaned up the rock but diatoms appear on sand bed this time the hermit does a better job and the sandbed is more or less ok found out that seems like seachem phosguard is good at removing silicate so just add in the sump and hope for the best. Anyway silicate measurement is zero. Also manual removing it using cotton to clean the glass. Also found aiptasia spreading in the sump. Not really sure if it is aiptasia cos they are not fully grown yet... white color .. starts off like thick spiderweb then slowly grow into a mini aiptasia shape... anyway drain the sump and wipe off all using tissue... with phosphate very much under control... the green stuff inside the glue at the edges of the tank also starts to fade off.... nice to see that Hope tank starts to stabilize after all these hoo-ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted October 20, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 20, 2011 getting crowded where to put florida ricordea coming christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg993 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 very creative... well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darter Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 So bro, is the diatom useful or harmful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted October 28, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 28, 2011 So bro, is the diatom useful or harmful dont know how harmful to LS but definitely harmful to the look of a clean tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Rxcp14 Posted October 28, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted October 28, 2011 So bro, is the diatom useful or harmful It grows everywhere and on corals like zoas.... Quote Fresh fishes and inverts! What's next? To the salty side of marine of course! "Never to part, lest jealous heaven stole our hearts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted October 30, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 30, 2011 true clown kinda short of a few black stripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeromeTanJunJie Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Wow that does look nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 3, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 3, 2011 crowded mushroom gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SRC Member starfish123 Posted November 3, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted November 3, 2011 any full tank shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 3, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 3, 2011 pic in post#28 almost full tank liao .. is a tiny pico/nano tank on top got nothing gona add few more pieces of primo rock over this weekend so that can put some LPS on top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 3, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 3, 2011 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. this piece of advice almost sum up the maintenance required sounds simple but is the key to a clean tank with clear water of course also need cleaning crews and chemical filtration before "scheduled maintenance" my main + IOS is about 50L with 2 return pump, one go through chiller, should have min. 1000L/hr should have at least 20x everything seems calm so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 6, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 6, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 6, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 6, 2011 tubeworm at center-top came out of tube for 2 weeks new tube in the making so far only ard 1 inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 13, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 13, 2011 salvage the remaining few strand of chaeto from failed attempt manage to grow a bit now ... hope there is flow from under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SRC Member starfish123 Posted November 13, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted November 13, 2011 wa how u get your zoas to open so big? mine just will not open... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 13, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 13, 2011 just normal open .. not really big to me keeping zoa is more of hit or miss ... last time never succeed almost wana throw it away cos it closed up some time back due to nudibranch manage to kill 2 and the zoa starts to open again .. quite a relief trying to find time to get coral rx .. just in case. not good at keeping zoa... probably this time has sufficient light & good water. not sure how much flow is needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member william_choo Posted November 13, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted November 13, 2011 Zoas are quite tolerant to Any flow.They only need good light to sustain their distinguish colours. Quote -Main Display Tank : 2ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft c/w sump tank cabinet (Set up by aquarium artist) -Lightings : 4 sets of 1.5ft mini aqua lumen LED lights (7 high power led 15W) -Chiller: 1/4HP artica chiller with a standby of HC-100A -Skimmer : Bubble Magnus 3 (cone) -Phosphate Reactor -NP Bio-pellet D&D onceanic hang-on reactor -Wavemaker : MP10 -Temperature mointor : American Wireless pinpoint thermometer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 16, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 16, 2011 purple coral banded shrimp most of the time hidden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 16, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 16, 2011 nassaurius snails ... cheapo type shell becomes smoother and add a bit of pattern as compared to 3 months ago which is full dull grey a bit of the fuji pink sand surfaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member finind Posted November 16, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 16, 2011 while it lasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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