nano tank

[Rxcp14]

confused now. 'proper cycling' by lemonlemon says that doing water changes will be good for reducing NO3

Bacteria need a food source to thrive. So why reduce no3 levels while cycling when ur cultivating those good bacteria? Hmmm water changes just before adding lifestocks and thereafter is what most normally do....

[starfish123]

got a brain from a kind reefer just now and i think i got stung by it while handling it. anything i should do? apply medicine? or just let it heal?

[Rxcp14]

got a brain from a kind reefer just now and i think i got stung by it while handling it. anything i should do? apply medicine? or just let it heal?

If not inflamed or pain or anything after awhile then its ok... Anw try to prevent back of ur hands from touching corals as its more sensitive...

[starfish123]

wa luckily finger got stung only

[starfish123]

just to check, if i stock my tank too fast with LPS and soft corals, will it crash? because from what i understand, corals do not produce waste. is this true?

[finind]

stung by brain?

i thought at most is a sticky feeling

[raymus]

got a brain from a kind reefer just now and i think i got stung by it while handling it. anything i should do? apply medicine? or just let it heal?

Bro, you can try put on those transparent plastic bag act as a glove when handling lps. Brain do stung.

Just my two cents

[starfish123]

just got two clowns from sealife and another two corals from GO today. the clowns are not paired and they seem to be fighting although one is bigger than the other. anything i should do or should i just wait for the bigger one to become the female? also, one of my corals seem to be releasing mucus. is it norm? thanks for your advise.

[starfish123]

think my shrimp just molted... gave me a fright when i saw the shell... thought it was the shrimp itself... anyway, do i need to remove the shell?

[starfish123]

think my clowns are fighting more than ever... or maybe they are just chasing each other... right now in a box. can call it a holding area. is it because they are too closely confined? going to release them tomorrow.bought two because wanted to only own clowns and some corals... uncle at sealife help me pair one...any advise?

[starfish123]

found a worm in my tank today. might be a fire worm or bristle worm. don't know because did not see it under light. any suggestions on how to kill it because every time i try to take it out or prod it with my chopstick, it just retreats back into the liverock. worried that it would kill my clowns so want to kill it immediately.

[starfish123]

my brian seems to be swelling. i don't know why but it is not because of the light as whether i on or off the lights, the brian still starts to swell. after swelling for around 2 hours, it will shrink to normal size.any experts can explain this? do note that there is a small tear in the tissue of the brain, so you can see its skeletonon the outer side of the brain. is this the reason of it swelling? or is the swelling norm? should i remove it? thanks for advise.

[tunicate]

LOL, sounds serious. Better go see a doctor.

[starfish123]

my brain rip liao. now it seems like its the frogspawn's turn.one of the heads seem to be dying. tentecles all disappear into it. want to frag it to save the rest. any suggestions on how to frag? do i just use a penknife and cut away the head, or do i need special equiptment? after cutting off the infected head, what must i do?first time fragging and i don't want to lose my frogspawn.

[kenny1111]

bro, ur coral is dying, it should be time to check on your water for NO2 / NO3 / PO4 .....

btw, is your light T5 or PL? cause i dont see any T5 with 22w tube?

Temp for the tank now? with fan or chiller? Cause coral need lower temp...

Just a small reminder before any life is gone again. CHEER !!!!!!!!!!

[starfish123]

light is one t5, one pl,temp is 27.5 with fan,no2 is now .1 as just did rescape. the rest never check cause no test kits.

[starfish123]

anyone fragged frogspawn before? is it hard to cut? can i use penknife to frag it? urgently in need of answers...

[starfish123]

today added seachem matrix and now whole tank in trouble.skimmer bubbling too much,water cloudly and like got dust-like particles in it.is there anything that i can do??? or do i just wait for the water to clear? thanks for advise.

[TayHongSiang]

today added seachem matrix and now whole tank in trouble.skimmer bubbling too much,water cloudly and like got dust-like particles in it.is there anything that i can do??? or do i just wait for the water to clear? thanks for advise.

did u put the matrix into a filter bag and rinse with water first?

i'm using matrix n so far so good...rinse before using...otherwise, the dust from the carbon will scatter into yr tank

[starfish123]

i not using matrix carbon, just matrix only. directions never state to rinse it b4 using it.starting to regret my actions now. and i am not using media bag cause instructions say don need to use.

[starfish123]

hv not been updating for a long time as my tank had some problems...so time for a video of my 'biopellet reactor'...

[starfish123]

dono how to post

[starfish123]

ok, will discribe my 'biopellet reactor'. its accually a media bag with biopellets and a pump blowing under it. looks like a reactor, thus its name. btw, is 300l per hour blowing at biopellet enough?

[starfish123]

pics...

[starfish123]