My Reefing Chronicles

[Admiraltian]

its like a spike in tank parameters,like changing brand of salt. its just a guess since the tissue receding hapen quite some time back.

Different factors contributing to the recede each time. This time is due to led radiation & also overdosing of additives such as trace elements.

Ya KIT-KAT is doing very well. Not easy to maintain its colors.

Ya, u r rite, bro. Not easy maintaining its colors. Starting to brown out & have small patches stn at the base. Not having high hope on this piece.

Updates:

Went shopping yesterday @ GO and some selected corals on sale while others prices are negotiable.

So I got from bro Shan 4 pcs of sps @ $100 & a red prata also @ $100 which I think is quite reasonable.

Some pics:

Purple valida

Green tort

Blue tenuis

Green lokani

Last but not least, red prata, luv the green rims

That's all and have a great week ahead, fellow reefers!!

[gambitz]

nice and healthy SPS

[Admiraltian]

nice and healthy SPS

Thanks for the compliments, bro.

Some additions i got last week from bro Evolutionz. A red Mille, a green slimmer, poker chips zoas and some metallic gsp. Here are some pics of them in respective order.

The gsp not really opening well. Rest of the corals doing well.

My red prata that I've gotten some wks back doing well too. Was initially worried abt it acclimatizing to my radion but so far no signs of bleaching and tissue receding. Keeping my fingers crossed. Here's a pic of it.

On a side note, I have been trying out some zeovit or korallen zucht products namely zeobak and zeovit coral vitalizer except without deploying zeovit method, zeolite stones reactor & stuff. So far so good except been noticing my rowaphos in my tlf phosban reactor turning greyish blue after a week or so. Changed out twice my rowaphos and after it happened for the 2nd time, decided to reduce the dosage once a week as adviced by a bro instead of twice a week as I heard its quite potent and concentrated. Dunno if the zeobak is reacting due to it been another media and not zeolites and thus the zeobak bacteria eating into the rowa and turning it blue with the amt also becomes lesser after a week of dosing.

Anyone encounter this before?

[sunnymau]

Nice prata! How is your fight against the green algea?

[Evolutionz]

wow super nice prata! dont worry the GSP (actually should be encrusting gorgonia) will do fine. they are hardy.

[hanafi_weeseng]

Nice prata,this piece u got from GO?

[Admiraltian]

Nice prata! How is your fight against the green algea?

Thanks, bro. So far so gd, doing twice a week small amt of WC, and reduced dosing on additives. Changed new rowaphos every 2-3 wks. Green slime algae receded a little.

wow super nice prata! dont worry the GSP (actually should be encrusting gorgonia) will do fine. they are hardy.

Thanks, bro. It's starting to open and hopefully it can spread across my rock.

Nice prata,this piece u got from GO?

Thanks, bro. Yes, got it from GO. 2 blue notes. What attracted me was the green rim on the red prata.

[Admiraltian]

Another week has passed, nothing much to update. Green slime more or less under control. Was doing twice a wk small amt wc and changing of rowaphos media every 2-3 wks. Reduce quantity of additives being dosed. Think that's abt it.

A pic of my mini zoas garden on rock,

Another pic now with some rics,

Juz realised earlier this wk, one of my smaller snowcasso went missing for a wk liao. Think shd be rip. Sad. Now my tank only has 7 fishes in all.

Ok, that's abt all, til the next update.

[Clement Chen]

Awesome tank build!

[Admiraltian]

Awesome tank build!

Thanks, bro.

[Admiraltian]

Gotta some frags from bro Kaijuworld a wk back, some pics, pardon the poor quality, taken using my iphone camera.

Green stag

Sunset mille

Red mille

Green digi

Turquoise birdnest

Hope they will do well in my tank and keep their colors too.

[kt611]

My red mille so nice! Haha

[Admiraltian]

My red mille so nice! Haha

Ya, rem next time u got gd stuff must let me know hor... Hehehe.

[james72]

Just sharing my gha outbreak counter strategy. I take out some of the corals n plug off as much gha as possible, re-glue them back. Break up my tank maintenance into twice a week, every mid week siphon accumulated detitus in tank & sump, Every end week change 10% water. Refuce feeding from 5 to 3 times a day, reduce photoperiod from 7 to 5hrs. Change rowaphos every month and daily check sufficient flow is channeling the rowaphos reactor, sometimes too low flow it just stop moving around. Activated carbon change twice a month. Reduce iodine n strontium dosage to min and maintain stable kH, temperature and Calcium. So far its a winning battle after a month.

[hammy]

nice collection of LPS, SPS and zoa collection. once fully grown , it will look awesome!

[Clement Chen]

Dang, regretted not going up to ur house to check out ur tank when i picked up the monti from u

[Admiraltian]

Just sharing my gha outbreak counter strategy. I take out some of the corals n plug off as much gha as possible, re-glue them back. Break up my tank maintenance into twice a week, every mid week siphon accumulated detitus in tank & sump, Every end week change 10% water. Refuce feeding from 5 to 3 times a day, reduce photoperiod from 7 to 5hrs. Change rowaphos every month and daily check sufficient flow is channeling the rowaphos reactor, sometimes too low flow it just stop moving around. Activated carbon change twice a month. Reduce iodine n strontium dosage to min and maintain stable kH, temperature and Calcium. So far its a winning battle after a month.

Mine is green slime and not gha, I'm doing what u suggested more or less and cyano receded quite a bit. Also realised another thing, there's quite a build up of mulm. Not sure if it due to dosing of zeobak. Thanks for ur suggestions.

nice collection of LPS, SPS and zoa collection. once fully grown , it will look awesome!

Thanks for the compliments, your tank is more awesome than me. Hope to check it out some day & get some reefing tips from u.

Dang, regretted not going up to ur house to check out ur tank when i picked up the monti from u

No problem, bro. There is alw next time. See u soon.

[Admiraltian]

Its been some time since my last update, lost my yellow tang due to illness. Gotta a juv naso tang & banggai cardinal from AM today.

Some shrimps from ML some time back, sexy & longnose,

Blue eye hermit crab also from ML, really hardworking in clearing turf algae,

New sps & lps acquistion,

Nice crocea from fellow reefer,

Random shots of my corals that has shown improvement & growth,

Last 2 pic of the day,

That's all for today.

[inwear]

Nice i like your lps

[serravorte]

SPS growing strong and big bro..

[Admiraltian]

Nice i like your lps

SPS growing strong and big bro..

Thanks for the compliments, bros.

[sherman]

Prata recovering since my last visit

[Admiraltian]

Prata recovering since my last visit

Thks, but somehow recently it got bleached near the mouth area, dunno if its due to my lights? Anyway I have tune it down a little, hope it can recover.

Also have gotten some new sps,

Hairy orangy red mille,

Rainbow Mille,

Baby blue stag, one of my favs.

A frag of ssc,

Pink acro hyacinthus,

So far all the new sps r doing fine, hope I can retain their colors and that they grow healthily. Another thing to note is that my cyano almost all gone after nearly 2 wks on FM marine bakto blend. Really gd product!! That's all the update I've got for now.

[sherman]

Nice to hear cano is reduceand SPS is doing ok.

What isFM marine bakto blend?

Is this bacteria

[Admiraltian]

Nice to hear cano is reduceand SPS is doing ok. What isFM marine bakto blend? Is this bacteria

Copied this extract from Fauna Marin website: Marine Bakto Blend is a super efficient and concentrated mixed-culture of the most important bacterial strains. The bacteria already reach their highest activity levels shortly after the initial dosage. Marine Bakto Blend allwos for the most healthy and live-friendly water you can manage to get for your aquarium. * Clear cristalline water * healthy corals and fish * no bad Odors * more effective skimming * reduction of Detritus and Mud • extremely concentrated mix of halophilic and phototrophic bacteria • hydrolytic enzymes and special nitrifying/denitrifying bacteria for a quick nutrient removal • develops a fresh odor of the water and intensifies protein skimming • contains directly active live bacteria • super high cell densities ( 600 billion/ml) and small dosages for a perfect cost control Fauna Marin Marine Bakto Blend makes it clear! Best results are obtained through the combination with Marine Bakto Therapy. Both products contain up to a hundredfold of the bacteria counts than other leading products on the market. To answer ur qn, yes, it's a type of liquid bacteria culture to help maintain & clean your water. Hope this helps.