My Reefing Chronicles

[tofubox]

Yeah, definately wait on those magnesium stones, its gonna be a hassle to put it in once u got everything installed and running.

[Admiraltian]

Lots of gems.

Thks, bro. Only a small collection.

Tank slowly filling up with gems!

Still on the lookout for tabling sps to fill my tank. U got a very nice tank yourself, bro. Hopefully to view it personally one day.

[Admiraltian]

Yeah, definately wait on those magnesium stones, its gonna be a hassle to put it in once u got everything installed and running.

Thks bro tofubox for your advise, guess i've postpone the cr setup til I got everything ready since dolomite is a key ingredient in running a cr.

[surreal1228]

Finally u Got a cr . Congrats

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[Admiraltian]

Finally u Got a cr . Congrats Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk

Ya, shd hv get from u the first time & save me some $$. Haha.

[Admiraltian]

Pics of some recently acquired corals,

[james72]

Recent G.O shipment ?

Cheers,

James

[Admiraltian]

Recent G.O shipment ? Cheers, Jameshttp://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/105744-the-journey-to-the-valley-of-the-reef-by-james/'>http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/105744-the-journey-to-the-valley-of-the-reef-by-james/

Ya, all except for the blue tip Hyacinthus.

[Admiraltian]

Today managed to setup my cr with my friend helping me. Totally a noob in this. The cr I'm using is bubble magus, model is CR100WP. I'll break down the cost of my setup in case there's anyone interested in my setup. I'm using the most cheapest and reliable equipments I can find within my budget. Here's a pic of my setup,

Things I need,

1) BM CR100WP from DE aquatics: $160

2) Ans CO2 alloy 2L cylinder from GreenEmerald Aquarium : $80

3) Ans dual gauge solenoid regulator from Fresh n Marine: $94.50 (I think price hv gone up after I bought it, lol)

4) 12/16mm hose 1metre from GreenEmerald Aquarium: $2.50

5) 9/12mm hose 1ft from AquaStar: $1

6) 12mm to 9mm reducer from AquaStar: $3

7) Tunze mini pump from Fresh n Marine: $20

8) Grotech mg pro cr media 1kg from Marinelife: $32

9) Rowalith W 6kg from Madpetz: $45

Total cost of new CR setup for me costs $438. But I think it will be cheap and less hassle in the long run. No more making dosing liquid for ca, kh & mg every mth. And also hopefully more stable parameters.

[MarcoVan]

You short of a ph monitor and a timer to regulate your co2 gas output.

[Admiraltian]

You short of a ph monitor and a timer to regulate your co2 gas output.

Ya, bro. I'm not using for the time being, budget constraint. I'm manually tuning my cr and running it 24hrs see how it goes first. I think its optional for ph monitor but gd to hv if u wanna control ph in cr via co2 dosing. Maybe something for the future.

[tofubox]

Yo bro, better to have a ph meter or test kit. Else its gonna be a guessing game when u tune the cr. Nonetheless, it can be done without a test kit, only risk is turning ur media into milkshake. Increase ur co2 slowly, u should be fine.

[SubzeroLT]

Today managed to setup my cr with my friend helping me. Totally a noob in this. The cr I'm using is bubble magus, model is CR100WP. I'll break down the cost of my setup in case there's anyone interested in my setup. I'm using the most cheapest and reliable equipments I can find within my budget. Here's a pic of my setup,

Things I need,

1) BM CR100WP from DE aquatics: $160

2) Ans CO2 alloy 2L cylinder from GreenEmerald Aquarium : $80

3) Ans dual gauge solenoid regulator from Fresh n Marine: $94.50 (I think price hv gone up after I bought it, lol)

4) 12/16mm hose 1metre from GreenEmerald Aquarium: $2.50

5) 9/12mm hose 1ft from AquaStar: $1

6) 12mm to 9mm reducer from AquaStar: $3

7) Tunze mini pump from Fresh n Marine: $20

8) Grotech mg pro cr media 1kg from Marinelife: $32

9) Rowalith W 6kg from Madpetz: $45

Total cost of new CR setup for me costs $438. But I think it will be cheap and less hassle in the long run. No more making dosing liquid for ca, kh & mg every mth. And also hopefully more stable parameters.

Thanks for sharing your setup. This is a useful reference as I'm thinking of getting one soon.

How items #4-#7 are used for the CR setup? (i.e. larger tubes & pump)

[Admiraltian]

Yo bro, better to have a ph meter or test kit. Else its gonna be a guessing game when u tune the cr. Nonetheless, it can be done without a test kit, only risk is turning ur media into milkshake. Increase ur co2 slowly, u should be fine.

Ya, I'm using test kit to test. No worries. Still on process of tuning. Thks for the advise, bro.

Thanks for sharing your setup. This is a useful reference as I'm thinking of getting one soon.

How items #4-#7 are used for the CR setup? (i.e. larger tubes & pump)

It's up to individual's preference. Item #4-#7 is for supplying tank water usually from sump if u hv one to ur CR, usually installed externally outside sump, but there r in sump models if I'm not wrong. I'm only juz sharing my own equipment cost. There's a few ways to feed ur cr, most reefers uses a peristaltic pump such as TOM aqualifter while some tee off from their return pump to feed their cr. It's up to u, bro. Here's a link for better understanding.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/sh/feature/

[tofubox]

Just to share with anyone keen on cr. I used this article to guide me when setting up a cr.

Probably one of the best written cr article I've came across.

http://reef.diesyst.com/crarticle/crarticle.htm

[surreal1228]

Today managed to setup my cr with my friend helping me. Totally a noob in this. The cr I'm using is bubble magus, model is CR100WP. I'll break down the cost of my setup in case there's anyone interested in my setup. I'm using the most cheapest and reliable equipments I can find within my budget. Here's a pic of my setup,

Things I need,

1) BM CR100WP from DE aquatics: $160

2) Ans CO2 alloy 2L cylinder from GreenEmerald Aquarium : $80

3) Ans dual gauge solenoid regulator from Fresh n Marine: $94.50 (I think price hv gone up after I bought it, lol)

4) 12/16mm hose 1metre from GreenEmerald Aquarium: $2.50

5) 9/12mm hose 1ft from AquaStar: $1

6) 12mm to 9mm reducer from AquaStar: $3

7) Tunze mini pump from Fresh n Marine: $20

8) Grotech mg pro cr media 1kg from Marinelife: $32

9) Rowalith W 6kg from Madpetz: $45

Total cost of new CR setup for me costs $438. But I think it will be cheap and less hassle in the long run. No more making dosing liquid for ca, kh & mg every mth. And also hopefully more stable parameters.

nice Start bro. Finally. Lol

Suggest to change the tube between cylinder and bubble counter to hard one, Which Can take more pressure.

also. I do believe u soon need a 2nd media chamber. I will update My diy one. to increase cr capability.

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[Admiraltian]

Just to share with anyone keen on cr. I used this article to guide me when setting up a cr.

Probably one of the best written cr article I've came across.

http://reef.diesyst.com/crarticle/crarticle.htm

Thanks for sharing, bro. Its not as difficult as what I initially thought.

nice Start bro. Finally. Lol

Suggest to change the tube between cylinder and bubble counter to hard one, Which Can take more pressure.

also. I do believe u soon need a 2nd media chamber. I will update My diy one. to increase cr capability.

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Thanks for the advise, bro. Will change to new hard tubing soon. My cr juz nice for my tank size of 50 gallons so maybe no need for 2nd chamber. Will monitor tank uptake closely. So far ca @ 410ppm and KH stablized @ 8dkh. Now wat to do with my kamoer 3 channels dosing pump, spare container with all the premix cacl2, nahco3 & mgcl2 liquid & powder?? Lol

Quick update,

New fish, carpenter flasher wrasse,

Actually also got some other new fishes but they have disappeared or committed suicide,

Blue stripe pipefish, haven't seen it in the last few days.

Royal pencil wrasse, keep on jumping into my overflow box and hv to fish it out twice where the 2nd time it sustain some injuries and died the next day. Sad. Was a beautiful fish.

Gold neon eviota goby which has nv appear again the moment I add into my DT. Maybe eaten by my melanurus wrasse.

Purple bonsai frag from bro Evo,

Pink Hyacinthus table, really pretty pink coloration, hope I can retain this color.

That's all, folks. Have a great wkend.

[Admiraltian]

Some top down shots using my iPhone.

[Bunster]

Thanks for sharing, bro. Its not as difficult as what I initially thought.

Royal pencil wrasse, keep on jumping into my overflow box and hv to fish it out twice where the 2nd time it sustain some injuries and died the next day. Sad. Was a beautiful fish.

Was this the same ones from ML that I saw couple weeks ago? Such a pity... beautiful fish...

And your sps collection is very nice...

[Admiraltian]

Was this the same ones from ML that I saw couple weeks ago? Such a pity... beautiful fish... And your sps collection is very nice...

Yes, I bought a few wks bk. First time saw this fish. Might hv saw u there when u bought ur yuma if u bought on tha same day as me. My sps not really fantastic compared to some of the sps keepers here.

[Admiraltian]

Picture time!!

[shaohao85]

Nice fts ... wasted I din go up last time .. haha .. next rd must try to be earlier den go see see

[hanafi_weeseng]

Nice fts bro!

[james72]

Getting better n better each day

Cheers,

James

[sherman]

Was this the same ones from ML that I saw couple weeks ago? Such a pity... beautiful fish...

And your sps collection is very nice...

Can PM or whapps me the price?