My Reefing Chronicles

[Siowaro]

very swee bro!!

[Admiraltian]

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

Nice fts bro!

Getting better n better each day

Cheers,

James

very swee bro!!

Thanks for all the nice compliments, makes me paiseh cos really on close inspection is my tank covered with gha, only thing most is behind rocks & hidden dead spots. Haha, I swept everything under the carpet or rather sandbed.

Can PM or whapps me the price?

Whatsapped u earlier, bro.

Some pics update:

Trying pipefish again, Jann's pipefish pair. Only one make it. One died today 2days after I got it.

Also got a black seahare to eat my overgrown gha & rha, no pic of it now as it alw hiding & camouflaged somewhere in my tank.

Got this golden cloves an unknown cloves, blue cloves & lumi gsp sometime back but alw forget to update.

Last pic of the day, my all time craze, warpaint scoly.

[Bunster]

That scoly looks amazing

[Clement Chen]

Yes agree it looks nicer. Can check how long have u kept ur scoly, have heard they r quite difficult to keep. So i am quite reserved about getting one

[Admiraltian]

That scoly looks amazing

Yes, one of my fav lps.

Yes agree it looks nicer. Can check how long have u kept ur scoly, have heard they r quite difficult to keep. So i am quite reserved about getting one

I think the requirement is the same as keeping any meaty lps like prata, acan & brain. Moderate light and low flow. Regular feeding but I dun cos my tank nutrients quite high now. I read somewhere scolys dun do well in captive tank and no one hv kept it more than 2 yrs, dunno how true is that but that's a few yrs back. I got one for a yr but its has shrunk to very small compared to when I first got it. The other two doing fine, one is 3 mths and other one for 1 mth. The latest which is the one pictured above juz got it on Sunday.

Some more pic which I missed out,

Clavelina fusca

Yuma

Finally managed to snap a pic of my black seahare. Not really eating my gha now. Shall give it another one to two wks see if it will.

[Clement Chen]

Thanks for the info bro. I also got a black sea hare, it has a voracious appetite, it finished most of my GHA in my tank, worried it might starve.

[sherman]

Mine was given to me by a nice reefer. It clear most of my byopsis in 2 days

[Admiraltian]

Some Fiji sps, still brown brown & haven't color up!!

[ASHWIN]

Swee bro those Fiji Sps will really colour up well!

[Ian Joseph]

love the colors in your tank bro!

[Admiraltian]

Swee bro those Fiji Sps will really colour up well!

Thanks, bro but Fiji corals are a tough nut to crack.

love the colors in your tank bro!

Thanks for the nice words, bro.

A little update on my tank, my tank ran into a big problem during one of my WC a few wks ago, my return pump, eheim 1260, was unable to start bk cos I think the impeller was broke inside and I couldn't open it due to thick calcium deposit around the pump cover. Had used it for 6yrs and didn't do much cleaning & maintenance on it. Luckily managed to loan an eheim 1264 from a nice reefer Frd.

So took this opportunity to chg my return pump to Fluval Sea SP2 aquarium sump pump rated at 3600l/h and also upsized my chiller to Hailea HS-66A from HS-28A.

Pics of my pump and chiller:

Thanks for viewing.

[Admiraltian]

Updates on new year day, 2015,

Trying out new salt, getting reef version but instead was delivered basic one instead. And was told agent no more bringing the reef version one. A bit disappointed but still carried on to try. Basically it's the finest salt I ever tried, fast dissolved too. In fact I only use my hands no powerheads used. No residues remained after stirring for a few mins. Very convenient. Cos I alw use a powerhead to aerate for a hr or so.

Also I'm trying this...for 2mths,

Results gotten quite gd, however I still can't bring some of my sps from green to red. There's no potassium defiency though as my k is ard 400-410ppm.

Never grow big SSC, only brown out then color up then vice versa, on & on....

Purple lochness grew a bit but still small size.

Icy blue tip tenuis? Only one branch grew out towards my hydra52 direction. Coloration different from others.

This fellow which was dirty green teal color turn out to look like blue tip staghorn!!

Unknown lime green acro. Color up nicely!! No much growth though.

Austera?

Another hyacinthus getting brown to red color.

Neomeris annulata have receded but bubble altars starts to grow in force, it seems h2o2 can't get rid of these fellows.

Lastly a fts & a happy new year to all!!

Thanks for viewing!!

[Admiraltian]

Bubble algae not altars, lol. Stupid auto spell!!

Forgotten these 2 new frags that I gotten yesterday...

Pearlberry

Purple tenuis.

[Admiraltian]

This little fellow still around in my tank, lol. MIA for a few mths. Can u spot it? Gold neon eviota goby. Lol

[SubzeroLT]

Very nice tank. Could you share your lighting regime?

[Admiraltian]

Very nice tank. Could you share your lighting regime?

My most recent ai setting for hydra52.

My 4x39w solite t5ho on from 3pm to 11pm. Tubes used pls refer to my signature. Thanks.

[SubzeroLT]

Thanks for sharing.

[Mike Tan]

wow!! thanks for sharing your lighting regimen!!!

[reef garden]

Admiraltian,

I love how your wall of sps and corals are growing. Its amazing.

When did you switch to AI Hydra 52? How do you rate it compared to your previous lights?

I didn't know you hooked up your aquarium to a calcium reactor too! Do you see any huge difference to your coral growth for these 1.5 months? I'm still considering whether to go ahead with this in the new year.

[Harlequinmania]

Try increasing the uv setting slowly and you might get better coloration.

[Admiraltian]

Thanks for sharing.

wow!! thanks for sharing your lighting regimen!!!

No problem, bros, this forum all abt sharing our reefing knowledge.

Admiraltian,

I love how your wall of sps and corals are growing. Its amazing.

When did you switch to AI Hydra 52? How do you rate it compared to your previous lights?

I didn't know you hooked up your aquarium to a calcium reactor too! Do you see any huge difference to your coral growth for these 1.5 months? I'm still considering whether to go ahead with this in the new year.

24th July of last yr. After of my sps started to grow faster but some still remained the same after using cr. but KH certainly more stable compared to dosing. No sudden drop in KH compared to when previously on 3 parts dosing. But it is quite subjective too as in what type of additives or chemicals u using for ur 3-parts, ca, kh & mg.

Try increasing the uv setting slowly and you might get better coloration.

I have already increased. Should I go higher? It's currently at 27%. I intend to ramp to 30% max.

If color turn out better I increase further. Thks for the tip, bro.

[Admiraltian]

A little update just to keep my thread alive, lol...

My tiny gold neon eviota coming out in the daytime. Rare sight to behold...haha...

Got a fish and a "mini" frag and a small colony from AC yday.

Hope this fellow will eat my bubble algae.

Blue tort. Really smurfy kinda blue!!

Red milli with a tilt of green in it. Is this consider red planet??

A short video clip of my tank uploaded via tapatalk,

https://vimeo.com/116458790

That's all, folks. Thanks for reading.

[Firestarter]

Very nice sailfin tang!

[Admiraltian]

Very nice sailfin tang!

Thanks, bro. It's my first time keeping a sailfin tang. Hope it do well. So far it's ok. Less chasing from my other tang, chevron. They seem to slowly become gd tank mates together. Lol

[Admiraltian]

Received this yesterday.

Having a hard time opening it.... Even broke some of the limited tools I had at home. Didn't expect them to ship to me in a wooden crate!!