upgrade from 2Rm to 4 Rm HDB

[mengyang_neo]

The rock scape is nice. =)

[dirtnitro]

Hi dirnitro,

It's a nice & neat tank you have there. Care to share total setup cost?

PM sent, thannks for your comments, will update once I get my LR tis sat hopefully the stock arrive soon

[dirtnitro]

The rock scape is nice. =)

Thanks for your comments , lol waiting for your skimmer and chiller tonight

[flankell]

wow, very nice new tank! what is the data logger?

[bluemask]

Thanks for sharing & a nice write up . Btw, notice your ventilation fan is installed in such a way that it's drawing hot air out from your chiller to whoever is sitting behind ...going to be a HOT seat..haha

[dirtnitro]

Thanks for sharing & a nice write up . Btw, notice your ventilation fan is installed in such a way that it's drawing hot air out from your chiller to whoever is sitting behind ...going to be a HOT seat..haha

yes, that is why use my sofa to block and dun tink it is hot till can burn ba? And further more I do not run 24 hour, i will monitor how frequent my chiller kick in so that i can roughly program the time for the fan to run

[dirtnitro]

wow, very nice new tank! what is the data logger?

see Post #22, used to record all my test reading and keep record

[dirtnitro]

Finally All my equipment come and hook up , it take me a few night to do all cable management including hiding cable along sump to make it neat & tidy. Some power head cable are too short therefore I need to extend the cable myself! reconnecting all the hose and running chiller piping myself. Whew! how tiring! Still waiting for CF to come LR!

[dirtnitro]

Just love my cabling work, hard work pay! and the chiller piping maybe while waiting for LR so nothing to do lol!

Last the chiller when I plug in and on it ! Pop! Main DB trip! Guess got to find electrician to run other power point for my chiller as I currently is tapping from same power source! haiz! but I calculate is enough le! never mind better to be safe then sorry temporary off chiller first.

Finally got LR today and spend 30min to scape

the other view

Why is the water cloudy? another cycle starting? and realise a lot of micro bubble, anyone know how to resolve?

[lcf425]

it could be the amount of bio pellet as i notice there alot of it in the reactor.

[cedricang]

Bro, the water cloudy could means that there is some die-off from the LR. Check and smell if the tank water have any foul smell, if so, i suggest you do a major water change (30-50%) using a good reliable NSW

[dirtnitro]

Thanks I put 500 g of pellets as recommended by shop, yes there is a foul smell and I do only 10 % salt mix that day due to my DI unit produce slowly lol ok I take note thanks

[dirtnitro]

finally water has clear up! have a back ache did not take any water parameter today, but last night the ammonia at zero and nitrite is on the high side, think it is going through another cycle after I have added the rock, wow got to wait another cycle, but is ok, waiting for stock for my wave maker wonder how is the performace in this tank, can't wait!!

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another view

[platiniumgrizzle]

Wow bro... Your rocks scape looks good.....

Hope to see more updates coming up..., your Ls n fishes,,,,,

Cheers!!!!

[dirtnitro]

Thanks ! Ya as what bro all say goes slow and patient , now my water parameter for ammonia, nitrite are zero just not comfortable with the algae bloom shall I more clean up crew?! Now have only twoturbo snail , shall I get dosage controller to mke water stable before any LS?

[dirtnitro]

Fighting the cloudy water these few days , suspected is the circulation of water is insufficient, therefore added the MP40, and a tunze.

my wife choose damsel fish lol!! I know is agressive, but just wan to keep the bioload low, as I like to have more coral then fish . Maybe will add a fire shrimp , a yellow tang and a pair of clown fish. The rest I will invest on coral

Done up a seperate power from the DB to cater for the chiller comsumption

The other view

[william_choo]

Fantastic set up.equipment and sump are all done neatly with good planning and hardwork.

[lcf425]

i believe the cloudy water is due to the bio pellet, as i the right way to add it is to slowly increase the amount and not add the whole lot in -.- you need to do a large water change to clear up the tank then add carbon will do the job

[dirtnitro]

Fantastic set up.equipment and sump are all done neatly with good planning and hardwork.

Thanks for the comments, intending to get a dosage controller , any recommendation? due to my past experience, it is a better option to have good water management and stable parameter before investing on coral and livestock that cause alot of haywire to my parameter.

i believe the cloudy water is due to the bio pellet, as i the right way to add it is to slowly increase the amount and not add the whole lot in -.- you need to do a large water change to clear up the tank then add carbon will do the job

Yes, I believe so, but no one advise me on that , what is done cannot be undone , jus a question, last night I realised the FR pump is partial stuck with pellets, whenever I stop the pump, few pellets will flow back and stuck on the pipe, and the flow was greatly reduce, how do i prevent this from happening in future as my outlet of the FR is connected to the skimmer, if the FR flow is reduced, it will affecte the skimmer too.

Anyway, the cloudiness have clear wonder it is the stuck FR that cause it or what anyway i clear the FR pipe last night and sort of water become abit cloudy but not as cloudy as the first few days, will monitor tonight, if the phosphate is on high side what should be done? My Chaeto in my sump is shrinking, on PL light for 10hr, is it not enough nitrate and phoshate?

[dirtnitro]

just got my first try at SPS, thanks cedric for all the advise

so far so good

[dirtnitro]

My tank view

[dirtnitro]

My reading on 28/3/12

my reading on 1/4/12

why calcium drop so fast after a few days?

[vinccc2009]

All frog pics...resend...

[dirtnitro]

All frog pics...resend...

Er.. sorry i on other PC and HP nothing wrong with the pic, hmm maybe you can tell me what photo hosting is more appropraite so i can upload in future, thanks

[cedricang]

Bro, i try update pic with JPEG format, resize the pic to around 150K should work