upgrade from 2Rm to 4 Rm HDB

[dirtnitro]

Sory i try upload again:

This are my first SPS taken on 2nd day:

here is my test past few days:

trying to figure out about dosing quite new to dosing

[dirtnitro]

my tank view

other view

[Admiraltian]

Any recommendation of bacteria to purchase? and if the market prawn is rotting like with a white slime covering the whole prawn , and the ammonia now from 0.25 to 0.5, can I take out the prawn or leave it as it is?

I'm using TLF bactiv8 NPX. There r many brands available in the market depends on your liking.

[rovtim]

Nice tank and setup, sump area really tidy!

[dirtnitro]

Nice tank and setup, sump area really tidy!

Ya just trying to balance the water chemistry these few weeks, as NSW is low in MG, and making the calcium unstable.

done a 30% WC salt mix, add 2 set of T5 light to supplement the SPS

bought a clam and few coral

here is the video

[dirtnitro]

ARGGGHh!! confirm saw a mantis Shrimp! try hard to catch it, setting a trap!

That is the mantis shrimp!!

setting a trap:

LOL! catch a crab instead:

Playing a waiting game!! cannot hold out any longer as I was starving my LS so that the mantis will fall into trap

take out the top rock as that is the common mantis hiding place:

lol!! crab again

dry the rock hope the crab and mantis will come out, if not I think the mantis is dead by now

thinking of pouring carbonated water, any idea where to get carbonated water?

[MarcoVan]

ARGGGHh!! confirm saw a mantis Shrimp! try hard to catch it, setting a trap!

That is the mantis shrimp!!

setting a trap:

LOL! catch a crab instead:

Playing a waiting game!! cannot hold out any longer as I was starving my LS so that the mantis will fall into trap

take out the top rock as that is the common mantis hiding place:

lol!! crab again

dry the rock hope the crab and mantis will come out, if not I think the mantis is dead by now

thinking of pouring carbonated water, any idea where to get carbonated water?

Don't advise you dry the rock. It will ruin the bacteria. Can consider trying to soak the rock in fresh water or jet it with fresh water or hyposaline the rock

[dirtnitro]

Thanks for advise, fresh water and jet try before last resort use carbonated water , they are so stubborn , anyway I just took one top rock not the whole tank rock, at least these few days no clicking sound. Hope it is dead

[dirtnitro]

Jus got myself a dosing pump, find that dosing now is such a breeze rather then dosing manually. manage to squeeze a 2L bottle from daiso for the small space in the cabinet

[dirtnitro]

here is my growth of my sps

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