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Singapore Reef Club (SRC) is proud to featured this quarter (March 12 ~ May 12) Tank of the Quarter ( TOTQ ) winner .Bellina Yu aka (Bellinayu) beautiful SPS dominated reef tank to be be showcase .


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Brief Introduction of your history of setting up your tank

I was drawn to this hobby when I was moving to a new home. Since I gave up diving, I missed the quietness and awe of the underwater world and thought how nice to have a slice of the ocean in my living room where I could just be in my own world. I got my husband’s buy in to this idea and I never looked back since then. I am very thankful to have his support in this hobby. He is paying for all the electric bills .

This was more than 6 years back. I started with a 4x2x2 LPS dominated tank and later changed to a 3.5 x 2 x 2 as I wanted the water change to be more manageable for myself.
My current tank is a SPS dominated tank. Having a small real estate space, I had to be very selective in my choice of corals and fishes. I’m particularly fond of these SPS species: digitatas, montiporas cap, milliporas, birdnests. I stay away from the more demanding Walt Smith Acroporas


Tank details and specification

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Main Tank size ; 3.5 ft (L) x 2 ft (W) x 2 ft (H)

Sump tank size ; 80cm (L) x 43cm (W) x 47cm (H)

Types of Glass / thickness ; Normal / 12mm

Total Water volume of system ; About 435 Litres

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Weekly Maintenance Routine

  • 3 Oceanic pails of RO/DI water with salt mix
  • Siphon detritus from sump and overflow compartment
  • Wash / change cotton wool
  • Clean skimmer cup
  • Check parameters esp. KH reading
  • Dose bacteria

Tank system profile ( Equipments list and lighting period )

Skimmer ; Deltec AP850

Mechanical filtration ; Filter sock / cotton wool ect ?Cotton wool & fiter sock for my FR & skimmer output

Calcium reactor ; Deltec 501

Kalk reactor ; DIY Kalk reactor connected to water top up devise (built by Gary)

Dosing pump ; Marine Magic (KH & Mg)

Chemical filtration ; P04 remover and carbon : Rowaphos in a FR

Main return pump ; Tesino Amphibious Pump (GP-233 8000L/H 70W 4.5m)Wave maker ; Tunze 6085 & 6055

Lighting / period ; ATI Powermodule (8 hrs); 2 x Par 30 & 1 par 38 (5 hrs); Beamsworks powerstrip 35 for moonlight) (1 hr)

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Addictive used

Please give some details of the brands/ types of addictive that you used and how frequent do you used it ?

Weekly dosage

  • Zeo Coral snow, Amino acid & bacteria
  • Feeding of sps after lights off (try to)

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List of live stocks in your tank

SPS: Montipora digitatas, Montiporas capricornis, Montiporas foveolata, Milliporas, Seriatopora hystrix, Seriatopora caliendrum ,

Pocillopora damicornis, Acropora tortuosa, Acropora hyacinthus.

LPS: Cynarina lacrymalis, Scolymia vitiensis

Clams: 2 x Squamosa, 1 x mini Maxima

Others: Mini carpets

Fishes: a pair of Black Ocellaris clowns, a pair True percular clowns, a pair of Halichoeres iridis, Macropharyngodon bipartitus,

Black Cap Basslet

Cleaners: Astrea snails, Electric Blue hermits, Hairy Pincushion Urchin



Some personal Q & A questions

1. How long have you been reefing ?

Ans ; 6 years

2. How did you get into this hobby ?

Ans ; Refer to above

3. Are you a fish guy or a Coral guy/gal ?

Ans ; Coral gal

4. What is your main concern when looking around for your reefing equipment

Ans ; Reliability & affordability

5. What is your favorite past time

Ans ; Water change , sports

6. What is the satisfaction you got from this hobby ?

Ans ; All the corals & fishes are doing well

7. Any advice for newbie in this hobby ?

Ans ; When everything goes well, the hobby can be very enjoyable but when things go wrong, it can be very discouraging especially when you have to deal with it yourself. This hobby requires a lot of patience and dedication. I have tasted my fair share of tank disasters – tank leak, equipment failures, power trip, algae outbreak...Knowing some nice reefing kakis do help in easing the burden.
For those who are considering to start a marine tank, a word of advise: do as much reading, research, planning and talking to as many people as possible. It’s really important to know your livestock andit’s compatibility with the rest of the other things in the ecosystem. Then chose suitable equipment to sustain your chosen livestock for the particular tank size. It pays to spend more time cycling your tank and to introduce your livestock slowly.

To enjoy this hobby fully, you have to pace yourself. This hobby is a marathon and not a sprint.


Final Acknowledgement and thanks you note ( If any ).

Thank You SG reef Club (SRC) who has set up this platform which enabled so many of us to share and exchange knowledge and tips so that we can learn from one another. This has made us a more informed reefer. Through SRC, I came to know so many reefing friends. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my reefing friends / kakis who have helped and taught me so much:

Drato – my sifu who lured me to the dark side of SPS.

Gary – the equipment guru whom I seek help and advise in the various aquarium equipments.

Gouldian, Rockyboy, Fuel, Lemon, Terryz – MASS buddies whom I came to know while setting up the society.

Ming, Cedric, Wilson, Joe – Sharing of knowledge and experience.

1000 Gallon Tank in the Hole 

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/120957-1000-gallon-3d-hole-in-the-wall/ 

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Wow amazing tank!!! Congratulation sis!!!

|| Tank: 5x2x2.5 || Sump 3.5x1.5.1.5 || Lights: DeLighting 2x80w Aquable Special T5 ||

|| Return: 2 x ehiem 1264 || Skimmer: Skimz SM251 ||

|| CR: deltec denitrator || ATO with custom make reservior tank||

|| FR: TLF running Rowas ,UV ||

|| Wavemaker: Jebao RE20& RW15|| Chiller: Daikin 1HP Compressor ||

|| Monitor 1: American Marine Pinpoint Temperature monitor ||

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Congrats Belle! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :score:

"Reefs, like forests, will only be protected in long term if they are appreciated"
Dr. J.E.N. Veron
Australian Institute of Marine Science

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Nice and fantastic setup tank.

-Main Display Tank : 2ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft c/w sump tank cabinet (Set up by aquarium artist)

-Lightings : 4 sets of 1.5ft mini aqua lumen LED lights (7 high power led 15W)

-Chiller: 1/4HP artica chiller with a standby of HC-100A

-Skimmer : Bubble Magnus 3 (cone)

-Phosphate Reactor

-NP Bio-pellet D&D onceanic hang-on reactor

-Wavemaker : MP10

-Temperature mointor : American Wireless pinpoint thermometer

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Yup, cover the skimmer body with black plastic is to prevent algae growth in skimmer body. Learnt this from a senior reefer, Wei soon. Would recommend for those owning out sump skimmers.

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Thanks pals for yr encouragement...let's all continue to enjoy this hobby together. See you all around in lfs. Dont really chiong for shipment these days.

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Congrats on your beautiful tank winning the TOTQ!! :score:

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Wow beautiful setup and congrats sis

6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08)
4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09)
5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)
2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)

5*2.5*2(LED only)

Eheim return 1 * pump

1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil
2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40,
1X6085 Tunze wm,

1 CURVE 7 Skimmer

  1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 

1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3

Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium

1 Full spectrum E27 led light

1 CR control by bubble count

Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016

Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft 

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Wow now then I know got a lady in reef keeping

Here...

Up for the nice tank

There is also many Lady reefer in Singapore, and they has a passion for beautiful reef too :P

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beautiful indeed!

~ 24 June 2012 ~

Main Tank Display- 4ft (L) x 2ft (W) x 2.5ft (H) 3side view

Return Pump- 2x Eheim 1262

Wavemaker- Conch II + Tunze

Skimmer- Hydor Performer 700DP

Lighting- Sun System Tek-Light T5 8 x ATI 54W

Chiller- Hailea 1/4hp

Reactor- Skimz FR Rowaphos

Dosing Pump- Bubble Magus BM-T01

-Refugium-

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