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Took a video of my tank! check out the waves a single wp25 gives.. later part of the video shows me stopping all flow (except for return pump) to enjoy the top view of my SPS..

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Some non-sps pics : Duncan, fast grower! http://s966.photobucket.com/user/kalthuslee/media/DSC04514_zpse619231d.jpg.html'> clams http://s966.photobucket.com/user/kalthuslee/media/DSC04515_zp

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Updates: Helping a fellow reefing friend hold his SPS while he upgrade his tanks, heres some picture of his gems (not mine!) Blue dragon http://s966.photobucket.com/user/kalthuslee/media/DSC0

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i've been reefing for about 5 - 6 months now with a small 1ft cube and the poison got me and i upgraded to a tank 8 times larger. Tank size : 120x60x36cm (12mm rimless) Sump tank : 35x50x45cm (6m

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Tank's been running for 3 1/2 months now! Heres a ton of pictures for the long holiday!

I first started with 2 frags of SPS thinking it'll just be for fun since my main love is zoas. Well i still love zoas but my tank's becoming more SPS dominated as time goes by!

Bali Green slimer. Bought it with white patches, right now the skin are growing on it! love the PE too.

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Blue Millie.

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One of my all-time fav. Tri-color valida!

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My brown SSC frag. Bought it brown, till now still brown..

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Bubble gum millie. the pink is starting to show!

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Sun set millie.. still encrusting

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stag? was given to me by a kind reefer but it was brown.. now its kind of like teal-ish color.

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No idea what's this.

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Purple valida. noticed the end part of the branch is purple. thats the new growth!

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Acropora Selago.

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purple polyps digitata

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Pink BN.

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One of my first sps! start off as a dying piece but managed to bring it back to life..

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Deep water acro.

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Pink millie apparently lost some pink but PE great as ever..

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Rose red millie.. color still holding..

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Some brown colonies i bought.. Lets see if i can get the color back up.

Blue millie?

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Blue stag?

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valida?

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I DIY-ed a mini island with a spare magnet from a wavemaker.

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FTS 3.5 months ago :

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FTS now

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Enjoy and sorry for the tons of pictures!

love your green slimer!




 

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What is the DIY mini island gonna be use for?

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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looks awesome!

Wp25 power!

Thanks bro! power indeed!

love your green slimer!

Thanks! its one of the most brightly colored sps in my tank!

What is the DIY mini island gonna be use for?

probably a SPS island at the back.. did the island for fun :D

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i've been reefing for about 5 - 6 months now with a small 1ft cube and the poison got me and i upgraded to a tank 8 times larger.

Tank size : 120x60x36cm (12mm rimless)

Sump tank : 35x50x45cm (6mm)

Skimmer : Deltec MCE 600

Lighting : Maxspect G2 170W (26 white, 22 RB, 8 Violet)

Return pump : Eheim 1260

Chiller : Teco TR15

Substrate : CaribSea Special Grade reef sand (40lb)

Wavemaker : Jebao WP-40

Hi Bro

Understand u bought the TR15 chiller not long ago.

Can share the performance of the chiller.

Im also looking for a chiller for my 422 tank, but cannot decide which model to take, TR15, TR20 or JBJ 1/5

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Going to be a beautiful sps tank

Cheers,

James

Reviving my reef tank :

Crystal glass 53" x 22" x 17" rimless (inclusive of 12"x22"x17" IOS)

Life Reef HVS3-24 with mazzei venturi

ATI Sunpower 8 x 39w T5 (4 x Blue plus, 2 x Aqua blue special, Coral plus)

ZET Light 3 x 3w LEDs moonlight

Arctica 1/3 Hp + 1/4 Hp back up

Vortech mp40w x 3 + Jebao wp25

Eheim 1264 x 3 + water blaster 5000

Vortech back up battery

TLF-150 + Rowaphos

Activated carbon

Kamoer 3 channel + CaCl2 + NaHCo3

150L Refugium with DSB, miracle mud, cheato

2ft T5 x 2 light tubes for refugium

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Time for some updates!

i used to think i can dose daily manually and SPS will do great. i have been dosing 30ML of CA & KH using randy's formula and i managed to keep my kh and ca stable at 8.2 & 420. However i think the sudden increase of parameters when i add 30ml at one go is making my sps lose some color.

Decided i need a dosing pump afterall. hopefully this brand is as good as many claimed!

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03805_zpsdf0aefbc.jpg.html'>DSC03805_zpsdf0aefbc.jpg

purple valida. Amazing growth!

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03718_zps15ae46fc.jpg.html'>DSC03718_zps15ae46fc.jpg

Radioactive Birdnest, previously fell on my elegance coral for a few hours.. all tips RTN-ed but luckily it stopped halfway.. took some time for it to grow back..

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03806_zps4b191e9d.jpg.html'>DSC03806_zps4b191e9d.jpg

Red dragon. the smaller one totally turned white one week ago.. probably placed it too high.. i tot it was gone but color is coming back!

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03802_zps8c241cd2.jpg.html'>DSC03802_zps8c241cd2.jpg

New addition! new baby crocea clam. my teardrop maxima is getting larger...

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03798_zpsbc8f95d0.jpg.html'>DSC03798_zpsbc8f95d0.jpg

Deep red milie. this is the hairiest millie i've ever owned.

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03794_zps076042f8.jpg.html'>DSC03794_zps076042f8.jpg

German blue digi, bought it totally brown couple of months ago.. so glad it color-ed up on me.

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03791_zps0485741a.jpg.html'>DSC03791_zps0485741a.jpg

pink BN which was previously brown is also coloring up.

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03787_zps311bac08.jpg.html'>DSC03787_zps311bac08.jpg

purple digi turned green.

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03785_zps2c49d513.jpg.html'>DSC03785_zps2c49d513.jpg

tri-color BN.

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RBTA. a pity this fella decided to move to the back

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03781_zpsa4a8611b.jpg.html'>DSC03781_zpsa4a8611b.jpg

a fish i waited for many months.. finally got my hands on one couple of weeks ago! midas blenny!

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03769_zpsf97874d4.jpg.html'>DSC03769_zpsf97874d4.jpg

my true perc

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03810_zps08024acf.jpg.html'>DSC03810_zps08024acf.jpg

mandarin.

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reason why i went for shallow..

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03773_zpsffc9b2bd.jpg.html'>DSC03773_zpsffc9b2bd.jpg

did a rescape recently (3 rescapes actually) and main aim was to create more space for SPS and more swimming space for my fishes. I noticed my original scape was trapping alot of ditritus because most of the rocks are touching flat on the sand bed. Big mistake.. Right now only small supporting rocks are touching the sand beds.. loving the caves as well!

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03741_zpsc372f265.jpg.html'>DSC03741_zpsc372f265.jpg

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden008/DSC03823_zps7d9a755c.jpg.html'>DSC03823_zps7d9a755c.jpg

Thanks for viewing!

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Time for some updates! i used to think i can dose daily manually and SPS will do great. i have been dosing 30ML of CA & KH using randy's formula and i managed to keep my kh and ca stable at 8.2 & 420. However i think the sudden increase of parameters when i add 30ml at one go is making my sps lose some color. Decided i need a dosing pump afterall. hopefully this brand is as good as many claimed! DSC03805_zpsdf0aefbc.jpg purple valida. Amazing growth! DSC03718_zps15ae46fc.jpg Radioactive Birdnest, previously fell on my elegance coral for a few hours.. all tips RTN-ed but luckily it stopped halfway.. took some time for it to grow back.. DSC03806_zps4b191e9d.jpg Red dragon. the smaller one totally turned white one week ago.. probably placed it too high.. i tot it was gone but color is coming back! DSC03802_zps8c241cd2.jpg New addition! new baby crocea clam. my teardrop maxima is getting larger... DSC03798_zpsbc8f95d0.jpg Deep red milie. this is the hairiest millie i've ever owned. DSC03794_zps076042f8.jpg German blue digi, bought it totally brown couple of months ago.. so glad it color-ed up on me. DSC03791_zps0485741a.jpg pink BN which was previously brown is also coloring up. DSC03787_zps311bac08.jpg purple digi turned green. DSC03785_zps2c49d513.jpg tri-color BN. DSC03784_zps0b9c6453.jpg RBTA. a pity this fella decided to move to the back DSC03781_zpsa4a8611b.jpg a fish i waited for many months.. finally got my hands on one couple of weeks ago! midas blenny! DSC03769_zpsf97874d4.jpg my true perc DSC03810_zps08024acf.jpg mandarin. DSC03814_zpscfa81c4e.jpg reason why i went for shallow.. DSC03773_zpsffc9b2bd.jpg did a rescape recently (3 rescapes actually) and main aim was to create more space for SPS and more swimming space for my fishes. I noticed my original scape was trapping alot of ditritus because most of the rocks are touching flat on the sand bed. Big mistake.. Right now only small supporting rocks are touching the sand beds.. loving the caves as well! DSC03741_zpsc372f265.jpgDSC03823_zps7d9a755c.jpg Thanks for viewing!
i prefer yr top view to yr front view... more colourful... can pm me where you got yr tri colour bn...tks




 

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i prefer yr top view to yr front view... more colourful... can pm me where you got yr tri colour bn...tks

me too man.. front view are good for fish/zoas viewing only hahaha...

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Some updates :

Flame angel from Ah beng last week.. started eating frozen food the next day.

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden015/DSC03925_zps837f5e81.jpg.html'>DSC03925_zps837f5e81.jpg

My pair of true perc, paired up within a day.

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden015/DSC03931_zpscfae53f4.jpg.html'>DSC03931_zpscfae53f4.jpg

Midas Blenny

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden015/DSC03934_zpsebb64bc0.jpg.html'>DSC03934_zpsebb64bc0.jpg

Cheap but cute chromis

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Yellow tang

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2nd try with cleaner Wrasse, eating well on Frozen brine shrimp..

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden015/DSC03945_zpsff68d4de.jpg.html'>DSC03945_zpsff68d4de.jpg

nice gold-rimmed purplish crocea

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden015/DSC03946_zps85a1f138.jpg.html'>DSC03946_zps85a1f138.jpg

Waiting for the new Razor 200...

http://s961.photobucket.com/user/fissiden/media/fissiden015/DSC03954_zps168a07bb.jpg.html'>DSC03954_zps168a07bb.jpg

FTS :

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I'm not sure if it is the photo, but you don't seem to suffer from spot lighting effect with your Razor LEDs. How high did you hang the lights?

yes i dont, nor do i suffer from any disco effect. i hang them 17" above water level.

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bro side track a bit. how do you do rescaping when the frags area already glue onto your lr?

do you take them all out and only paste back after scaping?

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