Mellow Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Quite slow growth considering its a monti cap. When I first got the galaxy frag in Nov 14. Jan 15 Jun15 Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Celebrating 1,000 posts with current less than ideal fts after removing some huge heads of sps smothered by gha recently. Still struggling with gha on certain spots if you can see them 1 Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Final picture of the day. Purple monti cap frag which is slowly getting better in colour. Can't quite capture colour on my phone though. Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Always love this tank bro! Great to see your tank is still doing well after so long! Remember getting some frags from you way back when i had my 2ft. I do find galaxy / chilli pepper type of montis grow really slow compared to the others. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Finally found a solution to my gha problem. Fauna marine algaex! Super effective man. After 2nd dose and 60% of my gha already gone. But do note that it will recur if there is no proper tank maintenance. Mine was due to phosphate leeching though and hope this will stem the problem permanently. Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 My fts before the algaex dosing. Unfortunately, it killed my 2 tuxedo urchins and is said to affect clams too. My sps polyp extension lessen also and my frogspawn also did not expand so much now. Closely monitoring situation but it came to a point I'll rather lose some livestock just to wipe out gha! All those with gha should give algaex a try! But again, remember the fundamentals of low phosphate and nitrate should already be in place for a long term solution Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 It's been frustrating updating my thread due to issues with tapa talk, thus the reason for MIA. Decided to just update this specially as I thought this phenomenon to be really interesting. I have a suspicion that I'm witnessing a natural process of a lobo spillting itself into new heads. So exciting. Just to add....my tank is finally gha free for the last 3 weeks. Sent from my HTC One_E8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Wow that's a very nice lobo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member JMW Posted September 26, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted September 26, 2015 That's one impressive looking GSP wall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 3.5 years on and half the tank over run by the green star polyp. Decided to switch to more soft corals to withstand the invasion. Lost quite a few lps and sps as a result. Here's what is left.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member pcw Posted November 6, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted November 6, 2016 Wow is that a derasa? Super nice. Can't seem to find any in shipments these days though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 That's right bro.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 That's right bro. It's a derasaSent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dechew Posted November 7, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hi sry to diverts alittle from the subject. May I have some good pointers from the gurus on the methods to reduce nitrate if the phosphate is undetectable?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hi Dechew, I'm no guru unfortunately but the more common ones are overfeeding, too many fishes, use of bio balls etc which has tendency to trap and create detritus. Try go ogling nitrate factories and you should see more tips. But it also depends on your system as I've seen systems with bio balls etc which tends to create nitrate but they have in place systems which can also efficiently convert the nitrate to nitrogen. Alternatively, can try those denitrate products for short term relief, but if it is systemic issue, it is best to deal at its root. Hope that helps.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hi Dechew, I'm no guru unfortunately but the more common ones are overfeeding, too many fishes, use of bio balls etc which has tendency to trap and create detritus. Try go ogling nitrate factories and you should see more tips. But it also depends on your system as I've seen systems with bio balls etc which tends to create nitrate but they have in place systems which can also efficiently convert the nitrate to nitrogen. Alternatively, can try those denitrate products for short term relief, but if it is systemic issue, it is best to deal at its root. Hope that helps.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member pcw Posted November 7, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted November 7, 2016 7 hours ago, Mellow said: That's right bro. It's a derasa Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Really nice! Can't wait to see it grow even bigger haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dechew Posted November 7, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted November 7, 2016 I've zero fishes. Been using denitrate from seachem. Anyway tks for the info..Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nasotang Posted November 18, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted November 18, 2016 On 07/11/2016 at 1:41 PM, Dechew said: Hi sry to diverts alittle from the subject. May I have some good pointers from the gurus on the methods to reduce nitrate if the phosphate is undetectable? Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app You can check out carbon dosing. I use white vinegar to bring down my nitrates from 30+ to ~1 ppm currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 And the curtain finally comes down on my 3.5 year old partition tank. Thanks to bros who have been very easy to deal with in selling my equipments and live stock and an extremely steady bro who arranged the movers and took over my tank and cabinet. Perfect win-win as I was just wanting to minimise cost so that the $$$ can be used to offset the mini renovation to the damaged walls and ceiling.that damage to my walls/false ceiling and a bro whom I gave the tank set to.Lesson learnt after this experience is that I'll avoid a full partition tank. Thiugh extremely nice but the removal process is just to scary and resource intensive.Thank you bros for all the words of encouragement and support all these while! I hope you have enjoyed my tank thread and hopefully found some inspiration from it as well. Kudos to the company Tank Movers Aquatic Services for your help. You did gave me a couple of heart stopping moments to be honest but ultimately all went well and I'm glad you guys really know your stuff. Highly recommended tank mover.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk 1 Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kenyee Posted December 26, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted December 26, 2016 Bro, so u decomm n not reefing anymore or? The camera 1 pic is? Quote @ 291213 Updated video: Kenyee FOWLR http://m.youtube.com/my_videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Bro, so u decomm n not reefing anymore or? The camera 1 pic is? Yup taking a break bro. That picture was while the movers were waiting for another guy to bring up some toolsSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kenyee Posted December 26, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted December 26, 2016 Oh ok bro haha..u really got a nice reef tank yea..I love looking at your tank thread especially the b4 n after growth update de effect..salute Hope u can return back to reefing one day yea..cheers Quote @ 291213 Updated video: Kenyee FOWLR http://m.youtube.com/my_videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Oh ok bro haha..u really got a nice reef tank yea..I love looking at your tank thread especially the b4 n after growth update de effect..salute Hope u can return back to reefing one day yea..cheers Thanks a lot for the kind words Ken Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Jairus Posted December 26, 2016 SRC Member Share Posted December 26, 2016 Glad u found a steady buyer. Hope to see you back someday! Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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