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[joby553]

Going to get the test kit today.

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[joby553]

Actually the fish, I bought another tank cos I feel my tank too small for now, reach home this fish was inside, so now I have 2 tanks... After this made me decide might as well get a proper tank with sump slowly build it up better than now. Mean time I will keep this 2 tank for time being learn more about the water parameter

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[blackcell]

Hi bro, once you get your tank.. You still need your old tank to quarantine fishes and coral before you move it to your main tank.. The reason why people do this.. As most fishes, coral contain some form of pest, infection etc.. So this way, you don't risk outbreak in your tank.. The other thing you must know is that all live rocks you buy has hitchhikers that often tough to remove as they deep in the holes of the rocks.. Please cure/treat your rocks before scape or placing in your main tank.. Remember to use gloves when handling this, the rocks has bacterial or spikes from the pests which is not visible to the eye, this can leading to bacterial infection. This happen once to me and my poor wife while helping me, we use our bare hands, the infection took 2 months to clear. Let me know if you need help on sourcing tank etc.. We could meet up and have kopi.. My reef friend kenyee will also be a great help and advise you before you start a tank with sump..

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain...

[sun2000]

Welcome to SRC. I suggest you stock your tank slowly. Your tank need time to stabilize its parameters. I think your cycle is not complete and you have not gotten your test kits, skimmer etc ready. Adding fishes now is a bit risky. Also you have an anemone inside and if it dies, it will crash your tank. This can be very discouraging when you are new to a hobby. It can be very tempting to keep adding fishes but that is part of reefing..patience. Read up more and get your basics right before adding more livestocks.

cheer

[joby553]

Hi Blackcell, would be very glad to meet up with you for coffee one of these days. I did red up abit on quarantine but was a little bit too late, parts of my hand has rashes now(I thought is my tattoo).

Anyway my plan on the proper tank will be a slow process on saving enough spare cash and studying and sourcing the proper equipment. And also space constraints!

Hey sun, actually I wasn't planning on adding things yet, just wanted to swap the tank over so the 2 had a little more space. In the end now I have 2 tanks with fish inside, will will to study more so when new tank up I won't have this problem again.

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[joby553]

Y does my anemone keep spitting out the market prawn I feed it ah? Third time already and I never feed it anything else. Now I have to dig the spat out piece and look at the anemone!

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[joby553]

And for for tank, salinity is 1.014 only, is it I just top up with saltwater for evaporation? Or do something drastic like add salt in now? The fish now got one white dot on the head. Too fast for me to take a picture.

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[joby553]

No damsel in both tanks but I'm definitely in distress now.

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[asg]

Bro, you have to do partial water change with salt water at 1.024 - 06, do a 25% change, wait for few hours, measure salinity, another 25% water change, measure salinity... repeat same process till your tank water become 1.024...

[joby553]

Hmm, let me check the shop water I buy is what salinity first, didn't bother to check before oops

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[joby553]

Bro Blackcell, bought test kit already, but I see the test kit like don't have anything you mentioned!!!

Bro andt, salinity is normal now thanks...

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[joby553]

Anemone looks sick, ha sent been eating the prawn I feed, I put chromaplex in the water. How ah?

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[asg]

Hmm... what is your total light watt and your total water flow litres per hour? A bit difficult to troubleshoot without spec of your tank and equipment

[joby553]

Wah bro I cannot answer you this leh. Tank is very small probably one foot. Filter is the hang on type aqua clear brand on box put 450l per hour. Light is 2 one feet aquazonic brand one blue one white

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[joby553]

U see the pics above, the gsp not doing well also, but the red colour branch looks in good shape. Also I have one clown, one purple fish one hermit and one boxer shrimp in tank

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[asg]

_~" tonight u go home take a measuring tape and measure your tank L*W*H to find out the total litres in your tank first... then tmr go buy one more set of T5 or LED lah...

[asg]

The unusual thing about your tank is that the rocks has no algae ah. If your tank is at least a month old, your rock shall not be this bare de. I would increase the lighting first then work on increasing the water flow. If your anemone tentacles are not waving at you, most likely your waterflow is not strong enough lah.

[joby553]

Actually the algae part is via I never on the light a lot bah, mainly cos I scare too hot. No chiller 29degree constantly.. How long should I on it a day?

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[asg]

Given that you only have two tubes of T5, 10 to 14 hours shall be ok. No light → blue light → both lights → blue light → no light shall be the way. Why not consider getting another T5 set or LED? Good for your future and existing coral too.

[joby553]

Cos I got yet another tank from a fellow member here already. Hehe. Dun want to spend on this tank Liao. Hehehehe

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[joby553]

By the way the way this tank the lightning is set, I cannot switch from light to light, both on at the same time only, is it ok I on for 8 hours then off?

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[CKL]

Gsp need good waterflow to thrive. Bring it further up to enjoy the flow from your internal filter. Add in good lighting, they will open up in no time. Brighter lighting will help develop more intense colors.

[joby553]

Thanks ckl. Will try

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[joby553]

Feel pretty assured, did a test yesterday before leaving sg. Ammonia and nitrite 0. But nitrate 80 before water change.

There's another is ph(?) at 8. Not sure is good or no good? And also, next 2 tests I should start is ca and mg and is enough?

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[joby553]

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