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Hi guys, so I finally made up my mind to set up this thread after hesitating for quite awhile... :)

I have always liked keeping fishes because of my dad who socialised me into it. He kept fishes while I was still young and although I wasn't so fascinated by them then, I gradually fell in love with them. As my dad grew older, he didn't have the time and energy to keep up with his hobby so it remained dormant for quite a while. So... I was the only one left to bring the spark back into this interest that he had and I went on to start a freshwater tank. 2ft became 3ft which eventually became a 5ft x 2.5ft x 2ft tank which I have now. Behind the scenes my dad would always be the one providing the vitamin M (money) while I provided the passion, energy and rashness of youth to get things done. We soon found a good equilibrium for this win-win situation and through this journey he taught me how to be wiser in making decisions and having better planning.

I was enjoying FW so much as I liked how predatory the fishes were and always enjoyed watching them during feeding time. I loved to see them progress and grow huge and waited in anticipation that one day they might breed. There were many ups and downs of failing and wasting learning but at the end of the day I managed to learn a lot. So it was during the 2013 Aquarama that the whole marine side came on board. I went to the Aquarama with my dad and we were about to leave already when 2 small clownfishes on display caught my dad's attention and he wanted to keep them. He tried psychoing me to get them but I was reluctant as I knew that reefing is a whole new ball game altogether and I didn't have the knowledge nor the money to keep up with it. But he continue to plant thoughts into my head and went on to buy the small little Rainbow Farm tank that I am using till today. I am sorry to say the 2 clowns didn't make it but there, my journey into the salty side began :)

Since I had no experience, knowledge and finance, I decided to be a minimalist, slowing adding one equipment after another. From just a tank and some unknown salt mix and a floating device (not sure what is it called), slowly to using better salt and running fans and a LED strip, then to dosing some supplements. I am surprised to say that though my tank crashed once because I went overseas, everything went well with the minimalist concept that I had. I was quite shocked to say that things actually could work out. Zoas had nice colours and multiplied and SPS had nice polyp extensions and grew till I have to frag one now. Growth might not be as fast as what people would expect but at least there was growth. Surprisingly clams made it as well and are looking good. All I used was 2 fans, strip full spectrum LED from C328, dose 2 Little Fishies two part mix and Brightwell's microbacter7 and liquid reef. But today, I have managed to upgrade to having a chiller and running par38s. So here are just some pictures to share :)

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Great tank, Titus. Bring your dad over and he will push you for an upgrading to a 5 footer.

Nice stuff, but do collect your gems slowly. Don't get burnt out like many young reefers.

Cheers

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thanks uncle mike for the encouragement and advise! hope to be a senior reefer like you in the years to come :)

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Wa titus! Nice! (:

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| Display : 48x30x22 Skimmer : SK-201 skimz

| Sump : 30x24x18 Wavemaker : 2x RW-15 , 1x RW-8

| Cooling : 1HP titanium drop in coil ATO : JBJ

| Lighting : ATI Sunpower 8x54w + 48x cree xte royal blue Return : Jebao dc-6000

| Dosing : Jebao dosing pump [ CaCl2 + NaHCO3 ] Pump :

| Reactor : FSZ Z160 zeolite reactor & phosban 150

| System : ZEOVIT

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Ydkm SPS reef

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Great tank, Titus. Bring your dad over and he will push you for an upgrading to a 5 footer.

Nice stuff, but do collect your gems slowly. Don't get burnt out like many young reefers.

Cheers

YT

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looks good bro, only suggestion i have is the camera/lighting for better photos!
Agreed, too purplish and blue.

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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nice corals you have bro, may i know what is your tank size?

48cm x 22cm x 22cm

Wa titus! Nice! (:

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not as nice as yours la!!!

You need a uncle to poison another uncle.

i young boy see his tank also gena poison liao hahaha

Nice.

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thanks!

Beautiful tank... very well done. Wish my kids would pick up reefing when they are older...

haha im sure they will when they see your love and passion for your tank :) just be a father that they will look up too and these will come naturally :)

looks good bro,

only suggestion i have is the camera/lighting for better photos!

haha! sorry ah cos i using my cui handphone to take only. no pro camera or what :( will look into it!

Agreed, too purplish and blue.

i agree too actually heh...

Nice bro la Titus

thanks man! hope to see ur tank bloom!!

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Beautiful clam.

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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