My Rubik Cube

[joby553]

Just started this journey not very long ago. Long story short, there's a LFS near my workplace I work pass almost every day. Start from a converted tank till found out about SRC and that's when all the poisoning started. Met a few friendly fellows(dunno if I can mention them here) that sold me great stuff I'm using, some didn't even sell me anything but gave me invaluable advice. THANK YOU.

Below is the list I'm currently on to, trying to figure things out as I embark this adventure!

Tank and equipment:

2 feet cube tank with internal overflow and sump.

Return pump came with tank.

Hailea hs-90 chiller

2x TLF phosban 150 running rowaphos and vertex bio pellet

Skimz sn143 dc skimmer

2 jebao RW4 wavemakers

Jebao doing pump(haven fix)

Will be dosing iwarna brand kh, ca and mg

Livestock:

9x turbo snails. I think

1 sand sifting snail.

1 Bristol star

1 powder brown tang 2.5inch

Planning on 2 blue tang 1 inch and 2 clown 1 inch

Corals:

Please see pic. I can't describe most were given by very nice ex tank owner.

Of cos here are some pics!

FTS

Side views

The fish

Some corals

That's about all, any advise on what to change or do will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for spending your time to view my thread!

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[joby553]

Here's my parameters I just did. Is it good enough for sps? I would like to try a few more frags.

Dkh 13

Ph 8.4

Ammonia 0

Nitrite 0

Nitrate 0

Phosphate 0

Ca 390

Mg 1220

Kh 10.5 alk 3.75

Not really sure about the dkh and kh. Thought they were the same thing.

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[joby553]

Pic of my sump

Please ignore the messy wires. Gonna do up some piping then run everything on 2 pumps. Also going to add an ats for extra extraction of nutrients.

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[Idil Stephanie]

I like your rock scape. And it's a really neat setup. Just a word of advice tho. That tang can grow to be a bit too big for your tank.

[joby553]

I like your rock scape. And it's a really neat setup. Just a word of advice tho. That tang can grow to be a bit too big for your tank.

Thanks bro. Yes I worrying about the tang. Really liked it when my colleagues got it for me. As for rockscape, the next time or escape I will remove half the sand, and lift up all the rocks. So underneath will have flow.

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[Admiraltian]

How u measure ur dkh and KH? Dkh = degree of carbonate hardness, alkinality and KH are the same, dkh is the unit used for KH. Other unit used is meq/l which can be converted to dkh by multiply it with 2.8.

[Admiraltian]

How come u get different reading? Anyway 13dkh is too way high. 10.5 is also on the high side, 7-11dkh is acceptable but most reefers keep btwn 8-10dkh.

[tang_sohal]

Those corals are zoas and mushroom. Btw the tang will soon be too big for your current setup

[joby553]

How come u get different reading? Anyway 13dkh is too way high. 10.5 is also on the high side, 7-11dkh is acceptable but most reefers keep btwn 8-10dkh.

Thanks. I go back take picture show you.

Haven started dosing yet dunno y so high

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[joby553]

Those corals are zoas and mushroom.Btw the tang will soon be too big for your current setup

Oh man! Really like this fish a lot. But most probably will have to find a more fitting place for it.

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[tang_sohal]

Im a tang lover myself.. this hobby is reallly addictive.. i upgraded my tank twice. Now its ok. When it gets bigger, then probably relcoate him or upgrade to a bigger tank. But be careful when getting new tang from lfs.. most of the time. They are infected with ich though not visible to the eye. I usually quarantine them.

[tang_sohal]

That was before i found out about src. Now i usually get my corals or tangs from fellow reefer whose livestocks are much more stable.

[Idil Stephanie]

If you are going to remove half the sand, it could cause a mini cycle.

[joby553]

Yeah it's a gift from my colleagues so I cannot get from forum. And my qt is way to small for this fish. So no choice had to take a gamble.

As for the mini cycle bro, no worries not so soon. I think I want rescape probably 6 months time or one year.

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[A. Quarium]

Nice scape! I too believe that the corals in the 5th and 6th pic are zoas. Really like your tang, and as I'm quite sure has been mentioned, it may outgrow your tank, especially if you want to add more fish.

[Idil Stephanie]

Till that day comes, don't worry too much about it. So what's your plan now? I'm sure you must be excited to add more life and colours to your tank.

[joby553]

Was thinking of 2 blue tang small size and 2 clown small size. Now I think just add 2 more clown can alreDy. For coral will see slowly in pasar malam for stuff I like.

Actually more "kanchiong" about the sump

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[joby553]

Nice scape! I too believe that the corals in the 5th and 6th pic are zoas. Really like your tang, and as I'm quite sure has been mentioned, it may outgrow your tank, especially if you want to add more fish.

Thank you. Yes is mentioned.

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[Idil Stephanie]

What's with the sump that you kanchiong about?

[joby553]

Need to diy a acrylic plate to set up my dosing pump, also want to get rid of all the pumps just use 2 pumps in the sump. Set up a ATS

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[Idil Stephanie]

Y dont you run Chaeto for the time being, so you can take your time to DIY an ATS, and as for the acrylic plate, is it just to support your dosing pump? if it is then y not check out daiso or ikea, could save you some time even some money.

[joby553]

Y dont you run Chaeto for the time being, so you can take your time to DIY an ATS, and as for the acrylic plate, is it just to support your dosing pump? if it is then y not check out daiso or ikea, could save you some time even some money.

My sump got no compartment so I don't want to put chaeto(planning hob refugium later on).

ATS already bought just need to hook it up when it's not so cluttered. Yeah, think weekend will go daisi and ikea for a walk first. Thanks adywestpark!!!

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[Idil Stephanie]

awesome, can share where you bought your ATS?

[joby553]

Fish-street bro. Didn't know about the hi shipment price until AFTER I paid for it! But I like the quality of the thing. Show u pics after I get home tonight.

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[joby553]

How come u get different reading? Anyway 13dkh is too way high. 10.5 is also on the high side, 7-11dkh is acceptable but most reefers keep btwn 8-10dkh.

bro this the kits I using. Dkh 13 taken from the aquamedi and kh 10.5 from h2ocean

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