dinGdinG's nano xperience~!

[dinGdinG]

Thats a beautiful acan bro! Alveopora and blasto looking good too

Thanks bro! Bro kkk121 still has about 15 heads of the acan, if you are interested though lol, i like the way its colours are blended together and not defined clearly..

Ahhh, so its an alveopora huh.. ok noted.. very glad that its recovering well too..

[Bunster]

Ha... I'm not sure which **pora it is. Not an expert. But it sure looks healthy. I'll wait for yr acan to multiply and yr frag sales! Lol..

[Admiraltian]

Looks more like goniopora.

[Admiraltian]

Gonios supposedly hv 24 tenacles on each polyps compared to alveopora's 12.

[dinGdinG]

Ha... I'm not sure which **pora it is. Not an expert. But it sure looks healthy. I'll wait for yr acan to multiply and yr frag sales! Lol..

Then you probably got to wait for a long time bro.. Or are you waiting because you are planning for a new tank soon? LOL

Gonios supposedly hv 24 tenacles on each polyps compared to alveopora's 12.

Awesome~! Now i know its a gonio, but they are truly a very sensitive species.. I believe they closed up due to the high temperature and lack of nutrients in my tank, opened up slowly after i added the chiller and opened up even more after i dose the polyp lab one..

Thinking of trying out the polyp lab booster after I stock up more corals..

Quite pleased with the polyp lab products till now (I am using the their bio-spheres, reef roids and one), only thing is we have to work out the dosage ourselves carefully because their dosage is always for large aquarium size and not for nano tanks..

[boyington]

Bro, can PM me where you get all the polyp lab products & prices. Thanks.

[dinGdinG]

Bro, can PM me where you get all the polyp lab products & prices. Thanks.

Hi bro, PMed you. Hows your zoas doing btw?

[boyington]

[boyington]

Tks bro, zoas from Cedric doing fine, hope yours too.

[dinGdinG]

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WOW nice~! didnt notice that there are 2 different types of zoas on that frag you took~! if not i would have taken it~! DAMN!! LOL

[boyington]

Lol I dun even know that or what are their names, my first zoas..

[dinGdinG]

Lol I dun even know that or what are their names, my first zoas..

Check out this website.. the information may not be accurate but their zoas sure look nice~!

http://zoanthids.com/

[boyington]

Tks bro, will check it out..

[dinGdinG]

Hellooo dear reefers~! Been a while since i update my tank thread, been too occupied with enjoying my tank!! Spent the whole weekend for reefing and fixed up some new toys, just gonna share and post this DIY t5 set in addition to my Maxspect 120w for any bros wanting to DIY your own t5 set~!

The basic parts needed, end caps, wiring, reflectors, ballast, etc etc easily available at a few lfs..

Here are some pictures on the completed DIY t5 set plugged in with a switch timer

Its pretty straight forward after you get the wiring sorted out. Once fired up, all my corals showed their true colour... (meaning not as great as i thought, LED can be rather misleading, at least for me..) So hopefully my t5 can bring out more colours

I am currently into reefing for about 6 months now, despite all the blah blah blah issues encountered, it has been great and nothing beats seeing growth and colours~!!

Best sps growth in my tank has to be my favourite sunset mille

1st day..

7 weeks later, fully encrusted on rock but PE shrank quite abit despite encrusting

Some of my favourite sps frags..

This was brownish when i got it and slowly turning yellow with reddish polyps, no idea on its ID though..

Tenuis, no idea on exact ID but showing signs of nice colour..

LPS showing great growth too!

My off colour rainbow acan with at least 8 baby heads haha

My fav lps, Blastomussa~!! with also many many baby heads around it popping out

My most treasured chalice, UFO chalice from uncle mike

1st day

Now

And finally my messy FTS, nowhere near completed....

Overall, it has been a great 6 months reefing and meeting lots of new friends and bros along the way

Just keep reefing bros~!

[ahchris]

Hellooo dear reefers~! Been a while since i update my tank thread, been too occupied with enjoying my tank!! Spent the whole weekend for reefing and fixed up some new toys, just gonna share and post this DIY t5 set in addition to my Maxspect 120w for any bros wanting to DIY your own t5 set~!

The basic parts needed, end caps, wiring, reflectors, ballast, etc etc easily available at a few lfs..

Equipment Set.jpg

Here are some pictures on the completed DIY t5 set plugged in with a switch timer

Side View.jpg

Side View2.jpg

Top view.jpg

Ballast.jpg

Timer.jpg

Its pretty straight forward after you get the wiring sorted out. Once fired up, all my corals showed their true colour... (meaning not as great as i thought, LED can be rather misleading, at least for me..) So hopefully my t5 can bring out more colours

I am currently into reefing for about 6 months now, despite all the blah blah blah issues encountered, it has been great and nothing beats seeing growth and colours~!!

Best sps growth in my tank has to be my favourite sunset mille

1st day..

Sunset Mille 1st Day.jpg

7 weeks later, fully encrusted on rock but PE shrank quite abit despite encrusting

Sunset Mille 01032015.jpg

Some of my favourite sps frags..

This was brownish when i got it and slowly turning yellow with reddish polyps, no idea on its ID though..

Yellow body Red Polyps Acro 01032015.jpg

Tenuis, no idea on exact ID but showing signs of nice colour..

Blue Tenuis 01032015.jpg

LPS showing great growth too!

My off colour rainbow acan with at least 8 baby heads haha

Rainbow Acan 01032015.jpg

My fav lps, Blastomussa~!! with also many many baby heads around it popping out

Blastomussa 01032015.jpg

My most treasured chalice, UFO chalice from uncle mike

1st day

UFO Chalice 1st Day.jpg

Now

UFO Chalice 01032015.jpg

And finally my messy FTS, nowhere near completed....

FTS 01032015.jpg

Overall, it has been a great 6 months reefing and meeting lots of new friends and bros along the way

Just keep reefing bros~!

wow everything is growing well. led + t5 power

[SubzeroLT]

Nice & neat DIY.

You can get heat shrink tubes from Sim Lim in case you want to change out the sticky electrical tape.

Just to check.... both T5 tubes are Coral Plus?

[shaohao85]

Nice DIY u have there mine looks like crap .. lol .. ur UFO chalice growing so fast .. swee la ..

[dinGdinG]

wow everything is growing well. led + t5 power

Your zoas look much better than mine lor. Jealous!!

Nice & neat DIY.

You can get heat shrink tubes from Sim Lim in case you want to change out the sticky electrical tape.

Just to check.... both T5 tubes are Coral Plus?

Thanks bro~! I found out about the heat shrink tubes after i am done with the DIY, too late sianzz.. but i will keep that in mind~!

Actually i bought all the colouration of tubes to test out the combinations. I am currently using 1 x coral plus and 1 x aquablue special, blue spectrum will come mainly from my LED. Still trying out the different combinations though. Any recommendations?

Nice DIY u have there mine looks like crap .. lol .. ur UFO chalice growing so fast .. swee la ..

Looks like crap because u lazyyyyyyyyyyyy and busy with your clownfish breeeding businesssss... next time must call u towkay alr tio boh?

lol

[Bunster]

Tank looking good bro! Nice job you did there with the T5s... your tempting me to try it out

[dinGdinG]

Tank looking good bro! Nice job you did there with the T5s... your tempting me to try it out

Thanks bro~! Working hard to keep it decent at the same time lol

About time i inspire you on something huh? hahaha but its great fun to DIY if you have the time, i always enjoy some diy here and there, gives great satisfaction~! Try it out bro, led with t5 is awesome..

[Davian Pepper]

Any bros mind sharing whats is RX DIP?

RX dip is the brand? I got quite some aliens in my corals wanna get rid of them.

Will it work for liverocks?

[dinGdinG]

Any bros mind sharing whats is RX DIP?

RX dip is the brand? I got quite some aliens in my corals wanna get rid of them.

Will it work for liverocks?

Coral rx is a dip for corals to get rid of the pests on them. May not work that well for big liverocks because the live rocks may have too many holes and holes may be quite deep in.. I wouldnt use it for liverocks at the end of the day..

[Filzan]

Nice !!! Like a finally update bro ding !!!

[Davian Pepper]

Coral rx is a dip for corals to get rid of the pests on them. May not work that well for big liverocks because the live rocks may have too many holes and holes may be quite deep in.. I wouldnt use it for liverocks at the end of the day..

For instance, i wanna dip my zoas and star polyp, how to long should i dip them?

[Admiraltian]

For instance, i wanna dip my zoas and star polyp, how to long should i dip them?

5-10 mins. Juz follow the instruction on it.