My Slice of Nature (Part 2)

[dinGdinG]

On 12/2/2015 at 10:02 AM, Leon Tan said:

The packaging didn't state the size but I took a look under a scope this morning since you asked about it. Sizes seem to around 0.5mm to about 1+mm. 

 

 

 

Wah lao eh bro, you even have a scopeeeee.... Win already~!!

[ahchris]

On 11/15/2015 at 11:47 PM, Leon Tan said:

Some photos :

Leopard Wrasse - a recent purchase from Aquamarin. Its getting along well with the other wrasses & also the leopard wrasse from LCK

And a very clean wavemaker after a thorough vinegar soak.

 

Blotchy Anthias....Got it from Ah Beng in May (1"). Grown a bit so far.

Awesome pics. The ocean free cyclops looks power! Will try it soon!

[Darren Sim]

Then bro how you keep the ocean free cyclops? Need to in the fridge?

[SubzeroLT]

Then bro how you keep the ocean free cyclops? Need to in the fridge?

I kept a portion in the fridge (enough to last a week). Balance I put in the freezer. 

I feed only about 1/4 teaspoon each time. So it can last quite long. Its around $3.30-$3.50 depending on which LFS you go to.

[Darren Sim]

I kept a portion in the fridge (enough to last a week). Balance I put in the freezer. 

I feed only about 1/4 teaspoon each time. So it can last quite long. Its around $3.30-$3.50 depending on which LFS you go to.

Thank you ! Now another coral food added in my food list le ! Haha

[Yono_Pranata]

On 12/2/2015 at 10:02 AM, Leon Tan said:

The packaging didn't state the size but I took a look under a scope this morning since you asked about it. Sizes seem to around 0.5mm to about 1+mm. 

 

 

 

Your place is like a lab bro! awesome.. Win liao.

Anyway, the cyclops looks good - will try one day.

Thanks for sharing bro!

[pcw]

haha brilliant! now to try them with dragonets haha

[SubzeroLT]

Started to dose Revoreef Nutricore 'aggressively' in the frag tank. Finally the Sunkist Zoa are starting to sprout new polyps after such a long time 

 

Some pics of the cleanup crew.

One of the several Sand Dollars in the tank.

 

Another sand dollar. This spiky version is able to flip itself around.

 

Red sea star

 

 

 

[Guest]

Should I off the skimmer if I pour the food haha

[SubzeroLT]

Should I off the skimmer if I pour the food haha

My skimmer is always on after feed events. Its off only after dosing bacteria & other additives (off for 2hrs)

[SubzeroLT]

Measured my water parameters over the weekend & found it was quite out of whack. Regular testing is a must :

NO3 - 1ppm (OK)

Phosphate - undetectable (OK)

Ca - 380ppm (to increase to 420+)

Kh - 9dKH (To drop back to 7+)

Mg - 1170ppm (To increase to 1400 with Mg flakes)

Strontium - 10 (OK)

Potassium - 350ppm (Way under. To increase to 400)

 

Added a Scarface Blenny from The Fish Channel recently. Started to feed on pellets & also takes chunks of cyano off the rocks.

 

 

[chercm]

What test kit u using to measure potassium ?

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[SubzeroLT]

What test kit u using to measure potassium ?

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Salifert test kit

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[chercm]

Salifert test kit

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I thought they do not produce this any more

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[tuajia]

Nice setup bro. Your DIY info is very helpful.

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[SubzeroLT]

 

I thought they do not produce this any more

 

I got the kit several months back when it was still available. Running out soon...haiz.

 

Nice setup bro. Your DIY info is very helpful.

Ha...thanks.

[chercm]

On 12/28/2015 at 3:14 PM, SubzeroLT said:

Measured my water parameters over the weekend & found it was quite out of whack. Regular testing is a must :

NO3 - 1ppm (OK)

Phosphate - undetectable (OK)

Ca - 380ppm (to increase to 420+)

Kh - 9dKH (To drop back to 7+)

Mg - 1170ppm (To increase to 1400 with Mg flakes)

Strontium - 10 (OK)

Potassium - 350ppm (Way under. To increase to 400)

 

Added a Scarface Blenny from The Fish Channel recently. Started to feed on pellets & also takes chunks of cyano off the rocks.

 

 

Wow eats cyano ?

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[chercm]

On 12/28/2015 at 3:14 PM, SubzeroLT said:

Measured my water parameters over the weekend & found it was quite out of whack. Regular testing is a must :

NO3 - 1ppm (OK)

Phosphate - undetectable (OK)

Ca - 380ppm (to increase to 420+)

Kh - 9dKH (To drop back to 7+)

Mg - 1170ppm (To increase to 1400 with Mg flakes)

Strontium - 10 (OK)

Potassium - 350ppm (Way under. To increase to 400)

 

Added a Scarface Blenny from The Fish Channel recently. Started to feed on pellets & also takes chunks of cyano off the rocks.

 

 

Wow eats cyano ?

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[dinGdinG]

Bro your dkh at 9 seems fine to me, any reason why u wanna lower it to 7?

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[SubzeroLT]

I'm trying to bring it back closer to NSW levels (7-8 dKH).

No hard evidence but i had a massive coral blistering event several months back where I lost a lot of colonies. That was when the conditions were (9+ dKH) + increased bacteria dosing. Just trying to avoid those similar conditions.

[dinGdinG]

On 12/29/2015 at 9:24 AM, SubzeroLT said:

I'm trying to bring it back closer to NSW levels (7-8 dKH).

No hard evidence but i had a massive coral blistering event several months back where I lost a lot of colonies. That was when the conditions were (9+ dKH) + increased bacteria dosing. Just trying to avoid those similar conditions.

I see.. This blistering issue is still quite a mystery, happened to me once but i took the extreme measure by fragging off the affected parts and left it to re-grow again. So far so good.

I have my kh around 9 to 9.6 and I dose bacteria twice a week due to my new set-up. If high kh and increased bacteria dosing are the 2 factors that you suspect then I would say its due to your increased bacteria dosing because I have seen many reefers who maintained kh around 10 to 11 but they do not dose bacteria regularly as their tank is very established already. 

I hope my sharing helps! 

[linko]

Nicely documented modifications!

thanks for sharing :)

[MarcoVan]

On 12/29/2015 at 9:24 AM, SubzeroLT said:

I'm trying to bring it back closer to NSW levels (7-8 dKH).

No hard evidence but i had a massive coral blistering event several months back where I lost a lot of colonies. That was when the conditions were (9+ dKH) + increased bacteria dosing. Just trying to avoid those similar conditions.

I also having the same issue when the dkh goes up to 8. Has lowered back to 7.7 and seems to be doing better for the sps colonies.

Tried researching the bubbling and blistering issues on SPS on WWW - Nothing concrete found because everyone is pointing to different directions. So can only pray and wait and trial and error... In one way or another I felt its more to do with carbon dosing ie. bacteria than anything else.

[SubzeroLT]

I see.. This blistering issue is still quite a mystery, happened to me once but i took the extreme measure by fragging off the affected parts and left it to re-grow again. So far so good.

I have my kh around 9 to 9.6 and I dose bacteria twice a week due to my new set-up. If high kh and increased bacteria dosing are the 2 factors that you suspect then I would say its due to your increased bacteria dosing because I have seen many reefers who maintained kh around 10 to 11 but they do not dose bacteria regularly as their tank is very established already. 

I hope my sharing helps! 

I also having the same issue when the dkh goes up to 8. Has lowered back to 7.7 and seems to be doing better for the sps colonies.
Tried researching the bubbling and blistering issues on SPS on WWW - Nothing concrete found because everyone is pointing to different directions. So can only pray and wait and trial and error... In one way or another I felt its more to do with carbon dosing ie. bacteria than anything else.

Thanks for the inputs. Yeah...I used to run kh around 10+ or separately increased carbon dosing (to reduce nitrates) without issue. 

In any case, I agree that the suspect is increased bacteria/carbon dosing....though no hard data to prove it.

[SubzeroLT]

Even though my tank is small & it goes through less water than most others, I'm changing the 3 carbon/sediment filters of the RODI unit once a year. Its about $24+ for the set of 3 at Madpetz, which is not that bad.  

This is after around 2500-3000L of clean water out of the unit. 

 

Its been about a month with the new Hydra HD 26 (Product review here : http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/139052-ai-hydra-26-hd/)

Some of the frags are starting to color up.

 

Previously all green milli starting to show colors. Its supposed to be a red milli. Long way to go....

 

Red monti growing faster :

 

Valida

 

Tabling acro started to show its purple tips

 

 

Some recent addition :

From the last SA shipment. Not able to hold the light pink colors though.

 

Green Goblin

 

Some kind of pocci