A Lazy Man's Tank

[Xtrader]

Currently i'm dosing A&B supplement every once a while.( 2-3 times a week manually)

I do not do any water test, I just watch the health of the coral as an indication of the water conditions.

I have not change water for the past 5 week, if I do, it will be only 1 pail of NSW.

I have too much of purple coralline, so much so that it is invading my zoes.

My sand are quite "dirty" as you can see.

I also have a lot of small snails and abalone..............should I get rid of it?

My algae scrubber is not fully matured yet.

Once is fully mature, I will skip my water change to quarterly.

However, I will still do my dosing until I feel is time to reduce it.

My aim is to cut down as much maintenance as possible.

Do give me your view.

[sulpherx]

may I know which salt brand you are using?

[kenyee]

Nice sharing of pictures..btw, its Reefer RH8198 request for ur FTS..

imho, can add more fishes..heez

[Xtrader]

Nice nice nice!!!!

Sir, frag must let me know ya!

Will do, you are on my VIP list.

[Xtrader]

may I know which salt brand you are using?

I use NSW and I do use Red Sea Coral Pro Salt when i'm not to lazy to mix it.

[Xtrader]

Nice sharing of pictures..btw, its Reefer RH8198 request for ur FTS..

imho, can add more fishes..heez

Thanks for pointing out my mistake.

Yes, I wanted to add some schooling fish, andy cheap , good and nice fishes to recommend?

RH8198, any feedback of my tank?

With little maintenance is the coral health good enough?

[Xtrader]

Someone give me this little SPS frag, it seem to be growing too.

[Xtrader]

Guess what I feed to my corals?

I feed them with juices from the market prawns' head.

You'll be surprise all the corals likes it, especially the Acans and palys.

But not sure will it foul up the tank?

I also bought frozen oysters and other seafood like squids, clams and fishes from market

and blend it with blenders until paste form as food for the corals and fishes.

[RH8198]

Close up of the main portion of the tank.

Thank you for the FTS.

Looks very mature tank and can see no "monster fish". Hopefully you can succeed with the algae scrubber. =)

[kenyee]

Imho, the most budget nice schooling fish is chromis..if higher budget can go for anthias

[Xtrader]

Imho, the most budget nice schooling fish is chromis..if higher budget can go for anthias

Ok, will look into these fishes.

[Xtrader]

When my rocks is full of algae,

I'll put them in the main tank to feed the Tangs

The Wrasses will be vey happy to hunt for pods.

[Xtrader]

This how a lazy man change water!

I place the whole bag of NSW on display tank.

I will extract all the displacement water from the sump and discard away.

After that, I will release the bag of NSW to the tank. That's it, simple and fast!

 

[kenyee]

Interesting way of doing wc..sibei idea leh

[Xtrader]

Interesting way of doing wc..sibei idea leh

When you are lazy, you will think of all ideas!

[RH8198]

LOL. Reminds me of that Uncle Sim video series for PayWave commercials.

"SO SIMPLE... HAHAHAHA"

[daveyy]

This how a lazy man change water!

I place the whole bag of NSW on display tank.

I will extract all the displacement water from the sump and discard away.

After that, I will release the bag of NSW to the tank. That's it, simple and fast!

 

sibei smart! bro, how often do you change water (weeks/month) ?

[Xtrader]

sibei smart! bro, how often do you change water (weeks/month) ?

I change once a month, I bag each change.

Save time, save money 

[ahchris]

Keep the updates coming!!!

[Xtrader]

Haha

I was too lazy, will do it after I'm back from my holiday.

thanks for the encouragement!

 

[Xtrader]

Hi, It been more than a year!

I will be decomming this tank soon and building a bigger tank.

I think to keep good corals we cannot afford to be lazy right?

I will still do the minimum of weekly or bi weekly water change.

The rest I shall keep the reefing as simple as possible.

Just a teaser, my tank cabinet.

Tank is still under construction will deliver in 2-3 weeks time.

 

[GabrielTan]

bro may i ask what size u getting for ur new tank?


Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

[Xtrader]

Is 3.5 ft x 2.5 ft x 20 inches 

[Xtrader]

This tank will be put up for sale in about 6 weeks time.

Let me know if you are keen.

 

[Xtrader]

On 29/07/2015 at 11:16 AM, Xtrader said:

I'm very intrigue by Santa Monica's Algae Scrubber System.

No skimmer, no water change and no dosing or additives requires.

It is too good to be true........ but I shall test it out.

 

I will chronicle my journey here.

Let's begin.............................

I started this blog with the goal of using no skimmer, little maintenance, no additive, no dosing or water change just the algae scrabble.

Can we be successful with that?

My conclusion is, you can have no skimmer, little maintenance, no additive, no dosing but still have to change water at least 10% every alternate week.

Let me close this chapter of the Lazy Man Tank.

I shall begin my new journey with a better attitude.........