A Lazy Man's Tank

[Xtrader]

48 minutes ago, he said:

The tank cabinet matches well to your house deco.. !

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Yes, always like layback nature theme.

Is very therapeutic for me, especially with the plants and the reef.

[Xtrader]

Manage to capture the banded dottyback with my iPhone camera.

Isn't this fish beautiful? In fact this is the first time I saw this fish on sale.

[Xtrader]

I was searching for my lost nemo but could find it.

Shortly, I found my scolly with an unusual bump, but did not suspect anything.

until an hour later.......................

 

[Uask4it]

 

Xtrader, thanks for the sell and opportunity to view (Wow) your tank in person yesterday.

Enjoy your setup experiences and glad you clear my doubts.  

[Xtrader]

16 hours ago, Uask4it said:

 

Xtrader, thanks for the sell and opportunity to view (Wow) your tank in person yesterday.

Enjoy your setup experiences and glad you clear my doubts.  

Uask4it, Nice meeting you.

Yes, I must agree with you.

We cannot simply be a lazy reefer at the expense of a living thing.

We must treat our reefs as a pet and reef responsibly.

You brought in another interesting topic.

Should we do regular water change with no or little dosing or do lesser water change with more dosing?

I think I shall go for regular water change and less dosing for now, I might change my idea next time.

If I can, I would like to do less water change with minimum or no dosing.

 

[Xtrader]

All the wiring can be a headache, manage to tidy up under a panel.

 

[Tee]

9 hours ago, Xtrader said:

Uask4it, Nice meeting you.

Yes, I must agree with you.

We cannot simply be a lazy reefer at the expense of a living thing.

We must treat our reefs as a pet and reef responsibly.

You brought in another interesting topic.

Should we do regular water change with no or little dosing or do lesser water change with more dosing?

I think I shall go for regular water change and less dosing for now, I might change my idea next time.

If I can, I would like to do less water change with minimum or no dosing.

 

I learnt the hard way to do weekly 10-20% water changes with less dosing, and rmb to do some tests before u dose! Even w regular changes your paras can rise n drop to less ideal levels. 

You'll see the diff with less dosing n more water changes!  

[Xtrader]

8 hours ago, Tee said:

I learnt the hard way to do weekly 10-20% water changes with less dosing, and rmb to do some tests before u dose! Even w regular changes your paras can rise n drop to less ideal levels. 

You'll see the diff with less dosing n more water changes!  

Thanks for the advice, what are the bare minimum(para) that we need to test for a mix reef?

[Tee]

3 minutes ago, Xtrader said:

Thanks for the advice, what are the bare minimum(para) that we need to test for a mix reef?

Well nitrate and nitrite levels need to be as Low as possible, nitrite if possible close to 0. Dkh, calcium,mg and iodine need to be maintained is what I learnt. After awhile you'll kinda 'automatically' know when to and not to dose lol. I'm no expert but that's what I've learnt and seems to b working out fine for me

[Xtrader]

On 27/04/2017 at 8:34 PM, Tee said:

Well nitrate and nitrite levels need to be as Low as possible, nitrite if possible close to 0. Dkh, calcium,mg and iodine need to be maintained is what I learnt. After awhile you'll kinda 'automatically' know when to and not to dose lol. I'm no expert but that's what I've learnt and seems to b working out fine for me

Thanks!

[Xtrader]

Wow, After all the set up, before it has run the nitrogen cycle, I have decided to decom this tank!

The reason is the chiller is making too much noise and creating heat in the living room.

The noise is affecting my wife's voice over recording and I generally does not like the heat.

So, I decided to build a 4 tiered tank at my service yard instead.

It will comprises of a top up tank on top.

Followed by a frag tank, below it will be the main tank and the bottom is the sump.

This will be like a LFS set up without any fancy laminate, anyway it is at the service yard.

[josephwzr]

Hmm have u considered using a compressor instead?

[Xtrader]

13 hours ago, josephwzr said:

Hmm have u considered using a compressor instead?

Is to late to do the trunking. moreover, I have to shift the tank if I wants to use compressor.

[Xtrader]

Soft Launch!

Anyone keen to buy my newly set up tank are welcome to take a look.

Selling: Tank, Sump and Cabinet. Front Crystal Glass.

Tank: 3.5 ft x 2.5 ft x 20 inches Height.

Sump: about 3x2.5 ft. with 5 compartment for Media,Skimmer & Reactor, Refugium, Algae compartment and return pump.

2 return outlet and 2 outflow.

Jeaboa 1,200 pump optional.

 

[aloy]

Nice tank. Too bad u need to decom.

[Xtrader]

15 hours ago, aloy said:

Nice tank. Too bad u need to decom.

Will be building a four tiered tank instead.

[sleexox]

Very very nice! 

[Xtrader]

3 minutes ago, sleexox said:

Very very nice! 

Thank You, tank is up for sale.

Do WA me if anyone interested.

My new tank is coming in 10 days time.

[sleexox]

Just now, Xtrader said:

Thank You, tank is up for sale.

Do WA me if anyone interested.

My new tank is coming in 10 days time.

Haha can PM me regarding the price? I went to Irwana today to checkout their 2nd hand tank set also  

[Xtrader]

1 hour ago, sleexox said:

Haha can PM me regarding the price? I went to Irwana today to checkout their 2nd hand tank set also  

I'm looking at 1.5K, this tank is as good as new.

I paid 2K +...it has got many unique features

[Xtrader]

My up and coming "stacked Tank"

This will be placed at my service yard.

Will incorporate auto water change system.

Any suggestion?

 

[Harlequinmania]

I think danial did a diy auto water change before. Maybe you can check out with him for ideals


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[Xtrader]

14 minutes ago, he said:

I think danial did a diy auto water change before. Maybe you can check out with him for ideals


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Thanks for the head up, may I know which Danial? Thanks.

[Xtrader]

My simple rockscape.

This is more for LPS and my new tank will only be 30" by 30" by 16" Height.

Front View

Top View

[Xtrader]

Tank should be in next week.

My frag tank

 

My top up tank