My Slice of Nature (Part 3)

[Harlequinmania]

On 4/1/2017 at 1:57 PM, SubzeroLT said:

FTS (1st April 2017)

 
 

 
 
Haiz...just hate it when the anemone moves to the SPS. 

 
 

 

Thats the problem with keeping anemone. We can't control it's movement.

So does it sting your sps ?

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[SubzeroLT]

On 4/4/2017 at 8:59 AM, he said:

 

Thats the problem with keeping anemone. We can't control it's movement.

So does it sting your sps ?

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No obvious signs of stinging so far. But it'll surely inhibit growth as the anemone gets bigger. 

Probably need to move the SPS soon

[SubzeroLT]

On 4/4/2017 at 8:59 AM, he said:

Thats the problem with keeping anemone. We can't control it's movement.

So does it sting your sps ?
 

Finally moved the SPS. Anemone staked claim on the space.

 

FTS

 

Some fish pics

 

 

 

[Shri]

Wow.. nice shots.. looks awesome..

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[SubzeroLT]

On 4/13/2017 at 10:58 PM, Shri said:

Wow.. nice shots.. looks awesome..
 

Thanks

[SubzeroLT]

This post is all about crabs.

 

Got some Emerald Crabs from CF recently

 

Got some males :

 

And females :

 

This emerald crab thought they were acro crabs & climbed into the SPS. Its been there ever since.

 

The rest of the emerald crabs went straight for the pest algae on the rocks. Hard working chaps.

 

This is a 'real' acro crab

 

[SubzeroLT]

Fed the supersun this morning

 

 

AI Hydra setting

 

 

 

[Patrick]

Awesome tank!


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[aloy]

Getting your fishes to pair up in the photo.  Great photos.

[aloy]

for sharing your  Ai settings 

[SubzeroLT]

49 minutes ago, aloy said:

for sharing your  Ai settings 

No problem. Do note that my settings are on the 'bright' side with the intensity set quite high.

So do acclimatize by making small increments over several weeks. 

[SubzeroLT]

The system has 2 reactors filled with Seachem Denitrate media. Water passes through them in series. Flow rate is about 2 drops / second.

 

Managed to take a reading comparing tank water vs reactor effluent after one of my recent travel where the tank wasn't well maintained.

Tank nitrate = 2ppm.

Sechem Denitrate reactor output = 0.2ppm. (Its nice to be able to measure the difference)

 

The denitrator helps but probably won't make a big difference for tanks with large volumes since the output is a slow drip. But i'm quite sure its quite meaningful for smaller systems.

 

[SubzeroLT]

CR media usage rate ;

Last topped up 24th Feb 17. 

Its now ~7.5  weeks (53 days). Level dropped about 6.5cm in the main reactor. And about 1cm in the secondary chamber

 

Current parameter levels :

• KH 8.3
• Potassium : 390 (topped up to 400)
• Strontium : 16
• Ca : 380 (topped up to 420 with Calcium Chloride)
• Mg : 1350
• Nitrate: 0.5
• Phosphate : 0.02

 

Made a cheat sheet for my tank (top left table) to have on hand in case major parameters needed to be adjusted manually.

 

[Daniel Poh Yang Zheng]

nice!!


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[Harlequinmania]

How many emerald crab did you buy? Seem like alot of it

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[SubzeroLT]

Total 6 for myself. Rocks very clean now.

Some additional crabs were for other reefers in the West side.

[teck4300]

7 hours ago, SubzeroLT said:

Total 6 for myself. Rocks very clean now.

Some additional crabs were for other reefers in the West side.

If got extra 1more can i get from u.. hehe

[SubzeroLT]

My fav clean up crew. Super hardworking.

 

And the string of shit to show for it.

 

Love the bright colors of this fish

 

Forest Fire Digi

 

Yellow Hammer

 

[SubzeroLT]

A small attempt to draw fresher air for the skimmer to better aerate the system water. 

Attached a long hose from the window to the skimmer. Conceptually, this means the skimmer draws 'fresher' air than using air from the sump/cabinet. Did NOT notice a change in tank pH though, so i think its an unnecessary thing to do.

 

 

[Daniel Poh Yang Zheng]

i think our houses r pretty ventilated as compared to the ah mo's tank who may be in a basement with no proper ventilation etc


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[SubzeroLT]

I had 2 holes drilled in the return pipe as a siphon break. But the GSP grew over the holes & the siphon break does not work anymore (sump water level is 1" from the edge if the return pump switches off....quite risky if more equipment is added into the sump...risk of overflowing

Now I've drilled a new hole above the water line with a luer fitting.

 

Still struggling to get the sun coral to open up

 

Black Sun coral

[SubzeroLT]

Found some old photos...decided to post some growth comparison pics.

 

Candy Cane. My 1st coral purchase from Pacific Reef when I started hobby.

 

Branching Hammer. Started with 3 heads.  Probably in the 40+ heads range now.

 

 

[aloy]

Very good real life experience contributions, bro.

[SubzeroLT]

Some coral pic updates

 

Orange Pavona Maldivensis :

 

Found several baby trochus snail in the tank. Must have spawned recently & some survived the wrasses.

 

Sun corals opening up more after feeding with LRS Frenzy

 

Hosting this for a friend. A bit of growth.

 

 

[SubzeroLT]

Calcium Reactor last topped up 24th Feb 2017.

Top up today -  28th May (93 days).

Total drop about 11cm. Weighed the media added (138g)