Blueheaven's 4ft Tank

[blueheaven]

Damn hard to photograph this fella

[nicken]

how long does u put the fish in the bag b4 letting it into the tank?

[lvcap]

yo pal..

u add a sohal first ah?

might be hard to add other tangs...this guys is a tough and fierce fellow..

but nice specimen i must say..

[that was niceeeee]

yeah nice fish....once added sohal very hard to other tangs le

[blueheaven]

how long does u put the fish in the bag b4 letting it into the tank?

I acclimatise for temp to be stable for 1 hour and den slowly add tank water for another hour

[blueheaven]

Haha... no issue with territorial disputes within tangs IMO

Got so many nooks and crannies that each will have its own share of space

Anyway, here's a list of tangs I am gonna get:

Atlantic Blue

Achilles

[blueheaven]

Got a bush of chaeto in my refugium

[blueheaven]

Close up

[blueheaven]

Actual contents of collection bottle after 1 day of skimming :ph34r:

[blueheaven]

Look at that!!!!

Beckett driven by a MD40!!!!

[Tigger]

u using a beckett rite, u may want to tune to give dryer skimmer, skimmate is too lwater IMO

2cents

[terryansimon]

acclimatise for one hour for temperature? woah thats long! I leave mine floating for ten to twenty minutes, and then I start to drip.

sometimes I get too lazy to drip, so I add portioned out amounts of water. hehz.

sometimes when I'm even more lazy, I just dump the livestock in. and so far, the fishes to which I've done that are still alive! *my two purple fridmanis*

[blueheaven]

u using a beckett rite, u may want to tune to give dryer skimmer, skimmate is too lwater IMO

2cents

FYI, I tune the skimmer to produce wet skimmate :lol:

[blueheaven]

acclimatise for one hour for temperature? woah thats long! I leave mine floating for ten to twenty minutes, and then I start to drip.

sometimes I get too lazy to drip, so I add portioned out amounts of water. hehz.

sometimes when I'm even more lazy, I just dump the livestock in. and so far, the fishes to which I've done that are still alive! *my two purple fridmanis*

Yeah I love your fridmandis :wub:

[Melvyn Tan]

FYI, I tune the skimmer to produce wet skimmate :lol:

I suppose tigger was of the opinion to squeeze out the dirt hard since its such a good skimmer....... its a matter of personnal choice/preference...btw coffee and tea.....with muffins anyone?

[blueheaven]

The skimmate at the top of the riser sure looks like a muffin!!! :evil:

[Melvyn Tan]

oh yeah a flat one

[blueheaven]

In regards to my mum who keeps telling me that she is worried about lights in my sump, I have finally decided to set up a cryptic refugium

Yes, it will be revolutionary and I will update you guys on its progress

[blueheaven]

Oh, I accidently stumbled on it while LFFing

Guess I do not need it now that I am setting up a cryptic refugium

[Melvyn Tan]

In regards to my mum who keeps telling me that she is worried about lights in my sump, I have finally decided to set up a cryptic refugium

Yes, it will be revolutionary and I will update you guys on its progress

What will be the composition of the cryptic refugium?

[blueheaven]

It will have the sand bed (notice that its not very deep about 3.5''), LR that I specially selected and some sponges and tunicates

[blueheaven]

I would also want to make it clear to some people that sandbeds do not have to be deep to do its purpose (convert nitrates to nitrogen gas)

Its been proved that a fairly thin sandbed comprising of small and slighter bigger grains will do the job just fine

Another important factor is to have infauna to help slowly shift the sand so that there would not be an area that is 100% anaerobic

[nicky30092002]

Oh, I accidently stumbled on it while LFFing

Guess I do not need it now that I am setting up a cryptic refugium

http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/gradie...ticismterms.htm

i still dun quite understand .. post here first later than read ..

[blueheaven]

Managed to chance upon an article on the Quorum Gene in bacteria.

Its called gene sensing where bacteria produce this gene to sense whether they are in a dense or sparse environment. The bacteria used in this field are disease causing bacteria and they found that this gene will actually activate the bacteria to produce toxins.

Therefore, I hooked up my lecturer and we are now on a project to find out whether the quorum gene in sandbed bacteria will actually trigger detrimental effects and then, we will try to produce a reef safe (hopefully) "gene blocker" and see whether we can stop the effects of this gene

[blueheaven]

http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/gradie...ticismterms.htm

i still dun quite understand .. post here first later than read ..

There's where I got the idea from

It emphasises on the "Environment Gradient"

You guys can go read it and maybe more people will try out this method or even try to improve it.