The comet's 5 footer!!!

[shoelevy]

bottom ###### is for me to see if all my equip is working with one look

cos i think its very dangerous to cover...if sth fails u might not realise till its too late

[Ekia]

Nice....but the hood covers the top, but "######" at the bottom?

I agree... looks a bit weird.. but since u like it.. thats the most important

Anyway... it seems that u r stocking a bit fast for a new tank..

[shoelevy]

stocking up fast ah???

oh no...i dun wan another case of ich due to too fast stock up

at wat speed stocking is appropriate?

tomolo i wanna shift 3 other corals over then i stop stocking for the week

hope that's ok

[shoelevy]

guys

am i stocking up too fast?

[Melvyn Tan]

IMO not really lah - but when you add corals don't add fishes (vice-versa) on the same day

[shoelevy]

IMO not really lah - but when you add corals don't add fishes (vice-versa) on the same day

y is this so?

jus curious

[shoelevy]

out and swimming together...slight bickering wen they get too close...other than that....swim aroudn like lovers!

[SBS_Transit]

Nice tank , hood nicely done , i too agree that the bottom is abit wierd , next time when u take pic dont take the bottom just the hood n tank , nice rock scaping, any full tank pic with lights on ?

[Melvyn Tan]

Else it'll be like wearing a turban and ###### down under

Why when add fish dun add corals (vice-cersa)? Perhaps we must examine the nature of life forms. Fishes can be subjected to stresses, just like both you and i (stress for exams, stress when giving board paper and meeting, stress when meeting a beautiful girl). What happened when stressed? When you and i are stressed, resistence are down and would be opened to external influences (like bodily attack/invasion by viral bacteria or mental attack subjugate to mind control etc...)

Thus when fishes are added, they are more susceptible to these stresses. But what has that got to do with adding corals at the same time? I have once asked a coral why she don't like to be added together with a fish, and she told me that everytime she is being transported to a new place she gets excited and excrete ermmmm.... toxins and this hurt her fish friend and she would have to pay "pek kim" being the worse case scenerio.

Oh i say to her...no wonder....my friend recently got a little flu when he wears a nice head dress and forgot to wear clothes....

[pegasus1010]

nice story...

[shoelevy]

Nice tank , hood nicely done , i too agree that the bottom is abit wierd , next time when u take pic dont take the bottom just the hood n tank , nice rock scaping, any full tank pic with lights on ?

i took the bottom simply to show u guys wat the whole thing looks like ah

want a full shot with lights on?

ok...but due to resize alot of details lost but aniwae...here it is!

[shoelevy]

jus bought 3 dispars todae...there they r in the quarantine box...so far...not eating pellets or flakes i gif it

wat should i do?

[lightningstrike]

jus bought 3 dispars todae...there they r in the quarantine box...so far...not eating pellets or flakes i gif it

wat should i do?

if they r still stressed, they wun eat. try cyclop-eeze to entice them to eat.

[shoelevy]

stress...hhaha....theyt r VERY stressed...saw them cornered up in the tank in the lfs...then they kept jumpin wen they were net out but the uncle....but now much much better in the quarantine box...u should haf seen them in the lfs...aniwae...will try yr advice tomolo lightning!

oh....shold i try frozen of dried cyclopeeze?

[shoelevy]

well...tried cyclopeeze on anthias but couldn't work but can see they r much better so let them out from box....hid for 30mins then out swimming!

also, transferred chilli sponge from smaller tank

here's a picture...looks much better than in small tank...would attribute this to 20kk mh lights

[Ekia]

well...tried cyclopeeze on anthias but couldn't work but can see they r much better so let them out from box....hid for 30mins then out swimming!

also, transferred chilli sponge from smaller tank

here's a picture...looks much better than in small tank...would attribute this to 20kk mh lights

i thought sponge doesn't depend on light for food? filter feeders?

[shoelevy]

i think it appears better cos smaller tank uses 10kk lights while this one uses 20kk...so i tink the diff in colour and intensity of light made it look nicer

[sunny03]

well...tried cyclopeeze on anthias but couldn't work but can see they r much better so let them out from box....hid for 30mins then out swimming!

also, transferred chilli sponge from smaller tank

here's a picture...looks much better than in small tank...would attribute this to 20kk mh lights

sponge dont need lights

they are filter feeders

place them in gd flow area

[shoelevy]

sponge dont need lights

they are filter feeders

place them in gd flow area

yup...its in a area of gd water flow

let me clarify once again that i did not say sponges need lights.i simply believe its the bluer mh that i haf employed that makes it look more vibrant in colour.

[ReDDeviLs]

u took the pic with flash? cant see the blue colour from ur 20kk mh.

[YzF]

I personally think its ok leh. So long you can identify the probs when there's any.

[shoelevy]

u took the pic with flash? cant see the blue colour from ur 20kk mh.

ya

haha

took with flash

the one without was not very nice

u wanna see the blue of the mh u look at http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...ic=24343&st=210

[shoelevy]

ah...finally...the dispars r eating...the food that got them started was cyclopeeze

now they also eat bbs

remember i mentioned getting 2 males and one female?...wel...one of the males is morphing into a female so i'm sure the social integrety is intact

diatoms also appearing EVERYWHERE!....fortuantely i haf rowaphos to prevent a fast outbreak...compared to the first invasion of them in my 4footer, this time its much slower...will get snails and a sand star tomorrow from farm!

[shoelevy]

close shot of finger leather

i think i see the polyps opened nicely

[shoelevy]

the diatoms invasion!

on the sand and if u look carefully...u will those on the glass too!