Trip to Singapore

[kiwireef]

I am flying in from Auckland, New Zealand on Friday night (27/5/05) for the Aquarama. I will fly out on Sunday 29/5/05 evening (5-ish) to catch a flight back to Auckland. In the short space of time, could someone please advise me where would be the best shops to visit for hardware? I am not sure where I'll be staying but my guess is it'll be close to the airport. What are the hours of the LFSs generally? Any input will be greatly appreciated. I also do not know my way around Singapore and will be travelling by public transport.

[pegasus1010]

it depend on wat hardware are u getting.

U might want to browse through the sponsers forum here. Address & operating hours are stated on most of them.

[giantbicycle]

hardware?there's 1 sponspor which is at sim lim sq

[hermit]

I am flying in from Auckland, New Zealand on Friday night (27/5/05) for the Aquarama. I will fly out on Sunday 29/5/05 evening (5-ish) to catch a flight back to Auckland. In the short space of time, could someone please advise me where would be the best shops to visit for hardware? I am not sure where I'll be staying but my guess is it'll be close to the airport. What are the hours of the LFSs generally? Any input will be greatly appreciated. I also do not know my way around Singapore and will be travelling by public transport. 

welcome to singapore kiwireef...........

where u stay????????????

hmmmmmmmmm?

near airport??????????

haha dun think airport tat area got any hostel or hotel......

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comin in to get hardware?

wat type of hardware u looking forward for?

various hardware got to get frm various places............

ware 4 tank uses like pumps skimmers additives got ta get frm LFS

the rest like pumping and fitting got to buy frm local hardware and diy stores............

u should come here in feb time where we celebrate our lunar new year...........

then we can bring u ard singapore LFS and farms.............

need help can pm me....

will help you to the best i can........

also wanna meet some friend and reefer frm overseas......................

[tazzzz]

mayb we can organise a gathering n mayb bring our fellow reefer from oversea around..

oso a chance for newbies like mi to get to know some of the senior here..

[kiwireef]

Woohoo!!! I have my air ticket! See you guys on the 27 May. Can you recommend a good but reasonably priced hotel near the Expo for the Aquarama? I have 27-29 May and am looking forward to the expo and visiting some LFS. And many thanks to all you who have given me your input and your generous offers.

You are welcome to view my tank on http://community.webshots.com/user/liverock101

[ervine]

hm.. from what I remember from my past experience with aquarama is that there's nothing much to see... I rather go to the fish farms and LFSes...

Let us know what you are looking for and perhaps some of us can bring you around... would be much better than trying to go at yourself and getting "chopped" (quoted overly high prices)...

Would love to go to new zealand some day though.. hehe...

[kiwireef]

I have nothing in specific at the moment but just to see how Singaporeans keep their reef. Visits to the LFSs and fish farms would be great if one of you could show me around. I would gladly jump at any offers like these.

[limbssg]

Kiwireef, Ur tank is simply

May I know what size is the Power blue tang? 6"?

[limbssg]

Woohoo!!! I have my air ticket! See you guys on the 27 May. Can you recommend a good but reasonably priced hotel near the Expo for the Aquarama? I have 27-29 May and am looking forward to the expo and visiting some LFS. And many thanks to all you who have given me your input and your generous offers.

You are welcome to view my tank on http://community.webshots.com/user/liverock101

U can try Le Meridien Changi Village Singapore. http://www.lemeridien.com/singapore/changi...el_sg1669.shtml

Map: http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/mapsize2...89.3158;&star=1

Address: 1 Netheravon Road, Singapore 508502

Phone: (65) 6379-7111

U may wish to call them for rates.

Just want to let u know that a cab ride from the central of Singapore to the Airport/Expo area takes less than 30min. I feel that u will have more choices for hotels if u choose to stay at the central district.

Some useful links for u:

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/

http://sg.bizfinder.yahoo.com/

http://www.yellowpages.com.sg/iyp/yp/jsp/index.jsp

[alanseah]

Hi,

May be of some help to you..

attach is the list of common LFS. Most of them are still around. You may take a look and it does have help on how to get there and operation time of the LFS.

Marine_v1.31.zip

[Ekia]

very nice tank! I love the natural look...

If you are looking for equipments, its good that you note down what equipmets you are interested in. From then on, we can advise you where to purchase them. LFSes in Singapore don't stock a variety of equipments. For example, Aqua-Medic products can only be purchased at Aqua-mart located at Lavender and H&S skimmer can be purchased at Sealife at Balestier.

[kiwireef]

Yeah, I have now up to May to make a list of equipment I wanna see. Thanks for the tip, Ekia .

And the attached list is awesome, Alanseah. Most detailed. Many thanks.

My PBT is about 6" or maybe slightly more. And so is my Purple Tang. I have other tangs; Clown, Blue & 2 Yellows.

[damien]

I love clown tangs too. But they are difficult to acclimatise to a captive system, isn't it?

[alanseah]

Yeah, I have now up to May to make a list of equipment I wanna see. Thanks for the tip, Ekia .

And the attached list is awesome, Alanseah. Most detailed. Many thanks.

My PBT is about 6" or maybe slightly more. And so is my Purple Tang. I have other tangs; Clown, Blue & 2 Yellows.

you're welcome..

I dont have the time to update it anymore.. else it will be even better

[Marineman]

I love clown tangs too. But they are difficult to acclimatise to a captive system, isn't it?

Not really ecept it is an aggressive tang, the bigger it gets the worse it becomes, other tangs need to watch out!

[kiwireef]

Where would be a good place to look for Tunze Stream and Seios? Also, I would be interested to look at MH bulbs, light fixtures (T5s).

[hermit]

hmmmmmmmmm....................IMO

for tunze stream...get to P.................F

mh bulb.....P..........F too

selling a variety of mh bulb rangihng frm 10kk to 20kk and frm 150 to 250 to 400w................

sieo? i think u can get frm quite a number of LFS here, try to ask ard for the pricing prior to buying.........

hmmm t5 light fixture?????

for this u can actually look for two of our forum sponsor and get them to order you.......pricing u got to nego wif them .....think they will give u a good price since u come all the way frm new zealand.........

anyway read more on singapore directory lst and locate all shops ard lor.........this will make u more familiar when u r here......

cheers

thomas

[Ekia]

Where would be a good place to look for Tunze Stream and Seios? Also, I would be interested to look at MH bulbs, light fixtures (T5s).

Tunze Stream - Balestier Road (7th from the top of table) or Reef Depot

Seios - Lots of places are selling them at a reasonable price. Can't remember if the Balestier shop is selling. You can also go to Reborn just down the road, 5 mins walk. Reborn sells lots of addictives at a good price too.

I'm not too sure about MH bulbs (T5 user here )

For T5 fixtures, are u looking for local DIY made or german models? There's quite a huge price difference.