Nick's 2Ft Nano Tank

[nicholas_yeo]

Got some problem with the plate coral.... found it one day with part of it 'rottening' or tear. Dunno if I mishandle it during the shifting or got whack by the shrimp or crab.

Decided to shift it to high ground where flow rate is lower. My previous spot appear to be too high flow rate and affects it from opening.

Hope now it will recuperate and regenerate itself. I dose a little more iodine to see if this helps.

[kokhui]

Hi Nick,

Yah, your plate really doesn't seem to be doing well. Hope that it will recover.

As for my clown fish and jewel problem, I had shifted my jewel to another location and the clown had not followed it Hopefully it will stay like that.

[barnacle]

try not to shift it(plate) too much as it

might coz stress to it and other live stock

u could be accidently knock it againt

the rock..coz it to tear

and plate is best place on sand bed

[kokhui]

Nick,

Is your clown fich still bothering your jewel?

[nicholas_yeo]

thanks guys.... I will be extra careful with my plate coral next time. But it lost more area this wk. very sad.....

Kokhui: Yah, it is still playing with the jewel... my nano tank too small, no matter where I shifted it, the clown fish will follow. But now with the jewel sitting in the substrate... can really seen it opening even when the clown fish is cuddling it.

Will continue to monitor.......

[kokhui]

Nick,

Are you considering getting an anenome to partner your clown fish?

[nicholas_yeo]

I was very tempted to get the RBTA for the clowns... but I decided against it coz it is in office. I afraid if the anemone get suck into the seio pump over the wkend and crash my tank.

If at home, I will definitely put one in there.... always felt I miss something if got no anemone with my clown fish....

[kokhui]

I am also tempted to get one too but knowing that it moves around quite a bit kind of put me off the idea too. Then again, my clownfish seems to be doing well with its bubble and prata partners.

[eddtsk]

I had read somewhere that not all anemone are clown fish friendly. I bought 3 anemone for my 3 common clowns. 2 common clowns died few days later , the last remaining one always keeps away from the anemones.

[nicholas_yeo]

yes, it is correct. If u like to know more, can check out this website for compatibility chart.

http://www.aquacon.com/clownfishanenomecompatibility.html

So u have do research first b4 u get it. Otherwise, will be a divorce problem

[nicholas_yeo]

It has been a while since I update my tank performance. Did a water change 10% and I was out for business trip end of last mth during the good friday. Lost my Sally lightfoot crab, pom pom crab, emperor shrimp and red blood shrimp.

Could be due to the water change. Send shock to my inverts.... but no bodies found Damm it, dunno why everytime travel always have something wrong happens....

Went to get a fire goby - saw it for 30 secs b4 heading into the caves.... 1st and last time seeing it. It was chew up the next morning..... I sent out a seperate thread to identify the predator but seems hard to narrow down.

Try trapping it in a bottle but nothing comes to the bait.....

sigh......

[nicholas_yeo]

this is the new tank pic of today

[nicholas_yeo]

Got new corals:

1) Star Polyp

2) Frog Spawn (2 branch)

3) Ric mushrooms x 5 mouth (Orange) : Cost me a bomb.

Lost my plate coral finally. Couldn't save it. Now my Jewel is also starting to dwindle, will not buy another one till I figure out how to keep one.

For fish stocks:

1) Blue tang (juvenile)

2) Clown fish (juvenile) - adopt for a fren.

Special Thanks: Gotta thanks my sandshifter star fish... damm good job on the sandbed. It is all white everyday now after he start joining my cleaning crew.

Holding my parameters now..... next wk trying out Marc Weiss's Form and Reef Vital. Hope to get good results from both product. Got them hitchhike from a fren in US. Damm products are only 30% of the price here..... sigh. Anyway, got mix review from alot of pple. Heck... if u wanna know, try it out yourself. Will write a review for it.

[nicholas_yeo]

frog spawn... got them from Reborn. They got alot of shipments on this lately.

[nicholas_yeo]

Star polyp - all red in color. Doing great at high current low placement. It didn't open when I bought it at the LFS. Now it is nearly 100%.

[nicholas_yeo]

My new blue tang. It is actually not suitable for 2ft cube tank, but I love it very much. My lady colleague actually sponsor it. Doing well with the YT for now. Swim with the clown fishes most of the time.

[nicholas_yeo]

My bubble weathered too much current on the sandbed.... couldn't open fully. Now shifted it to higher ground with med current. Hope it will recover.

[nicholas_yeo]

My blue star fish... bought it a month ago from sealife... spent most of its time in the rockworks.... 1st time taking a stroll on the sandbed....

[nicholas_yeo]

my ricordea from Reborn.... got it on early bird....

cheap cheap for 5 mouths....

[nicholas_yeo]

my jewel not doing very well..... sob sob

Looks like it won't make it this month.

[nicholas_yeo]

Sea star hard at work... burrowing in the sandbed

[nicholas_yeo]

a rare outing by my blue star fish....

only sticked the glass for 5 mins b4 disappearing in the rocks again

[nicholas_yeo]

finally my sun coral opens up its bud.... took about 4 wks of target feeding.....

now on time for makan at 5.30 to 6.30pm....

[nicholas_yeo]

a picture of my whole family

[damienkee]

bro, ur tank so nice lah...