My 1.8ft budget pride!! hahaha

[laona]

Hi bros,

finally wanna show my tank to tis forum for further advice...hahaha..tis tank is the product of this forum..realli asked a lot of quest n help..also bought quite a lot of stuff through e pasar malam...hahaha...to all e bros who helped me..thanks!!!

anyway some details of my tank

size: 1.8ft x 1ft x 1ft

equipment:

atman overhang filter

weipro 2011 using atman at-104 pwrhead (2000l/hr)

1 2ft T5 HO self-diy (only atinic blue tube use still lookin for another light structure for e white tube) (currently eballast down...sigh)

1 dymax 2ft T5 NO )currently on loan frm bro colinsoon thanks bro!!)

lifestock:

2 false clowns

1 chromis

1 sand sifting blenny

2 cleaner shrimps

1 turbo snail

2 blue legged hermit crabs

1 brittle star

1 nudibranch

corals:

xenia

mushrooms

red buttons

4 x tube worms (considered corals?? hahaha)

[laona]

heres an ovrall look of my tank..hahaha...

[laona]

my clowns!! one of em has been wif me for nearly 2 yrs...hahaha...came ovr frm my previous tank...realli like false clowns..

gonna get rebuke frm some bros here...but i prefer false to true clowns hahaha...

oh yeh...e one wif me for nearly 2 yrs is e one on e left..its colour use to be very pale...but when i started feedin it wif henry's food...hahaha...e colour became brighter...and yeh...colin wld wanna me to say its e iodine he bought that also made e change..yeh yeh...hahaha...

[laona]

my xenia...sigh...nt realli doing well now...posted thread liao...will continue to dose it wif e following medication...hope it grows bigger...

1) 6hrs atinic blue light blast

2) twice wkly dosage iodine

3) twice wkly dosage calcium

[laona]

my buttons...e only corals doing realli well at e moment...even mushies got prob...sigh...hahaha...

tis pic dun do e mushies real justice...cos under blue light got tis neon small streak in e middle...darn chio!!!

[laona]

my mushies...got prob...why e mushies spew out their guts then take it back in again one???under lighting..they will expand till they overflow each other...

[laona]

my brittle star...a bit e wasted cash buying..cos my tank rocks too much..then cannot sift sand...sigh...hahaha...but its a nice critter to look at!!!

[colinsoon]

nice tank! keep it upz brO! but dun focus too much on growing coralline algae.. haha...

[laona]

hahaha...thanks bro...neh...my main focus now is to try n make e xenia grow better...e coraline algae is jus a side dish....hahaha...

[cdckjn]

great job, keep it up.

[dumdum]

tank well done, post more pics

[leochngyh]

no cooling? wat the temp. thinking to setup a similar with my 1 ft tank.

[barnacle]

nice set up bro.......

dun just dose , must also test, just to ensure not

to overdose. wats your water parameters??

[laona]

sorry bros for long absence...busy hahaha...anyway here are some of my replies to your much appreciated comments!!!

bro leochngyh: yeh..no cooling...stayin in hostel now so blasting my fan full blast..hehehe elect sorta free..e temp ard 28 in e day..27 at night..thinkin of getting fan..will be starting to diy soon in my holidays..i love to diy...

bro barnecle: er....yet to hav some proper test kits...still scouring ard..recently darn tight..hahaha..no xtra income yet...i following e makers recommendation for my dosing..so far all oki...hahaha...hope its find..

[laona]

tank update:

shifted my xenia to bro colin soon's tank..realise nt much current for e guy...and i think its suffering...will be getting a small cheap power head soon...no seio or rio for me..hahaha...quoting colin's exact words "will create a typhoon in your tank"

hav given off one of my hermits to bro sunrisesunset and e mushies stop spewing guts!!! hahaha...must be e critter...hahaha...hey clem i hope e critter dun go and mess up your mushroom!!

oh yeh must thank henry for your advise on e mushrooms..set my heart done at ease...wanna go down to your place soon...thinkin of getting some chromis..my single chromis so lonely...hahaha...

added a small powerhead in e tank..really look awfully outta place...sigh...but e current flow looks gd..might be getting my xenia back..or might wanna invest in a jewel..

will be updating pics soon!! hahaha...