Colin's refurbished Partition Tank

[colinsoon]

decided to do a 30% water change, and at the same time clear up the sump tank. emptied out the sump tank, removed as much as i could, washed out the coral chip bags, and rearranged the sump a tinny bit. changed the rowa also, after 2 months, which really was a stupid idea.. i will explain why in a while...

removed my 2 week old filter, found a few of this on it.. this is the biggest sample...

[colinsoon]

macro shot of it. anybody enlighten me on what it is???

[colinsoon]

after the clean up: looks a tiny winy bit neater.

[colinsoon]

and the stupid part:

i forgot rowa will spew out brown powder when water first flows thru. so i juz plugged the new rowa in, and in a span of 5 seconds, my entire sump turned reddish brown. totally dumb. haiz.

look at my clean clean bags, with rowa residue on it. effort at clean up all wasted. haiz.

[colinsoon]

murky waters after the clean up.

no idea how come murky oso. but hope it clears up soon.

and hope my clean up din affect or upset anything. hmmmm.

[colinsoon]

oh, forgot to add, the water which i drew out from the tank were like super yellow.. pee quality.. hmmm. any bros out there haf any idea why???

[TntR2]

oh, forgot to add, the water which i drew out from the tank were like super yellow.. pee quality.. hmmm. any bros out there haf any idea why???

maybe u can try running carbon? it will make the water clearer..

[jacobus]

ya ... its like tt one ... everytime i do water change with my coralife bucket ... the water is yellowish ... but in the tank its not obvious due to the T5s ... either use carbon ... or dun care lor ...haha .... i would recommed marinium for carbon ... comes in small packs that cost $8 each ... i have one in my sump but think its not enuff for a 2ft cube ... so maybe u can buy 3-4 pieces? speaking of which ... i think i need to maintain my sump area soon too ...

[jervismun]

Amphipods

[godzillaliu88]

can feed that to the fishes?

or sunny?

[jervismun]

can feed that to the fishes?

or sunny?

Only certain fishes... coz sometimes they will float out to the main tank... and only certain fishes enjoy their white translucent flesh

Yes I think SUN will bloody swallow them whole

[godzillaliu88]

feed your cup coral.

[colinsoon]

feed your cup coral.

i gt no cup..

[colinsoon]

had a super long week, especially since this week is my special week, so i tot i should go reward myself with something.. haha for my tank..

got this..

looks nice in the display tank, come into my tank dunno why not really impressive.. and looks super insignificant.. but i like the green..

[colinsoon]

wonder if the gonio will sting the bubbles.. dun think so.. yet.

will gonio sting?

i ask so many questions oso nobody reply. haiz.

[colinsoon]

got this too.. hmmm.

not really opening yet. shall wait for a few more days...

green and purple.. but for the price i got it at, haiz. i thik i got slightly chopped..

[colinsoon]

really la. add in, like got no difference made to the overall view. haiz.

[colinsoon]

[colinsoon]

[sunnymau]

wonder if the gonio will sting the bubbles.. dun think so.. yet.

will gonio sting?

i ask so many questions oso nobody reply. haiz.

bro i really don suggest puttin gonio and bubble so close together..

when the bubble fully open can be quite big... give bubble planty of space as it sting no matter what except bubble itself....

anyway, nice bubble

[godzillaliu88]

why the prata shrink until so small.

[colinsoon]

the yellow water is caused by a chemical called gelvin from the waste from fishes and left over food when they break down. running carbon will help to remove the yellowish colour from the water

am changing water to try to get rid of the yellowness.. cos its quite obvious.

wanted to run carbon, but no where to put it already.. hmmm.

[colinsoon]

bro i really don suggest puttin gonio and bubble so close together..

when the bubble fully open can be quite big... give bubble planty of space as it sting no matter what except bubble itself....

anyway, nice bubble

urmz, they are actually quite far apart, and after leaving them for a week, and no mishaps happened, i think its ok to leave it as it is bah. haha.. till it grows bigger, then i will shift the gonio away..

[colinsoon]

seems to be quite safely tucked away and unable to harm any corals.. haha

[colinsoon]

opening up properly again. was too near to my seio, and there is a part of it dat is so shrunken.. now it looks a little better..