The Big Day! 5x2.5x2.5

[piero]

Hi bro,

Im supprise that your skimmer could not cope and crash your tank. Well, it had happen to me twice and that is the normal case for new tank.

Thot his beckett would have helped?

I had left a naso tang dead in my rocks once...

And before I know it. Its almost 100% decomposed.

Think the hermits, snails and worms in the rocks helped.

[Tanggy]

Hi bro,

Im supprise that your skimmer could not cope and crash your tank. Well, it had happen to me twice and that is the normal case for new tank.

The skimmer is not on as I wanted to let the bacteria grow.

[Tanggy]

Sorry to hear that.... Are you going to add one of those addictive/bacteria that speed up the recycling of tank? Might help to build up the bacteria faster since the water is very nutritious now...

Was at marine life at hong leong yesterday. Henry suggested a bacteria culture. Price is $3 per teaspoon. initial is 12 teaspoon. fellowed by weekly half strength. Any one tried? quite ex. and not sure if it works so didnt buy. a months dose would cos close to a $100.

[southpaw23]

The skimmer is not on as I wanted to let the bacteria grow.

U mean u knew the fish was dead but u left the skimmer off anyways? Err...that's probably the cause of the crash then and not so much the death of the fishes or itch per say.

I can understand the rational of not turning on the skimmer when the tank is cycling without livestock but to do so when u added livestock would be pushing it seeing that the additional waste would have to be purely handled by the liverocks which probably aren't matured enough to handle the additional bioload.

So when a single fish dies, that would completely throw the water chemistry off the chart and then cause the entire chain reaction for the crash.

Sorry to hear about the loss buddy...but we live and we learn in this hobby i guess. Post pics of the setup anyways and keep us posted on ur progress.

[piero]

Was at marine life at hong leong yesterday. Henry suggested a bacteria culture. Price is $3 per teaspoon. initial is 12 teaspoon. fellowed by weekly half strength. Any one tried? quite ex. and not sure if it works so didnt buy. a months dose would cos close to a $100.

Bro... $100? Better invest that on good quality LR. At least U can get things like brittle stars and stuff... Natural stuff usually better.

[Tanggy]

Yup.. should have turned on the skimmer. Didnt occured to me at the time. Lesson learned.

Live rock in tank is from my old tank. about 100+ kg. Will post pics of the current status tonight when i get home. Gonna go drinking tonight!

[Tanggy]

PS: if I still sober enough to take pictures! ke ke...

[southpaw23]

if not....take the pics first thing in the morning! haha

Really keen on seeing how the whole tank setup looks like so keep that in mind when takin pics eh? sump setup and all...heheh...

[Tanggy]

He he.. true enough, drank so much that reach home ko liao.so didnt take pic until just now. A little update on the rock scape.

[Tanggy]

[Tanggy]

Currently running 1x 6060 Tunze Turbelle Stream + 2x 6025 Nana Stream for recirculation + 2 x 1260 Eheim Retun Pump. Hopefully thats enough circulation.

[Tanggy]

The only 2 Occuants in the tank currently

[Earth]

2 good life fishes staying in a big bungalow by themselves

[Tanggy]

Ha ha.... they are tiny... so probably can consider a Mansion for now. They are less than 1inch each. ke ke

[godzillaliu88]

maybe can create a lil more caves ?

[Tanggy]

Dont think i'll rearrange the rock. ver siong.... ke ke. Anyway the center par of the rock hill is empty held up by support and it has many entrance for fish. so the fish will have plenty of hinding places. too lazy to move anything liao. ke ke

[KennethK]

Rocks scrape nice y resrape? Unless u wanna add SPS then gonna make it higher. This scrape u have will have good flow

[Tanggy]

Rocks scrape nice y resrape? Unless u wanna add SPS then gonna make it higher. This scrape u have will have good flow

No Intention of SPS for the moment. not for at least a year. prefer to wait for tank to be matured first.

Shot of the rock scape. Caves/ ke ke

[Tanggy]

Side view. Tried my best to create more holes / caves for the fishes to swim through and hide too. Starfish on the rocks.

[Tanggy]

Can you guys see the Tunze 6060? ke ke... hid it in the rocks. wanted to avoid the sight of a big ugly pump in the tank.

[Earth]

Nice rockscape bro... btw, can PM me your tank maker?

[Tanggy]

Hi Bro,

Have PMed you the tank maker details. You looking to make new tak?? ke ke..

[Qxnviolet]

Hi Tanggy, if you don't mind, please pm me how much u paid to make your tank set. Thanks!

[Earth]

Hi Bro,

Have PMed you the tank maker details. You looking to make new tak?? ke ke..

thanks, got it.. yup, considering 1... btw, can pm me your total damage excluding LR, H2o and LS? U design it yourself? if yes,

[Tanggy]

Hi Tanggy, if you don't mind, please pm me how much u paid to make your tank set. Thanks!

PMed you. You gonna start a new tank project? ke ke... its always fun when designing and setting up the tank.