debenise's 3ft reefy world

[debenise]

Is your skimmate always very watery? Light in colour? And lots of it?

it is somehow thick not watery. and colour is v brown. i empty my cup once weekly normally by then 3/4

at times i will leave it till the 10th day latest then empty it. dowan to leave it too long though may not fill up to the brim cuz preventting the cup to turn yellowish haha

[johntanjm]

how to make skimmer more thick? i think alot depends on skimmer also leh. if your skimmer dosen't have that much power to begin with, your skimmate can't be all that fantastic. like i'm using a prizm, it will only skim as well as a prizm will. can never beat other more highend products like deltec

[big_ben102000]

how to make skimmer more thick? i think alot depends on skimmer also leh. if your skimmer dosen't have that much power to begin with, your skimmate can't be all that fantastic. like i'm using a prizm, it will only skim as well as a prizm will. can never beat other more highend products like deltec

i think by reducing the water level in the column. the lower the level the thicker the skim mate. bro i dont think using a good skimmer is a good thing also leh, some of the good stuff will get skimmed out as well, pros and cons i guess

[debenise]

how to make skimmer more thick? i think alot depends on skimmer also leh. if your skimmer dosen't have that much power to begin with, your skimmate can't be all that fantastic. like i'm using a prizm, it will only skim as well as a prizm will. can never beat other more highend products like deltec

this is logical

[jervismun]

Now it makes sense... you've been using diluted sea water to top-up and change water for the past 2 years... if you can maintain a tank for 2 years within the range of 1.023 to 1.025... perhaps your method works (although a bit uncommon). But on the other hand, by diluting the natural sea water... you will wipe out some if not all the beneficial bacterias that come with the sea water... hence sounds like defeating the purpose... unless of course you choose natural sea water out of convenience sake

[big_ben102000]

btw bro debenise, juz wanna ask, u have been keeping corals with the current lights u have for the pass 2 years ?

[debenise]

Now it makes sense... you've been using diluted sea water to top-up and change water for the past 2 years... if you can maintain a tank for 2 years within the range of 1.023 to 1.025... perhaps your method works (although a bit uncommon). But on the other hand, by diluting the natural sea water... you will wipe out some if not all the beneficial bacterias that come with the sea water... hence sounds like defeating the purpose... unless of course you choose natural sea water out of convenience sake

yah im aware of wiping out some of the nutrients by mixing haha but cuz 1stly

marine salt is expensive and i dont use chiller but fan and thus the evaporation which eventually led me to do frequent topups and change of water. but take note though i change frequently every 2days, the quantity is very little. as i imagine in an ocean the changes are non-stop same theory can applies to a small tank. by dosing supplements hoping can restore some lost nutrients lor.

2ndly, always buy seawater very heavy me old liao cant carry 2 big pkts anymore. so normally just get a pkt=1 pail. this led to almost a weekly regime.

all in all, this method though abit troublesome but save abit $ lar hehe

and since i always cheong LFS to checkout new potential residents , might as well get seawater.

[debenise]

hi bigben

yupz before i was on the 3ft then was 2ft and have been using similar.

very stingy of me but no matter what its best to get good lighting as per advised by fellow reefers here. thus i be getting myself 4tubes of T5 lighting set also. if got more commission then can get 8tubes

[big_ben102000]

thats pretty cool leh .. muhahha keeping corals with fl tubes haha

[jervismun]

Ok lah... I don't mean to nag over this particular practice... but dun you think topping up with freshwater... then change with natural sea water (pure with no freshwater added) will probably end up the same in terms of the volume of sea water you will eventually purchase (and carry from CF)? With the benefit of not killing the beneficial bacterias and nutrients

[debenise]

Ok lah... I don't mean to nag over this particular practice... but dun you think topping up with freshwater... then change with natural sea water (pure with no freshwater added) will probably end up the same in terms of the volume of sea water you will eventually purchase (and carry from CF)? With the benefit of not killing the beneficial bacterias and nutrients

yes sir! i get what u meant will do as per your advise

as long as its benecial then why not hehe moreover i join src to get advises for a better environment and information about this hobby.

thanks alot bro

[debenise]

after dosing jireh's ABCDE 2 times only indeed enhance the performance of my residents

pinky yumas

zoas

lps

leather

[debenise]

my pinky winky anthias

my mandarin orangy anthias

[jervismun]

It's very interesting to see 2 pairs of Anthias in separate pix... I wonder if they will do well in my tank since I've already gotten enough headache with my Lyretails... 2 morphed male specimens

[debenise]

hehe u can try out lor but then again if not successful then very troublesome to catch out my anthias dont associate with one another haha they go their own seperate ways n dont disturb each other

[debenise]

just went to underwater world and always be fascinated

will be posting some pix soon for all to view

[debenise]

dragons of the sea

yum yum yummy

horses of the sea

turtle

my name is ray

[debenise]

am i scary looking or beautifully ugly?

let's stand up for Singapore.. do the best we can

cliffhanger spotted

im so ######

u all lucky im kept in the tank else u surely cant see me wan..humph

[debenise]

so shack.. let's take a nap

people say im a giant grouper.. hmm am i so huge? i better go slimming course

beauty..beauty

[godzillaliu88]

i really would like to know the underwater world's tank specs.

the lights.. the reactors. the SKIMMER!.

i think bro jerv sure loose.

[debenise]

i really would like to know the underwater world's tank specs.

the lights.. the reactors. the SKIMMER!.

i think bro jerv sure loose.

aiyoh dun lidat compare lar totally 2 diff worlds

bro jervis is able to create a very fantastic tank and maintaining it super well

with gd equipments and efforts not to mentioned those tedious research!

[debenise]

yeah so happy bought a i think blasto pinky colour yesterday.

and today got a nice seafan n candycan all @ iwarna woohoo

[debenise]

just some boring updates

seafan

hey, wanna watch ghostrider with me?

chromis feeding time

candy cane? dunno the actual name

[godzillaliu88]

i see a blue devil damsel in the tank.

is it aggressive to the other tank mates?

[debenise]

i see a blue devil damsel in the tank.

is it aggressive to the other tank mates?

nope the i have 2 of them but they dont disturb the other fishes. they only chase each other