Roidan's 4ft tank

[roidan]

yo roidan..

no pix updates?

still cycling ah??

no cycling detected....coz all the rocks all cured and such a large volume of water...little dieoffs would be coped by the BB in the rocks..hehe

bro blenny and his spouse came to my place just now..maybe he can give a verbal update of my 6ft tank in the hall

[lvcap]

whahaha

so good ah?

then u havent added new stock yet?

eager to see ur chio big tank..

[roidan]

how zen the tank looks now....

even more so when bro blenny collect his rocks ....

[roidan]

whahaha

so good ah?

then u havent added new stock yet?

eager to see ur chio big tank..

not chio lah....

think bro blenny not home yet...let him fill you on the details lor

[dradttg]

not chio lah....

think bro blenny not home yet...let him fill you on the details lor

Eh...that not Zen.

Zen is having one branch in the middle of nowhere.

Saw the Zen tank at Aquar***

[roidan]

haha...will try to achieve that after bro blenny collects the rocks when his tank is here...hehehe

a single rock...what about a branch with 5 branchlets and the middle one is especially long and prominent? WOW...sure a talking point one...hahaha stick it into the sand in the middle of the tank..lol

[lvcap]

how abt one super long sticking branch with 2 small boulders beneath?

whaahah

shld be quite nice a feature?

sure the talking point during CNY

whahah

[dradttg]

how abt one super long sticking branch with 2 small boulders beneath?

whaahah

shld be quite nice a feature?

sure the talking point during CNY

whahah

Reminds me of the Esplanade (2 durians) with Raffles City in the center.

[roidan]

bro blenny:

i may move out the MH above the 4ft holding your branches now to the tank outside....in place i will put 2x54W T5s aquablues and i will try to lay the branches as flat on the sandbed as possible to expose them to as much light as possible to prevent coraline dieoffs...

dun want you to collect and end up collecting white branches....but even if so, dun worry..coraline will come back in plaque proportions once your tank is established

thanks for the meetup today

[terryansimon]

eh roidan. you gonna uase your T5s? are they ATIs or DIYs?

[roidan]

eh roidan. you gonna uase your T5s? are they ATIs or DIYs?

ATI tubes with Osam eballast...so not considered DIY also leh...not considered readymade also...half-half..hehe

[terryansimon]

you gonna use it for your tank? I feel like getting another set of T5s to make my tank super duper bright. the more the merrier. like that 6 x 54, 4 x Aquablue. power siah.

[roidan]

i using this method for my sump...hehe

untidy..YES...but gets the job done..hehe

3x54W ATI T5 sunpros

may use 2x54W aquablues for my 4ft tank now..

no corals in them....just soft lighting for the fishes..hehehe

[Blenny]

bro blenny:

i may move out the MH above the 4ft holding your branches now to the tank outside....in place i will put 2x54W T5s aquablues and i will try to lay the branches as flat on the sandbed as possible to expose them to as much light as possible to prevent coraline dieoffs...

dun want you to collect and end up collecting white branches....but even if so, dun worry..coraline will come back in plaque proportions once your tank is established

thanks for the meetup today

please let me know of they are turning into snow whites. thanks.

By the way you have a very colorful 6 footer outside. really pleasing to the eyes when you walk into the house. Job well done

[roidan]

hehe...yeah...meanwhile i will dose calcium and keep the calcium levels high....will let you know when they start to turn white..

thanks....that's what my family said too...now they come home also feel happier.....

anyway..when your new tank is here...i can pass you some sand from my current 4ft to seed your sump also.....

[ah^siao]

wad fishes u havin gin your 4 feet now?

[Blenny]

Hey bro, thanks. appreciate that

[roidan]

wad fishes u havin gin your 4 feet now?

some clowns...some anthias...

tangs pass to fren as alot of rocks have been brought to 6ft....so can't afford these poo monsters in the tank..lol

[ah^siao]

wad anthais u having there?

wad are the easiest type to maintain? and also... which is the nicest bread?

where got dispar anthais?

[terryansimon]

eh you do DIY for lights or not ah. I feel like DIYing for my sump leh.

[roidan]

wad anthais u having there?

wad are the easiest type to maintain? and also... which is the nicest bread?

where got dispar anthais?

the normal anthias with the y shape tails lor...think its dispar anthias .not too sure...

anyway, are sunburst anthias nice? today saw one...but thought nothing of it..maybe the lighting wasn't so good to see the sunburst marks on the head..hehe

[roidan]

eh you do DIY for lights or not ah. I feel like DIYing for my sump leh.

DIY? u mean commission me to do ah....you might as well do it yourself...

just get the osram eballast....reflector and tubes can get from edmund...then just wire them up using the single core keystone cable lor..if u want, i can give you some cables..i got extra...hehe

[terryansimon]

hmm I'll go measure to see how to put a T5 tube in there.

its only for the macroalgae. I know normal luohan light also can lah actually. the white one and not the pink types, that is.

[roidan]

actually macroalgae likes strong lighting as well...so squeeze as many T5s as u can lor...actually i wanted to put 4 tubes...but the reflectors take too much width..so max was 3tubes lor....hehe

[terryansimon]

zhun bo.

alamak.

T5 lights again. my replacement for the bulbs will kill me siah.

see how first. need to measure the dimensions lah thats why.