2 feet tank after 8 or 9 months..

[metals99]

Well not as great as all people but hope to hear suggestions etc.

my old tank is one the previous pages.. its bee 2 months + since..

this is the update.. all specs. still same as old tank on page 4 if i am not wrong same place..

thanks u

[metals99]

on antinic only which is fl. corallife

[metals99]

on 55 watt pl.

[metals99]

my blue mushroom .. does it look good?

got it at $12

[DeepBlue]

cool....like the swan...my wife finds it nice!!

btw...how do you keep the tube worm upright like tat? push it into the sandbed? they stay there?

[metals99]

yeah i bury the tubeworm anyway i just stuff it in the sand bed.. but it seems happy there dunno why and they turn themselves uprite.. hehe..

like trees so i decide to leave it there actually wanna stick it to rock so can put another rock of mushroom ..

and if u notice my polyps are not doing well..

and i give it up

and u know why it got attack by 100's of baby sea slugs.. i am getting rid of them but more comes i dunno where they got in..

[spicyball]

Hi fellow student reefer..haha..where did u get those mushroom??..PSB??..those i saw only had a few small polyps of mushroom only...so i nv buy..

[metals99]

u exactly rite.. but the mushrooms seems ok lah.. i hope the multiply.. haha or i might try to frag em' sigh hope no disasters..

[ozy]

Interesting skimmer. The shape is not the usual straight cylinder type.

What brand is that?

BTW are those clams?

[metals99]

those are fake clams..

anyway the skimmer is beyond skimmer..

i modified the bottom to accept a large wooden airstone

and using larger air stone helps skimming more.. hehe

imo dun use this skimmer.. i think i be upgrading soon to powerhead one..

[Achilles Tang]

Well, dude, its a good start!

You may want to put your clams up a lot higher, they require a lot of light. There's too much loss of light intensity by the time it reaches the sandbed. You don't want them to lose their colours... or worse... die when their energy stores run out.

I'm curious to know what's that cylindrical pipe thingy on the left corner? Another skimmer?

AT

[metals99]

yeah AT its a lousy skimmer.. i modified it bellow to accept a big air stone and a better quality one from sanders..

before it doesn't skim anything at all.. but after modification it works better but ofcourse the skimmate i could only best get is yellowish tint..

the clams are fake hehe

well i dun dare to keep them as i know i must go to t5's atleast and dose more calcium.. wait till i have the confidence and money

[metals99]

if u mean the black cylindrical thingy thats on my magnetic glass cleaner site..

its a surface skimmer.. attach to my filter outlet.. i dun have ios..

[flubberina13]

Well, dude, its a good start!

You may want to put your clams up a lot higher, they require a lot of light. There's too much loss of light intensity by the time it reaches the sandbed. You don't want them to lose their colours... or worse... die when their energy stores run out.

I'm curious to know what's that cylindrical pipe thingy on the left corner? Another skimmer?

AT

haha...Boss never read between the lines...he said they are 'FAKE' clams...

[FuEl]

Heh metals99..nice tank...nice clams too...not going to keep nudibranchs anymore? My one still alive leh...think it's surviving on something..definitely not on energy stores..so many months already still so active roaming my tank every day.....

[metals99]

fuel my tank have alot of this ending baby sea slugs coming out and they eating my polyps!!! its lucky they dun eat up my mushies but my polyps are now closed and getting lesser and lesser..

i dun mind keeping reef safe ones.. i got one which didn't harm my tank for like 5-6 months then died secretly dunno why..

but if i am getting a nudi.. now i wanna it to be a cannibal type i mean there is.. they eat up other nudibranches.. cool..

anywhere selling??

[AquaRa]

clams look real

[Dispar_Anthias]

Hey good start dude

[[P]owder Blue]

Very nice setup!

[bwilly]

he has already posted another thread abt his infamous "clams". hehe..

AT still kenna smoke n most probably thinking of a diplomatic way of putting in words.

(hey that clam looks "different", put at more light so I can see clearer..hmm)

[bwilly]

he has already posted another thread abt his infamous "clams". hehe..

AT still kenna smoke n most probably thinking of a diplomatic way of putting in words.

(hey that clam looks "different", put at more light so I can see clearer..hmm)

[metals99]

haha.. walau now i so paiseh i should say its real hehe..

anyway the price of the fake one can get me a real clam actually but surely

the real one would't fare well as i am now using a 55 watt pl.

[dradttg]

Nice tank.

I am crazy about nudibranch too.

However, they have very short lifespan. Hence, it is not worth the cost.

[metals99]

it seems that nudibranches do have short lifespan.. but i wander if they need something that they absorb.. i read somewhere that say they live on some reef traces.. etc.

[spong3bob]

the reason why u get light colour skimmate is becoz u are putting it so low!!!! another reason is probably ur airpump is not powerful enough.... i using this for my 1ft mushroom only tank and it gives me dark brown stuff