Roidan's Reef (I)

[roidan]

the 2nd and 3rd pic algae i still using....

and also the sea lettuce....

all these havent crash in my experience

[weileong]

Ah... the 3rd photo one I also have in my ref.

I've the large fern which is not in your picture but seems easy to crash.

I need more of the 3rd photo the thin dark green hairy type and the small fern type. They seems to grow quite fast also.

[CalciumReef]

[weileong]

that's the small fern I referring to.

[sjsheng]

it look delicious... feel like eating the red 1...

anyway thanks bro for ur info

[roidan]

yeah...the best is have a few kinds ...so that all wun crash at the same time if it happens...hehehe

no prob bro sjsheng

[Marineman]

yeah...the best is have a few kinds ...so that all wun crash at the same time if it happens...hehehe

no prob bro sjsheng

Bro Roidan,

I have got through nearly one third of your thread and very impressed with the pictures and the speed you set up the tank and running with all the high tech equipment. When I go down to sSingapore from KL, I will be very interested to look at your tank.

As a reef enthusiast myself, I noticed you are keeping some very challenging corals and fishes, namely, gorganians, sea fans, tubrestra, turtle weed/sea grass to name a few and anthias. I have also noticed a sea horse in the old 4 ft reef tank (currents may be too strong for the SH). Please keep us posted on their survivalibility as I know some of them will perished in weeks if not months as I would like to successfully keep them as well. Your current tank is a far cry from your old 2 ft tank, the currentone looks very impressive.

BTW, I am a new member and have a 42"*24*24 with miracle mud refugium and an Aqua-C Remora skimmer operated at half pace. All corals experienced max expansion and fishes colour radiant. Got them set up a year ago.

[roidan]

Hi bro marineman,

glad you made it through 1/3 of the thread....now there's 2/3 still waiting for your eyes to plough through...hehe

High tech equipment? I think u are praising the wrong person here, there are quite a number of reefers here with higher end equipment...just that i am pretty trigger-happy when it comes to using my digicam

Er, when you come down to Singapore? Sure, but let me know beforehand....have to scrub my glass of weeds, coraline algae and even tiny calcerous worms before the big day

Oh yeah, then probably when i drive up to Genting, I can stop by your place also to see yours....a great cultural exchange...reminds me of the social weekend both Sporean and Msian PMs had yesterday...

Yeah, a few are pretty challenging, seafan, the big red one, i recently decommisioned it from my tank as one branch is persistently being stuck with some algae then i cant get rid off, as for the gorgonians, they have been pretty resistant to this phenomenon and no traces of pest weeds on them...

turtle weeds, i have only managed to keep them for months before they turn white, i really not sure why, as for the other macroalgae, have been pretty successful so far

Seahorse, yeah...they have great problems with the high currents, but i am thinking of keeping pipefishes and seahorses in my clam tank now...no tunze streams in there....

but seahorses need something to latch their tails, which i dun want them to use the clams as anchors...so maybe just pipefishes...

anyway, great to see you in this forum, besides my tank, you should seriously ask our forum founder Achilles Tang to show you his tank when you are here as well as recommend other show-worthy tanks..

Mine not up to that standard yet....but i definitely welcome you guys from across the causeway

[sjsheng]

just remove my coral chip from my tank... replace with grade #0 sand. half day gone... use back 50% of my main tank water... and small patch of grade #0 sand. hope this will speed up the cycle.

anyway any bro here know is there any skimmer that work well without sump.

i will be looking on a hang on skimmer...

any idea?

for a 2ft tank...

[roidan]

that will be one of the best decisions u ever made, to take out the coral chips...

aquaC hangon versions work very well...go check it out....

[sjsheng]

what about weipro ? what model is suitable for 2ft.

and can it be hang on just to double check from u...

[roidan]

yeap...weipro can be used hanging outside the tank....maybe you can go for weipro 2012

[sjsheng]

2012 what is the output? but it is quite tall right???

how much were it cost.. where can i get it...

i staying area near hougang

[roidan]

hougang...then u should head to petm@rt at serangoon north there.....

price and height..go there and see best

[sjsheng]

well.. may i know the flow rate for 2012...

i need to wait till the end of this month... p@tmart is closed till 29jan... am i wrong???

one of the reefer here mention...

[roidan]

u need to use a pump with flow rate around 2000 to 2500 l/hr to get the best results with weipro 2012

which day open ah..i also not sure...

[sjsheng]

i think after 29 jan...

wondering now what pump can provide this flow rate..

2000 to 2500 l/hr

[roidan]

quite alot....i used the sicce extrema with this last time

[weileong]

ehiem 1260 2400l/h

[jc85]

I was intro to a brand "Tom" by petmart too. Rated at 3000l/hr if i didn't rem wrongly.

[sjsheng]

what i need is a power head to do the job...

cause i dont have a sump .. that the problem...

[weileong]

even if you have a sump you still need a power head to drive the weipro

[sjsheng]

so which 1 can reach up to 2000l/hr? izzit huge???

[roidan]

mr leopard clam

[roidan]