Mark's 3ft Tank. Zoas and Clams!

[ambystoma82]

actually the hk zoas are quite cheap. for the quality and quantity... haha u'll be surprised. found it at one of the shops at mong kok area.. however only managed to find 3 pieces and i bought all 3 (shared with a friend). they are more into fishes rather than corals. the fishes there also dirt cheap ar.. esp the angels

equipment, additives, etc also cheap there la. i think the competition there quite steep, because all located on one street.

i tink u can ask them export here then sell us better than sell there no business lolx..

[tazperlin]

Nice zoa u have

[wilsontantw]

WOAH!

nice zoas! i like... i've got somethings that you may like... (wanna exchange?)

hahaha...

i've got some blue and some intense bright pink ones... wanna xchange frags not?

Thought your old scape was quite nice... got hill and valley.

New one is quite nice too... would be nice to create a zoas corner or mountain??

[peacemaker]

actually the hk zoas are quite cheap. for the quality and quantity... haha u'll be surprised. found it at one of the shops at mong kok area.. however only managed to find 3 pieces and i bought all 3 (shared with a friend). they are more into fishes rather than corals. the fishes there also dirt cheap ar.. esp the angels

equipment, additives, etc also cheap there la. i think the competition there quite steep, because all located on one street.

Did you just hand carry the corals back, chuck it as a check-in luggage or shipped? Any customs issue?

[markietan]

wa if ur zoos grow all over the bottom and the back glass of ur tank. OMG LA SO NICE!! one "shell" of zoos. wow shiok

actually there's this guy on reefcentral with just that. haha super nicee... and very natural too.

if anyone here dove at redang kalong before, u see the house reef area... whole patch of zoas. hahaa of course the zoas there are not as colorful. but still v nice!

sometimes when i'm diving and i realize the zoa still look quite red even though i'm quite deep, very tempted to want to bring it up to see if the zoa is some super red specimen anot.

[markietan]

Did you just hand carry the corals back, chuck it as a check-in luggage or shipped? Any customs issue?

cannot hand carry coz got got to pack with water ar. it was in my check-in luggage. heng no leak... haha packed 3 packets inside 1 hikari box, they hold it quite nicely. bring some extra tape along to pack yourself coz they quite stingy with the tape.. i think they didn't think i was gonna fly that back to singapore thats why...

[markietan]

Very nice and healthy looking Zoas you got there! Looks like i need to plan a trip to HK soon

Managed to do any diving while u were there?

Might wanna consider adding more rocks so that you can add more jems to ya tank... i can see lots of potential!

hey thanks! didn't manage to go diving coz i went with my family ar... my mum will nag nag nag if i had went. haha

i heard the diving area is mainly at tsai kung? anyway my friend who went diving said there's not much to see and the water is quite cold. the price is about the same as going hantu to dive, so relatively affordable.

i also thinking of stacking more rocks to make the structure higher but very scared it might topple.. if it drops to the 'ground' then it might crack the glass and i'll be in for a good time.

[markietan]

Nice zoa u have

thanks bro. cannot fight with your rics and prata garden la.. haha i have a rock of rics too but sad to say they are not doing as well as the zoas.

[markietan]

WOAH!

nice zoas! i like... i've got somethings that you may like... (wanna exchange?)

hahaha...

i've got some blue and some intense bright pink ones... wanna xchange frags not?

Thought your old scape was quite nice... got hill and valley.

New one is quite nice too... would be nice to create a zoas corner or mountain??

thansk bro for the comments. definitely up for exchange, just pm me and let me know which ones u are interested in and i'll frag that for you when the colony is ready.

zoa mountain will be nice... but it'll definitely take some time.

[peacemaker]

cannot hand carry coz got got to pack with water ar. it was in my check-in luggage. heng no leak... haha packed 3 packets inside 1 hikari box, they hold it quite nicely. bring some extra tape along to pack yourself coz they quite stingy with the tape.. i think they didn't think i was gonna fly that back to singapore thats why...

I'm sorry if it sounds like a noob question, but what's a hikari box? Also, when you mentioned tape, what did you use it for? To seal the box or plastic bags? I'm just trying to figure out how the whole "shipment" took place...

[markietan]

I'm sorry if it sounds like a noob question, but what's a hikari box? Also, when you mentioned tape, what did you use it for? To seal the box or plastic bags? I'm just trying to figure out how the whole "shipment" took place...

haha sorry i should have been more clear. u know those hikari frozen mysis we get in slabs? they ship it in styrofoam boxes, like 20 in 1 box or something.. the box keeps the mysis from melting during shipment i think. and the tape is to seal the styrofoam box... the plastic bags they will use rubber band. as the cargo area in the plane is often not pressurized, the air inside expands as we ascend into cruising altitude. if the air is too much, some of it might escape if it's just rubber band... worse case scenario the bag burst and water will fill the box, so thats why you need to seal it well to make sure no leak in case the bag burst?

[ReDDeviLs]

nice zoas..

more and more zoas keeper around! shld how a frag sharing session and meet all keepers!

[peacemaker]

haha sorry i should have been more clear. u know those hikari frozen mysis we get in slabs? they ship it in styrofoam boxes, like 20 in 1 box or something.. the box keeps the mysis from melting during shipment i think. and the tape is to seal the styrofoam box... the plastic bags they will use rubber band. as the cargo area in the plane is often not pressurized, the air inside expands as we ascend into cruising altitude. if the air is too much, some of it might escape if it's just rubber band... worse case scenario the bag burst and water will fill the box, so thats why you need to seal it well to make sure no leak in case the bag burst?

Thanks for the info! Looks like a visit to Hong Kong would be nice...

[markietan]

Thanks for the info! Looks like a visit to Hong Kong would be nice...

do count me in if u wanna share some nice zoas from there. hehe

[markietan]

some more pictures taken today

HTS (half tank shot)

Clams and rics. I added 3 more baby maxima... very nice shipment from coral farm

This radioactive green one is stuck to the glass!

[ambystoma82]

hw much is a rock of e pink from hk ?

u nv post e one u selling ? e yellowish orange rim one..

[Ah-lim]

Nice tank dude.

Do ya need to siphon the base often ? weekly ?

[snaper]

some more pictures taken today

HTS (half tank shot)

Clams and rics. I added 3 more baby maxima... very nice shipment from coral farm

This radioactive green one is stuck to the glass!

...nice collection of zoos you have there bro...

[ReDDeviLs]

hidden tiger sia bro mark

[markietan]

Nice tank dude.

Do ya need to siphon the base often ? weekly ?

nope.. i seldom siphon actually... even when i change water bi-weekly, just siphon abit.. i think alot of detritus stuck underneath the rock work... haha. next tank have to put a strong wavemater at the bottom le.

[markietan]

...nice collection of zoos you have there bro...

[markietan]

hidden tiger sia bro mark

no lah... play play only.. after dosing vit c... haha now tank condition not as good le.

[jem]

really hidden tiger sleeping dragon

seen his tank personally

damn nice

[markietan]

some pictures of my fishies

yellow belly blue tang. got him when he was a really small 1 inch baby... only tang in my tank

pink margin. got it from bro ultraman. had cloudy eyes which developed into super pop eye (like going to burst) but after intensive garlic mysis regime, eye has almost recovered. fingers crossed... biggest wrasse in my tank and always swimming near the surface. very interesting

algae blenny. rather plain looking but a very cool fish nonetheless. very hardworking and has quite an attitude. likes to topple my lose zoa frags but thats okay, i still love you. haha

red finned fairy wrasse. recent acquisition from coral farm. red-est fish in my tank, especially under ati color pro this fish really stands out from the rest. however i suspect it might have killied some of my other wrasse... can't confirm if he is the murderer.

solar wrasse (female). one of my first wrasse from CF. quite peaceful and i realize her coloration has been improving!

now some pic of wrasse that are gone..

radiant wrasse. bought from bro ultraman and exchanged with thomas for his blotchy as my new tank didn't have a sand bed for him to sleep in. very active fish with nice face pattern/coloration!

royal pencil wrasse. not exactly gone yet but going to be trapped and sold to bro chamty soon. this guy also needs a sandbed so he's quite jumpy at night when i do my tank maintainece.

exquisite wrasse. also from bro ultraman. this guy died mysteriously... one day saw him lying sick on the floor. before i can net him out, he went into the rock works never to be seen again... Rest in peace

filament fin wrasse. from CF.. was negligent in QT procedure and this guy had ich... kena some of the other tank mates but its good to get 'flu' once a while... builds up immunity. this guy often bullied by the red fin and one day just went missing..

now some frontal shots!

solar wrasse (male). bought this together with the female from CF. peaceful guy and nice coloration

royal gamma. bought from a fellow reefer. had a torn fin initially but have fully recovered... love the way it hides and peeps out of the rock works!

still have my new blotchy anthias from bro thomas haven't photograph yet. waiting for him to catch another piece to sell me so can take as a pair... like my clowns

Livestock list as of now

Fish

1 X Blue Tang

1 X Algae Blenny

1 X Purple Fire Dart Goby

1 X Royal Gamma

2 X False Percula Clownfish

2 X Solar Wrasse (Male / female)

1 X Pink Margin Wrasse

1 X Red Fin Wrasse

1 X Royal Wrasse (to be trapped and sold)

1 X Blotchy Anthias

Invert

2 X Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

1 X Fire Shrimp

5 X T. Maxima

2 X T. Corcea

[Solo77]

hi bro, nice meeting you. Yr solar female wrasse seems to be blue head fairy female wrasse, i may be wrong. Good to check out expert. Anyway, nice fishes. : )