My 1.5 ft Reef log

[comycus]

what if some LFS have super End of year discounts? 4 LPS and 1 softy for $100? And the whole LFS is filled with gems like USA zoas, assorted pratas, rics, blastos which are all included in the sale??

and the sale is on a weekday from 10am - 6pm only?

i would have taken leave... hahahah

hahaa like tt no pay leave I also will take

[jackywongto]

what if some LFS have super End of year discounts? 4 LPS and 1 softy for $100? And the whole LFS is filled with gems like USA zoas, assorted pratas, rics, blastos which are all included in the sale??

and the sale is on a weekday from 10am - 6pm only?

i would have taken leave... hahahah

Ok Verified. you are really a dreamer Ray.

[raydiative]

catalina goby (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=catalina+goby&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)

oh.. they are cute!!!

cannot have any more fishes already... left one space for one fish only...

[raydiative]

Ok Verified. you are really a dreamer Ray.

haha... well... never wrong to dream... hahahahha...

GO had an offer which was very similiar what... hahaa... =]

[jackywongto]

haha... well... never wrong to dream... hahahahha...

GO had an offer which was very similiar what... hahaa... =]

well dreamers are the ones that accomplish big things.....

unfortunately i am not one of them.

[teebs]

well dreamers are the ones that accomplish big things.....

unfortunately i am not one of them.

So when are you stocking up on the corals???

[jackywongto]

So when are you stocking up on the corals???

Hey peter, have not seen your post for quite some time.

Corals not so soon. Getting frags from thairun and Chercm though.

I am heading to Hong Kong next week so prob will do hunting only when I am back Early Dec?

[jackywongto]

Ok Ray... I bought a dc fan to cool down the temp in my cabinet.

Hopefully it works.

Manage to figure the wiring. Honestly DC = +ve/ -ve. How hard can it be..... wrong..... I had to do some web surfing to figure out ....

Those stupid PC connectors.

Nice neon green when fan is switch on. Pretty silent fan I must say.

[raydiative]

Ok Ray... I bought a dc fan to cool down the temp in my cabinet.

Hopefully it works.

Manage to figure the wiring. Honestly DC = +ve/ -ve. How hard can it be..... wrong..... I had to do some web surfing to figure out ....

Those stupid PC connectors.

Nice neon green when fan is switch on. Pretty silent fan I must say.

nicely done.. how many fans are you gonna use?

planning to blow cold air in or hot air out?

where you gonna place the fan/s?

[jackywongto]

nicely done.. how many fans are you gonna use?

planning to blow cold air in or hot air out?

where you gonna place the fan/s?

Try to go with one. If needed will add another one.

I have checked. The hotest part of the chiller is its top. The exhaust coming out is not that hot.

So Will try and pull the chiller nearer towards the door. leave the opening at the back bigger.

install the fan on the door blowing at the top of the chiller.

open up the 2 side vent holes.

Anyway trial and error and if which placement will lower the temp more.

Any suggestions? feel free to shoot pls.

[teebs]

Hey peter, have not seen your post for quite some time.

Corals not so soon. Getting frags from thairun and Chercm though.

I am heading to Hong Kong next week so prob will do hunting only when I am back Early Dec?

Ya, was out of Singapore for a week+ in Hk for a holiday.

Well, I think you can put a lot of corals in your tank... So u going for SPS or LPS???

My 3x2x2 will only be coming in end November or first week of December... Need to wait for the tank to be decomm before i can get the tank movers to shift it to my house. Probably will be getting Iwarna to scape, setup and stock up the corals and fishes for me. Now thinking whether I should get a custom built stainless steel stand as the current cast iron stand that comes with the tank is a bit rusty...

[yikai]

Hey nice bumping into you yesterday. SO that was lemon and who?

Sorry arh... I was a bit disorientated by my 2 girls yesterday and hope I did not pose to be too unfriendly to them.

haha. why? i don't look like lemon arh

no lah jk. very cute your daughter. nice meeting u tht day too. ps lah v moody that day...the thought of monday in a few hours time spoilt my afternoon

nice meeting u. shud join us during LFS trips soon

[jackywongto]

Ya, was out of Singapore for a week+ in Hk for a holiday.

Well, I think you can put a lot of corals in your tank... So u going for SPS or LPS???

My 3x2x2 will only be coming in end November or first week of December... Need to wait for the tank to be decomm before i can get the tank movers to shift it to my house. Probably will be getting Iwarna to scape, setup and stock up the corals and fishes for me. Now thinking whether I should get a custom built stainless steel stand as the current cast iron stand that comes with the tank is a bit rusty...

HKG Cool. I am heading there too. My girl want to take photo with Mickey.

(I should not have shown her my photos in Orlando Disney lol)

Corals- hmmm mainly LPS. I will be getting SPS frags only and see how.

3ft tank... so you still will be using your MCE?

Hmmm I think the fun part of starting a reef is doing the scaping, Shopping for corals, fishes....

you will be missing out on a lot of fun. Also the scaping needs to be fine tuned from time to time as you add more LS and try to make space.

But hey, its your call. we will support you all the way!

For stand, strongly suggest against using steel/ cast iron. They WILL rust regardless. Why you do not like wood?

My 1st 4 feet was a wrought iron stand. Tank is ok but looking at the rust damn sianzzzz. Especially when they flake and drop on the floor......

Think twice, thrice even hor.....

[raydiative]

Try to go with one. If needed will add another one.

I have checked. The hotest part of the chiller is its top. The exhaust coming out is not that hot.

So Will try and pull the chiller nearer towards the door. leave the opening at the back bigger.

install the fan on the door blowing at the top of the chiller.

open up the 2 side vent holes.

Anyway trial and error and if which placement will lower the temp more.

Any suggestions? feel free to shoot pls.

I'm coming in with the theory of hot air rises and cold air sinks....

I'll vote for 2 fans to be place at the back so the front will still look normal... The dan on the top blow out the hot air and the fan at the bottom blow in the cold air...

have do a little ugly pic for better viewing (hopefully).. hahaha...

Fan.bmp

[raydiative]

HKG Cool. I am heading there too. My girl want to take photo with Mickey.

(I should not have shown her my photos in Orlando Disney lol)

Corals- hmmm mainly LPS. I will be getting SPS frags only and see how.

3ft tank... so you still will be using your MCE?

Hmmm I think the fun part of starting a reef is doing the scaping, Shopping for corals, fishes....

you will be missing out on a lot of fun. Also the scaping needs to be fine tuned from time to time as you add more LS and try to make space.

But hey, its your call. we will support you all the way!

For stand, strongly suggest against using steel/ cast iron. They WILL rust regardless. Why you do not like wood?

My 1st 4 feet was a wrought iron stand. Tank is ok but looking at the rust damn sianzzzz. Especially when they flake and drop on the floor......

Think twice, thrice even hor.....

tell the Disney staffs that its your daughter's birthday... they will give her a badge that says "today is my birthday"..

All the Mickey and friends will go up to her and wish her well! haha.. great for kids... They will give out stickers too! =P

[jackywongto]

haha. why? i don't look like lemon arh

no lah jk. very cute your daughter. nice meeting u tht day too. ps lah v moody that day...the thought of monday in a few hours time spoilt my afternoon

nice meeting u. shud join us during LFS trips soon

Kekeke no lah. Just taken aback by your age. (Pls do not take it negatively. I have nothing against youth )

just that sometimes in virtual world, the impression and actual person can be quite a mismatch.

But nice to meet ya and Hellbliss. good to put a face to the name or to the nick in this case

[jackywongto]

I'm coming in with the theory of hot air rises and cold air sinks....

I'll vote for 2 fans to be place at the back so the front will still look normal... The dan on the top blow out the hot air and the fan at the bottom blow in the cold air...

have do a little ugly pic for better viewing (hopefully).. hahaha...

wah got diagram somemore.....

sounds like a good idea. Just that probably the fan sucking cool air should be placed at the bottom at the door in front of the vent hole.

But defintely i think i need to get a fan or leave my door opened.

Sometimes I dun get it.

The MH is hot. heats up the water. Get a chiller to cool the water. now the chiller heats up. Get a fan to cool the chiller....

Who is going to cool the fan??

[raydiative]

wah got diagram somemore.....

sounds like a good idea. Just that probably the fan sucking cool air should be placed at the bottom at the door in front of the vent hole.

But defintely i think i need to get a fan or leave my door opened.

Sometimes I dun get it.

also can.. you can even place 2 of them there...

The MH is hot. heats up the water. Get a chiller to cool the water. now the chiller heats up. Get a fan to cool the chiller....

Who is going to cool the fan??

hahaha... Another Fan? and the chain just goes on... hahahahahh

[teebs]

HKG Cool. I am heading there too. My girl want to take photo with Mickey.

(I should not have shown her my photos in Orlando Disney lol)

Corals- hmmm mainly LPS. I will be getting SPS frags only and see how.

3ft tank... so you still will be using your MCE?

Hmmm I think the fun part of starting a reef is doing the scaping, Shopping for corals, fishes....

you will be missing out on a lot of fun. Also the scaping needs to be fine tuned from time to time as you add more LS and try to make space.

But hey, its your call. we will support you all the way!

For stand, strongly suggest against using steel/ cast iron. They WILL rust regardless. Why you do not like wood?

My 1st 4 feet was a wrought iron stand. Tank is ok but looking at the rust damn sianzzzz. Especially when they flake and drop on the floor......

Think twice, thrice even hor.....

Wahahhahaaha...all small kids love Mickey...

My MCE600 will still be used for my 2x1x1 nano tank. Don't have the intention to decomm it even when my 3ft tank arrives. Will probably keep it as it is since it's pretty low maintenance... All my corals just mati on me because my Koran angel started nibbling on them...

I was thinking of doing everything myself but no time leh...Mid December I will be away for 2 weeks visiting my sis in USA. Then scaping the tank with 50-100Kg of live rocks will probably cause me to have backaches....

So after considering, decided the easy way out will be to get iwarna to do everything for me... One good thing that will come out of it is that my wife will probably complain less to me about the tank...At least she won't see me going to LFS all the time to stock up on corals and fishes...

Anyway, for the package, Iwarna is only providing me with $500+ of corals and fishes so i don't think my tank will be full of corals from the start...Will still have a lot of chance to go shopping for corals...

But wood ones, typically is cabinet...which i'm not so keen on. Never mind, i still got at least 3 more weeks to think about this issue...

[teebs]

wah got diagram somemore.....

sounds like a good idea. Just that probably the fan sucking cool air should be placed at the bottom at the door in front of the vent hole.

But defintely i think i need to get a fan or leave my door opened.

Sometimes I dun get it.

The MH is hot. heats up the water. Get a chiller to cool the water. now the chiller heats up. Get a fan to cool the chiller....

Who is going to cool the fan??

Get another fan to cool the fan lor...

[jackywongto]

Ok I have tried putting the fan in multiple positions...but it seems that this is the most effective.

I have moved the chiller approx 3 inch nearer towards the door.

Placed the fan above it blowing across the top and viola....the heat seems subdued quite effectively.

Will let it run for the night and monitor tomorrow.

[jackywongto]

Additives. Focusing on getting PH, cal and mag balanced 1st.

Strontium and the rest can come in later.

Anyone been using Kent Marine additives? any feedback?

[comycus]

bro if u need extra fan sms me, i got 3 fans collecting dust in storeroom

[jackywongto]

bro if u need extra fan sms me, i got 3 fans collecting dust in storeroom

haiya...... shld have got from you lol. Thanks for the offer.

2 hours already. No heat in the cabinet. I think 1 fan should be sufficient.

will monitor again tml. need to put my aircon remote control to monitor the temp inside ... hehe

[ming69]

Additives. Focusing on getting PH, cal and mag balanced 1st.

Strontium and the rest can come in later.

Anyone been using Kent Marine additives? any feedback?

Don't forget the KH. Kent Marine, good stuff. But have only use Turbo Ca, M Tech and Strontium.