peacemaker's Office Nano 3

[peacemaker]

bro very nice. nice chatting with you the other day too

Same here! Glad that we could share frags.

[peacemaker]

v. nice frags you have there! Hope to see exponential growth... then

Yes, I want exponential growth too!

[peacemaker]

Neon goby. The blue stripe is actually more intense when seen in-person, but I couldn't get the right white balance setting on my camera...

[peacemaker]

Yellow wrasse. His main role, of course, is to hunt and eat nudis to keep my zoas pest free.

[peacemaker]

The cleanup crew! Turbo snails, nassarius snails, and blue legged hermits.

[peacemaker]

I have a pistol shrimp that's meant to pair up with a Yashia goby, but I lost track of where it went. In-spite of setting up some PVC pipes underneath the sandbed to sort of keep him in place, he chose to dig under a live rock.

Any other nice nano fishes or inverts to keep? Would like to hear some suggestions.

[yikai]

I have a pistol shrimp that's meant to pair up with a Yashia goby, but I lost track of where it went. In-spite of setting up some PVC pipes underneath the sandbed to sort of keep him in place, he chose to dig under a live rock.

Any other nice nano fishes or inverts to keep? Would like to hear some suggestions.

perhaps a royal gramma? lovely colour combo.

[peacemaker]

perhaps a royal gramma? lovely colour combo.

I was afraid it might be too aggressive or territorial... if I were to buy it, I think it'll be the last fish I'll add in.

[yikai]

I was afraid it might be too aggressive or territorial... if I were to buy it, I think it'll be the last fish I'll add in.

haha true. they do get quite territorial if other fishes swim pass their chosen territory. so far have neer encountered aggressiveness in mine hehe.

how bout a yellow clown goby? so cute, and lots of charisma haha. or some cardinals? banggais? they are endangered and if u manage to breed them....

[peacemaker]

haha true. they do get quite territorial if other fishes swim pass their chosen territory. so far have neer encountered aggressiveness in mine hehe.

how bout a yellow clown goby? so cute, and lots of charisma haha. or some cardinals? banggais? they are endangered and if u manage to breed them....

Actually, I thought of keeping the yellow tail chromis, but I saw the ones in Iwarna, they are huge! However, the yellow in their tails are fading away...

[yikai]

Actually, I thought of keeping the yellow tail chromis, but I saw the ones in Iwarna, they are huge! However, the yellow in their tails are fading away...

ya lor....not nice liao

[andylee]

bro, where u get the nice zoa frags? can pm me the place and prices?

so far go farms never seem to see any so colourful ones

[raydiative]

Some zoas on my frag rack. Growth is rather slow... you can see that I really struggled with GHA. The frag plugs are covered with them at one point. Now its much better, but can be improved. I would occasionally pick up a turbo snail and set it on the rack just to force it to eat the "green green grass".

your frag station is damn organised... =]

[peacemaker]

bro, where u get the nice zoa frags? can pm me the place and prices?

so far go farms never seem to see any so colourful ones

That means you haven't been chionging shipments enough!

Actually, I get my zoas from various reefers as well. Just keep a lookout at the Pasar Malam section. 　

[peacemaker]

your frag station is damn organised... =]

Thanks bro! It's actually rather ghetto, made from spare ATO float switch brackets and white egg crate. I'll be changing them to black pretty soon, and to make something more sturdy.

[comycus]

bro can just enquire on the dimensions of your IOS?

edit: would be good to see a picture of your IOS at work Like your placement of skimmer comes before or after the refugium?

[peacemaker]

Its 18" x 6" x 18". The first compartment for mechanical & bio filtration is 4" x 6", last compartment for the return pump is also 4" x 6", and middle refugium is approx. 10" x 6" (there are baffles in-between).

[peacemaker]

As requested.

[peacemaker]

As you can see, the tube that leads from my return compartment to the skimmer is from my skimmer pump. I wanted the skimmer output to go through the filter wool for bubble reduction to the main tank. Fan for cooling the tank when the AC is off, and auto feeder. Lights for the cheato in the fuge. The pipe that leads to the bottom is for my ATO.

[comycus]

neatly hidden from view! Just wondering your connection would be 1st chamber>>>refugium>>>skimmer>>>return? Woiuldn't that kill your pods?

I'm asking coz actually planning a refugium, but have lots of conflict over where to place the skimmer. That's why all plans are on hold at the moment.

[peacemaker]

neatly hidden from view! Just wondering your connection would be 1st chamber>>>refugium>>>skimmer>>>return? Woiuldn't that kill your pods?

I'm asking coz actually planning a refugium, but have lots of conflict over where to place the skimmer. That's why all plans are on hold at the moment.

That's one of my worries too, but due to space constraints I don't have much choice. From the flow of my filter compartment, it should go through the return pump first before my skimmer pump (stacked on top), so hopefully the pods goes through to the main tank before it gets sucked into the skimmer pump. This will be changed once I upgrade my skimmer.

I was actually planning to DIY one... still reading up on this.

[comycus]

That's one of my worries too, but due to space constraints I don't have much choice. From the flow of my filter compartment, it should go through the return pump first before my skimmer pump (stacked on top), so hopefully the pods goes through to the main tank before it gets sucked into the skimmer pump. This will be changed once I upgrade my skimmer.

I was actually planning to DIY one... still reading up on this.

Do keep us posted!

btw sorry for backing out bro... feel real bad... paiseh

[peacemaker]

No worries... its best to get something that is of use to you. No point in impulse buying and regretting it later.

Cheers!

[karlyau]

Getting your tank made from the same tank maker?

haven't got the time to really call the tank maker this few week too busy with my work, but the size will around same as your new tank keke ...

[peacemaker]

haven't got the time to really call the tank maker this few week too busy with my work, but the size will around same as your new tank keke ...

Sounds exciting bro! Looking forward to your tank thread.