Peter's Newbie 3x2x2 Tank

[teebs]

1 FTS and 1 STS.

[qiang]

heh peter you getting get more gems from

ah ? hehe

(ps. if i offended any1 by posting tis pic i appologise.. )

[teebs]

heh peter you getting get more gems from

ah ? hehe

(ps. if i offended any1 by posting tis pic i appologise.. )

Hmmm...getting corals from the bangla???

Not so soon lah. Unless they have what i am looking for. Now I need more space so that i can space out my corals.

[qiang]

Hmmm...getting corals from the bangla???

Not so soon lah. Unless they have what i am looking for. Now I need more space so that i can space out my corals.

heh did u go down to GO ? how was their shipment ?

[teebs]

heh did u go down to GO ? how was their shipment ?

Haven't gone down there yet lah. Now no space in my tank. Had to search high and low for space for my black and purple suns from reborn. Once the corals sold then can make a trip down to reborn for their coming aussie shipment or GO.

[pokmingsheng]

nice blastos corner you got there on the left..

maybe can take a look at it closer?

thinking of starting to collect nice blastos for my tank...

do we need to target feed them?

[teebs]

nice blastos corner you got there on the left..

maybe can take a look at it closer?

thinking of starting to collect nice blastos for my tank...

do we need to target feed them?

The pics pf the blastos are in the first few pages.

I find that it is better to target feed the blastos. U can feed them with mysis shrimp, henrys or even small pieces of silver fish. But not necessary to target feed them daily, just once or twice a week is enough. The rest of the time, just flood the tank with zooplankton, copepods, artemis etc will be fine.

[markietan]

nice tank Peter... but i tot you were on some budget constraints?

have a good trip to the states. the system was really stable when I was away for a month on overseas training but I think u'll need someone to come in and feed your LPS / suns.

[teebs]

nice tank Peter... but i tot you were on some budget constraints?

have a good trip to the states. the system was really stable when I was away for a month on overseas training but I think u'll need someone to come in and feed your LPS / suns.

Fishes are all free... And about half the corals in the tank were included in the $500 package from Iwarna. A number of the corals were my existing corals that were in my nano tank previously so I transferred them to this tank.

My wife will still be at home for about a week after I go the states so I'm getting her to feed my corals for that period. For the last 1 week, I guess they will have to go hungry...hopefully they will be fine when I get back

[jackywongto]

Peter, which canister are you using for your 2 ft?

[teebs]

Peter, which canister are you using for your 2 ft?

Eheim 2026

[jackywongto]

Eheim 2026

Thanks peter.

I might join you soon as a user.

[teebs]

Thanks peter.

I might join you soon as a user.

Welcome to the cannister club then...

[raydiative]

1 FTS and 1 STS.

nice... sandbed getting alittle messy liao.. time to clear abit bro... =P

[teebs]

nice... sandbed getting alittle messy liao.. time to clear abit bro... =P

Think I need to get 1 or 2 sea cucumbers to clean up my sand bed. Getting a bit dirty liao. Finally found the reason for my high nitrates. There is a lot of uneaten food on the bottom of my sump and also floating in my sump...

[comycus]

Think I need to get 1 or 2 sea cucumbers to clean up my sand bed. Getting a bit dirty liao. Finally found the reason for my high nitrates. There is a lot of uneaten food on the bottom of my sump and also floating in my sump...

bro your mechanical filter not working? Sea cucumbers are good, but I always scared of them puking their guts out... I'm sure you can consider other cleaners?

[jackywongto]

Think I need to get 1 or 2 sea cucumbers to clean up my sand bed. Getting a bit dirty liao. Finally found the reason for my high nitrates. There is a lot of uneaten food on the bottom of my sump and also floating in my sump...

yikes. flood lah.... hehe

Maybe off the return when you flood so excess food will not get into your sump?

Are you using your mce on this tank or on the 2ft?

[teebs]

bro your mechanical filter not working? Sea cucumbers are good, but I always scared of them puking their guts out... I'm sure you can consider other cleaners?

Not working too well I'm afraid. I guess I will need to get a 100 micron filter sock to capture all the detritus that comes down to my sump. I just used my cannister filter to suck out most of the detritus at the bottom of my sump.

I'm thinking what other cleaners I can use to clean the sand in my tank. Sea urchin and goby could be two other alternatives I could consider.

[teebs]

yikes. flood lah.... hehe

Maybe off the return when you flood so excess food will not get into your sump?

Are you using your mce on this tank or on the 2ft?

I actually off the return pump when i flood my tank but somehow, quite a large quantity of uneaten food finds it's way into the sump. Surprisingly whatever food that goes to the sump is not returned to my tank via the return pump or chiller pump.

I'm thinking that a 100 micron filter sock should solve most of the issues since most of what I can see are mysis shrimps, brine shrimps and frozen food.

The MCE600 is used for my 2ft tank. I'm using the Deltec APF600 for this tank.

[pokmingsheng]

Not working too well I'm afraid. I guess I will need to get a 100 micron filter sock to capture all the detritus that comes down to my sump. I just used my cannister filter to suck out most of the detritus at the bottom of my sump.

I'm thinking what other cleaners I can use to clean the sand in my tank. Sea urchin and goby could be two other alternatives I could consider.

have you thought of nassarius snails?

i've been looking all around for them...

only got 3 from a reefer recently who just decommed...

dont see them very commonly in LFS...

i was told before that CF have a few, but when i tried pronouncing the word to auntie,

she gave me a blank stare.. haha..

[comycus]

have you thought of nassarius snails?

i've been looking all around for them...

only got 3 from a reefer recently who just decommed...

dont see them very commonly in LFS...

i was told before that CF have a few, but when i tried pronouncing the word to auntie,

she gave me a blank stare.. haha..

just go to the baskets and check if they are there. The last time I checked saw 1 small basket full of them.

Or have you considered getting dwarf hermit crabs?

[jackywongto]

just go to the baskets and check if they are there. The last time I checked saw 1 small basket full of them.

Or have you considered getting dwarf hermit crabs?

you can try calling ML too to check if they have

[raydiative]

have you thought of nassarius snails?

i've been looking all around for them...

only got 3 from a reefer recently who just decommed...

dont see them very commonly in LFS...

i was told before that CF have a few, but when i tried pronouncing the word to auntie,

she gave me a blank stare.. haha..

CF got alot alot alot...

[teebs]

CF got alot alot alot...

CF too darn far liao...

[yikai]

tell the aunty sand snail. she will know.