6x2.5x2.5 Reef Tank Plans/Progress

[weileong]

By right keep 1 or 2 only ah you still dream of 4 ??

[lvcap]

1 or 2...

cannot leh...sure itchy hand one..

one GIANT AT and one GIANT sohal ah?

wahhah

Alfa getting the atlantic?

[weileong]

One giant AT is enough

but you look at my signature, which one is not nice? So hard to decide

[AlfaRomeo]

IF die die need to reduce the number of tangs, will let go of the Kole and/or Blue Tang and forget about the Atlantic tang.

[planetg]

dudes,

look like our ATs all got telepathy to fall sick together!!! haha.

they honestly requires lots of TLC.

but it's very rewarding to look at the AT hor?

[weileong]

The first thing I wake up in the morning is go check if the AT is still kicking. Same thing when I first reach home and before I go to bed

[AlfaRomeo]

That seems to be my routine nowadays too... sumtimes will drive all the way back to my home during lunch time just to see if the AT is as active as ever...

[weileong]

Bro Alfa, you're the champion... guess I better setup a webcam to monitor it liao so I can see it from my office

[flubberina13]

Just an offer. And hope I dun sound boastful...

If someone offers to buy the ingredients of my fish food, I would concoct the food for your fish, hopefully they will savour it and become ich-resistant?

But no guarantees...

[AlfaRomeo]

Flub, pls give us the ingredients and i will buy it for you, if you have the time to do it lah...

[flubberina13]

can get from weileong? I gave him a list liao and have misplaced it. Need time to find.

Dun have to buy the vitamins and additives, I still have spare.

[lvcap]

wah......then if u guys buy a GEM Tang or Black Tang..really can sit in front whole day liao....

[weileong]

I've to go dig out that long list liao... dunno where I place it! I think it's somewhere in my 2ft cube thread

[weileong]

There you go. Someone could help to mass prepare then we all share the cost

RECIPE FOR A NUTRITIOUS DIET

Shrimp 500g

Squid 100g

A combination of :

Clam / Scallop / Oyster / Mussel 200g

Silver Fish 50g

Fish Roe 60g

Nori seaweed - re-hydrated weight 50g

Cyclopeze - frozen 20g

Garlic Juice 80ml

Pellet Fish Food - eg Spectrum etc 20g

Multi Vitamin 1 tbsp

Fish Oil - EPA/DHA 1 tbsp

All seafood items may be purchased FRESH or frozen

PRE- PREPARATION

De-shell prawn

For live clams, wash shellfish clean under tap water then place them in a container filled with seawater. Aerate with airline or power head. Purge the shellfish in this manner for 4 hours. Change water in between.

PREPARATION

Remove meat from shellfish

Drain off excess water from oyster

Cut up squid into small cubes

Soak Nori in a bowl of lukewarm water

METHOD

First blend nori and squid.

When nori and squid are adequately minced, place in the rest and blend to a paste. The correct consistency should be one where both bigger and finer sizes suit the type of fish you keep.

Place paste in zipbloc bags and freeze

[AlfaRomeo]

Wow, that is a very long list of ingredients.... dunt even know where to get 1/2 of them...

[flubberina13]

Amount not accurate...will advise further depending on quantity to be prepared and this is the old list adapted from Henry's.

There's still some additives and vitamins added. Dun worry...it's fish-safe...

[flubberina13]

Here...the new one...

RECIPE FOR A NUTRITIOUS DIET

grey/ white prawns- 45%

deskinned squidmeat - 10%

Oyster & Mussel meat(so that those who have clams still can prepare) - 20%

Nori seaweed(the bland ones and presoaked) - 5%

Frozen Cyclopeze - 30g

Garlic Guard - 20ml or Garlic Xtreme - 6 - 8 drops

Pellet Fish Food - 10%

Multi Vitamin - 2 capsules

EPA - 1 capsule

DHA - 2 capsules

Selcon - a drop

Marine C - 5 ml

ZoeCon - 5ml

And better to buy those condiments containers to store the food. Last longer.

Happy Making...

[flubberina13]

Wow, that is a very long list of ingredients.... dunt even know where to get 1/2 of them...

Then just get Henry's recipe lor...

still work miracles...

[AlfaRomeo]

After thinking hard about my bioload, have decided to stay at the current 5 Tangs and no more. Hope my AT will survive and pull thru and also the rest of the Tangs will be healthy enuff or have immunity to the ICH on the AT.

[planetg]

hi bro.

same situation here about AT! let's unite in prayers for it to survive and live well! haha.

going to get some vitamin supplements and flood tank with food!!!

[lvcap]

good discipline eh..

AT recovering or still same state?

still eating right?

[AlfaRomeo]

Same state but its still eating and swimming actively againts the streams.. I am amazed that it can hover 1 inch in front of a 6100 going at full throttle and still pecking at the algae on the propeller cover!!!

[Dispar_Anthias]

One giant AT is enough

but you look at my signature, which one is not nice? So hard to decide

All not nice haha joking joking

[surfedelic]

Alfa,

What you can do for the sediment is to go buy a RO cylinder and place a 5 micro cartridge filter block inside ... your water will improve tremendously ... that is what I did for my current tank... I will swapped with carbon once in a while becasue don't need to turn carbon on always....

Try avoid feeding with live Brineshrimp if you can .... why else do you your itch comes from ... it is from these guys ... I have stop feeding my tang with brineshrimp and I have never seen my tang attacked by itch ever ...

hope it helps ... keep us updated..

[lvcap]

hey thats a strong fellow leh!!

can eat and swim in front of a 6100

a 6060 alr quite strong..

i gave up using tunze on my tank liao

forever sand storm no matter where i aim.....

switching to the new pump by Reio...