Lemon's butterflyfish dominated reef

[yikai]

NICE GREEN POCCI! I have a frag alike this. You will be surprised how resilent pocciloporas can be! You be shocked!

Anyway bro, be careful with your carbon dosage. I know it's helpful but it can cause your water to become too clean that you will need to dump ALOT of food and nutrients just to keep your lps and xenias especially alive nonetheless, glad you have moved out of your algae crap! what brand of carbon? rowa? and remember to change it after one mth! don't be lazy k! :P:P:P

yes i know how resilient they are if you knew how long this piece has been lying around uncared for and where, you will understand perfectly wakaka.

anyway yes i use rowa carbon and i change them monthly.

[MarcoVan]

yes i know how resilient they are if you knew how long this piece has been lying around uncared for and where, you will understand perfectly wakaka.

anyway yes i use rowa carbon and i change them monthly.

where? hahaha which part of irwana? LOL :P

ehhh same here! ^5! lol. how much one time? I am doing at 150ml per mth

[yikai]

where? hahaha which part of irwana? LOL :P

ehhh same here! ^5! lol. how much one time? I am doing at 150ml per mth

i agar agar dose one.

just happy happy pour only.

[MarcoVan]

i agar agar dose one.

just happy happy pour only.

aiyooo careful eh! hahaha. but your skimmate now dark dark?

[yikai]

aiyooo careful eh! hahaha. but your skimmate now dark dark?

jet black

probably from the carbon residue. coz i never wash properly i guess.

[MarcoVan]

jet black

probably from the carbon residue. coz i never wash properly i guess.

ehh rowa carbon must wash one meh? with hot water or normal tap water?

[Terryz_]

ehh rowa carbon must wash one meh? with hot water or normal tap water?

Rinse only.. Get all the carbon powder out.. Normal tap water should do bah.. At least that is what i do..

[MarcoVan]

Rinse only.. Get all the carbon powder out.. Normal tap water should do bah.. At least that is what i do..

woots! balls to me! I dont rinse!! RAWR

[BFG]

Best is to rinse with tank water and remove the dirty water contaminated with carbon dust. Replace the amount of water that have been removed with new salt mix. In hindsight, you are doing 2 things, cleaning the carbon and doing a water change.

[MarcoVan]

Best is to rinse with tank water and remove the dirty water contaminated with carbon dust. Replace the amount of water that have been removed with new salt mix. In hindsight, you are doing 2 things, cleaning the carbon and doing a water change.

good idea! usually I just throw away my tank's old water. hahaha

[yikai]

one of the best schooling fishes. extremely small at only 1 inch.

but difficult to keep.

hope they all last

[Digiman]

So nice, they keep so closely together and w the backdrop looks so natural. Especially like the top down shot, feels like in some tidal pool.

[yikai]

So nice, they keep so closely together and w the backdrop looks so natural. Especially like the top down shot, feels like in some tidal pool.

hope they can make it. notoriously difficult.

[peacemaker]

Ikan Billies!

[yikai]

Ikan Billies!

that's what my mom said.

according to her, all of my "ikan bilis" can amount to her an endless supply of the real ikan bilis.

[kueytoc]

'Ikan Bilis' no kick...these Apogon chrysopomus will surely befit ya 'rarity' tank !

[yikai]

'Ikan Bilis' no kick...these Apogon chrysopomus will surely befit ya 'rarity' tank !

i keep before.

A. chrysopomus and A. sealei look very similar and kept both before. only diff is the cheek.

these are very uncommon and will need time to find. but exceptionally hardy and i've had them spawn in my tank before.

see how it goes with my parvulus first. if they all die then i'll keep chrysopomus.

my liopropoma multilineatum just lunged into the group and tried to eat one! gosh.... dunno how long they will last -.-

[yikai]

here's a very old picture of my chrysopomus.

maybe i will start hunting for them again! got them at reborn last time.

[kueytoc]

Perhaps considering getting these Flameys too if U use ya 'sweet tongue' to 'cho-cho' the ever-friendly Uncle Rare-Fish Supplier.

[yikai]

Perhaps considering getting these Flameys too if U use ya 'sweet tongue' to 'cho-cho' the ever-friendly Uncle Rare-Fish Supplier.

dont like flame cardinals haha.

grow too big.

[MarcoVan]

one of the best schooling fishes. extremely small at only 1 inch.

but difficult to keep.

hope they all last

+1. Jiayou! You can do it!

[yikai]

+1. Jiayou! You can do it!

they are all feeding very well on cyclopeeze.

they should do fine but these fishes are very fragile.

alot dont take shipping well and they lose weight very easily.

the trick to keeping them is having more. the more you have the better their chances.

also, high flow is important. from what i read on RC and elsewhere, they prefer high flow and can tolerate it pretty well. mine likes hovering infront of the tunze.

constant feeding and initially, frequent feeding is important to regain their weight loss during shipping. after that, they should be bullet prove and can be fed once or twice a day like normal cardinals. they take any foods once settled down.

the important part is get them fat first. HUFA foods like cyclopeeze is very useful.

once they survive all that, they are very hardy and bullet proof like other cardinals. there's a video of an australian reef tank with about 50 of them. gorgeous i tell you.

problem is i hope my other fish wont eat them lol. my liopropoma seems to fancy them alot but being a basslet, it does not venture out during the day when the MH is on, but prefer to swim around the safety of the rocks. very nice to see it weave in and out of the rocks.

but come night time when the lights are dim, it starts hunting. too dark it goes to sleep. the crucial timing is when the lights outside is very very dim.

so as long as i don't turn on my living room lights when my tank lights are all off at night, they should be safe.

[wilsontantw]

Lemon, u free this sat ard 10am? I pop by ok? I've got a couple of hours free in the morning.

Last time I see ur new tank, it was all empty....

[yikai]

Lemon, u free this sat ard 10am? I pop by ok? I've got a couple of hours free in the morning.

Last time I see ur new tank, it was all empty....

ok. can.

[wilsontantw]

Niiiice. See you tmrw. Wil bring some goodies for ya!