my 3ft tank

[ryan]

thats all folks..

here is one of my anthias...

they are jealous i'm not giving them any attention.

[ryan]

hey... can spare me some?? NSC no algae... even when it's super low tide..

we see how ok?

i still don't have enough to fill my fuge...

but will pass you some...

but how much i can spare i can't tell you now...

[ryan]

Hi bro...

Where u got these algae from?

got them at the waters around the north east of singapore.

[ryan]

Looks like majority Ulva, the long stringy ones you have are similar to Roidan's.

They are not Chaetomorpha.sp.

Here's how its supposed to look like: thick & curly, fresh green and hard to feel.

yeah i know...

picked up the real chaeto before remember?

but i noticed that as the chaeto grew...

it became less thick and dark and hard...

i think due to my tanks poor conditions at that time...

i also read somewhere that there are 3 variants of chaeto in singapore... most found at chek jawa...

1. Chaetomorpha crassa

2. Chaetomorpha gracilis

3. Chaetomorpha linum

maybe the one i have is one of the above...

[ryan]

does anyone know if a black long spined sea urchin eats macro algae?

[ryan]

eh guys!?

what happened to the edit button!?

[ryan]

i was having a BAD TANK DAY today...

first the air con was to be replaced and the water pipes had to be drilled just next to and above my tank...

i wasn't at home... so i came back to a tank lined with a thick layer of dust on the glass... it was ALL over my equipment too... anyone know the composition of my wall? do ya guy know if the powder that got into the tank contained copper or phosphates?

then my anthias dies and gets dragged away by a fireworm...

i don't know the cause of death but i sure think it is the damn worm...

then my squarespot anthias breaks out in ich!

and my sunburst goes missing!!!

ahhh!!!

[ryan]

Bloody worm!!!

[ryan]

still dragging the poor fish!

[ryan]

the damn worm is quite strong!

[ryan]

poor dispar...

i'll miss you...

[ryan]

sick Squarespot...

[ryan]

my sunburst yesterday...

its gone now...

[nutx]

Hi..sorrie to hear the bad news....

Your tank has quite a number of fishes, and the white ich outbreak looks 'serious' too.....better try to control them fast....

btw, the death of the fished shouldn't be due to the ick...could be the noise of the Drilling that frighten and stressed them, therefore some died and some stressed and kana ick.....the dust, probably wouldn't pollute the tank much...but maybe you want to change some water, just to be on the safe side.

[ryan]

Hi..sorrie to hear the bad news....

Your tank has quite a number of fishes, and the white ich outbreak looks 'serious' too.....better try to control them fast....

btw, the death of the fished shouldn't be due to the ick...could be the noise of the Drilling that frighten and stressed them, therefore some died and some stressed and kana ick.....the dust, probably wouldn't pollute the tank much...but maybe you want to change some water, just to be on the safe side.

thanks man...

the squarespot died today...

found sunburst dead too...

the rest of the fish don't show any signs of ich...

hope they will be fine...

btw... will carbon and phosphate remover help get rid of the dust that went in... just to be on the safe side?

[ryz]

any progress?

[ryan]

lost quite alot of fish...

but tank has settled since...

added carbon and gonna add phosguard tomorrow...

added 3 chromis 1 ward's sleeper goby and 1 black blenny last week...

here is a pic of the sleeper goby... (off the net but looks identical tho )

pretty shy fella... dug out a burrow for himself and cleaned my whole sandbed which turned from brown to white...

[Terryz_]

Where you bought it... Nice.. Thkz..

[ryz]

yea nice... Saw some nice Purple Queens at bio ocean.. damn tempted..

[ryan]

Where you bought it... Nice.. Thkz..

BioO*ean.

no prob bro...

[ryan]

yea nice... Saw some nice Purple Queens at bio ocean.. damn tempted..

oh i saw them too!

all males tho...

i think purple queens too delicate for 3 ft tanks...

will get them when i move out and build my 8-10 footer!

tomorrow going fish shopping with my girlfriend!!!

and guess what!

she wants to build her own full reef tank!

[ryz]

haha got her all psyched up abt reefkeeping eh??

[freewill]

oh i saw them too!

all males tho...

i think purple queens too delicate for 3 ft tanks...

will get them when i move out and build my 8-10 footer!

tomorrow going fish shopping with my girlfriend!!!

and guess what!

she wants to build her own full reef tank!

hey bro...

seems like you got "good news" yah!

great to hear everything's going fine!

let's schedule another day for LFSing k.

[ryan]

oh yeah!

good news!

now with your new tank coming i'm sure your fingers getting itchy already right!!!

hahaha!!!

Ryz: Actually she has been interested in reefing for a long time already but after she saw my tank set up from scratch and all she decided she wanted one too...

[freewill]

oh yeah!

good news!

now with your new tank coming i'm sure your fingers getting itchy already right!!!

hahaha!!!

Ryz: Actually she has been interested in reefing for a long time already but after she saw my tank set up from scratch and all she decided she wanted one too...

haha... good news yah.. i supposed so!

guess this explains your MIA over the past week...

btw: my tank should be coming in apr... am considering if i should give up my 2footer and the SHs tank...

anyway... what's your catch today??? bought the discosomas from PReef???