Tentative plans for 5ft

[Tanggy]

I where got DIY skimmer? only have DIY calcium reactor with a 18L media capacity

Not diy entire. You did the needle wheel right??

[alanseah]

The pipe from Tan Cheong.

Any suggetion to improve the look of the scaping??

huh where issit..??? no idea..

[BarraCudaTM]

Not diy entire. You did the needle wheel right??

yap .. but only for the oceanfree powerhead .. I'm got a spare ehiem 1060 to drive my skimmer .. dont know want to tear down the pump or not

[Tanggy]

Today is the 5th day the tank has been running. The water parameters are as follow.

Armonia : 0

NO2 : 0

NO3 : 10ppm

I started adding my corals to the new tank today. Will put in the fish tomorrow after properly acimilating them.

[Tanggy]

Not enough corals and the LFS is either low in stock or not open.... sianz. will need to buy more LS... can't wait for the next shipment!! ke ke....

[Achilles Tang]

Day 5 and you're putting in corals already???

Is your cycle over??

[Tanggy]

90% of the live rock are from my previous tanks. The remaining 10kg has been curing in my holding tank for 2 weeks. part of the water and sand are also from my matured tank.

[Tanggy]

I have been monitoring the parameters. the first day, the armonia did rise. the 2nd day, the NO2 started rising and the armonia dropped. The 3rd day, the armonia reads zero and the nitrite started dropping. forth day, the nitrite reads zero and the NO3 went up.

Also have been suplementing bacteria to speed things up.

[Achilles Tang]

Hmmm... I see.

Sorry... didn't know the background.

I had a very short cycle too... almost negligible when I transferred everything from my old tank to my new.

You have to wait for your new DSB to mature... you may go through some nuisance algae phases. After a year.... it'll be smooth sailing!

[Tanggy]

thanks. already seeing the signs liao. expecting a smal alage outbreak. parts and parsel. bo pianz. just need to keep up the maintenance till the sand bed matures lor

[weileong]

Hiak, after I reduce my PO4 to zero ($$$ Rowaphos) still got green algae. Nitrate also around 0.5ppm, still algae, I guess every tank has to go thru this phase, reduce NO3,PO4 to zero will only reduce and not totally prevent.

[Tanggy]

well think it's a phase every new tank go through. My previous tank went through a samll outbreak of diatoms but went away on its own after a while. and as the tank matures, no prob liao. so hows your 4ft coming along?? fully stock yet? you were saying you are getting a new pump rite??

[weileong]

my 4ft is still stocking up 30% filled with corals only and won't be adding any new LS until the algae phase is over, probably in 6 months to one yrs time. Very long time to endure

I've joined the bulk order for the resun MD55 and still waiting for delivery.

Too much equipments actually and some had to be on the floor so getting a 2ft cube with cabinet for seahorse then those MD55 noisy stuffs will go into the cabinet which will be sound proof.

[Tanggy]

Let there be FISH!! and there was FISH!!

[Tanggy]

I feel BLUE ... na na na na na....

[Tanggy]

Octo

[Tanggy]

Frontal shot

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side view

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[sunny03]

hi tanggy like your white worm is it coco worm ?? bty the check valve u brought from Tan Cheong right any idea where the shop is... is it in city area try yellow pages but no result

[Tanggy]

ya its white coco worm. As for the address, will get the address for you. PM you when I have it.

[sunny03]

tks