The tree, the hill & the castle

[Terryz_]

washing = ?

i dun use wavebox..

I believe no need to wash bah...

Just dump it infront of any wavemaker...

[ambystoma82]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1694529&page=143

the above link is some summarize material from rc..

i have start another section for bio-pellets in additives section pls placed your comments in tht section..

meanwhile with all the reading, i have attempted to experimentally kick start the system adding one market prawn head into my DIY FR...

[Eniram]

Hey ah beng has a really small tuxedo urchin. Really small one about 1cm dia

[ambystoma82]

Hey ah beng has a really small tuxedo urchin. Really small one about 1cm dia

wow.. dreaming really can make wishes come true... lolx..

[ambystoma82]

this is what i saw during this morning feeding...

about 50 pods in a small area like this...

the white dots are them in the pic...

there were more of them in the container... perharps morning assembly???

[ambystoma82]

i have not notice the little pods previously but perharps it could b due to the following:

1) Bio-pellets - Day 3

2) Feeding of frozen rots from ah beng, i dont think the pods are rots.. they came to live after defroze???

Skimming was back to norm after i repair the air-bubbles leak issue for skimmer

I will remove the prawn head in my BP FR to monitor the skimmate again..

[ambystoma82]

i hv cut down on the mysis feeding and fed more on the rots...

true perc dun seem very happy perharps still contemplating where to slp tonight...

[desideria]

LOL is that your island of BTAs? Nice.... next time next time....

[tench1]

this is what i saw during this morning feeding...

about 50 pods in a small area like this...

the white dots are them in the pic...

there were more of them in the container... perharps morning assembly???

When my tank was emptied of fishes during my 6 weeks of 'no-fish adding', there were so many of the pods on my glass.

Now, its more or else reduced by my copperband and green wrasse.

So there's significant increase in the pods after adding ROT?

[ambystoma82]

the substaintial existance of pods when there is no fish in your tank proves the cycle is going well.

i cannot say if the rots helps, but so far so gd for the combination of bp and frozen rots feeding...

[ambystoma82]

branched sun coral blooming in the night with new feeding regime..

1/3 of a mysis cube + 1 rots cube + 1 teaspoon cyclopeze..

my orange n black sun coral seems to react more to cyclopeze than rots feeding..

[ambystoma82]

manage to ID some of my pods..

mainly copepods and isopods..

amphipods are prob the usual hitchhikers with the rocks/corals we buy... but did not see them this time rd..during pods bloom..

[ambystoma82]

still struggling to open fully..

[desideria]

nice suns,,, but somehow I am still trying to appreciate normal suns ... still far prefer fat fat super suns. LOL

[ambystoma82]

nice suns,,, but somehow I am still trying to appreciate normal suns ... still far prefer fat fat super suns. LOL

erm i think sometimes it depends on the area they harvest from..

t95 got common suns at the size of super sun but they are norm sun..

[poomoon]

yeah, nice suns, and the color of the foreground is really yellow ... i guess the big difference is really how they bloom, it's like suns bloom, but super suns BLOOM, sometimes almost looking like rhizos

[ambystoma82]

any1 knw what goby is this ?

[Terryz_]

any1 knw what goby is this ?

Yours??? Looks like Barnacle blenny.. Been looking for it..

Edited April 14, 2011 by Terryz_

[poomoon]

hehe cute ... red eye barnacle ... red eye and pink lips

[ambystoma82]

not mine... but saw it at other countries..LFS sales online.. lolx..

interesting looking fella...

[Terryz_]

not mine... but saw it at other countries..LFS sales online.. lolx..

interesting looking fella...

Sigh, Thought you saw it somewhere in singapore...

[ambystoma82]

Sigh, Thought you saw it somewhere in singapore...

at least there is some chance to import it since it is available at other countries..

[ambystoma82]

any names for the blues ?

[ambystoma82]

galaxy clowns.. previously was also available at lck.. but not so many patches..

pic from link http://theprodigalcube.blogspot.com/2011/04/picasso-clarkii-exported-by-aquarich.html?utm_source=BP_recent

[ambystoma82]

The new desire ??? (from source http://theprodigalcube.blogspot.com/2010/10/blue-sun-coral-appears.html )

its not the one i told u during my dive..