peacemaker's Office Nano V4

[peacemaker]

Wuahahaha... I don't know her name!

[peacemaker]

Into my 3rd week of cycling. Some pics to show the diatom growth. Dum Dum gets a few diatom pimples. Sand gets blown around and is covering the burrow. This will keep the pistol shrimp busy.

[Firestarter]

Looking good, did you leave your lights on while cycling?

Can you PM the price of your tank? Thinking of changing my current tank design.

[TayHongSiang]

the diatoms look wicked

[peacemaker]

Looking good, did you leave your lights on while cycling?

Can you PM the price of your tank? Thinking of changing my current tank design.

Pmed!

Yes, I did leave my lights on during this cycling. I don't think diatoms are directly related to light, but more to it being new tank syndrome. It should go away once things a stable.

[peacemaker]

the diatoms look wicked

For some strange reason, I kinda like it... for now. The biggest rock is a little too white. From a live rock, dried to the bone to rid it of all the unwanted stuff, dumped in my home sump tank for many months to culture bacteria before using it in this nano.

[peacemaker]

I've DIYed a simple (ghetto looking) LED lamp holder with a piece of acrylic to support the 2 LED moonlights. I like the looks of the heatsink when it is lighted. Looks like some Star Craft gadget.

[peacemaker]

Pretty much done with cycling! As you can see, diatom bloom is to its fullest. I'll be adding the CUC this week.

[Terryz_]

Bro, the LED is MR16 socket? Is it tight? It is just plug in only...

Edited August 10, 2011 by Terryz_

[peacemaker]

Bro, the LED is MR16 socket? Is it tight? It is just plug in only...

Yup, the sockets are pretty tight. Hold both lamps well. I can't say for the lamp holder though... made the holes a little too big, hence the use of cable ties to secure.

[TayHongSiang]

Pretty much done with cycling! As you can see, diatom bloom is to its fullest. I'll be adding the CUC this week.

this is the most annoying part...hate to come home to c this state...haha...

[peacemaker]

It should pass pretty quickly... hopefully... I'd rather it manifest now on bare rocks than to cover my corals.

[TayHongSiang]

It should pass pretty quickly... hopefully... I'd rather it manifest now on bare rocks than to cover my corals.

btw, the av model in yr avatar has been quite distracting...slim body with cup E sizes....goshh....

[Terryz_]

Yup, the sockets are pretty tight. Hold both lamps well. I can't say for the lamp holder though... made the holes a little too big, hence the use of cable ties to secure.

Becos it looks very loose.. LOL.. Who many watt is the LED?

[peacemaker]

btw, the av model in yr avatar has been quite distracting...slim body with cup E sizes....goshh....

Alas... Bro, no AV models here. Innocent lady...

[peacemaker]

Becos it looks very loose.. LOL.. Who many watt is the LED?

3W Cree Royal Blue LEDs.

[jackywongto]

3W Cree Royal Blue LEDs.

Cree or nothing !

[peacemaker]

Some updates...

I've added the cleaning crew. The list are as follows:

1x Tuxedo Urchin

1x Red Scarlet Hermit Crab

10x Nassarius Sp. Snails (the mini kind)

1x Sand Dollar

They have done a pretty awesome job so far, but I ran out of patience for a clean tank, so I gave Dum Dum and the rocks a little scrubbing during water change.

[peacemaker]

Added some coralline algae flakes from my home tank to seed this one.

Bio-load is really light at the moment, so the BM NAC 3.5 doesn't skim much out. Its green tea for now.

I had an Ice Probe that was laying around, so I thought I'd give it a try to see if it could keep my tank cool when the A/C is off. I'm surprised it could keep the tank at 25^oC. Prolly works well for weekends, but not for long periods. I'll put it at the filter compartment when I have time to DIY some kind of holder.

[peacemaker]

I failed miserably at my first attempt to somewhat force my Yasha pair and pistol shrimp to use the DIY burrow. I used a tao hui tub, cut a hole and placed the trio with the hole of the container towards the burrow. The shrimp escaped before I could even reach the burrow, and the size of the cut out was too big, so the Yashas eventually explored every other area EXCEPT where I want them to be. I left them on their own, but it bugs me not to be able to watch them at all, which completely defeats the original purpose of having the DIY burrow.

While removing the rocks and Dum Dum for the scrub, I discovered that one of the Yashas didn't make it. I removed the remaining Yasha, the pistol shrimp, and devised attempt No. 2. I cut one 1.5l bottle in half and use it as a funnel. This helped to guide the pair to the burrow without much problems.

Here are some peekaboo pics. I still want a pair of Yashas, so I'll be looking out for a replacement as soon as shipment comes.

[Terryz_]

Bro, use a small water bottle works also.. I did that for most of shrimp gobies but they will like to shift around the holes...

[peacemaker]

I hope they stay put though. As it is, they are the very shy type that will not come out in the open most of the time. If they remain hidden on the other side of the tank, is as good as I have no fish! Lol...

[peacemaker]

Current FTS. I'm going really slow in terms of stocking and adding of corals, so this might be a bit boring. Little sprouts of hair algae have grown on the rocks and even on Dum Dum, so I hope the hermit does its work.

[TayHongSiang]

Current FTS. I'm going really slow in terms of stocking and adding of corals, so this might be a bit boring. Little sprouts of hair algae have grown on the rocks and even on Dum Dum, so I hope the hermit does its work.

looks pretty clean and neat....think i might get one of these wicked looking tuxedo....

[jackywongto]

Current FTS. I'm going really slow in terms of stocking and adding of corals, so this might be a bit boring. Little sprouts of hair algae have grown on the rocks and even on Dum Dum, so I hope the hermit does its work.

Looking good bro. Nice yashia. Let me know how the hermit does....

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