thx for ur suggestions, btw do you know any silent HOB filters? Cause i'm keeping the tank in my room.

dolphin brand. better construction & less water splashing.

hi guys ...

i used to keep marine fishes in the past .... but due to $$$$ and time ... i decided to give it up for the time begin to make way for work.. .. lol rite now into inverts here are some pics of the past that i keep before to share with you guys ... maybe it will boost some of you all into reefing


part 01 -the hermits ......

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Added on October 25, 2009, 9:46 pmpart two - banded sharks .......




This post has been edited by s98432512: Oct 25 2009, 09:48 PM

part 03 - frogfishes - warty

part 04 - mantis shrimp .

part 05 - blue ring octopus - deady but lovely ...... ( do not try it at home .. fatal ... !!! i been tained.. went swimming lesson twice !!! )

part 06 - some corals

part 07 - fishes







that all folks

blue ring octopus, omg.. this is crazy, LFS who sell this are really brainless.

frogfish, lionfish all this still ok.

lol thats a really cool collection.

im kinda in a tight budget, i think i will pad my filter with some material.

i just stuffed a sponge and some bio balls into the 1st chamber of my filter, lowered the noise a little.

budget buy 2 type of sponge, PO4 removal & Active Carbon. Cut to fit your filter & slot in
reduce noise, you dun get yellorish color, smell & reduce unwanted algae grow.
is big pcs, replace new 1 every month. can last you for long time.

bio balls do more harm than good.

why do bioballs do more harm?

Juz wan to ask...if wan keep coral in a tank...must use UV light right?

hmmm coral need bright light ... normally we use t5 light or mh ...

u need to clean it regulary, when u feed your fish, food stuck in it , your NO3 will shot up.
have a good skimmer to get rid of it better.

if your fish load is high, especially you keeping lionfish, grouper kind of species.
sand bed not thick enug etc than bioball in sump will help else don't use.

Hi guys,

I have a saltwater aquarium (4ft) that was given to me as a present about six months ago. I have a basic rock formation which is rather dull. It looks very much like dead sea rock if that is the proper term.

I was toying with the idea of having coral put in but what is the proper way of going about it? Surely its not as simple as dropping them into the tank?

Currently I have only fishes but I would consider adding a shrimp or two but what do they feed on? How will I know they will take to the aquarium?

I'm fairly new to all this but I have tried to make sure the aquarium is maintained properly. A guy comes over to clean the tank and change the salt water as well. Would there be more to do in the event I added live corals to the tank?

Thanks in advance for your help.

no, UV kills everything including zooplankton like pods etc,
which is important source of food for coral & fishy.

use only when seriously infected with parasit & want to sterilize it

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Added on October 27, 2009, 12:54 amT5 cheaper but the natural effect less, MH your electricity bill will shot up.
btw not all coral need bright light, some will melt under MH
some coral will not grow well under T5.
so there's no definate answer rather than what you plan to keep & off course your deep is your pocket

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Added on October 27, 2009, 1:00 amhi, that's cool, 4ft tank, maybe you can snap some photos and show us what you have first.
shrimp basically are scavenger, meaty food fall on to the ocean floor they will swept it clean.


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the key is to be patient << quoted from someone in another marine forum.

maybe get more live rock and do a nice formation?

if u have an established system(which takes time), i dont think there will be much(of an increase) in chores.

indeed. those take too much care already, so i didn't go into that.

lights, temperature and water movement - so much planning.

just take everything out and dump in one maybe two blue ring octopus lol.