cannot .... very dangerous ...................

you can try this in your tank, haha

Sorry, made mistake on size is actually 3ft.

Will post pics later

i went to few petshops in melaka selling SW fish not many variety.

The one near my house got anemone.,

then north south east west aquarium have mushroom corals, red color.

fish mostly damsels,clown. banded cat shark.

is a dwarf lionfish good for my 1.5ft tank?


After visiting these pet shops, I think I'm going to get 1 angel Fish, a pair of oceallaris, 1 blue damselfish.

Later gonna add an anemone and some polyps,corals.


p.s : here's a close shot of my live rocks, I believe coralline algae is beginning to grow on it.


whats growing on my rocks?


This post has been edited by Evrae90: Oct 29 2009, 05:51 PM

if i use compact fluorecent bulb would be enough to keep some coral??

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Added on October 30, 2009, 2:11 amwhat type of light u use??

This post has been edited by ruknu: Oct 30 2009, 02:11 AM

im using mr aqua 9000k blue and white. 1 white bulb and 1 blue bulb.

if i use compact fluorecent bulb would be enough to keep some coral??

tank already almost finish cycling, don't get damsel,
is very territorial & will seriously bully any new fish you put in future,
angel fish will nip all your soft coral, choose small tang species like tomini, yellow or blue.
a pair of clown will be nice, introduce them togather.

those maybe polyps or worm but anyhow is ok

lionfish don't take pallets, if u get it than u can't keep small fish
not suitable

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Added on October 31, 2009, 12:15 amneed calculate the wattage, shallow tank 2-3watt per gallon will be ok


This post has been edited by alexlow: Oct 31 2009, 12:15 AM

lol bro hopefully what you say is true cause i just tested for nitrates and it spike up. last week 0.3 and it seems that its getting higher.

my 3 stripe damsel aka zebby is a coward, i reckon leaving it in wont do so much harm. if it causes problems i will take it out.

i check online,it says tangs need lots of swimming space n the minimum they recommend is 50 gallon, mine is 10 gallons dunno ok or not.

even if i wanted to get tangs n lionfish and what not, the lfs do not have them. i'm stuck with damsels and clowns, and angels.

This post has been edited by Evrae90: Oct 31 2009, 06:39 AM

wah... in here pun ada reefer ar... hehe

do i need proper K of my light for reef tank??such as 10000K for coral to photosynthesis??in my mind, i want to replace my light to daylight compact fluorescent..it that OK??

yes correct k of lighting is a must imo.. firstly it is required fo rthe coral and secondly imcorrect k of the lighting will cause algae boom in tank ...

so can i use daylight compact fluorescent(usually found at electrical store use for house)
for reef tank?? please.....and what is the correct of K??

This post has been edited by ruknu: Nov 1 2009, 09:05 PM

if i did not rem wrong... reef tank correct k for day light is 10k.. night light / blue is abt 15-20 k...
planted tank is abt 6.5k.

as for normal house hold compact lighting is abt 4.8 k ????

i think u will required to have aleast a T5 lighting with a few tubes of 10k lighting for a reek tank .. btw what is your size of the tank ???

my tank only 2 ft..and as for PC fluorescent,it about 6500k @ 7500K if i didn't mistake..
i wish i want to low the cost as possible.any idea??

you been very patient, thats very good. it will be rewarding.
AKA zebra, haha, once i have 1 yellow tail & this zebra also, gave to my friend to cycle his tank, lol
if is easy to take them out in future than is ok de else next time if you put any fish in you will notice all hide at the corner,
tang need big space else they easily get sick. for your case get either "1" small blue tang, yellow or tomini tang should be fine,
just quarantine it first and give some ick remove treatment before introducing.

lionfish grow too fast.

TANK UPDATE: i think i got algae bloom, there's some spots on my sand growing brown algae and the coloration on my rocks becoming a very dark brown color.



i will introduce the livestock slowly, once my nitrate 0, i put in a pair of clown first, thats a must on my list.

then later tang, angel or any other. damn i like lionfish lol, there's dwarf lionfish if im not mistaken.

kena SW poison d, next time working wanna upgrade to giant tank.




This post has been edited by Evrae90: Nov 2 2009, 04:46 PM

hmmm increase in flow of that spot, a 10-20 % saltwater change with 0 po4 and 0 no4 etc ( distill water mix with premix salt ) might solve the algae
btw is your lightiing too strong ???? or in correct k ???

i tmight be the reasons of the algae too

nitrogen cycle complete.

those are just diatom, left over shell, it will dissapear eventually, don't worry/
if you don't like it just get vacumm cleaner to clean it up, sand star
clown fish, which type? after that you sure want to find a house for it, haha. anemone.

great, thats what i wanted to hear. the algae was already growing some time ago, just i think 2 days ago i left my lights on for 12 hours+ forgotten to switch it off and went for classes thats why there's a bit growing on my sand bed.

most probably get the oceallaris, orange ones. dont quite like the maroon cuz they're territorial i think? and i prefer the orange ones.

anemone see first lol. lfs selling for RM40 the anemone looks like ritteri anemone. i've seen clowns host on white mushroom coral looks not bad also.

its been a long wait, going to test my water parameters this friday.