what do you mean by overflow?

if u mean water flowing back into the tank, then there is overflow.

HOB filters? i don't use HOB.

my last marine tank was just the normal pump, no skimmer also. cheapskate setup but it was really well.

oh. there are holes near the top of the pipe to get surface water.

now 10 days passed, waiting for the algae to grow. cant wait to put in more livestock inside.

cool. the petshop guy near my house ask me wait around 2 weeks den can add more fish, and for anemone gotta wait a bit longer. he said a good sign that the cycle has begun is the growth of brown algae if im not mistaken but i cant see any signs of algae.
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anyone know whats the white thing floating around? I scraped it off the rubber lining at the aquarium's angles.

alright thx. i have been using a bottle of photosynthetic bacteria for the tank.

some kind of chinese brand not sure



i've got some brine shrimp. should i dump some inside?

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Added on October 24, 2009, 12:15 ambtw my nitrites at 0.3 i duno whether its rising or decreasing.

its from a pet shop near my house.

here's the web:
http://www.tzong-yang.com.tw/en/proditem_d...l.php?itemid=68

the bottle says, develop bacteria colony to decompose ammonia, No2, hydrogen. not so specific like u mention.

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Added on October 24, 2009, 1:45 amand btw, how much is one of the brightwell biofuel microbacter bottle?

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Added on October 24, 2009, 4:12 am

yeah, pro tank keepers use Berlin method. just use the live rock for everything. natural style.

theres lots of types of biofuel, do you mean this :

http://www.aquacave.com/brightwell-aquatic...uaria-2487.html   

its a good things my rocks have lots of holes n pores, n there are stuff starting to grow on it. looks like coralline algae.

maybe some corals, anemone and a few fishes.

if the bioload too high, then dont need corals. i guess it will be colorful enough if my live rock is covered with coralline algae.

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

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that all folks

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.

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 ...

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.

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

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.
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whats growing on my rocks?
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im using mr aqua 9000k blue and white. 1 white bulb and 1 blue bulb.

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.

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.

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.

the anemone in ur display is nice,what is its name? where'd you get it?

thx for ur suggestion bro i think i saw some african clown in the lfs tat day, will check it out.