just found a small crab in my tank.. its white and have like black spots on its body... size of a 5 cents.. cute looking buddy..but cant manage to take a picture of it.. always hide inside the rock..

haha..same here..always budget..it's ok just give suggestion..if u want make reef tank, 3ft or larger is better..

my problem now is where to find stand, i dun like the metal stand. if i go buy cabinet at furniture shop i wonder whether it can support 2.5 ft or 3.ft

u should buy tank came with cabinet..or u kne tempahla..

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Added on November 21, 2009, 1:18 amalex, what do u prefer..,2 african clown or 1 african and 1 tomato clown in 2ft tank??
and, which less aggressive..
in my tank, already have 1 yellow tail damsel,2 anemone,1 coral banded shrimp,..
and i would like to add 1 blue hippo tang(the smallest one), 2 clown fish(above @ other clown) and
fire or cleaner shrimp..
what do u think??

This post has been edited by ruknu: Nov 21 2009, 01:18 AM

lol about the clowns, add them at night and off the light

otherwise will fight like mine i think.

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Added on November 22, 2009, 4:44 pmmost lfs sell refugium rubble as live rock right?

i wanna add live rock to my new 20G

This post has been edited by Evrae90: Nov 22 2009, 04:44 PM

actually i want clown fish that less aggressive..
i don't know about refugium rubble as love rock coz at my lfs are real live rock..
i think it's ok coz what we want is the creature on the rock ex coralline algae, good bacteria, etc..
what u plan to put on new tank??

maroon clownfish are the most aggressive of all, even towards same species they will be aggressive n hard to pair.

i think african n pecularia are okay together cause i saw lfs put them all in one tank whereas maroon one they separate n put in another tank.

in other words, ours is the lowest grade la. everything the same just price different. in US they have many types, they collect from Fiji n pacific ocean with the coralline algae all grown on.

i was trying to find alternative to live rock but there's none better.

thank..i think i will buy african clown..
at my lfs,have live rock that covered with coralline algae(purple),not only that, on rock also have another organism..
u should ask ur lfs...

thats really cool, i asked all my lfs, their rocks do have organisms but not coralline algae.

if i not mistaken,there are some product to grow coralline algae..but I'm not sure what product is..
or if u have friend that run saltwater tank,u can ask him to give some coralline algae from his live rock..
to make the coralline grow faster, u need some additive and some trick..
1.turn of ur skimmer and filteration ( just water pump that make current in ur tank is on)
2.scrub rock that have coralline algae using knife or sharp tools (i use lidi satey..haha )
3.wait about 1 hour.
4.turn on all the equipment that ur off.

eh bro u buy live rock how much 1 kg? my lfs here i found 1 kg RM10, another shop 1kg RM12 so expensive.

rm 10 per kg and rm9 per kg..
but i like to buy rm 10 per kg coz it have many organism and coralline algae..

my lfs the rock no difference =.=. my tank 20 gallon how many kg should i get? the lfs guy told me if i keep fishes only, 5kg more than enough.

Hi, i plan to start a small marine aquarium in my study room. Any suggestion where can i view all the necessary equipment and setup in Klang Valley. Prefer a pet shop with wide marine variety and reasonable price. I just need a very small aquarium with cabinet to rear clown fish, some corals etc...really noob in this area but excited each time i saw colourful marine aquarium in midvalley.

5kg is enough..in my 2ft tank about 2.5kg..

This post has been edited by ruknu: Nov 26 2009, 01:36 AM

whats ur tank set up like ruknu? got corals, how many fishies?

welcome khchong. i do not know any shops in klang but if u got any questions how to set up and etc u can ask here.
if you want corals, den be prepared to spend about Rm250-RM400 for your aquarium.

Ittsg, Please don't scared people from getting Marine fish tank as they're dreaming of it...
Actually, keeping marine fish can start with smaller tank like 1.5ft (length) X 1ft (width) X 1ft (heigth). Cost only RM400- RM500 to buy the equipments.
There's no need to buy such a big tank just for starter, unless you're doing some big business & have $$$$$$ to buy big marine aquarium set to keep in your house.

just simple tank..fowlr tank..have 2 anemone, 1 shirm and 3 fish..

I plan to start a small tank with a budget of 500-600. But i really don't know which shop is more reliable and trustable as i'am worried i will be conned.

instead of SHOP, how about just do some reading first la? you can setup a 2ft marine tank for less than RM 500.

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Added on November 26, 2009, 3:01 pmfor such small tanks, 1 pump also i find enough. last i setup i didn't even put any skimmer.

just do a little bit of work.