hye guys, would it be sufficient to feed the fish with flakes....
i browse through internet and found out about some fish can be feed with brine shrimps and frozen feed...does it same like the one for freshwater fish...??
did LFS selling brine shrimps and frozen feed for saltwater fish???
i'm planning to keep tangs, clowns, goby, damsel in my tank....

This post has been edited by silverbolt143: Dec 29 2009, 12:11 PM

yeah.. there's few lfs selling frozen food, i bought my mysis n brine shrimp at oceanic in puchong...east aqua ikano sells brine shrimp too but always out of stock for mysis..

Puchong quite far for me, ikano have arr....how much they are selling those feeds...

if ikano..i think rm4.80 for frozen brine shrimp.. there's another shop at kota damansara.. near giant kota damasara... there selling rm4 only..

tang need train it to eat pallets else will die of mulnutrition, certain tang doesn't take flakes, certain only glaze algae or even specific type of algae only, some need live plankton

clown is pig, will eat almost everything, overfeed will kill them

goby not recommended for new tank, most goby only eat live pod so if your tank less thank 6months than can forget it,
unless u train it to take frozen food.

damsel can throw away

before go buy any fish , study first , buy a book, check the internet or else don't buy, better leave them in the ocean

Kota D'sara? i think i know that if it's located near giant..thanks for the info

That's what i'm doing rite now...read a bit & asking around to ensure i don't misunderstand....
Thanks for the info Read about goby feed on live pod...however when i surf around there are live pod been selling in bottle online....
does this live pod available at our LFS???

This post has been edited by silverbolt143: Dec 30 2009, 12:59 AM

agree with alex, screw damsels.

My brine shimp cost Rm2 only lol.

I saw a goby eating cabbage =.= and in another shop i saw the same species of goby feeding on brine shrimp and pellets.

For tangs you might want to ask the lfs what they feed it. If the tangs are accustomed to pellets then saves u lots of trouble.

occasionally some LFS will sell but expensive, live pod u can breed with big refugium in your sump tank or your tank is big , lots of hiding places and the pod already grow until the level which it's population won't be wipe out totally by the goby.

goby to eat bbs & pallets , this require lots of patient and time to train.

Ooohhh, poor damsels...why u guys hate it so much
I read damsels are notorious....however lots of LFS put them with other fish and it seems they live happily together....

Perhaps can buy a bottle and pour it in separate 10 gallon tank then breed it is it possible??
But need to feed with phyto rite...

This post has been edited by silverbolt143: Dec 30 2009, 03:51 PM

Hi there! I'm a newbie in here., very good forum. Got alot of info that I've been lookin for. But too bad cause y'day I think Lowyat server got problem, can't log in. Anyway, I baught few piece of livestone y'day and I didn know is alive until i came in here today. I taught the stone is dead, so I soak in a pale of tap water about 25min to wash out all those dirty thing in it. Now after reading this forum only I know those purple and green colour on my stone is actually alive!!! I alredy put in my new tank for cycle but I think most propably I've killed those rock Any help?

hey there dont worry, your rock is fine.

Are you currently adding any photosyntethic/ denitryfying bacteria into your tank now? If so, dont worry the bacteria will colonize the rock. Its all good.

when they are by the dozens it won't fight, anyhow is ok if u like it, jusy buy

ya, phyto is pod food source

This post has been edited by alexlow: Dec 30 2009, 07:40 PM

i bought 2 damsels when i started.. at first they're ok...but after they really settled in.. quite aggresive if a new fish go to its 'area'... decided to take them out.. which is quite hard too...

make a fish trap to get them out.

well i was planning for a rescape of my live rocks..so decided to take all the live rocks out.. and catch those 2 damsels.... ... after that..my maroon and blue tang looked happier.. because they we're not hiding or passive anymore


will be moving all my live rocks and livestock to the new 3ft tank.. can i use my previous sand + few bags of new sand or do i need to buy new sands? will cycle the 3 ft 1st before moving the livestock in..

This post has been edited by edthrax: Dec 30 2009, 09:46 PM

next time get a coke botol, cut the end part but not all, so can flip it to close the entrance, cut a hole at the side so can put a suction plug to hold it to the glass. put a pcs of mirror inside, the stupid fish will attack and you can get it out easily.

put the new sand in, do a big wc and dump the water from old tank to your new one. cycle it until ready. move your life stock.
wash the old sand and dry it before add it into your new tank.

hihihi, got attracted with the yellow tail one and it's so cheap

nice experience to share

lol my first fish, 3 stripe damsel now in my 1.5ft with a pair of clowns. the clowns are aggressive towards my damsel.

Hi, Thx!! I didn't put any of the mention above. only some liquid to speed up the cycle process advise by the seller. Can't wait to bring back some Nemo and Tangs!!! Below is my tank Pic. Is a small tank, just wanna keep few fish. Have been cycle for 4 days now. Any comment?


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How big is ur tank? Tang fishes doesnt do well in small tanks..