Wow...that's quite long. The sales person at Ikano fish centre told me just need 3-4 days...

Unless u can get the saltwater from a mature tank then it might take a shorter period of time .. but 3-4 day will not be stable , I tried these method n it still took me 2 weeks...

If i would like to put seahorses in my tank, what fish are recommended to mix with them ? From what i read, clown and tang not suitable to mix with seahorse, because seahorse is slow eater, and clown and tang are fast swimmer, food will finished before the seahorse eat, and cause seahorse starve to dead, is there any fishes can mix with seahorse ?

i was interested to having searhorses b4.. but after i asking my LFS guy i just giv up this idea.. he said if u wan u can have it .. but seahorse's mouth is too small so very hard to eat & slow moving .. they probably having eating problem and stand for bout 2 months then will die already ..then i do search from some website saying better have a seahorses only tank if u really wan them..
*correct me if i am wrong*

I asked one of my LFS bout it and he told me u can actually keep Seahorses but its hard to tc of them since they r too slow so u can't expect them to compete with other fishes for food so u have to feed them each time..

please leave the seahorse in the sea.... LFS is lying.... all the time...


its not for beginner....
you guys just end up killing it....

seahorse not for beginner, leave them alone

you need to breed live artemia or copepod to feed them for few months at least.

they don't take frozen food or pallets especially those from the wild

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Added on February 22, 2011, 10:46 amlisten to sale man, very fast go holland.

they just want to make $ , for beginner better to cycle it as long as possible, for experience fella and know what they are doing can get the tank cycle up faster.

This post has been edited by alexlow: Feb 22 2011, 10:46 AM

guys.i got 2.5ftx1.5ft tank.if i wana keep marine fish(fish only no corals) what i need to buy n whats the cost.

Finally my 1st mini tank is up & running today. I got 1 problem now, the water clarity is not clear, look like milk after 3 hours running. Btw, my hydrometer reading is 1.030, is it too high?

try get around 1.021-1.025 range.

you should mix salt and water first before put into the tank

i want to set up a 3ft marine tank, how much it will cost?
i had been ask few shop, they all quote me around rm3k til rm4k
is it so much expensive?

Now the hydrometer reading is 1.028. Is it ok? Can i put live rocks into during the cycle?

the price can start from rm 0-infinity
1st u should ask urself.how much budget u gona spent,n wat fish u gona feed

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Added on March 1, 2011, 1:04 amdid u check correct?some time the hydrometer got little bobble.try knot it b4 reading.the more high Salinity the more cool water temp u need.try make it around 1.025 at 27c.coz of u ned intro live rock into cycle.if not wat will u cycling.try to goggle it,or look back reveres topic

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Added on March 1, 2011, 1:06 amwhich guy,suggest u don get any info from him again.

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Added on March 1, 2011, 1:09 amagain....but u r wrong.seahourse wont eat any ur pallet.only livefood.of coz u can mix into ur main tank.but without Wm.it need a very slow movement.but if u no Wm.ur coral leak co2 and die.

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Added on March 1, 2011, 1:11 amcan b cheap and very expensive til u cant imagine.and need a daily to monly to yearly maintained cost.think twice b4 start

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Added on March 1, 2011, 1:14 amjust make it more detail.get a basket fill wif ur RO or tapwater ,leave it for 24 hour,thn mix wif correct amount of salt til Sa u want.a powerhead inside basket let it runing for another 24hour.

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Added on March 1, 2011, 1:15 amseriusly how many ppl will Lisen.same as jellyfish.

This post has been edited by icemamario: Mar 1 2011, 01:15 AM

Finally, i get 1.025 hydrometer reading after suck out all the previous water & mix new tank of water. Start to intro live rocks into the tank.

The sales person is the guy with spec & around late 30's. I think the oldest salesman at East Aqua Ikano.

Now i change to visit Sam Aquatic & Reef Altech. More information from them.

suck out all 100%?y.wat a waste.y don just try suck 30% old water and top up wif fres water.
have 2 old man at ikano.reedaltech steanly was a nice guy.

thx ya icemamario

btw whr can i go to buy these equipment & marine fish & coral?

got any suggestion?

This post has been edited by marinefish: Mar 1 2011, 07:51 PM

http://chuisui.com/viewthread.php?tid=12691

u got u2u

guys i got a 2.5ft tank.top fillter box with pump.salt.
wat other tings i need?i just wana keep the basic fish 1st(exa,ple:clown).so for a basic set up what else i need?

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Added on March 3, 2011, 10:34 ammy friend said cn use the top filter.
so he ask me to buy bio ring and bio homes.and a skimer.
so set up will be
1.2.5ft tank
2.top filter box with pum
3.salt
4.skimer
5.bio homes n bio ring
ENOF???

This post has been edited by Arawin92: Mar 3 2011, 10:34 AM

top filter is ok for marine .but for nono tank and low life stock only
bio homes n bio ring put at whr wor