bablylabbit is marine tank sifu.

for me, i'm heading for the skimmer (most probably weipro), powerhead (the one i have now, i donno what brand) and blower fan (probably take one of my 120mm fans to blow)

aiyah not sure also cos now thinking of planted as well........

going african cichlid is costly enough. hehe. plan to try some thing else.

eh c'mon la my computer parts overall cost more leh.

so how? do you think my "planned" setup ok?

yesterday i went to 88 marine and saw this small tank using 1 powerhead only. no cooling, no nothing else. what's your opinion?

can't help if that name is one simply given by the shop.

for example, neolamprologus leleupi is called heaven bird or something. aihhh.

tropheus moorii is called firefox. haha.........what a name.

3ft tank considered nano meh?

depends on where you read the site from. cos different country, different location - tap water condition will be different.

hard to say la. my area and your area come from different source and go through different filteration.

yeah you started in Kopitiam before.
but it's now continued as.....
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=203388

i'll get back to you when i'm done with mine. it's around 16" (that's 1 1/3 feet)

estimated cost la
pump 20
salt 20 - 40
sand 20 - 40
live rocks - ??
fish - ??
lights - 40
hydrometer - 40
test kits - 40

so yeah, i think that's it. did i miss out something? i hope not.

for marine i rather go chuisui la. freshwater then myfish.

plan to get the swing swing azoo type la.

donno the admin la. doesn't matter.

eh i posted there already mah.

my 1st marine tank will be a nano. hope it works.

hehe. you login as 'admin' or 'tayvin' ?? i haven't seen tayvin's post yet.

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.

indeed. those take too much care already, so i didn't go into that.

lights, temperature and water movement - so much planning.

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.

er hrmrm. 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 ft tank? quite small, bigger the tank the better for newbie IMO, cos changes are less drastic.

i would suggest you not go into corals just yet but if it sparks your interest, can get those cheap cheap ones (sorry, donno their names. had them before. damn nice).

i had a 2x 1 x 1 tank before, no skimmers needed. i didn't even use filter. just 1 pump with minimal fish and such.

the fish aren't particular about lights but the corals are, so depending on WHAT coral you're getting since corals have varying requirements from lights, to currents, to temperature.

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Added on June 25, 2010, 9:50 amwhat happened ah?

i lost a few hundred bucks worth of fishes overnight before too, due to tank break. arrggghhhh!!!

flooded hall also.