Hello everyone

By the way, you guys haven't told me where you are from and old how if you don't mind telling me

 

Inuki,

We never kiss and tell!  Just kidding!  If you click on the name of the Author in any of the posts it will take you to the member information.  As you can see http://www.3reef.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Newbie;action=viewprofile;username=Craig_Manoukian, I am from Reno, Nevada here in the USA.  Reno is the blue pushpin in the yellow member map as you scroll down.  As for age, since I am not a girl I am no longer 29, I am 46 years old.  I have been married 26 years to a beautiful lady and we have three kids.  Our son is 25, and our daughters are 23 and 18.  

I used an on-line conversion program to first change cm into inches.  http://www.convert-me.com/en/  I then multiplied the three measurements to arrive at cubic inches and then coverted that number into gallons.

Your tank measures 30" (76cm) x 17' (44cm) x 16" (41cm) for a total of 8,160 cubic inches or 35 gallons.

The number of fish you can have is dependent on the amount of biological and mechanical filtration in your tank.  For a reef tank you want between 35 and 50 lbs of live rock and a 4" deep sand bed along with a good protein skimmer and filter as well as a good power head for water movement.  Your lighting requirement will depend on what kind of corals, clams, or anenomes you intend to keep.  35 gallons is not a lot of water and will limit your selection of livestock a bit, but if you plan your list of inhabitants you can have a nice little reef tank.

By the way are you still 29?  Here in America women never tell their age after their 29th birthday.

Let us know what else you need or if we haven't answered any of your questions.

 

Inuki HI!,
I have read all 3 pages of this thread and I think the next piece of equipment you should get is a good salt water aqurium maitanance book.Start with something simple like the basics. Like how to do a water change ,the differance between a "fish only" and a "reef " tank! How to test your water, and for what you should be testing, and how to interpret the test after you do one. Also what should be done should the test come out with unfaverable results.

 

[quote author=Craig_Manoukian link=board=Newbie;num=1058880761;start=30#31 date=07/28/03 at 07:09:54]Inuki,

We never kiss and tell!  Just kidding!  If you click on the name of the Author in any of the posts it will take you to the member information.  As you can see http://www.3reef.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Newbie;action=viewprofile;username=Craig_Manoukian, I am from Reno, Nevada here in the USA.  Reno is the blue pushpin in the yellow member map as you scroll down.  As for age, since I am not a girl I am no longer 29, I am 46 years old.  I have been married 26 years to a beautiful lady and we have three kids.  Our son is 25, and our daughters are 23 and 18.  

I used an on-line conversion program to first change cm into inches.  http://www.convert-me.com/en/  I then multiplied the three measurements to arrive at cubic inches and then coverted that number into gallons.

Your tank measures 30" (76cm) x 17' (44cm) x 16" (41cm) for a total of 8,160 cubic inches or 35 gallons.

The number of fish you can have is dependent on the amount of biological and mechanical filtration in your tank.  For a reef tank you want between 35 and 50 lbs of live rock and a 4" deep sand bed along with a good protein skimmer and filter as well as a good power head for water movement.  Your lighting requirement will depend on what kind of corals, clams, or anenomes you intend to keep.  35 gallons is not a lot of water and will limit your selection of livestock a bit, but if you plan your list of inhabitants you can have a nice little reef tank.

By the way are you still 29?  Here in America women never tell their age after their 29th birthday.

Let us know what else you need or if we haven't answered any of your questions.[/quote]

First time hearing from a man how much he loves his wife and how he praise her. I really envy your wife. Guess now you are enjoying life at home with your marine life?? Since all your kids are so big ;D

I am 22 this year, I aren't really like other girls. I don't mind telling others my age. Most of the girls waste alot of time in bathing, make up and clothings or window shopping and branded goods. I just love to be simple. I rather take the money and spend on animals and my hobby jap animation ;D ;D

My greatest wish now is to have a house of my own with my hubby, so I can get a siberian husky back.

As for the 35 and 50 lbs live rock, what does it mean? I never learn lbs before. I only know the kg of rocks I have bought so far. And I aren't planning to get any more as my water has settle down if I aren't wrong, I don't want to disturb the water anymore.

If I aren't wrong, I have about 6+kg of live rocks in my tank. As for corals, the fish seller say its "animoe" if I spell correctly One of my animoe is so beautiful, with its red backside, wow the red is really very BEAUTIFUL

As for lights, really no idea lor

 

[quote author=david link=board=Newbie;num=1058880761;start=30#32 date=07/28/03 at 17:57:23]Inuki HI!,
I have read all 3 pages of this thread and I think the next piece of equipment you should get is a good salt water aqurium maitanance book.Start with something simple like the basics. Like how to do a water change ,the differance between a "fish only" and a "reef " tank! How to test your water, and for what you should be testing, and how to interpret the test after you do one. Also what should be done should the test come out with unfaverable results.[/quote]

Thanks for your concern. Guys here gave me help whenever I need. They are like a live dictionary to me

 

[quote author=Inuki link=board=Newbie;num=1058880761;start=30#33 date=07/29/03 at 05:45:21]

As for the 35 and 50 lbs live rock, what does it mean? I never learn lbs before. I only know the kg of rocks I have bought so far. And I aren't planning to get any more as my water has settle down if I aren't wrong, I don't want to disturb the water anymore.[/quote]

It is standard for a reef tank to have biological filtration in the form of sand and live rock.  Sand (DSB) is recommended to be Aragonite or Oolite and 4" in depth.  Live rock (LR) is recommended in the ratio of 1 to 1.5 lbs per gallon.  Using the conversion program I gave you the link to, the sand and LR for your tank that would equate to 10cm of sand and between 16 - 23kg of rock.  Biological filtration is very important in being able to handle ammonia and perform the denitrification process.

I would guess that "animoe" is an anenome and that you have a Bubble Tipped Anenome (BTA)which are very common to the Indo-Pacific Region.  Yes they are beautiful!  Anenomes are a photosynthetic animal that require the proper lighting to support the zoanthalea that lives in the tentacles and feeds the anenome.  MH lighting is generally considered to be required to support the zoanthalea.  If there isn't sufficient light for the photo synthesis, then over time the anenome will decline and perish.  These animals live for decades in the wild, but they last less than 5 years on average in the home aquarium.  In addition to the zoanthalea, the BTA will require meaty foods twice a week or so.  Krill or mysis shrimp can be target fed to the animal with a turkey baster.  Sounds like you have more than one, eh?

How many turkeys are there in Singapore?

I think our husband is blessed to have you as a wife!

;D 8) :

 

[quote author=Craig_Manoukian link=board=Newbie;num=1058880761;start=30#35 date=07/29/03 at 07:05:17]

It is standard for a reef tank to have biological filtration in the form of sand and live rock.  Sand (DSB) is recommended to be Aragonite or Oolite and 4" in depth.  Live rock (LR) is recommended in the ratio of 1 to 1.5 lbs per gallon.  Using the conversion program I gave you the link to, the sand and LR for your tank that would equate to 10cm of sand and between 16 - 23kg of rock.  Biological filtration is very important in being able to handle ammonia and perform the denitrification process.


I would guess that "animoe" is an anenome and that you have a Bubble Tipped Anenome (BTA)which are very common to the Indo-Pacific Region.  Yes they are beautiful!  Anenomes are a photosynthetic animal that require the proper lighting to support the zoanthalea that lives in the tentacles and feeds the anenome.  MH lighting is generally considered to be required to support the zoanthalea.  If there isn't sufficient light for the photo synthesis, then over time the anenome will decline and perish.  These animals live for decades in the wild, but they last less than 5 years on average in the home aquarium.  In addition to the zoanthalea, the BTA will require meaty foods twice a week or so.  Krill or mysis shrimp can be target fed to the animal with a turkey baster.  Sounds like you have more than one, eh?

How many turkeys are there in Singapore?

I think our husband is blessed to have you as a wife!

;D 8) :
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What turkeys are you talking about here?

I always ask my hubby, are you happy being with me? He will always reply YES, you are the greatest. ;D

Saw your reply, but can I don't add in anymore live rocks? I really don't want to disturb my water and wait so long again

 

Without that amount of KG of live rocks, my fishes will still be able to live well right?

Amazing thing about the live rocks is that, I found so many living creatures in it. Just now saw a crab crawling out from the rock, and then a few other things.

 

inuki,

You can get some more live rock and cure it in a tub of salt water with a power head for circulation.  In time, with water changes to export the bad stuff you will have rock that has cured or cycled outside of your tank.  When you add it to your tank you won't experience a significant ammonia spike and your critters, fish and inverts, will be happy you did.  You will have even more cool stuff in your tank with more live rock.

;D 8) :

 

[quote author=Inuki link=board=Newbie;num=1058880761;start=30#36 date=07/30/03 at 06:07:44]

What turkeys are you talking about here?[/quote]

The turkeys you eat, big oversized chickens that the Pilgrim's ate at the first Thanksgiving in America. You use a turkey baster when you cook them, but turkey basters work great for target feeding corals, clams, and anenomes.

;D 8) :