Since nothing much activity for today, went to jalan jalan around Puchong LFS.. GV and Oceanic. GV have new fish shipment for today and more for tomorrow. For full list of new fish shipment, please refer to this thread. While Oceanic will only have new fish/coral shipment on early March, as appear on their facebook.

Anyway finally Oceanic have the filter sock and the holder on their shelves.. but the price its a bit higher compare to what i have before. Since i dun really want to wait i just bought several more of the filter shock so i can start using it again after the disaster last time.

Went to GV yesterday, not sure if the corals and fishes just arrived or old stock. I'm not going to any LFS recently so not quite sure BUT they have another more shipment for fish and coral for today. Anyway that's the news i got yesterday, so not sure if the stock arrived.

Other than looking around, managed speak to a couple who are interested to terjun masuk lubang ... heheheh. To be honest i can't advise them much about the setup coz they really looking for a minimal requirement and budget for a start. Hope they'll doing fine with that and read more about this hobby.

Anyway if you are reading this, maybe for next time u may need to consider buy/do :

• new tank with sump
• skimmer
• add some rock
• buy salt + hydrometer (dun buy prepared saltwater)
• read/join Malaysia Marine Club (please read sticky topic 1-6 in this forum)
• enjoy

Since i promised to lend my chiller, i also bring the chiller along with me and leave it at the store. Hope he manage to get it soon ;). Other than that nothing interesting happened... life goes on.

Just coming back from GV Marine Puchong, they are very busy unpacking new fishes from indon. There are a lot of blue tang, nemo, some angels, some butterfly fish etc etc. Not spend much time to look around for the fishes cause i'm more interested with coral shipment at the moment. For more info bout the lastest shipment please refer to this thread.

There also still have a lot of clams, sea horse, and mini anemone available. If u need a map direction to GV Aquarium please refer to this post.

Since i'm not able to check on the last shipment, so i pay them a visit today after sending my wife. There is another fish shipment for today! Finally there are copperband that i really needed! If not mistaken there are only 2 of them, after i left only left 1 :D There are also a lot other fishes too, naso, butterfly, moorish, anthias and bla bla bla.

Beside that, they also have anemone shipment and the boss said they will have another shipment of anemone tomorrow (i believe its a tube anemone since he said, the anemone stay in the sand bed and small).

Other than new fishes, there still a lot of the previous shipment left. I like the lion fish but sadly its not suitable for my tank ;). They also still have a tank of green gonipora.

And the suprise part, finally they clean up the dark side of the shop :D ... expect more stock will be added soon. I'm happy for them finally they upgrading their shop. Hope they will have a better business after this.

Safe return after spend bout a week at my hometown. Bit worried before going back cause i dun have the auto feeder, lucky EHEIM has replace my auto feeder to a new one. Good for me and the fishes ;)

I was lucky not forgot to check my auto top off water switch. Anyway thanks to my wife she forgot to bring her notebook so have to return to home while i took that time to check the aquarium equipment one more time. I forgot that i was off the pump while doing the water changed... lucky! otherwise the tank water level will drop and increase the salinity...and will be follow with other not so good thing! As other precaution, i also get my neighbor to look around my house if got electric trip. Since i dun have backup power, it is important to ask someone to look the aquarium. Other than i'm not worried much.

While in Terengganu, i was visiting one of the LFS around my area. My wife wanted a new aquarium again? hmmm .. the 2 footer with steel stand cost only RM22. Lucky it will be troublesome to bring home otherwise i have to bought that .. heheh. The life stock not so much interesting, got several anemone and other soft coral, the owner told got a new shipment next week. So those in that area might wanna check that. The shop is at Hiliran, opposite mosque.

The most enjoy moment for my kids will be mandi pantai session. Since Pantai Batu Buruk not suitable for "mandi pantai", we went to Pantai Pandak Cendering. Too bad my favorite stall "Sotong celup tepung" not opened that day. Since the stall closed, my mom fried "sotong celup tepung" for us .. nyum nyum nyumy.

We also went to a new sea food restorant near my mom's house. The food is good, and the price is the cheapest so far. Too bad i forget the restorant's name... the name its like "T'Sea Food" or "T' Live Sea Food". The restorant located at Kuala Hiliran or Losong, just before "Keropok Losong" stretch and just beside Sungai Terengganu. The view is not so bad, can watch colorful Masjid Crystal at night from there.

We will back back for more fun next time ;)

Quite a long list for a new arrival ;)

1 Anemone bubble
2 Anemone sebae
3 Anemone tube colored
4 Angel Banded angel Centropyge multifasciatus
5 Angel Bicolor angel Centropyge bicolor
6 Angel Blue koran angel Pomacanthus semicirculatus
7 Angel Coral beauty angel Centropyge bispinosus
8 Angel Flag fin angel Apolemichthys trimaculatus
9 Angel Gray poma angel Chaetodontoplus melanosoma
10 Angel Half black angel Centropyge vroliki
11 Angel Imperator angel-juv (m) Pomacanthus imperator
12 Angel Queen angel Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
13 Angel Rusty angel Centropyge ferrugatus
14 Angel Six barred angel Euxiphipops sextriatus
15 Angel Yellow angel Centropyge heraldi
16 Angel Yellow tail poma angel Chaetodontoplus cyanopunctato
17 Anthias Square anthias Pseudanthias pluerotaenia
18 Anthias Sunburst anthias Serranocirrhitus latus
19 Anthias Truncato anthias Paranthias truncato
20 Basslet Diadema basslet Pseudochromis diadema
21 Batfish Pinnatus batfish Platax pinnatus
22 Betta marine fish Calloplesiops altivelis
23 BF Auriga butterfly Chaetodon auriga
24 BF Black & white heniochus Heniochus acuminatus
25 BF Brown heniochus butterfly Heniochus varius
26 BF Burgis butterfly Chaetodon burgessi
27 BF Chelmon butterfly Chelmon rostratus
28 BF Diamond butterfly Hemitaurichthys polylepis
29 BF Eight banded butterfly Chaetodon octofasciatus
30 BF Falcula butterfly Chaetodon falcula
31 BF Klenny butterfly Chaetodon kleini
32 BF Lunula butterfly Chaetodon lunula
33 BF Moorish idol Zanclus canescens
34 BF Musk heniochus Heniochus monocerus
35 BF Plebious butterfly Chaetodon plebius
36 BF Punctato butterfly Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
37 BF Raflessie butterfly Chaetodon raflessie
38 BF Saddleback butterfly Chaetodon ehippium
39 BF Yellow longnose butterfly Forcifiger flavissimus
40 Blenny Rock/algea blenny Salarias fasciatus
41 Blenny Spot tail blenny Ecsenius stigmatura
42 Blenny Starry blenny Salarias ramosus
43 Box fish Ostracion cyanurus
44 Cardinal Spotted cardinal fish Sphaeramia nematoptera
45 Chromis Green chromis Chromis viridis
46 Clown African clown Amphiprion sebae
47 Clown Maroon clown Premnas biaculeatus
48 Clown Orange skunk clown Amphiprion akallopisos
49 Clown Percula clown Amphiprion ocellaris
50 Clown Pink skunk clown Amphiprion perideraion
51 Clown Saddleback clown Amphiprion polymnus
52 Clown Tomato clown Amphiprion frenatus
53 Cow fish longhorn Lactoria cornuta
54 Damsel Blue Chrysiptera cyanea
55 Damsel Domino damsel Dascyllus trimaculatus
56 Damsel Four stripe damsel Dascyllus melanurus
57 Damsel Gregory damsel Paraglyphidodon chrysiptera
58 Damsel Pink damsel Neopomacentrus species
59 Damsel Red honey damsel Dischistodus prosoptaenia
60 Damsel Yellow tail blue damsel Chrysiptera hemicyanea
61 Feather duster worm
62 Flame scallop
63 Fox face Lo vulpinus
64 Fox face Lo vulpinus
65 Goby Blue spotted goby Chryptocentrus leptocephalus
66 Goby Fire fish goby Nemateleotris magnifica
67 Goby Flame goby Nemateleotris decora
68 Goby Green mandarin goby Pterosynchiropus splendidus
69 Goby Pink & blue spot goby Chryptocentrus species
70 Goby Randal goby Amblyeleotris randalli
71 Goby White goby Valenciennea puellaris
72 Goby Yellow watchman goby Chryptocentrus cinctus
73 Hard tube worm
74 Hawkfish Ark eye hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatsu
75 Hawkfish longnose Oxycirrhitus typus
76 Hawkfish Spotted hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
77 Lionfish Black peack lionfish Pterois volitan
78 Lionfish Dwarf lionfish Dendrochirus zebra
79 Lionfish Dwarf lionfish Dendrochirus zebra
80 Lionfish Red peacock lionfish Pterois volitan
81 Parrotfish Bicolor parrot fish Cetoscarus bicolor
82 Parrotfish Bicolor parrot fish Cetoscarus bicolor
83 Parrotfish Green parrot fish Scarus bleekeri
84 Puffer Dog face puffer Arothron negropunctatus
85 Puffer valentini Valentini canthigaster
86 Sea apple
87 Sea apple
88 Shrimp skunk-cleaner
89 Slugs Sea hare slugs
90 Snapper Red emperor snapper Lutjanus sebae
91 Spotted grunt Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
92 Starfish Sand starfish
93 Starfish Sand starfish
94 Sweetlips Yellow line sweetlips Plectorhinchus albovittatus
95 Tang Brown tang Zebrasoma scopas
96 Tang Brown tang Zebrasoma scopas
97 Tang Leniatus tang Acanthurus leniatus
98 Tang Sailfin tang Zebrasoma veliferum
99 Tang Shoulder tang adult (l) Acanthurus olivaceous
100 Tang Yellow tang Acanthurus pyroferus
101 Trigger Black trigger Odonus niger
102 Trigger Blue face trigger-male Xanthichthys auromarginatus
103 Trigger Bursa trigger Rhinecanthus verrucosus
104 Trigger Clown trigger Balistoides conspicillum
105 Trigger Humu-humu trigger Rhinecanthus aculeatus
106 Trigger Pink tail trigger Sufflamen albicaudatus
107 Trigger Undulated trigger Balistapus undulatus
108 Wrasse Christmas Halichoeres ornatissimus
109 Wrasse Cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
110 Wrasse Eight line wrasse Pseudocheilinus species
111 Wrasse Leopard wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris
112 Wrasse Marble wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus
113 Wrasse Red wrasse-adult Coris gaimard
114 Wrasse Six line wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Read as "JUALAN BATU MURAH"... Damn its true! .. this is probably the first time i heard about it ... and yes its cheaper compare to a normal price that we always seen in any of LFS :D

Currently one of Malaysia Marine Club sponsor having a sales for that until 31st Aug. For more info maybe can refer to this thread.

Aquatic World
12, Jalan 7/32A, Off Batu 6 1/2 Jalan kepong,
Kepong, 52100 KL.

Believe its good if u having a new tank or upgrading to a bigger tank? its just too late for me to buy any of those ;)

Singgah GV kejap tadi on way beli susu anak =D, saw a lot of new clams and sea horses. Not sure when these arrived, but as for time i visited still have about 2 tanks of clams, size is vary from small to medium.

If not mistaken the its a Crocea Clam. For more info about this clam, please visit this link. Since nothing to tapau back .. i bough 1 of the clam, never try this before but from various of reading, the clam not really need to be feed. Its even helping taking nutrient in tank, so i think its cool for now. The only important thing need to consider is lighting cause its required very high light.

And for the seahorse, please read its requirement, dos and donts before purchase it

if anyone looking for NP Bio Pellet, several LFS doing a promotion for the product in celebrating 5th chuisui.com (Malaysia Marine Club) . Cepat cepat nanti habis ;) ... i believe if no LFS around your area, you can always arrange for shipment.

Been thinking to used this type of product now .. as for now more reading is require before jump to this. The basic thing i need to have before using this,

• test kits - need No3, already have the other
  
• good skimmer - hope beckett skimmer is good
• fluid reactor - already have
  
• a new pump
  

The goal that i want to archive is simply because i want to feed more my coral and fish. Since from the start, i'm been keeping the feeding at very low frequency to control nutrient in tank. Other than that, i want to remove my current RDSB, feels its taking too much space inside the cabinet.

Beside that ... i dun know my No3 reading, so have to buy that thing 1st LOL.

In mean time, keep reading this topic on several site for now

• LKFS - Irish forum
• Reef Central forum
• Local Malaysia Marine Club

By the way this NP Biopellets is available at Oceanic Aquarium.

Those who have not wish me yet .. please do so...hahaha .. anyway thaks for all comments/msg/greeting etc

For today nothing much happening, just teman my neighbor to Oceanic and GV to find something for his tank. He just cycling his tank less than a week...

Maybe this can be a reference to others what its NOT cycle

• put a just a fresh water in tank (no salt) - no its not funny its happened, better put that water in baldi dont u think so?
  
• no life rock, no sand and no nothing - i dun see how the cycle will start if just a saltwater.
  

For further reading on nitrogen cycle, the topic can be read here

And for another note, even if your water is already clear for the 1st 2-3 days doesn't mean its already ok to put any fish. Its not ok!

What a boring day! .. so just jalan jalan cari makan .. hehe

went to GV and met with Mr Ketam and Mr Orang Tua =D .. nothing much to talk about. But a bit interested with what he said

• be friend with other forumers cause they always give freebies ;)
• go for SPS - this is for sure racun part
  

As for point no 1, i do agree with him .. and for the 2nd part he added for a long term members can exchange frags .. so its actually a cost cutting! we going to spend a lot if want to have every SPS! for me its a yes and no... and i believe i'm not ready (believe its going to cost me a lot to jump ship + do not have appropriate knowledge its cost me another bomb)

and the other note, SPS more challenging compare to other type of coral. Yeah but i think i do not persuade challenge for now ;) so sifu i'll skip SPS for now ;)

Happy to met both of u .. thanks

Went to Oceanic just now .. need a new replacement for T5 and some other thing... not many people at that time .. so its just nice.

Bought
- 2 new t5
- vege clip - the old just broken again .. damn
- target feeder - no need to menyelam lagi .. hehhe

nampaknya abis lagi duit aku .. huhuhuhu. Saw still have some coral in the shop, nice open brain corals, some Xenia, sps, and several other lps and softies... just lazy to list it all.

And also saw new skimmer nice Deltec and Becket :D .. i just dun bother to ask cause i already have one :P

So its just a quick shopping and go home.

Went to GV yesterday and told me that new arrival will arrive around 730 yesterday. Obviously i'll not going there last night =D

So today, pay them a visit and checkout whats new. To be honest a lot of them has been take away already. BUT still have a lot PBT, nemo, some mo0rish idol/banner fish, some angels and alot of gobbies

As for coral still have some zoa/button, xenia and some acropora..

Saw some of reefer from chuisui .. but bit shy to say hi .. heheh.. nvm

So bring several new corals back.
1- xenia
2- elegant
3- orange with green skirt zoa
4- yellow polyps/button

Went to Oceanic Aquarium today and saw this aquarium glass cleaner being sold there... i was reading its review few months ago and decide .. i want this =D

But be honest im not buying it yet cause what i need more on better scrapper ... so its traditional way is better i think.

So what is this Mag-Flip thing? may be can view the following video how this thing works.



So its a 2 in 1 scrapper and glass cleaner. The good thing about this product, user dun have to wet our hand like we normally do by using scrapper.

I'm going to get this thing when budget is permitted ;)

Went to Oceanic yesterday .. just a quick visit to buy a new salt. As for now i'm bought IO salt again ... just too bad it become "keras" after 1st time open it.

I dun have that problem with Red Sea salt before, i think because of the way its being pack. Anyway the only problem for me with this salt is its taking time to dissolve. So need to prepare the water change a bit early before that.

Other than that ... still a lot coral at Oceanic ...

Lost 3 corals during the chiller mishap .. too bad!

So since then still finding a new replacement for that. So last week went to GV and luckily they have new coral and fish shipment! good day for me ;)

But instead of buying new coral, i ended buying more fishes! damn it ... bought about 6 new Anthias. eheh so far they NOT doing well ... still not taking any food :(

hope it will turn out to be ok after this...

Just bought new chiller today 1/2 HP Hailea 500A... nah its not suka suka change :( its something that i MUST buy it NOW!

330PM i realize something is not correct bout the aquarium. So decide to check, so found out that my chiller not working and the temp rise to 32C!

So quickly turn off the light and get ready myself .. Its Oceanic Tour Time! I just spend several mins to decide to buy this new chiller LOL and quickly bring it back home!

Too bad after arrived at home found out that not the chiller that i bought .. ah my bad not checking it .. so pergi balik and get the correct one. I gave them a call before going there so it can be ready by the time i reach there ...

Reached home already 7++ PM .. then quickly plugin the chiller .. so far i'm quite satisfy with the chiller! yeah compare to my old Resun 650 ;)

As for now every coral and fish looks ok and not showing any sign of stress. good for me ;)

I wish i can add ore coral but i'm not in mood to buy any .. anyway finally Oceanic have a coral shipment after a long dry season. There are some corals might interest u in there.

Went to GV today, as usual its suppose a "saje saje" visit only. I have no internet connection bout 2 days! ... lucky got a new AC Ryan player, thanks to Rifdi! so tak ada lah boring sangat.

GV still have a lot of torch coral and frogspawn coral! just pay them a visit if u need them :D

So what do i bought? it just a colony of pink zoa and colony of several color zoa, orange sponge and frogspawn coral.

And i also added my first sps coral .. cokia 1 just orange montipora. Was added bout 2-3 weeks before. It was a good buy at oceanic so why not try it out ;) so far its doing very well! and very happy bout that.

Went to GV today, lot of new corals arrive.. cant recall all the coral but a lot of red mushroom thought its suitable for coming CNY ;) Also a lot of doughnut and open brain corals

The other coral might interest u maybe finger coral which coming with green color and normal brown color. Other than that just normal coral like toadstool and other soft corals.

Not sure can skip gonipora which its going to die anyway if keep in our aquarium. Not many can keep this coral longer than 1 year LOL.

And lastly still got orange sea fan and glove polyps before i left ;)

Other than that have to go urself to look at the stock.

Normally new coral and fish will be arrived at GV Saturday for fish and Monday for coral.