Recent content by Achilles Tang

Hi Ryan I have a DIY beckett skimmer too, based on af648. The beckett WILL leak water out of the 4 holes into the chamber. But the water level will stop right at the edge of the 4 holes on the beckett. where it gets sucked down again with air. It's nothing to worry about. You have to...

About 6 - 12 inches would be best. It also depends on your reflector. You lose some intensity as you go up but that would also mean you have a wider spread of light. Too close to your water and it'll boil! ;) Nah.. but the heat would also mean that any accidental water splashes may shatter...

Yup, I stayed there at the Sipadan Water Village! :) Very nice place! And your photos are EXCELLENT!!!! Err.... are we all offtopic already... hey stop hijacking my thread!!! :P :lol:

Sipadan is in Sabah, East Malaysia. That was the place where the infamous Abu Sayaff terrorists kidnapped quite a large number of european divers and tourists for ransom. The Malaysian government has a very strong naval and coastal police presence there now to prevent this from ever happening...

Can I show off another favourite dive pix I took? :P A banded pipefish taken in Sipadan.

Hi James, I use the same underwater camera casing I use for my diving trips to shoot inside my tank! :) I am using a Canon G2 camera in an Ikelite underwater casing. I took this shot just last week!

Sure thing! I'll bring you around on a feasting spree on local cuisine! :) I'll throw in a tank viewing session too! All in exchange for a nice frag! LOL! :)

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Some of my clams. Too lazy to remove the aiptasia off the shells. Hoping my peppermint shrimps will do their work. So far, they seem to be extremely shy wondering out into the sandbed.... :) I don't see any more aiptasia on my liverocks! :D AT

Underwater shot of my favourite staghorn. It has shades of blue, green and purple. :)

Admitedly, I have to use photoshop to bring the colours close to what the eye sees. I have 2 x 400 Iwasakis and 2 x 400 Radiums (now Ushio Blue) that makes digital photo-taking a pain. The sakis (placed at the back) are so bright that they wash out a lot of colours with the glare and thus I...

Here's a pix of my pink acro, taken underwater.

Top view of the right side, showing my pink and lime green table acros.

Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind compliments! :) t gallo: Ermmm... its not fake, it's a reflection shot as explained. reefann: I have a Koralline calcium reactor, recently upgraded from C1502 to a DIY C10002. (It stands at 1m tall, 8 inch diameter, with A.R.M. media). With my undersized...

Here's an inside-tank view of the right side of my tank, yeah, you heard me right! I put my Ikelite underwater housing for my Canon G2 camera inside and took this shot! :)