:: my 58g Reef ::.

welcome to my 58g reef tank
in this post i would like to share my reef & its lovely fishes :)
i will be posting its name, pics, general behavior, diet and my experience with them. stay tuned.. :-)




o'rite, meet my fishes :)

here my pink-bar shrimp-goby
he is a very shy fella, i used to see it only during the feeding time, he used to sneak his head out from rocks & quickly grabs food.
(i will post more about this fella later)





this is my blue tang, everybody knows it by "Dori"
he is an amazing swimmer, he swims all day long, this is a peaceful fish, it wont go after other fishes in tank, he loves to eat always.
this is a rare fish in Maldives

(will post more abt this fish later)

.:: SALTWATER ::

On September 2006 I started saltwater fish keeping. My first setup was a 29g D.I.Y all-glass by me and my cousin brother(Bro). After going through a fish-only aquarium with the 29 setup, I decided to go for a more colorful setup. My lighting was just a regular daylight, but now the entire lighting has been changed and replaced by T5 light tubes (T5 20W blue actinic + 1 regular daylight 20W). I'm satisfied with this kind of lighting, i don't grow any corals at the moment.
After having 29g setup for about 6 months we have decided to go for a bigger one, as always the better the bigger.
We went for a 58g (D.I.Y all-glass by me & Bro) as it will accommodate more fishes, and the water parameter issues will be minimize due to the larger volume. With this setup instead of a bare-bottom we went for a DSB of 2", we used live sand and crushed coral as substrate, 10kg of live rock (all cured in-the-tank without stressing any fishes).
once the tank was fully cycled we added a sump for extra water volume and circulation.

Equipments:
1 2500ap Powerhead
1 1600ap Powerhead (used in the over-flow filter box in the main tank)
1 1600ap Powerhead (in the sump)
over-flow drain box (water from display tank to the sump)

Fishes:
1 zig-zag wrasse
1 unknown wrasse
1 midas blenny
1 pink-bar-shrimp goby (aurora)
2 green chromise
1 black-back butterfly fish





........to be cont..

.: WELCOME ::

Hello and welcome to all the readers coming from all over the world.

Thanks to all of you who have spent their valuable time reading my *bad broken finger English* writing. Sure am not a writer, not even my English is good enough to get picture of what am talking here, and I apologize for my bad English.

For the new readers, I am 23yrs (young man:) ) Maldivian, as all Maldivian sure know from the name itself that am a true Maldivian :) . I am working in a Pvt company down here in Male', the beautiful capital city of Maldives.

On the 15^th of April 2007, I though of start a blog to share some of my interests, and here it goes.

Those who are not from Maldives, am sure you will wonder what the heaven this "kandiki" means? O'rite, "kandiki" is the name for a traditional skirt that many of the Maldivian ladies used to wear, it’s a long, black in color a special silk-like material skirt locally stitched by true Maldivian ladies of cause :) .

I was looking for a good name to this blog and this “kandiki” just popped up in my freaking idiotic mind, it’s a nick name that I used on IRC at Undernet (internet relay chat).

So…. Let’s freak it with a hot chocolate,

Have a good day :)