A Smart? Aquarium in Taiwan... - Page 41

shih87 · 06/28/2017, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by janci

I do not think there is a remote controller for the calcium reactors at the moment.
DaStaCo has an easy controller and is what I am using. But small adjustments still have to be done by manually turning the button.
As now there is Alk measurement with remote control information, than a remote controlled calcium reactor would be the future thing to have.
Or even better, KH Guardian controlling the reactor!

Lol. What you do not see, does not hurt. Cables are meant to be a mess.

I am not familiar to DaStaCo, will take a look, thanks for the information.
When thing call as a "reactor", I actually a bit nervous to remote control it. Haha... Anyhow, I will share your wish list to KHG owner.

Yes, that is what I told my wife, "cables are meant to be a mess"... till it made myself suffer by bending my body and sour knee when work on cleaning job....

shih87 · 06/28/2017, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AkoAung

Gorgeous! This has more pink than green.

Thanks. How's your worm issue going on? Did you take care of it?

AkoAung · 06/28/2017, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shih87

Thanks. How's your worm issue going on? Did you take care of it?

Haha you saw that. I'm waiting for corals to recover from my nutrient dosing experiment. Once I see them regain color I'm getting rid of the old live rock. It's gonna be messy.

shih87 · 07/01/2017, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by AkoAung

Haha you saw that. I'm waiting for corals to recover from my nutrient dosing experiment. Once I see them regain color I'm getting rid of the old live rock. It's gonna be messy.

Sure I follow your every move and learn ;-)

I hate worm as well. That is why my main tank only used dead rock, and keep fresh rocks only in refugium for necessary bacteria grow. Remember a few days ago I ran main pump cleaning.... Wow..... I found so many crabs and worms hiding there.

Good luck for your tank cleaning plan.

shih87 · 07/08/2017, 03:10 AM

A few coral silently perform better now
After first one turn back from 3 year brown, more coral waking up now. The 2nd one was a gift from friend 5 years ago. Never dead but never grow either till now......

reefmutt · 07/08/2017, 12:43 PM

Beautiful Shih! That gives me hope for my dormant corals.

gromero · 07/08/2017, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by shih87

Inspirational! Congrats on your superb sps garden.
I'm from the UK, but I spent two weeks in Taiwan many years ago, in Hualien at the home of Tzu Chi . Beautiful place. The earthquakes were a bit scary though

Good luck with your aquarium, looking forward to seeing more updates.

shih87 · 07/08/2017, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by reefmutt

Beautiful Shih! That gives me hope for my dormant corals.

Thanks.

Some old frags have friendship and story behind, got to keep them in regardless

shih87 · 07/08/2017, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gromero

Inspirational! Congrats on your superb sps garden.
I'm from the UK, but I spent two weeks in Taiwan many years ago, in Hualien at the home of Tzu Chi . Beautiful place. The earthquakes were a bit scary though

Good luck with your aquarium, looking forward to seeing more updates.

Welcome of visiting Taiwan. Earthquake and power outages are two major concerns for Taiwan reefers.

You reminded me that I hav'nt shot this angle for quite a while.

AkoAung · 07/12/2017, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by shih87

A few coral silently perform better now
After first one turn back from 3 year brown, more coral waking up now. The 2nd one was a gift from friend 5 years ago. Never dead but never grow either till now......

Oh my goodness. I think my eyes just had an orgasm.

shih87 · 07/12/2017, 11:41 PM

Some FB friends thought the top one is a 3D rendering result.
No, but the bottom one is.

2017.7 photo with the entire system

2014.9 3D rendering

shih87 · 07/12/2017, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AkoAung

Oh my goodness. I think my eyes just had an orgasm.

Haha..... So you are a red color lover

shih87 · 07/17/2017, 07:11 AM

Apex AFS is great, all the program I can control.....but.... hard to place it on a rimless open top tank.... Just awful....really awful....the cord, the chunky piece
Until.....my friend offer a POC which solve my problem .... Ya!!!!
It work perfectly on top of my ATI fixture.

I love it, and my fish love it, too

Before

After

reefwiser · 07/17/2017, 08:29 AM

Looks nice. You would think manufactures would look at how their devices look on aquariums before they sale them.

shih87 · 07/17/2017, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwiser

Looks nice. You would think manufactures would look at how their devices look on aquariums before they sale them.

Yes. Not everyone today still use canopy...

Stolireef · 07/17/2017, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by shih87

Yes. Not everyone today still use canopy...

I run rimless as well and it's very challenging to find things that look nice on it. Really hate that my tunze PH's have cords but a closed loop was not a possibility on my tank.

Just installed a really expensive screen so I can keep wrasses but even though it's clear acrylic and cut to precisely fit my tank and even sits flush with the rim of the tank, I still think it hurts the aesthetics of the rimless setup. I may skip keeping wrasses over this.

shih87 · 07/17/2017, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Stolireef

I run rimless as well and it's very challenging to find things that look nice on it. Really hate that my tunze PH's have cords but a closed loop was not a possibility on my tank.

Just installed a really expensive screen so I can keep wrasses but even though it's clear acrylic and cut to precisely fit my tank and even sits flush with the rim of the tank, I still think it hurts the aesthetics of the rimless setup. I may skip keeping wrasses over this.

Same here.... Wrasses just can't keep well in rimless tank. Most end of on my floor, however, I do have two stay well in tank still, but not buying more anymore.

It is challenge to keep rimless neat, but that also the fun part.

ReefKeeper64 · 07/17/2017, 09:19 PM

Shih87, do you run ozone or UV by chance?

Wally.B · 07/17/2017, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shih87

Apex AFS is great, all the program I can control.....but.... hard to place it on a rimless open top tank.... Just awful....really awful....the cord, the chunky piece
Until.....my friend offer a POC which solve my problem .... Ya!!!!
It work perfectly on top of my ATI fixture.

I love it, and my fish love it, too

Very nice Food Chute design, looks great. Slick looking.
You need a matching floating ring since I find food goes down overflow with auto feeders, without one.
Or maybe falling from that high, pellets break the water surface?

On the topic of Jumping Wrasse. I just learned first hand. It was lucky that wrasse jumped into my Overflow box the first time. So I put on a guard over overflow, and also added a Framed Mesh on top tank. Then it disappeared again few weeks later. The only opening was a 3" acrylic tube for feeding. Must have been a lucky jump thru, but no idea where it landed. Never ever found after searching high and low. I give up on wrasse.

AkoAung · 07/17/2017, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by shih87

2017.7 photo with the entire system

This is a nice FTS. It's a different aquascape from TOTM.

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Originally Posted by shih87

Haha..... So you are a red color lover

Not just red. I love all the colours in there. Red looks fabulous yes. Also outstanding is pink acro with orange polyps and the pale blue one with just tiny spots of yellow. Were they in your system before or did you just become a better photographer?

shih87 · 07/18/2017, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Wally.B

Very nice Food Chute design, looks great. Slick looking.
You need a matching floating ring since I find food goes down overflow with auto feeders, without one.
Or maybe falling from that high, pellets break the water surface?

On the topic of Jumping Wrasse. I just learned first hand. It was lucky that wrasse jumped into my Overflow box the first time. So I put on a guard over overflow, and also added a Framed Mesh on top tank. Then it disappeared again few weeks later. The only opening was a 3" acrylic tube for feeding. Must have been a lucky jump thru, but no idea where it landed. Never ever found after searching high and low. I give up on wrasse.

Yes, from that high, pellets break water surface. Pretty happy about that!!!

Haha.... Rimless has no luck for wrasse...

shih87 · 07/18/2017, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by AkoAung

This is a nice FTS. It's a different aquascape from TOTM.

Not just red. I love all the colours in there. Red looks fabulous yes. Also outstanding is pink acro with orange polyps and the pale blue one with just tiny spots of yellow. Were they in your system before or did you just become a better photographer?

It is same rock set, but up from coral grow too big and leave no open space for my sand bed, so I broke it to three, and only leave myself a small piece. A very nice SSC and birdnest die after my summer vocation last year thought.

The red birdnest on my tank today is a two inch frag I saved and regrow to this size.

I always believe I need more red and pink in tank, sign....

ReefKeeper64 · 07/18/2017, 06:39 PM

You must be choosing not to reply. I think your answer is no to both but wanted to be sure.

shih87 · 07/18/2017, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ReefKeeper64

Shih87, do you run ozone or UV by chance?

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Originally Posted by ReefKeeper64

You must be choosing not to reply. I think your answer is no to both but wanted to be sure.

Do you mean above question? Sorry, I overlook. Yes, please do let me know if I did not reply anything here. Sometimes overlook, I don't think there are anything I intend not to reply. Haha....

I did not use Ozone and UV since it against KZ, Af bacteria method, but I do use Ozone from time to time for my new water, but less and less since I don't see the point after for this tank, I upgrade my RO/DI to 3M, and it is much better than regular RO/DI.

"pink acro with orange polyps and the pale blue one with just tiny spots of yellow. Were they in your system before or did you just become a better photographer?"

Or you meant above? Maybe you can point which coral exactly from my previous posting, since I am a bit confuse which one you refer to... But, hey, yes, after in saltwater hobby many years and a few articles were published here and other maganzines, I do believe I become a better photographer, no doubt ;-)

ReefKeeper64 · 07/18/2017, 10:55 PM

Thanks Shih87, I was just curious. I'm kind of taking inventory on the whole ozone use thing.

07/08/2017, 03:10 AM	#1005
shih87 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan Posts: 1,294	A few coral silently perform better now After first one turn back from 3 year brown, more coral waking up now. The 2nd one was a gift from friend 5 years ago. Never dead but never grow either till now...... __________________ Zeovit DTOTQ Q3 2015 RC TOTM April 2016 Reef Hobbyist Magazine Q2 2017 R二R TOTM Oct 2017 Aquaforest ROTM June 2019

07/08/2017, 12:43 PM	#1006
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Beautiful Shih! That gives me hope for my dormant corals. __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

07/12/2017, 11:41 PM	#1011
shih87 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan Posts: 1,294	Some FB friends thought the top one is a 3D rendering result. No, but the bottom one is. 2017.7 photo with the entire system 2014.9 3D rendering __________________ Zeovit DTOTQ Q3 2015 RC TOTM April 2016 Reef Hobbyist Magazine Q2 2017 R二R TOTM Oct 2017 Aquaforest ROTM June 2019

07/17/2017, 07:11 AM	#1013
shih87 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan Posts: 1,294	Apex AFS is great, all the program I can control.....but.... hard to place it on a rimless open top tank.... Just awful....really awful....the cord, the chunky piece Until.....my friend offer a POC which solve my problem .... Ya!!!! It work perfectly on top of my ATI fixture. I love it, and my fish love it, too Before After __________________ Zeovit DTOTQ Q3 2015 RC TOTM April 2016 Reef Hobbyist Magazine Q2 2017 R二R TOTM Oct 2017 Aquaforest ROTM June 2019

07/17/2017, 08:29 AM	#1014
reefwiser Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Louisville,Kentucky Posts: 1,208	Looks nice. You would think manufactures would look at how their devices look on aquariums before they sale them. __________________ President Louisville Marine Aquarium Society. http://www.lmas.org/ The 3rd Annual Frag swap will be held September 23rd,2017 11 am till 3pm Saint Thomas Fellowship hall,9616 Westport Road,Louisvi

07/17/2017, 09:19 PM	#1018
ReefKeeper64 Wanna be a reefkeeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,158	Shih87, do you run ozone or UV by chance?

07/18/2017, 06:39 PM	#1023
ReefKeeper64 Wanna be a reefkeeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,158	You must be choosing not to reply. I think your answer is no to both but wanted to be sure.

07/18/2017, 10:55 PM	#1025
ReefKeeper64 Wanna be a reefkeeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,158	Thanks Shih87, I was just curious. I'm kind of taking inventory on the whole ozone use thing.