7,000 litres Natural reef tank - Thailand

[sirichok]

More on the progress of Solatube .

 

[sirichok]

Now getting the light disperser ready


Close look at the light disperser

 

[dave.m]

If you bend the light in the Solatube like that, won't it change the colour?

Dave.M

 

[sirichok]

If you bend the light in the Solatube like that, won't it change the colour?

Dave.M

It will hurt the solatube and he will turn purple with pain No Dave there won't be any effect on the colour , only intensity will be effected but marginally around 5%

 

[anbosu]

So is the disperser to spread the light throughout the tank?

 

[sirichok]

So is the disperser to spread the light throughout the tank?

That;s correct Anbosu as the sunlight in Thailand is too strong to concentrate in a single focused beam hence the need to disperse it.

 

[DavidinGA]

You have no idea what you're doing and are going to fail miserably with this setup - is something I would never tell you!

Nice build man.

 

[griseum]

Looking fantastic !! The more closely you show us the AquaScape the better it looks!
Im subscribed.

Are those Black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) or Red (Rhizophora mangle) ??
I'm thinking A. germinans, but would like to make sure.

 

[anbosu]

That;s correct Anbosu as the sunlight in Thailand is too strong to concentrate in a single focused beam hence the need to disperse it.

Interesting, I don't think I've ever seen one of those used before.

Are you going to run any color filters on it or just straight daylight?

 

[clorox]

That solatube diffuser will create some great caustics effects with all those fresnel lenses. Can't wait to see the results on your tank. I saw it in action on interior spaces, but never above an aquarium. However, I doubt it will attenuate intensity, it will help spread light evenly across a wider area.

 

[Sascha1966]

Subscribed. Happy to read your thread now!

 

[sirichok]

Fish room is almost finished.

In the picture : apex and energy bars , Calcium reactor, Phosphate remover , Carbon reactor and Kalk stirrer , Ozone reactor.

 

[sirichok]

Interesting, I don't think I've ever seen one of those used before.

Are you going to run any color filters on it or just straight daylight?

The manufacturer has already filtered out the heat from the sun ray . I won't be putting anymore filters but will add supplementary LED lights.

 

[sirichok]

So is the disperser to spread the light throughout the tank?

Yes to spread the light evenly around the tank.

 

[sirichok]

That solatube diffuser will create some great caustics effects with all those fresnel lenses. Can't wait to see the results on your tank. I saw it in action on interior spaces, but never above an aquarium. However, I doubt it will attenuate intensity, it will help spread light evenly across a wider area.

Yes What I meant to say is that the intensity is the same but is spread across the tank so that there is no single focused beam with full intensity which will inflict harmful caustic effect.

 

[sirichok]

Special strain of bacteria extracted from mangrove roots .

It has been dried and seeded in rice bran


Now mixed the bacteria in sea water and activate under sunlight for 5 mins.

 

[sirichok]

Rainy season in Thailand does cause a minor problem so we have to add rainproof shade to stop rainwater getting into the tank.

 

[sirichok]

You have no idea what you're doing and are going to fail miserably with this setup - is something I would never tell you!

Nice build man.

"œIt's not the critic who counts. It's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled. Credit belongs to the man who really was in the arena, his face marred by dust, sweat, and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs to come short and short again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. It is the man who actually strives to do the deeds, who knows the great enthusiasm and knows the great devotion, who spends himself on a worthy cause, who at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement. And, who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and cruel souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
― Theodore Roosevelt

 

[sirichok]

Subscribed. Happy to read your thread now!

Thanks for subscribing !

 

[sirichok]

Looking fantastic !! The more closely you show us the AquaScape the better it looks!
Im subscribed.

Are those Black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) or Red (Rhizophora mangle) ??
I'm thinking A. germinans, but would like to make sure.

Let me check first to get the scientific term correct.