A Smart? Aquarium in Taiwan...

[AkoAung]

I am not sure it is the combination of below or one specific action, but what I did are..( I list by the priority as what I believe contribute most first)
1) 25% water change every other day
2) Use filter foam wrap my Tunze to quickly remove diatom after a small pump blew rock and sand bed every day.
3) Add many nature stuff to eat algae (see my post before)
4) Add Zeovit Snow three times a week
5) Stop KZ PIF, Iodine, etc...
6) Add Zeozym once a week
7) Skimmer change to a more powerful one

That's a lot of work but it is a labor of love did you reduce feeding amounts or were they maintained?

 

[shih87]

That's a lot of work but it is a labor of love did you reduce feeding amounts or were they maintained?

No, I actually feed more since my coral was starving. I was struggle that to control my diatom algae, I might need cut feeding; but algae steal nutrition from coral, so I need feed tank more. Then I finger if coral died, there is no meaning of a clean tank :lol2:Thus I decided to feed coral more but use nature bio control to eat algae. That work pretty well.

 

[glaukos]

What did you feed more the corals with,shih?
thanks

 

[shih87]

What did you feed more the corals with,shih?
thanks

Directly, I only feed coral Zeovit Coral Vitalizer, but almost four times of recommend volume

For require elements, I left it to water change mostly since I did 30% water change every other day for almost 2 weeks.

I did not feed more than regular to my fish, and actually reduce to half.

 

[shih87]

A bit tired to have frags hanging on display tank wall.

When proposed a new 50 gallon tank for frag, she said... "over my dead body".... (ok, ok I understand, honey)

but then my display tank looks ugly with these frags hanging there and hard to clean glass....

"**** happen"... She smile and tender (dear, you do know many philosophy of life)

After many try, I finally realize that the entire house I only have one small territory, the fish tank.

So here it is....my next little project is adding a 12 gallon frag tank which integrated to main system as below

 

[shih87]

After talk to my LFS, I decided to hide pluming work as below...

This is how it look when I enter front door

This is how it look when I sit on living room sofa... Hmmm... I need to be careful on light choose

 

[cFloor]

Great idea on how you're going to incorporate the frag tank. I love frag tanks, almost as much as displays sometimes so it'll bee cool to be able to watch both at the same time.

 

[shih87]

Great idea on how you're going to incorporate the frag tank. I love frag tanks, almost as much as displays sometimes so it'll bee cool to be able to watch both at the same time.

I hope it all work out as I expected. The project may only start from end of August. Will share once it start.

thx

 

[shih87]

Like to share some update after the battle of algae and coral starving....

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[shih87]

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[Piper27]

The corals look like they are recovering nicely! I know how it is to have a whole house and only have one area that is yours. The fish tank. Except my wife also shares my hobby so she has all the tanks except one which is mine Now she wants to breed Bengal cats and I am confused as to how on earth we can handle it all!
I think the display looks better now without the big birdsnest too. You have a lot of skill and I surely wouldn't be able to ballance nutrients like you have been doing. Keep the updates coming!

 

[glaukos]

Glad you won that battle man and from the pics i get that your corals are glad too
Great pics:thumbsup:

 

[shih87]

The corals look like they are recovering nicely! I know how it is to have a whole house and only have one area that is yours. The fish tank. Except my wife also shares my hobby so she has all the tanks except one which is mine Now she wants to breed Bengal cats and I am confused as to how on earth we can handle it all!
I think the display looks better now without the big birdsnest too. You have a lot of skill and I surely wouldn't be able to ballance nutrients like you have been doing. Keep the updates coming!

Thanks. Haha... Many folks told me the same about the big birdnest colony... I put the remaining small frag on a "better" place now, and hopefully it grow the way I expected.

Wow.... Breeding Bengal cats, and the WIFE own more tanks.... You got to share more strategy and experience how you survive there....

Glad you won that battle man and from the pics i get that your corals are glad too
Great pics:thumbsup:

I think most of my coral has their Zooxanthellae under good control by significant drop POM and keep N/P very low, all coral show good color, but I still need to push all color pop-up.

 

[AkoAung]

After many try, I finally realize that the entire house I only have one small territory, the fish tank.

lol that cracked me up.

Corals are looking gorgeous. Is the pinkish red acro (pic #22) from your previous tank?

 

[shih87]

lol that cracked me up.

Corals are looking gorgeous. Is the pinkish red acro (pic #22) from your previous tank?

I think it is from a friend when I set this tank up. Color was darker last year, but it continue grow so I replace its position a few times and trim frags to friends from time to time.

Number 7 was also from same guy when his tank was in trouble late last year. Number 7 is quite interested on color development, and I would say the real color is much better than picture here.

Number 9 is the latest I got it weeks ago from another friend who has a football size of it.

 

[Johnyman]

Glad to see your tank get back on track! Corals are looking great!

 

[sahin]

Nice recovery. Corals looking a lot now. :thumbsup: Keep it going like this and they should look great in a few months.

 

[NeverlosT]

Hi shih, glad to see you won the battle with the dinos, i have had them before, blackout, carbon, wet skimming and carbon dosing got rid of them for me.

I live in California and head to Taichung via Taipei a couple of times a year if you ever need things brought over.

The corals look great. Take care!

 

[shih87]

Glad to see your tank get back on track! Corals are looking great!

Thanks. Still lots of room to improve!!!

Nice recovery. Corals looking a lot now. :thumbsup: Keep it going like this and they should look great in a few months.

Yes, I can see them improve significantly each week now....

Hi shih, glad to see you won the battle with the dinos, i have had them before, blackout, carbon, wet skimming and carbon dosing got rid of them for me.

I live in California and head to Taichung via Taipei a couple of times a year if you ever need things brought over.

The corals look great. Take care!

Wow. Thanks. I actually have my company Bay Area office to care stuff for me when someone back to HQ Taiwan, but good to know you can give me a hand when needed.
Let me know when you visit Taiwan.