A Smart? Aquarium in Taiwan...
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shih87
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Sorry. It is quite simple for people with basic carpenter skills to do. I will take some real photos instead of CAD pictures after work today for you.
shih87
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Here it is. Hope it help. As you can see, door just first pull up a bit to make bottom part tilt in, and that it is.
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Thanks. I just reach NO3=0 date, but immediately out of town plan may slow me down ;-(
Yes, I use KZ 14 days method, and water parameters just reach acceptable condition on exact 14 days, and algae is gone..
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Day1 (1/2/2015)
Bak 40ml, Start3 80ml, food7 21ml
(No live rock, only dry rock)
Day2 KH 7.3, NO3 0.3, PO4 0.12
Day3 KH 7.3, NO3 0.3, PO4 0.13
Day4 KH 7.3, NO3 0.5, PO4 0.15
Day5 No test (Add 15 pound fresh live rock)
Day6 KH 7.5 NO3 0.7, PO4 0.165
Day7 KH 7.6 NO3 0.75 PO4 0.198
Day8 KH 7.6 NO3 0.75 PO4 0.18
Day9 KH 7.6 NO3 0.75 PO4 0.135
(brown algae show up)
Day10 KH 7.6 NO3 0.75 PO4 0.081
(brown slime algae become thicker，green hair algae on snail shell become longer)
Day 11 KH 8.1 NO3 0.5 PO4 0.027
(brown slime algae even thicker，green hair algae on snail shell even longer，air bobble float to water surface)
Day 12 KH 8.5 NO3 0.5 PO4 0.066
(I think the peak of brown slime algae is over)
Day 13 KH 8.4 NO3 0.25 PO4 0.06
(Brown slime algae slowly disappear)
Day 14 KH 8.4 NO3 0.0 PO4 0.057
(Brown slime algae disappear)
Note: NO3 test by Red Sea test kit; PO4 test by Hanna HI 736 Phosphorus ULR Checker
andrewjsass
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Can't wait to see the corals move in! Absolutely stunning set up, keep posting pictures.
This 3D printer made small tool should help me avoid dosing solution travel too long in tube when dose pump far away from tank....(made by my friend, Dr. Bridge Taiwan)
Hello shih87~
I still can't figure out how this work, the imagination and creativity of Dr.Bridge is incredible, haha. Maybe next time you can explain it to me even if I may not use doser...
I have to say the chiller in Taiwan is so great because of no noise, no hot air in your house and great cooling ability with low power consumption for large tank. Although it actually need failure free temperature controller and Aqua Control System to avoid this cooling system crash someday...
Anyway, I am so glad to see you having SPS tank again. Remember to keep some colorless SPS in LFS
tdong
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I saw your last tank's build up on PH8.4, it's very beautiful and SPS grow very vell, so I wonder what's your new goal on this new tank? I mean : pursue better colour or something...
My last 2 tank was running with berin, and the colour was general, but now I like the ZEO colour very much,it's amazing you know,but a little expensive and complicated for me, now I begin my third tank ,may be I give it a try...ZEO
Right now I like this kink of colour very much :
My last 2 tank was running with berin, and the colour was general, but now I like the ZEO colour very much,it's amazing you know,but a little expensive and complicated for me, now I begin my third tank ,may be I give it a try...ZEO
Right now I like this kink of colour very much :
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Achilles Torben
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Wow. Very nice and clean. Congratulations
shih87
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Thanks. I will. Update on RC is kind of the way to motivate me keeping tank clean.
I am not sure I understand CDO? OCD? ....but thanks ;-)
Hello shih87~
I still can't figure out how this work, the imagination and creativity of Dr.Bridge is incredible, haha. Maybe next time you can explain it to me even if I may not use doser...
I have to say the chiller in Taiwan is so great because of no noise, no hot air in your house and great cooling ability with low power consumption for large tank. Although it actually need failure free temperature controller and Aqua Control System to avoid this cooling system crash someday...
Anyway, I am so glad to see you having SPS tank again. Remember to keep some colorless SPS in LFS
I believe I can talk to you in person... since you live very close ;-)
I am share we can exchange coral, but ..... YOU GOT TO HAVE A TANK FIRST, my friend.
A tank at home is kind of a my personal headshrinker after work:deadhorse1:.
I did not set a fixed goal for this new tank, but would like to find way of making tank "smart" enough, a few new toys I am going to try (coming soon), and of course, a better color result than last tank. We should defintely discuss more on color performance here.
Oh, I also want to introduce Taiwan reefers to the world since I know how great they are.
Thanks. Hope I can keep it clean....
hmmm...I am not sure Mandarin is your native language or not. If it is, then you use precise words here. If not, but you use google translate, then the word usually mean something else.... Hahahaha....
Anyway, thanks.
shih87
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I probably should start explaining why I put a title as a “smart" aquarium...
As you may find out... I use complete Apex control system. I think that is a significant step to help reefer be smart ;-) and able to take “some” vocation somewhere, sometime…Hahaha
But this is not good enough. My friend Elton (especial Elton) and I, sometimes have family migration period from 3 weeks to 9 weeks (Taiwan/US, or Taiwan/China)…. All SPS additives may just stop temporary and SPS still maintain ok color and grow, Ca and Mg can shift a bit without hurting Coral, but Alkalinity (KH), I think it has to keep less than 5~10% fluctuation all the time.
Yes, I may skip Calcium reactor and using a GHL dosing system, but I still don’t know my KH value when out of town, and no way to correct it. Asking a friend to do some minimum maintain work per week? Yes, maybe, but when build a complicate system, then I got to find a friend with equal knowledge to do it to avoid collateral damage, that is hard.
I put my hope on Mindstream for a while, but then realize they have big delay and all updates are around other water parameters, no KH update so far.
Then we talk to another friend in Taiwan, Dr. Bridge (a nickname I call him…Haha)
(DR. BRIDGE....)
He then invented a prototype for KH auto test, monitoring, and correction daily or hourly.
(A LAB TANK WITHOUT ANY MANUAL KH CORRECTION for 9 MONTHS)
Above is his tank running with the prototype, absolutely no manual KH test and KH correction for 9 months, and his KH daily log show less than 10% fluctuation all the time.
Stay tuned...
As you may find out... I use complete Apex control system. I think that is a significant step to help reefer be smart ;-) and able to take “some” vocation somewhere, sometime…Hahaha
But this is not good enough. My friend Elton (especial Elton) and I, sometimes have family migration period from 3 weeks to 9 weeks (Taiwan/US, or Taiwan/China)…. All SPS additives may just stop temporary and SPS still maintain ok color and grow, Ca and Mg can shift a bit without hurting Coral, but Alkalinity (KH), I think it has to keep less than 5~10% fluctuation all the time.
Yes, I may skip Calcium reactor and using a GHL dosing system, but I still don’t know my KH value when out of town, and no way to correct it. Asking a friend to do some minimum maintain work per week? Yes, maybe, but when build a complicate system, then I got to find a friend with equal knowledge to do it to avoid collateral damage, that is hard.
I put my hope on Mindstream for a while, but then realize they have big delay and all updates are around other water parameters, no KH update so far.
Then we talk to another friend in Taiwan, Dr. Bridge (a nickname I call him…Haha)
(DR. BRIDGE....)
He then invented a prototype for KH auto test, monitoring, and correction daily or hourly.
(A LAB TANK WITHOUT ANY MANUAL KH CORRECTION for 9 MONTHS)
Above is his tank running with the prototype, absolutely no manual KH test and KH correction for 9 months, and his KH daily log show less than 10% fluctuation all the time.
Stay tuned...
Well"¦I am not talking about exchanging coral or buying coral. You misunderstand my words. Your last tank lets those colorless species to occupy too many space.Just leave them in LFS and feed some colorful species[emoji1] [emoji1]
shih87
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Sorry I misunderstood you....
I think it is just not my style to dump a colony I pick up from LFS because it does not develop its color. I give it time, sometime too much time and they grow crazy Hahaha.......But.... hey...you can do whatever way on your tank. I really don't mind
tripdad
Frustrated Stick Gardener
Sorry if my post was confusing, USA humor, OCD stands for obsessive compulsive disorder, meaning someone who likes things very neat and tidy. I am a fan of this way of thinking in reefing. Your friends ALK automation is the HOLY GRAIL of reefkeeping, I hope he can perfect it for sale to hobbyist.
Henchmen27
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What clean build, inspiring stand and set up! Looking forward to seeing the tanks progress.
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