A Smart? Aquarium in Taiwan...

what is the white thing tied to the wavemaker ?

It is just filter pad I bought from LFS.

I usually run twice a week by using small pump push dust out of dead zones for 5 minutes, and filter pad to capture them before next feeding schedule.
 
what's this : KZ Booster and KZ SPG?
How often do you dose a Balance ? i thought it is when you get cyano ?

Zeovit Coral Booster and Zeovit Stylo-Pocci-Glow.

I only dose A-balance once a week or once every other week. Yes, it suppose help avoid cyano and since I don't have any cyano, so dosing frequency keep reducing.
 
Shih,

Amazing Corals.
That Forest Fire Digi is spectacular.

Just wondering about (AF ABEV), do you drop manually, or dose via doser?
If by doser do you dilute with water? And do you mix and of the ABEV part. (B=AF Build is not easy to mix)

Thanks. These fire digi grow crazy, I moved them to the new place without clean the base, and now the old base start grow to a 2" frag. Not sure how big after I back home.

I dose ABEV manually and daily. I dose them at the same time (after light off and 15 minutes after feed Af Power Food) but separately.
 
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Before vocation started, I received my Triton test results .... All green except Ca at 420 ppm (ask 440) and Mg at 1453 ppm in yellow (ask 1370). Thanks Triton, but NO, thanks. I will keep my Ca and Mg no change;-)
However, I might slightly twist my trace element supplement dosing formula, base on Triton results below.
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Ba = 43 ppm vs 10 ppm (+33)
Sr = 5.44 ppm vs 8 ppm (-2.56)
Action:
Reduce Af Component A dosing from 7 ml to 4ml per day
Add Af Strontium (Sr) supplement dosing daily
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Cu = 0 ppm vs 0 ppm (-0.1)
Zn = 0 ppm vs 4 ppm (-4)
Fe = 0 ppm vs 0 ppm (-0.1)
Mn = 0 ppm vs 2 ppm (-2)
Ni = 0 ppm vs 5 ppm (-5)
Cr = 0 ppm vs 0 ppm (-0.1)
Action:
Increase Af Component B dose from 5 ml to 7ml per day
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I = 47 ppm vs 60 ppm (-13)
Action:
Increase Af Component C dose from 7ml to 9ml per day
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P = 2.9 ppm vs 6 ppm (-3.1)
S = 843 ppm vs 900 ppm (-57)
B = 4.86 ppm vs 4.5 ppm (0.36)
Action:
Increase KZ SPG from 8 drops twice a week to daily
Keep same amount 3ml/day for KZ Xtra



I will run another ICP test 3 months after, let's see....
 
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Well, someone asked me same question before....
Sorry, I was not able to id it, but will check my LFS after I back. It is quite common one found in Taiwan fish store, not the cheapest one, cost about US$30, but one of the best for reef aquarium.

To save you another trip to the LFS and another temptation to buy more corals to make us drool...
It is a mosaic or red brick starfish.
Pentagonaster duebeni
 
To save you another trip to the LFS and another temptation to buy more corals to make us drool...
It is a mosaic or red brick starfish.
Pentagonaster duebeni

Excellent!!! I just realized that even I went to LFS, they may only know the Chinese name:lmao:

Thanks.
 
3 years and 1 day
Good to see old corals stay strong with good PE, but sadly I lost a few new corals lately after back from 3 weeks vocation in Nov. Through FTS, I also found some corals lost its "vivid" effect, not sure if that related to my KZ coral booster tube clogged for over months.

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Stunning pictures.

Have you ever used any Zeovit additives beyond their ‘best before’ date? I have a large bottle of rarely used sponge power, which expires at the end of last October. I have two minds about using it.
 
Wow. Everything look amazing.
Your tank looks like a Bouquet of Multi-Color SPS, in a great Artistic arrangement.
What is the Largest Colony in the middle that it almost touching the surface?
Is that your Green Slimmer that I remember being much smaller.
Or is the Slimmer more to the left side, just off middle in that photo.
Too bad about the Clogged tube. You have so many so it must be hard to keep an eye on every one.
I worry about dosing pump tubing (failing within the Dosing head).
Make you think that one should do a brief run test on every dosing line.
 
Hi Shih,

May I know what is your dosage for following and if daily or?

AF ABEV -
KZ CV
KZ B balance
KZ extra
KZ booster

For xtra,booster and b balance what do you notice mostly and what it helps with? Coral improvement darker or lighter?

For ABEV what do you notice mostly and what it helps with?




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Stunning pictures.

Have you ever used any Zeovit additives beyond their "˜best before' date? I have a large bottle of rarely used sponge power, which expires at the end of last October. I have two minds about using it.

I have used B-Blance after "best before" date, and won't mind some others. However, for Bak and Coral Vitality, I do use it before it's date come.


What is the coral in pic 3?

It is a Walt Disney, just a lots of PE....

Wow. Everything look amazing.
Your tank looks like a Bouquet of Multi-Color SPS, in a great Artistic arrangement.
What is the Largest Colony in the middle that it almost touching the surface?
Is that your Green Slimmer that I remember being much smaller.
Or is the Slimmer more to the left side, just off middle in that photo.
Too bad about the Clogged tube. You have so many so it must be hard to keep an eye on every one.
I worry about dosing pump tubing (failing within the Dosing head).
Make you think that one should do a brief run test on every dosing line.

Haha... You are right, I have too many tubes to monitor ;-(

The one almost touching the surface is the Green Slimmer. It grow quite fast but also encountered a few STNs and even today it has some STN marks. I often use it to show my friends don't give up a STN coral as long as you know how to bring it back.

Hi Shih,

May I know what is your dosage for following and if daily or?

AF ABEV -
KZ CV
KZ B balance
KZ extra
KZ booster

For xtra,booster and b balance what do you notice mostly and what it helps with? Coral improvement darker or lighter?

For ABEV what do you notice mostly and what it helps with?




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AF ABEV - I dose twice the suggested volume daily...(at night when light off)
KZ CV - I dose twice the suggestion in the morning before light on
KZ B balance - I dose as suggested volumen daily
KZ extra - I dose as suggested volumen daily
KZ booster - I dose as suggested volumen daily

B-balance help coral color lighter but not significant. Xtra and Booster I only aware help all colors have better vivid effect.

For ABEV, it balance what coral need so I have less STN happen after using them.

Hope this help.
 
I have used B-Blance after "best before" date, and won't mind some others. However, for Bak and Coral Vitality, I do use it before it's date come.









It is a Walt Disney, just a lots of PE....







Haha... You are right, I have too many tubes to monitor ;-(



The one almost touching the surface is the Green Slimmer. It grow quite fast but also encountered a few STNs and even today it has some STN marks. I often use it to show my friends don't give up a STN coral as long as you know how to bring it back.







AF ABEV - I dose twice the suggested volume daily...(at night when light off)

KZ CV - I dose twice the suggestion in the morning before light on

KZ B balance - I dose as suggested volumen daily

KZ extra - I dose as suggested volumen daily

KZ booster - I dose as suggested volumen daily



B-balance help coral color lighter but not significant. Xtra and Booster I only aware help all colors have better vivid effect.



For ABEV, it balance what coral need so I have less STN happen after using them.



Hope this help.



Thank you. It explains. You don't feel b-balance and xtra add overlap elements since you are also dosing af component abc and individual af macroelements?

Regards
SC


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