So, I'll preface this by saying this thread in no way is a for sale or marketing thread. Don't bother asking or private messaging me about it because I value my membership here on RC. Rather a discussion about how interested my fellow TBRC members would be in a couple ideas I've been working on the past year or so. I'd like to hear any suggestions and if it's even something you would consider and how much value you would put into adding the following things to your systems. I developed these two ideas for my upgrade, but I'm curious if others have the same interest.
The first idea I developed is a truly Continuous Artemia Hatch and Feeder which could also double as a Automatic Phyto Doser. Say you could add the doser to your system and you add a portion of decapped brine eggs and it automatically slowly dosed your tank with the artemia after hatching. Once that batch is dosed you simply add some RO/DI water and a new portion of eggs. That's it, nothing else to do. Is this something you would consider? Would there be any reasons why you wouldn't add it? Especially given that studies and anecdotal evidence shows corals grow much faster and display better color if fed artemia and of course it would benefit finicky eaters like Mandarins, for example.
The second is not a new idea, the Sea Swirl, but a variation from it. I don't see these on a lot of tanks, but they work fantastic. So, I guess my question is why don't more reefers use them? If they were substantially smaller and at a cost of say between $50-100 would you add them to your returns? Is size and cost why more reefers don't use this technology? To me I feel like the flow from returns is somewhat wasted energy. Why not put that flow and energy to even more use. Emmitt is a perfect example of how effective they are in terms of growing coral with Sea Swirls. Of course for him it's more than just Sea Swirls, but I believe that is all he uses for flow in his tanks. I still like controllable powerheads and will use them in conjunction with the Sea Swirl style returns. My guess is reefers don't use them simply due to there cost.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
The first idea I developed is a truly Continuous Artemia Hatch and Feeder which could also double as a Automatic Phyto Doser. Say you could add the doser to your system and you add a portion of decapped brine eggs and it automatically slowly dosed your tank with the artemia after hatching. Once that batch is dosed you simply add some RO/DI water and a new portion of eggs. That's it, nothing else to do. Is this something you would consider? Would there be any reasons why you wouldn't add it? Especially given that studies and anecdotal evidence shows corals grow much faster and display better color if fed artemia and of course it would benefit finicky eaters like Mandarins, for example.
The second is not a new idea, the Sea Swirl, but a variation from it. I don't see these on a lot of tanks, but they work fantastic. So, I guess my question is why don't more reefers use them? If they were substantially smaller and at a cost of say between $50-100 would you add them to your returns? Is size and cost why more reefers don't use this technology? To me I feel like the flow from returns is somewhat wasted energy. Why not put that flow and energy to even more use. Emmitt is a perfect example of how effective they are in terms of growing coral with Sea Swirls. Of course for him it's more than just Sea Swirls, but I believe that is all he uses for flow in his tanks. I still like controllable powerheads and will use them in conjunction with the Sea Swirl style returns. My guess is reefers don't use them simply due to there cost.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
