DSPS tank from Thailand (1000 gallon+) - Page 293

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by PauChi

Hey Chingchai,

It's been a while since I've been online buddy and now I see all these new fiberglass rocks ... sitting on the area where your red couch used to be ... those are huge!!! Is the rock manufacturer from JJ Market?

How and where or who will babysit all your livestocks?

Paul

Hi Paul,

Yes, the shop is in JJ market.
Livestocks will be taken out and put back as soon as possible.
Should be around 2 days.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by B1N4RY

Beautiful looking false rock I think if I had access to some of that here in New York I would have probably gone that route.

In the future, it may be available in your local area.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by captngreg

One of the many thing I don’t understand about this hobby. If you replace your live rock with fiberglass rock how will your tank’s ecosystem deal with the NO2? Don’t you need the anaerobic environment inside live rock to reduce this stuff to N2 + CO2? I thought live rock was the silver bullet of reef keeping.
Please do not take this any king of criticism, I just trying to understand because my rockwork skills s**k and this would be great option for me.
Looking forward to your progress.
captgreg

That is the theory which we always follow.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by canesfan44

Live rock will do a better job because of the porosity. The porosity gives it a lot more surface area for bacteria. There are products available that can make up for it like Sera Siporax.

Totally agree.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:39 AM

November 10, 2012
First day of rock treatment:

auem · 11/10/2012, 08:51 AM

what's the total weight of the rock-work..?

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by auem

what's the total weight of the rock-work..?

There are 3 pieces. The total weight is around 100 kgs (220 lbs.),

Reef_Noob · 11/10/2012, 10:35 AM

Hi Chingchai,
Looks like a great start. I'm sure this will be such a huge learning curve for all of us. Using substitutes and leaving nature untouched will be the future of our hobby for sure. You are again leading the way and inspiring us all.
Wishing you all success

Haksar · 11/10/2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chingchai

November 10, 2012
First day of rock treatment:

Nice to know he is still their with you to take care of all your reefing issues and keep your interest alive in the hobby.

lotusstar · 11/10/2012, 03:24 PM

So how long will you treat the new "rock"? Are you adding anything to treat it? What's the process?

ACRO AL · 11/10/2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mr.wilson

Medicating the food with metronidazole and or chloroquine is the only effective method of treating ich in a reef tank without harming the inverts. There may be some measured success in feeding the fish garlic, ginger & onion, but it sounds more like the start of a delicious tom yum recipe

I respectfully disagree.
Please see here.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2232977

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Reef_Noob

Hi Chingchai,
Looks like a great start. I'm sure this will be such a huge learning curve for all of us. Using substitutes and leaving nature untouched will be the future of our hobby for sure. You are again leading the way and inspiring us all.
Wishing you all success

Anup. Thanks a lot.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Haksar

Nice to know he is still their with you to take care of all your reefing issues and keep your interest alive in the hobby.

Without him, I don't think I can maintain my tank.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by lotusstar

So how long will you treat the new "rock"? Are you adding anything to treat it? What's the process?

Two weeks in fresh water and six weeks in seawater.
I will add carbon and ozone when I treat with seawater.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 08:38 PM

Today I will try new salt which I think it is the best salt in Thailand. Changing around 700 litres(186 gallon) or 15% of total tank volume.

chingchai · 11/10/2012, 10:20 PM

Some pics on weekend.

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Crazy_Beaver · 11/11/2012, 04:39 AM

Wow!!

PauChi · 11/12/2012, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by chingchai

Without him, I don't think I can maintain my tank.

Chingchai,

Is it safe to leave everything outside like that? Do you have any safety precaution to avoid anyone from "adding unknown liquid substance" into the reservoir tank while you're in the process of cleansing and seeding the new rocks?

salali · 11/13/2012, 04:35 PM

Great gob Chingchai.

eonflux123 · 11/20/2012, 09:47 PM

Time for the daily newbie question!

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Two weeks in fresh water and six weeks in seawater.

Why would you need to treat the fiberglass rock? Is it to get any of the left over chemicals out? Or is it to get the new rock in the same chemical balance as the system?

chingchai · 11/22/2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by PauChi

Chingchai,

Is it safe to leave everything outside like that? Do you have any safety precaution to avoid anyone from "adding unknown liquid substance" into the reservoir tank while you're in the process of cleansing and seeding the new rocks?

Paul. Thank you for your concern.
I am a optimistic guy so I hope nobody will do that to my tank.

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11/10/2012, 08:38 PM	#7315
chingchai Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangkok Thailand Posts: 5,670	Today I will try new salt which I think it is the best salt in Thailand. Changing around 700 litres(186 gallon) or 15% of total tank volume. __________________ Ching (low profile) " Life is too short to drink bad wine " click on my homepage to see my tank on-line

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