Comments on: 3 Unique Aquarium Builds from Japan

By: http://localtraders.pnn.com/

http://localtraders.pnn.com/ — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:10:00 +0000

These are all really good! I think the most viable for me personally would be the alcove one. Looks great!

By: Aquarium Ornaments

Aquarium Ornaments — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:51:30 +0000

Awesome post. The 3 unique aquarium is luxury and beautiful. I like it all.

By: Aquarium Ornaments

Aquarium Ornaments — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:51:00 +0000

Awesome post. The 3 unique aquarium is luxury and beautiful. I like it all.

By: Tslots modular aluminium

Tslots modular aluminium — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:39:26 +0000

[...] work with this stuff before? i saw some aquaria builds on glassboxdesign from japan that used it. http://glassbox-design.com/2009/3-un…ds-from-japan/ [...]

By: Google goes aquatic, photos inside an office quiet room | glassbox-design.com

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:00:37 +0000

[...] really makes the room come to life is the focused track lighting through out. As we saw in this Japanese aquarium build, the light around the tank can be just as important as the light going into the tank. Between the [...]

By: AquaDaily

AquaDaily — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:48:54 +0000

All good info guys. Great to see international sharing of techniques like this.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:32:42 +0000

I am using the same material for my light rack, simply amazing!

By: eric michael

eric michael — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:41:15 +0000

Like here in the States, there are tanks that are set up for long term and do quite well, and there are those that do not. Japan is not much different, other then they often invest more money into equipment and livestock than we do.

The tank I believe Taka is talking about is our friend Hideki aka Kentpapa. In addition to the Superkaru’s he also runs 250 DE Metal Halides in an extremely efficient parabolic reflector. His SPS reef has been very successful and he has good growth in his corals. More on this reef can be found here: http://glassbox-design.com/2008/top-selection-kentpapas-stunning-reef-aquarium/

The superkaru bulbs cost $180 + shipping and need to be replaced every 6 months. The stock fixture runs ~$700. Even with the high cost, for the look they give I am very happy with them and will continue to use them.

More information on using spotlights in the US to come in a few months.

By: TAKA

TAKA — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:27:04 +0000

Of cause, Japanese aquarists have problem for coral bleaching.
Their layout is totally different style than US and EU. Their tank system for SPS are mostly Berlin system which has Protein Skimmer, MH and Ca reactor. One big different is lighting. They use A LOT OF MH. Most popular style is to put many 150W Super Cool MH lamp made by Japanese company. One of Japanese aquarist put 12 150W MH above 120cm tank. The Super Cool MH lamp has different color option such as Marine Blue, Aqua Blue and Deep Blue. These lamps have different light spectrum, so corals can receive different spectrum. Japanese calls this lighting system COCKTAIL LIGHTING.
I think Eric has Super Cool lamp.
I cannot image that this lamp system is super expensive. The MH bulb is $150. And the lamp system is more than $400. You can image how much money they spend on their hobby.

By: AquaDaily

AquaDaily — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:30:47 +0000

Agreed, those Japanese links from Taka are crazy. Does anyone have any info on the long-term success rate in these Japanese garden-style aquariums? They often look a bit ‘pieced together in the last few week’s to me. I don’t mean to cast aspersions – maybe the tanks are so pristine and orchestrated because of meticulous pruning – but not reading Japanese I can’t read the text to judge.