Lee Ching Eng's original article?

[delbeek]

I figure with all the old salts out there someone will no this.

Does anyone know the correct citation for Lee Ching Eng's first article in TFH describing his Nature's System? Most (including me) have always cited June 1961, but I have that issue now and it is not in there! Any ideas?

Aloha!
J. Charles Delbeek

 

[delbeek]

Never mind I found it ... its February 1961. And of course as luck would have it, we don't have that issue! :-((

 

[Len]

:lol:

It's always something, Charles

 

[Anonymous]

Check with somebody named CJBlueEyes... I think he got almost every issue of TFH....

 

[John_Brandt]

Chas, are there any records of the mortality in Eng's systems? Removal, swapping or fragging of corals because of growth? Predation, fighting and biological toxicities? Water exchanges? Surely, if these smallish closed systems were as successful as we are told he must have tended to them constantly, eh?

 

[John_Brandt]

Check with somebody named CJBlueEyes...

Dyslexia will get you nowhere fast. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

I have a book c. 1963 that has a photo of him and a tank featured. I think there is a brief description of the methodology as well.

 

[dizzy]

"The Marine Aquarium in Theory and Practice" by Dr. Cliff Emmens has a pretty decent description of Eng's system beginning on page 102.
Mitch

 

[delbeek]

Chas, are there any records of the mortality in Eng's systems? Removal, swapping or fragging of corals because of growth? Predation, fighting and biological toxicities? Water exchanges? Surely, if these smallish closed systems were as successful as we are told he must have tended to them constantly, eh?

Not in the articles I have seen. There was one in 1961 by a couple who had a tank for 8 months without any problems. From the pics I have seen, the corals were things like Fungia, Goniopora, and bubble corals and what looks like a Ricordea yuma. Thats it. No mention of husbandry other than an air bubbler. The articles were all fairly simple and not too detailed. I don't have the original 1961 article though, and Risely's book has more info on it too, which I have never seen BTW.

Aloha!
Charles

 

[Anonymous]

Check with somebody named CJBlueEyes...

Dyslexia will get you nowhere fast. :lol:

My bad. It should be BJClueEyes....

 

[Anonymous]

I have a book c. 1963 that has a photo of him and a tank featured. I think there is a brief description of the methodology as well.

was that written by a T. Ravensdale, by any chance ? i had a book by him that had a photo of Eng w/one of his tanks

'exotic coral fishes', or some such.

i can't believe i stumbled on this thread while doing a google search for the feb '61 article for some historical research i'm doing for background for an article i'm working on

charles, i sent TFH a query earlier today hoping they'll have it archived somewhere-if i can get ahold of it, i'll send you a copy

talk about coincidence :wink: