Leng Sy, innovator & friend of the aquarium hobby.

Does anyone know the difference between a refugium filter and the EcoSystem Method?  Let me explain clearly here.  LengSy's system (the EcoSystem Method) has three distinct functions to a filter. 
 
1.  LengSy's system takes proteins (food, fish feces, etc...) and breaks it down to ammonia then to nitrite then to nitrate and then to nitrogen gases.  A complete breakdown of protein!  As you know there is no other filter in this world that can do this as effectively as the EcoSystem Method, the filtration system that I have developed in 1989.  The Germans can testify to you on this statement.  The other filtration system (wet/dry, sand filter, canister filter, protein skimmer, Jaubert's plenum system, deep sand bed) either does one (protein to ammonia to nitrite to nitrate - a process known as nitrification) or the other (nitrate to nitrogen - a process known as denitrification) but not both!  This complete breaking down of proteins alone will put LengSy's system (the EcoSystem Method) way ahead of other filtration systems that exist today.

2.  LengSy's system (the EcoSystem Method) will continuously release minerals and trace elements contained in the Miracle Mud substrate into the aquarium water making it a comprehensive filtration system second to none in the world!  As you know keeping reef aquariums successfully would take years of experience and a lot of money with it; not so with LengSy's system (the EcoSystem Method) as it has been proven again and again with newcomers into the reef aquarium hobby.  In fact, these newcomers who had no prior knowledge of reef keeping are often more successful than the ones who claim to be an experts!  The experts tend to have their old baggage that is out of date thinking! 

3.  The refugium is just a small part of LengSy's system (the EcoSystem Method).  The EcoSystem Method provides complete filtration by answering all the needs of the aquarium. 

What type of filter system do you want to use on your reef now?

I am currently helping Peter and his partners' private/public aquarium that locates down in the basement of this shopping/residential complex in Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

A typical shopping mall complex in Asia has 6-10 stories. As you enter the mall you will not miss the sign of the aquarium.

Here it is...the opening day is scheduled in April of 2009. What I can tell you now that this aquarium will be very unique... Something that no other public aquariums anywhere in the world dare to approach! A new standard that we are putting forward to other public aquariums to follow.

A pair of strange animals that I have never seen in my life were displayed in Shanghai aquarium along with native fresh water carb like fish. They are almost three feet long!

Shanghai, China, one of many beautiful cities in the world as some of you might recognize the TV Tower in the back ground behind this pretty woman. This was my first trip to Shanghai despite the fact that I have been to China about 20 times during the past three years. It really hit home for me. My grandfather had migrated to Cambodia from China when he was just a young man in the early 1900s and never had any chance to go back home to visit any of his family members.

I'm currently establishing a new organization, the "Environmentally Conscientious Organization (ECO), whose goals are 1) to reverse the declining health of planet earth's ecosystems and stem the tide of climate change (global warming), 2) to promote preservation and conservation of rain forests, streams, marine habitats/ecosystems and other sensitive ecosystems on the planet and, finally, 3) to develop alternative sources of income for people in countries involved in any way with environmental concerns (i.e., ornamental animal trade, commercial fishing, deforestation and so on). Over the next few months I'll be working on plans for achieving these goals, including promoting an understanding of the marine ecosystem via media publications and setting up public and home/office aquariums. Stay tuned for more ideas as we proceed with this project.