GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.

[glennf]

I love the color and growth pattern on that one! Thanks

thanks m8!
it's Just growing wildly. i do nothing to with hold them, unless i see it's getting out of hand.

 

[glennf]

GlennF
You recommended to test the Nitrate using Salifret, and you recommend to keep the level between 1-3 PPM. However, Salifret results colour sheet shows 0-2-5-......., how do you estimate if it is 1 and 3?

by estimating....
when it's slightly darker than 2,5 but far more lighter than 5.

the values mentionef are guidlines
you don't have to be that precise..
when it's between 0,5 and 5ppm it's just fine.
fine tuning can be learned by routine and watching the corals.

 

[glennf]

Are you going with a black background?

it's a good idea , maybee next time

 

[glennf]

who said softies and acropora's don't mix in one tank.
Any closer than they will assimilate

 

[glennf]

how to remove a Cyano blanket



cyano seems to thrive where aptasia apears. There a few reasons for that.
- aptasia offspring settles in low current area
- food and detritus also settle at the same area.) imo Cyano thrive where detritus settles)
- most fish and cleaning animals avoid Area with aptasia

so when things deteriorate it get worst. Human intervention is necessary or it will (can) spread to other area.

 

[gettaReef]

That worked very well. Did you hook a small pump to the tubing or did you just start a manual siphon? Also, what's your preferred method of ridding the aptasia?

 

[Aqua Lab Aquaria]

Can you give us an update on the dymico? I've been very curious about this myself and have been wanting to do one on an a display tank. Please do update us! What are you using to control the injection and monitoring?

 

[glennf]

That worked very well. Did you hook a small pump to the tubing or did you just start a manual siphon? Also, what's your preferred method of ridding the aptasia?

Just gravity

Aptasia is injected or covered with a 10% caustic soda solution or 80% acetate.
Depending on position and size i prefer the one over the other.

 

[Aqua Lab Aquaria]

Are you able to publicly speak about the dymico unit you are experimenting with?

 

[glennf]

Are you able to publicly speak about the dymico unit you are experimenting with?

I can't share details because it's still in development. Most systems seems to work just fine. We need to overcome some problems in some system, but the developers are working hard to find a universal solution to this problem.

 

[Aqua Lab Aquaria]

Thanks for the response. I wish we could be more privy! All I know is what Wijgerde has published online but very curious to hear how it works on a private display tank. Hopefully you can reveal some updates for us in the near future!

Edit: I did find some updated pictures from this month on their Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/dymico/

 

[glennf]

Ye, all communications wil be done through that fb page.

 

[glennf]

Thanks


Due to a busy scheme a long time no posting.

Tank is doing very wel and coral growth can"t be stopped.

Happy Reefing, GlennF.

 

[glennf]

I need to raise the waterlevel of my tank....

 

[gettaReef]

Or a bigger tank!

 

[glennf]

Or a bigger tank!

That though crossed my mind...

 

[revhtree]

I need to raise the waterlevel of my tank....

Just amazing!

 

[glennf]

Just amazing!

Thanks david

 

[glennf]

Just for the fun
I just made this picture with my mobile phone (samsung S4A) a few minutes ago.

 

[ammari33]

GlennF
If I need to start correct the supplements (Ca,KH,Mg,Sr,K,B, NACL, Iron,Iodid) , what is the order the would you start to correct from this list?