10000L Coral reef at The Maritime Museum & Aquarium Sweden

[Sallstrom]

Beautiful!

Thank you!
I really liked this stage of the tank/colonies. Many levels, all colonies growing out towards the free water column and towards the light.
Unfortunately it was hard to keep it like this. The corals grew over each other and needed to be moved. And some even broke and fell down. So I'm happy I still got some pictures of this stage

 

[drawman]

Thank you!
I really liked this stage of the tank/colonies. Many levels, all colonies growing out towards the free water column and towards the light.
Unfortunately it was hard to keep it like this. The corals grew over each other and needed to be moved. And some even broke and fell down. So I'm happy I still got some pictures of this stage

Well it will be fun watching it all grow back I'm sure!

 

[Bob the Bass]

Here's a homemade timelapse of the 10000L tank
The head of the museum wanted some pictures for a talk so I put this together today, quite fast, so it's far from perfect. But it shows the growth from 2014 to earlier this year.

Been reading though this thread and this is has to be one of the nicest tanks I have ever seen. The growth that this video shows is unbelievable. Have you ever done any experiments with carbon dosing? If so how much did you add per liter/gallon?

 

[Sallstrom]

Been reading though this thread and this is has to be one of the nicest tanks I have ever seen. The growth that this video shows is unbelievable. Have you ever done any experiments with carbon dosing? If so how much did you add per liter/gallon?

Thank you!!

Yes we're dosed carbon when the nutrients aren't too low. Right now we dose about 15ml 40% ethanol a day. The volume of the system I can only guess, but somewhere around 12000L I think. So it's not a lot. And it's not meant to lower the nutrients right now, it's a test to see if the results on DOC will change on our next N-DOC test(should be at Triton by now but I suspect our shipment got lost somewhere).

But if you mean scientific experiments we haven't done any with carbon source.

We dose ethanol in several systems, often low doses. I like to change things slow. I think we've dosed 1ml/100L as maximum in our soft coral tank. But then you could see some bacteria growth in the sump.

 

[Sallstrom]

Never tested to share our ICP results this way before. Hope it works(because they were all green! )

https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/aquarium/auswertung-b/icp-oes/73393/

This aquarium will be closed down and emptied the coming month I think. We need to move all the animals and rocks due to the rebuild. More info in my other thread - https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...e-scenes-rebuilding-a-public-aquarium.461626/

 

[ScottR]

How did you attach all of the corals to the rock? Epoxy?

 

[Sallstrom]

How did you attach all of the corals to the rock? Epoxy?

We used most types of coral glue. "Reef cement ", two part, the plastic one(Coral fix?) and cyanoacrylate.
Some rocks were drilled holes in, which you could stick a coral plug into, and some rocks we glued the corals onto in advance in our propagation tank.
I think we tried almost every method

 

[ScottR]

We used most types of coral glue. "Reef cement ", two part, the plastic one(Coral fix?) and cyanoacrylate.
Some rocks were drilled holes in, which you could stick a coral plug into, and some rocks we glued the corals onto in advance in our propagation tank.
I think we tried almost every method

When I see large aquariums like that, my first thought is, “How did they attach those?” To hear you say cyanoacrylate amazes me. I hope you had huge tubes.

 

[Sallstrom]

When I see large aquariums like that, my first thought is, “How did they attach those?” To hear you say cyanoacrylate amazes me. I hope you had huge tubes.

Most of the corals were small colonies when we attached them. So after a while they had grown out over the rocks and secured themselves even more.
But yes, we do use a lot of cyanoacrylate too

 

[Brew12]

When I see large aquariums like that, my first thought is, “How did they attach those?” To hear you say cyanoacrylate amazes me. I hope you had huge tubes.

I love the stuff. Here in the states it is easy to get on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071CHMTC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[justingraham]

I love the stuff. Here in the states it is easy to get on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071CHMTC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Brew I find it better to use the smaller ones I would waste so much of this bottle by leaving it open or cutting off the tip because the glue is in it

 

[Sallstrom]

Brew I find it better to use the smaller ones I would waste so much of this bottle by leaving it open or cutting off the tip because the glue is in it

I agree! Me too.
At the moment I like to use Aquarium systems Holdfast gel, 20 grams and in a non-plastic container(metal tube kind of thing?). And I usually use up the whole thing in one frag session.
I got really frustrated with the ATI glue in plastic bottles..

 

[Brew12]

Brew I find it better to use the smaller ones I would waste so much of this bottle by leaving it open or cutting off the tip because the glue is in it

I was able to use 3/4 of the last bottle I ordered before it got too hard to use so for me this was probably more cost effective.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I love the stuff. Here in the states it is easy to get on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071CHMTC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use the 2oz size but their always upside down, I make a fitting to hold upside down they never dry. Cap on bottle

 

[Lasse]

Good morning - its a beautiful sunday morning. Here is some pictures from my ride into the museum this morning - yes it me working this weekend. The inlet of Gothenburg

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Others is working too

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My vehicle

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The temporary aquarium wakes up too

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Skip the R2R - start work - I want food!!!!

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Sincerely Lasse

 

[Tristren]

Good morning - its a beautiful sunday morning. Here is some pictures from my ride into the museum this morning - yes it me working this weekend. The inlet of Gothenburg

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Others is working too

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My vehicle

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The temporary aquarium wakes up too

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Skip the R2R - start work - I want food!!!!

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Sincerely Lasse

A good day all around! Lovely : )

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Peach02]

Super cute dwarf lion