Belgian Mixed Reef 700 liters

[Marc Pardon]

Hi,

I am Marc and I live in Belgium and I am new here. My reef tank has started in jan 2016. The dimensions are 135x65x65 plus a sump. In the sump is a refigium. This is the core of the nutrient removal. The lightning is 8xT5 plus 2 led strips. Kh, Ca and Mg are dosed via doser. All trace elements are self made.

tank : look through 135x65x65 (570 liter)
sump : 110x45x45 (118 liter)
return : Royal Exclusive Red Dragon 3 Supersilence
skimmer : Royal Exclusive mini Bubble King 180V12
flow : Maxpect Gyre 350 + Tunze Turbelle Stream 3 - 6150
Dosing : Dastaco Extrema A2 + GHL Doser 2.1
nutrientcontrole : refugium with Kessil H80 LED
light : 8 x T5 ATI x 24 watt + 2 x Giesemann Pulzar

A few pictures:




And a film that was made a few days ago:



I will try to post some updates about the tank in the near future and also shows some pics of the corals. Enjoy!

 

[SPR1968]

Beautiful tank Marc!

And welcome to R2R as well!

 

[juanrmattos]

WELCOME Marc, Beautiful reef... Congrats

 

[Matthijs]

Welkom Marc!

Grtz,
Matthijs

 

[Marc Pardon]

a few close ups:

 

[Salamander]

Great tank !

 

[Marc Pardon]

Thanx!

 

[Marc Pardon]

Maintenance:
- once per 3 months a 5% water chance with natural sea water
- once per 3 months an ati icp test followed by corrections
- daily dosing by hand : iodine, strontium, chellated manganese and fluor
- dosingpump = Kh, Ca, Mg and trace elements (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Co)
- once per month dosing Fe

Active Carbon and UV are constantly in use. No GFO used for reducing phosphates .

The refugium keeps the No3 about 2,5 ppm and the phosphates about 0,04 ppm.

 

[Marc Pardon]

My latest ICP test:

 

[Marc Pardon]

My acropora surhasonoi colony

Upgrade to a Dastaco Extrema A2 Calcium Reactor

 

[Marc Pardon]

New additions:


yellow tip echinata


Acropora red devil deepwater


Montipora Setosa


Blue table (no photo manipulation )

 

[Deep]

beautiful tank !! what product are you using to dose the trace elements ?

 

[Marc Pardon]

I make myself DY according to the "old" Balling recipe. I have it in Dutch but can't find a English version .....

 

[don_chuwish]

OMG, that Blue table is amazing color! I need some of that in my boringly red and green dominated tank!

 

[Deep]

you

I make myself DY according to the "old" Balling recipe. I have it in Dutch but can't find a English version .....

you have a recipe for this ? trace elements (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Co).

 

[Marc Pardon]

The blue is indeed amazing ..... it doesn't depend on nutrient levels . Recent photo with the Spathulata Colony:

 

[Marc Pardon]

Recent overview of the left side:

 

[Marc Pardon]

The other side :