Dnoob's 395g reef from Finland

Dnoob · Dec 28, 2018

I removed huge amount of cyano from the reef yesterday. I changed 10% of water at the same time. I hope that the cyano will leave the building like Elvis as soon as possible, if I keep doing mechanic cleaning on the sand and change the water at the same time. Who knows, this could last forewer

CoralWealth · Dec 29, 2018

Dnoob said:
Just a short clip from the reef

awesome!!

Dnoob · Jan 12, 2019

Finally I got my christmas packets home from the store. Profilux 4 mega set + KH Director with 2.1 slave doser and extra levelsensor for the replacement water. It will set an alarm when the water level is low.

Janci · Jan 13, 2019

Wow, that is a serious upgrade.
Congratulations.

Hemmdog · Jan 13, 2019

Dnoob said:
Just a short clip from the reef

So cool! I’ve been trying to find one! They are hard to find due to the difficulty with keeping them!

JasonNL · Jan 22, 2019

Very nice tank and you will like the Profilux and KH director. It really helps me on a daily basis. In your first message you mentioned setting up a flow diverter from DerKroon but do not see any updates on that, did you ever install this as I'm looking to get one of these myselve but do not see to many reviews lately on this one.

Dnoob · Jan 24, 2019

Don't buy DeKroon products. Totally crap. The guality of the product is similar as blind monkey has done it. I tried with two first model diverters and one second model diverter.

Dnoob · Jan 26, 2019

I rescue a fish from other reefers sump. It was living there because the owner didn't know it will eat zoathuses and other soft corals. I hope it has better place in my tank. It's not a big tank but bigger than sump.

Dnoob · Jan 28, 2019

Some pictures just for fun

Dnoob · Jan 28, 2019

Janci · Jan 28, 2019

Looking great.
Your corals are huge.

Dnoob · Jan 29, 2019

Janci said:
Looking great.
Your corals are huge.

Thanks, they are growing faster than ever. I made some changes on the sump and took all the equipment off expect the skimmer. It seems that when the water is managed by natural biological balance and not with the filtters/pellets/active carbon/phosphate remover/reactors the corals are growing faster and took all the colors really nicely.

Janci · Jan 29, 2019

Dnoob said:
Thanks, they are growing faster than ever. I made some changes on the sump and took all the equipment off expect the skimmer. It seems that when the water is managed by natural biological balance and not with the filtters/pellets/active carbon/phosphate remover/reactors the corals are growing faster and took all the colors really nicely.

Glad to read this.
My tank is almost running the same way.
I just still have a UV filter plugged in, together with the skimmer.

Dnoob · Jan 29, 2019

Nice to find someone who thinks the same. Why you running UV? Do you have some parasites or disease in the tank? I had UV filter years a go and then I release that it will sterilize all the good bacters and pods also and could effects the natural water balance. I could be wrong but thats why I took it off and haven't had it sense that. All the fishes are healty and corals looks fine

Dnoob · Jan 30, 2019

I have: 5*AIHydra 52 (not HD), 4*Coral Box QP16 streams, Coral Box Cloud 9 Skimmer, Jebao 6000 return pump, Tunzen ATO ( I have Profilux water level sensor in the Replcement water tank that alarms when there is about 2 inch water left). Profilux 4 Mega set ja KH Director, GHL 2.1 doser (4 channels) and GrotechsTAG 3 doser.

Janci · Jan 30, 2019

Dnoob said:
Nice to find someone who thinks the same. Why you running UV? Do you have some parasites or disease in the tank? I had UV filter years a go and then I release that it will sterilize all the good bacters and pods also and could effects the natural water balance. I could be wrong but thats why I took it off and haven't had it sense that. All the fishes are healty and corals looks fine

Yes, I started with biopellets and rowaphos but found out that the tank reached its balance so I took those offline.
I like the UV as it polishes the water.
I believe that the beneficial bacteria and pods are located in the rocks and on other substrate and do not get caught in the UV sterilization.
I had white spot before on the tangs and like to keep the UV running for now.
Maybe in the future I' ll take it off and see how this affects the tank. For now things are running smooth as it is.

I also add on a weekly basis some extra bacteria to the tank.