GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.

[glennf]

Full DSR or EZ?!

I choose for EZ, because i can start rightaway with dosing , once i see the measurements lower than the targets.
Also because the Trace saves a few dosingchanels and time.


This is the sump.
Just a 2400liter mainpomp with Filterwool on it, a Tunze9410DC skimmer and a 4channel dosingpump

They don't come any simpler than this.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Hi @glennf. You have very nice aquariums.
Its a very long thread, so can I ask a very specific question about your system?
You don't do water changes, & carefully measure, & dose the elements you consider necessary.
I'm a little uncertain on your filtration method, & what parameters you keep PO4 & NO3 at, & how you achieve this.
I take it the suppliment dosing is the crux of your method, but the filtration must also be important.

cheers

 

[Scrubber_steve]

You are my sunshine....[emoji23]

Hi again glenn, mate

I wanted to ask about your keeping of that beautiful suncoral.

What do you feed it?
Do you target feed it?
How often do you feed it?
How long have you had it?
cheers mate

 

[glennf]

Hi @glennf. You have very nice aquariums.
Its a very long thread, so can I ask a very specific question about your system?
You don't do water changes, & carefully measure, & dose the elements you consider necessary.
I'm a little uncertain on your filtration method, & what parameters you keep PO4 & NO3 at, & how you achieve this.
I take it the suppliment dosing is the crux of your method, but the filtration must also be important.

cheers

That is the DSR method, a whole system that work together as one. "The system is the filter".
Look into my list of technics: http://www.DSRreefing.com/technics
That's less than most reefers have and it's doing just fine once you learn how it works.


This is my typical sump for a 500-700 liters system

 

[glennf]

This calculator tells you what to dose and your targets.

http://dsrreefing.com/dsrcalculator/


Watch the movie:
http://www.DSRreefing.com/dsrcalcfilm

 

[glennf]

Hi again glenn, mate

I wanted to ask about your keeping of that beautiful suncoral.

What do you feed it?
Do you target feed it?
How often do you feed it?
How long have you had it?
cheers mate

Nothing special, just feeding the fish 2-3 times a day with deepfreeze mysis, cyclops, lobsteregs, rotifiers
No target feeding, this only leads to poluting the system.
This one is now about 4-5 months now.

 

[glennf]

3/11/2018
Gradually it fills up

 

[Kit_Kat]

the first one is en FTS

Beautiful tank!

 

[pingzing47]

Awesome to all. Beautiful work.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Nothing special, just feeding the fish 2-3 times a day with deepfreeze mysis, cyclops, lobsteregs, rotifiers
No target feeding, this only leads to poluting the system.
This one is now about 4-5 months now.

for how many hours the does the suncoral have it's polyps extended?
I believe they only extend for a short while when ever feeding?

 

[glennf]

Beautiful tank!

Same tank now

 

[glennf]

for how many hours the does the suncoral have it's polyps extended?
I believe they only extend for a short while when ever feeding?

I don't keep track.
Usually a few hours around feeding time and the whole night trough.

 

[ksed]

Stunning tank Glenn!
I noticed Gyre pumps in the first pictures and not in the latest picture?
Are those Jebao?
Also why are you not using the gyres anymore?
Thanks

 

[glennf]

Stunning tank Glenn!
I noticed Gyre pumps in the first pictures and not in the latest picture?
Are those Jebao?
Also why are you not using the gyres anymore?
Thanks

The gyres are fine with an open reef. Once the corals start growing they block the flow and they become useless. You need open space to create good flow.

The first gyre xf130 i had, suffer from reliability issue's. It stopped on regular bases and i replaced 3 controllers, 2 set of rotors.
i moved it to my fragtank where is stopped again.
One night i accidently unplugged my second streamer while cleaning the fragtank. That same night the xf130 stopped working......
It costed me a tank full of frags and 2 scoly's.

In cleaned it up an throw the xf130 in a corner for a year at least[emoji58][emoji58][emoji58].


In the new frag700reef tank i use :
CP55
XF130 , yes the same one....
RW8 next to the .... (just in case)

 

[glennf]

4/11/2018

Dismantling the small tank agains the wall.
Using the QT115 as sump for the Frag700reef

De grote opruiming ...
Alle kleine aquariums worden ontmanteld en de QT115 gaat dienst doen als sump van de frag700reef

 

[najer]

Looking great.

 

[ksed]

Thanks Glenn, which Jebao are you using in the large tank? And are you pleased with them.? Would you buy the same pump again?
Thanks

 

[glennf]

Thanks Glenn, which Jebao are you using in the large tank? And are you pleased with them.? Would you buy the same pump again?
Thanks

The Jeboa RW series were OK, but large fallout of pumps after 2 years (30%)
The SW series were very noisy and flow was reduced drasticly within 2-3 weeks once they get a little dirty.
I believe the OW series was very quickly introduced to get rid of the "bad" SW series.

Now i am in doubt what to do.....
Tunze streamer or the the CP series....
I am testing 3 of the CP25 /CP40 / CP55 series in different tanks and they seems promising. Quit, Reliable, Good flow.

 

[glennf]

5/11/2018
Additional lifstock as cleaning crew and just because i love it...

 

[ksed]

The Jeboa RW series were OK, but large fallout of pumps after 2 years (30%)
The SW series were very noisy and flow was reduced drasticly within 2-3 weeks once they get a little dirty.
I believe the OW series was very quickly introduced to get rid of the "bad" SW series.

Now i am in doubt what to do.....
Tunze streamer or the the CP series....
I am testing 3 of the CP25 /CP40 / CP55 series in different tanks and they seems promising. Quit, Reliable, Good flow.

I hope they rectified the problem with they OW series.