GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.
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This one is showing off [emoji13]Ok, now that's just showin' off.
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It is bulbs replacement day on my EZ550reef!
Replacment of the 6x T5 bulbs should have been done long ago.
4x were 9.5 months old
2x were 14 months old
I saw the colors of the corals on the bottom slowly deteriorate for a few months. This process had been going on for more than 3 months. In accordance with the requirement to replace the lamps every 6 months at SPS corals.
Replacment of the 6x T5 bulbs should have been done long ago.
4x were 9.5 months old
2x were 14 months old
I saw the colors of the corals on the bottom slowly deteriorate for a few months. This process had been going on for more than 3 months. In accordance with the requirement to replace the lamps every 6 months at SPS corals.
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I love the acro's
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It has been a while since i did a movie, so here we go:
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Gleen, amazing job and reef.
I just starting your thread. I can't read all 97 pages and I'm sorry that that my question match's what others have asked, but I don't see a clear answer.
Please answer in depth. Quoting you on page four.
"Nutrient export is managed with my own blend iron solution and carbon source"
"Beside that i use a skimmer only when neccesary and use filter wool on the intake of my main pump"
End quote.
Without water changes to replenish most of the products added to salt, how do you make up what's needed by corals and fish, but mostly corals ?
You feed you corals & fish to where the water gets very cloudy, and of course is fine, but how do you clean up the water from doing so ? I think a lot of us that feed their tank like you do, will have very high nitrates, phosphates, etc...which can bring on a lot of algae problems and deadly to most corals and fish.
What 's the tank's paramature's ?
Again, please give details on how you do it.
I just starting your thread. I can't read all 97 pages and I'm sorry that that my question match's what others have asked, but I don't see a clear answer.
Please answer in depth. Quoting you on page four.
"Nutrient export is managed with my own blend iron solution and carbon source"
"Beside that i use a skimmer only when neccesary and use filter wool on the intake of my main pump"
End quote.
Without water changes to replenish most of the products added to salt, how do you make up what's needed by corals and fish, but mostly corals ?
You feed you corals & fish to where the water gets very cloudy, and of course is fine, but how do you clean up the water from doing so ? I think a lot of us that feed their tank like you do, will have very high nitrates, phosphates, etc...which can bring on a lot of algae problems and deadly to most corals and fish.
What 's the tank's paramature's ?
Again, please give details on how you do it.
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Very nice work !!!
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It is bulbs replacement day on my EZ550reef!
Replacment of the 6x T5 bulbs should have been done long ago.
4x were 9.5 months old
2x were 14 months old
I saw the colors of the corals on the bottom slowly deteriorate for a few months. This process had been going on for more than 3 months. In accordance with the requirement to replace the lamps every 6 months at SPS corals.
Oh come on guy's, the corals are just too beautiful & bright, I think they are FAKE !
And the fish are those found in kids cereal !
lol,...beautiful Glenn !
AND,....I started out in the 90's using VHO's and most said corals, including sps's, without a halide, but we did very well with 4 -VHO fluorescent's on a IceCap dimmer. We returned to the hobby and found that LED's are very popular, so we bought some well known lighting systems, but are disappointed with them. So, we bought a 6 tube ATI system. We are still building the 125g mixed reef but we did plug the light's in and they look great. We'll see how we like the coral's and fish when finished.
Yours look wonderful !
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I guess you've never heard about DSR (Dutch Synthetic Reefing) before?
That is a system i developed for my own tank , which has become a standard in the netherlands for reefkeeping without waterchanges.
The system is about controling the essential waterparameter, where i believe you you don't need to dose 96 elements to keep a thriving reeftank filled to the rim with coral for a long stretch of time
I build a calculator to guide you how to get control.
http://dsrreefing.com/dsrcalculator/
Look into this topic:
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...&share_tid=162872&share_fid=1020&share_type=t
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It's a complete reef maintenance system without waterchanges so that can't be summarised is a few sentences.
Because i get this quest very often i start building a website with a FAQ in (2013-2015)
http://www.DSRreefing.com/faq
I hope you find the answer you're searching for in there.
If there's a specific question need answering i will be glad to do so.
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This article may clear thing up a little bit:
http://www.DSRreefing.com/history
This was the original Publication in Reef Hobbyist magazine (California, USA) "A FLOURISHING DUTCH SYNTHETIC REEF"
http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/magazine-tiled-q1-2014-41.html
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http://www.DSRreefing.com/history
This was the original Publication in Reef Hobbyist magazine (California, USA) "A FLOURISHING DUTCH SYNTHETIC REEF"
http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/magazine-tiled-q1-2014-41.html
Page 41 - 46
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Wow, your tank is stunning!
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Yes.... Most people will get into trouble doing that.
But as you tank matures and you learn to unstand the dynamics of your tank you can take control yourself.
Most people oversee the fact that once corals start growing they to need feeding.
The feed on the waste product of the fish, so feeding is part of the balance in your tank.
At some time feeding won't cut it and dosing PO4 and NO3 would be required.
Algae can controled by a wel balanced cleaning crew
It just about understanding what it takes to balance the tank abd it's inhabitants... being fish and corals all together.
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Thanks m8
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Thanks m8
I have about 100 coral species in this tank alone.
It's a mixed reef, because i love the challenges that brings.
Here you can learn more about this tank, the setup and the way i maintain it..
https://www.aquariumstats.com/tankProfile.php?tid=81
The tank is on autopilot
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Thanks m8
That's a good intention
Make sure you get good advice and read lot.
Take advice not just from anyone, but always look at their tank before you implement anything they tell you to.
A lot a advice i have seen through the years are just incomplete statements which get repeated over and over.
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