GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.

[glennf]

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 !

Yes... if youdon't know better, corals do look like fake artefact.
They are so beautiful and unreal at their full glory.

The fish a indeed like toys colors compared to fresh water fish.
That's why is switched to saltwater aquariums in back in 2004 after a lifetime with freshwater tanks.

T5 Lighting bulb are idiotproof. That's why i still use them.

MetalHalides are way to inefficient so that's why i always avoided them.

Leds are still full in development and there is way to much "garbage" going around. The well know fixture are way to expensive for my tast..
Many reefers fubar their tank because the don't know how to use the right settings for their led fixture. Just coping someone else's setting is not the way to go, because every tank need it's own settings.

Imo the way to go (for now) is hybride, with T5 bulbs supported by LEDs.

Led have great wow factor though, if placed over a tank grown by T5[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[glennf]

Wow, your tank is stunning!

Thanks m8

 

[glennf]

Another set op top down pictures
The coral are interweaved into each other.
By letting them sort it oit themselves you get a very natural look.

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[FernandesReef]

Amazing pic Glenn, just shows you don’t have to mess with the tank everyday and let it do its thing.
Thanks for sharing your tanks.

 

[glennf]

Thanks m8

Yeah... i rather relax and enjoy in front of the tank.
When you enjoy, you last longer in this beautifull hobby.

 

[glennf]

Just another set of pictures.
Enjoy!

 

[glennf]

These are the little beauty's that make reefingkeeping worthywhile and enjoyable.

 

[glennf]

I was quite annoyed bij the histrix
To much work cleaning the front window. Also space, flow and light limitation due to this massive coral.
It was time for a small rescape.

 

[najer]

Just wow, loving this more each time I see it, such happy healthy corals.

 

[MARK M. DAVIS]

Nice mixed reef.

 

[glennf]

Just wow, loving this more each time I see it, such happy healthy corals.

Thanks m8.
Here are a few more pictures

 

[glennf]

Nice mixed reef.

Thanks m8

 

[KrisC]

What a beautiful and inspiring reef. Thanks for sharing

 

[KrisC]

What an amazing and inspiring reef. Thanks for sharing

 

[glennf]

What an amazing and inspiring reef. Thanks for sharing

Thank you twice [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[glennf]

How fast do coral grow?
In this timelime you can see how a small frag of the staghorn coral has grown up to the surface, cut down and again grew back to the surface within a few months.

 

[Land Shark]

Hi Glenn,

Those are some amazing progress pictures. Just to confirm, the date of this last picture is March 14, 2019 (not 2018) correct? I'm sure it has to be but figured its an excuse to reach out with a post. Thanks!

 

[glennf]

Hi Glenn,

Those are some amazing progress pictures. Just to confirm, the date of this last picture is March 14, 2019 (not 2018) correct? I'm sure it has to be but figured its an excuse to reach out with a post. Thanks!

Thanks.
Your 100% right it's 2019
Very perceptive to point that out.
Sometimes it seems like nobody is reading or paying any attention.[emoji13]

 

[Land Shark]

Oh trust me, myself and many others are following your posts. With all the great pictures you post, who wouldn't. Thanks to you and your mineral based methods, the hobby is growing by leaps and bounds. You are the godfather.

 

[GBRsouth]

Thanks.
Your 100% right it's 2019
Very perceptive to point that out.
Sometimes it seems like nobody is reading or paying any attention.[emoji13]

Glenn, if you turn on the lights, you'll see you have a stadium full of lurkers in here with me, all paying close attention.