GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.

Reefpuck · Nov 25, 2019

Very nice. How much rock did you rip out?

Ben Pedersen · Nov 25, 2019

glennf said:
There are a few reasons for that.
1- Because you can never maintain a SPS tank with a consumption of 4,85dkh /per day
with only a CaOH solution. Due to the limited solubility of this product. if you try to do that your salinity will drop and PH will get through the roof.
3- you can't controle KH and Ca separately with only CaOH, therefore lose control over your tank parameters.

CaOH may be usefull for tanks with low SPS population/growth therefore low alk/Ca consumption

Is this true when mixing your CaOH with vinegar?

Skynyrd Fish · Nov 25, 2019

Glenn tanks looking great! I hope you have that Maintenance free year. It’s going to be crazy to see how it looks in that years time.

Flippersflippinooah · Jan 12, 2020

glennf said:
Somehow i missed this posting.

Thanks m8
I don't know about any retailers, because all is done by distributors.
Reef Aquaria Design in ft. Lauderdal has been appointed to do the distribution in the USA.
Best is to give them a call

I mentioned this in another thread but wanted to add it here as well.... Deltec is distributing the EZ DSR products in the US now, their contact info is below. Very happy to avoid the cost of overseas shipments.

They will have a sales website up soon.
[email protected]
(954) 596-2800

Cory · Jan 13, 2020

Chris Holmes said:
I mentioned this in another thread but wanted to add it here as well.... Deltec is distributing the EZ DSR products in the US now, their contact info is below. Very happy to avoid the cost of overseas shipments. They will have a sales website up soon.
[email protected]
(954) 596-2800

I just hope they make an app caculator for corrections. That would be epic.

vlnemo · Jan 18, 2020

Can i use an Oxydator to my dsr reef aquarium; When i started dsr products and stop wc to my aquarium, my water is little more yellow. I can see that only when i use white backet. Power filter is working well, but i think i need stronger skimming. Ozone,oxydator or carbon with dsr products; (The truth is that i am afraid using ozone) Thanks

glennf · Feb 4, 2020

After the total rescape i introduced a few new species in my EZ550reef.
A good friend took a reefing sabatical and donated all his corals. I promised him that i would take good care of them. if he re-enter the hobby he can pickup all his corals.

So you see not everyone leaf the hobby due too many failure. Some just want to take a break.

glennf · Feb 4, 2020

vlnemo said:
Can i use an Oxydator to my dsr reef aquarium; When i started dsr products and stop wc to my aquarium, my water is little more yellow. I can see that only when i use white backet. Power filter is working well, but i think i need stronger skimming. Ozone,oxydator or carbon with dsr products; (The truth is that i am afraid using ozone) Thanks

The combination EZCarbon and Powerfilter produces Crystal clear water. The trick is to leaf the powerfilter produce microbubble for a day before replacing the filterwool.

Ozone attached to a redox controller works just fine

Scrubber_steve · Feb 4, 2020

glennf said:
After the total rescape i introduced a few new species in my EZ550reef.
A good friend took a reefing sabatical and donated all his corals. I promised him that i would take good care of them. if he re-enter the hobby he can pickup all his corals.

So you see not everyone leaf the hobby due too many failure. Some just want to take a break.

Looking super awesome fantastic M8

glennf · Feb 5, 2020

Daniel@R2R · Feb 6, 2020

glennf said:

Those are some very happy acros!

vlnemo · Feb 14, 2020

I use the ez products but i use seperate carbon and Fe trace, for now. Also i am adding PO4,more magnesium , little more potassium and Sr. I cant increase eztrace because my B is close to 7. All my parameters are fine Except Iodine... In 400lt reef mix tank idose 1.5ml of I2 every day (I think in my tank 3ml is max per day)for almost 2 months now but i cant get any reading to salifert test. Test is ok i assume when testing with dsr reference. I cant find to read something more for I2.What i am advised to do? Thanks

glennf · Feb 16, 2020

vlnemo said:
I use the ez products but i use seperate carbon and Fe trace, for now. Also i am adding PO4,more magnesium , little more potassium and Sr. I cant increase eztrace because my B is close to 7. All my parameters are fine Except Iodine... In 400lt reef mix tank idose 1.5ml of I2 every day (I think in my tank 3ml is max per day)for almost 2 months now but i cant get any reading to salifert test. Test is ok i assume when testing with dsr reference. I cant find to read something more for I2.What i am advised to do? Thanks

Please use this topic for DSR questions:

The DSR Method (Dutch Synthetic Reefing)

Well dang, that was fast. 4 out of 5 boxes made it here intact... the fifth got abused, but it looks worse than it is... the carbon source bottle got bashed in and mixed with some crystals (Mg I think), but besides smelling like vinegar, everything was intact which is a small miracle I think all...

www.reef2reef.com

Can you share some more information about the measurements, dosings and testkits?
https://aquariumstats.com. To avoid having to keep asking the same questions, it is best to use aquarium stats to share information in a UNIFORME manner. This gives us a complete picture of aquarium, used technics, water values and dosages. Always places a clear overview photo (with white light) of: 1- The aquarium 2- the problem 3- the sump and used technics. Complete and structured information provided provides better advice. People are also more inclined to respond.

glennf · Feb 16, 2020

No waterchanges done since 2015. Now enjoying every moment of this.

X-37B · Feb 24, 2020

Hi Glenn! Thanks for sharing.
I use a modified system based on your no water change method.
First I want to say thank you for your method and products.
I run a modified EZ system.
Carx with tunze media.
I dose your EZ Trace along with esv strontium and follow your parameters. Have not dosed any carbon yet.
My growth rates are great and colors are great.
I take alot of abuse from the "no water changes are not possible crowd".
But many have asked alot of questions about my tank.
I ran it for 1.5 years on my nano and now my 120 is only 8 months old.
I have high hopes for this tank in the comming years.
Thanks again for all you have done for the hobby.

glennf · Mar 3, 2020

90's reefer said:
Hi Glenn! Thanks for sharing.
I use a modified system based on your no water change method.
First I want to say thank you for your method and products.
I run a modified EZ system.
Carx with tunze media.
I dose your EZ Trace along with esv strontium and follow your parameters. Have not dosed any carbon yet.
My growth rates are great and colors are great.
I take alot of abuse from the "no water changes are not possible crowd".
But many have asked alot of questions about my tank.
I ran it for 1.5 years on my nano and now my 120 is only 8 months old.
I have high hopes for this tank in the comming years.
Thanks again for all you have done for the hobby.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the good works.

It's a learning proces which take time.
It took me 8 years to come up with some real result and another another 8 years to be where i am now.
I can only say I have all the fun that came with it.
No hurry and patience is what make the real reefers last.