Lasses Dream Build

jsker · Jun 11, 2016

I was trying the avoid using the zip ties, and I use the 3M Velcro. The Velcro is not working and today I am going zip tie a couple of power supplies in my cabinet.

Lasse · Jun 11, 2016

With a good zip tie - you change the world :)

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Jun 12, 2016

d2mini said:
Looks great, Lasse!

Since you have the DSB in the overflow, what are your plans for the sand in the display?
Any stirring or vacuuming? Or will you leave it undisturbed?
And what is your plan for clean up crew?

It will be some sand and coarse gravel / small stones because I´m planning to have some digging fishes like Prawn gobies. IMO sand shall stay where it is and don´t be touch of human hands. If I do not get any Cyano or Cyano like mats – I will not disturb the sand/gravel.

The clean-up crew are essential for my way of thinking according to reef keeping. It will be huge and a lot of variation. Urchins, hermit crabs, crabs, snails – you name it – I´ll get it :) - including bristle worms.

Sincerely Lasse

d2mini · Jun 12, 2016

Lasse said:
It will be some sand and coarse gravel / small stones because I´m planning to have some digging fishes like Prawn gobies. IMO sand shall stay where it is and don´t be touch of human hands. If I do not get any Cyano or Cyano like mats – I will not disturb the sand/gravel.

The clean-up crew are essential for my way of thinking according to reef keeping. It will be huge and a lot of variation. Urchins, hermit crabs, crabs, snails – you name it – I´ll get it :) - including bristle worms.

Sincerely Lasse

Very nice. You and I must be cut from the same reefing cloth. ;)

Lasse · Jun 12, 2016

FYI - now its water in the tank :) Still fresh - but I will put in salt tomorrow

Sincerely Lasse

d2mini · Jun 12, 2016

Lasse said:
FYI - now its water in the tank :) Still fresh - but I will put in salt tomorrow

Sincerely Lasse

EXCITING!!! :cool:

Lasse · Jun 15, 2016

Hi again

Today I reached 34 psu and I got some LS from a friend of mine. A small nitrification filter is in use and it’s loaded with a small amount of Kaldnes K1 taken from a large nitrification filter at my work. Light is programmed and my pilot is swimming in the tank. The sump oxydator is started.

During the weekend I´ll do a raid to different salt water stores in the Gothenburg area in order to get some more LS and to complete my clean up crew

No pictures of the aquarium because it’s still cloudy

Sincerely Lasse

revhtree · Jun 16, 2016

What was in that flammable liquid container? HA!

Lowell Lemon · Jun 16, 2016

I am enjoying your tank development and looking forward to learning more about how your DSB will work in the final tank. Love the background and wish the product was availible here in the United States.

Maybe your friends should consider a U.S. partner or production facility in the U.S. for public as well as private aquariums. Just a thought and have a great day.

cowboy · Jun 16, 2016

Love the build man and the ATO reservoir with an alcohol label is awesome gotta love univar. Will definitely be following your build looks great.

Lasse · Jun 16, 2016

Thank you all

The ATO reservoir is a recycled device from my old work. It has contain an ecological friendly liquid (basically an alcohol) for ground source heating with help of heat pumps. We are much for recycling, ecological and alternative heating in Sweden :). Sometimes I use “the vodka method” – therefore I let the label be there it was :)

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Jun 17, 2016

Some starting pictures

On their way

Pilot

Whole

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Jun 18, 2016

Today I did a round trip to different LFS in the sounding of Gothenburg. I come home with some LS (from different sources), some members to my clean-up crew and a stone with green hairy mushrooms. Last spring when my old tank start to mess up – I put some of my corals in a public aquarium where I work now and then. Now it’s time to get them back – I start with a couple.

I´m on day three of start-up and I always do the start-ups in certain way. I have a pilot fish – normally a maroon clown. The first week I feed every three day (only around 10 frozen adult artemia), second week – every other day with the same amount and the third week – every day with the same amount. I also put in nitrification bacteria every day – either from a commercial product or from a working filter in another aquarium. I have the light on during this period and introduce a clean-up crew as soon as possible. I introduce some corals also during the first three weeks. In this start – I will also start a refugium as soon as possible.

The scape will change when I got new corals - some stones will be taken away. Their task just now is to bring different organisms to the aquarium.

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Jun 22, 2016

Now the tank has been up running for nearly a week and the first algae has establish them self’s. Some green algae but mostly diatoms in the sand.

Now it’s time for my clean-up crew to do the job!

The few corals works well and the pilot thrives.

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Jun 29, 2016

Up and running for nearly two weeks. Everything’s works as it should. I have not start the circulation through the DSB and not the refugium yet – but it will come. I have installed two Redox probes and one pH probe. One of the redox should be placed below the DSB in the plenum. The microalgae has start to grow in the display and the clean-up crew does a great job. I have around 15 hermit crabs, 5 urchins and around 20 snails for the moment. It will be more when I find more. The pilot does great and he has got some company. A Pistol shrimp comes yesterday together with two shrimp gobies -Amblyeleotris steinitzi – probably a pair. I have not seen any activity from the pistol yet but thee two gobies has already found a place to hide. Not there I want them – in fact they are in the opposite corner to the place I constructed for them. Two red/yellow tail blennies and a Liopropoma swalesi are also introduced in the aquarium. I saw the liopropoma for three seconds – after this I probably have to wait for a couple of months before next view of this beautiful guy.

Below some pictures

Cleaning levels

Talking about hitchhikers :)

Gobies

Sincerely Lasse

Gino · Jun 30, 2016

Awesome my friend. You are on your way... Have a great weekend!!!

Lasse · Jul 1, 2016

Thank you @Gino

Sincerely Lasse

revhtree · Jul 1, 2016

Looking good Lasse!

Lasse · Jul 1, 2016

Thank you @revhtree

This evening I have completed some of the tasks at my goals with this aquarium.

First a construction of an easy but effective nitrification filter. A filter mat and a pump. It will also have additional features. I like animals that filtrate, including different corals. One of the advantages with the Zeovit method are the internal cleaning of the filter each day. The bacteria film is admitted to pass out to the DT and serve as food for corals and other filtrating animals. My filter will work in the same way. I will squeeze the filter mat every evening and let the bacteria film go through the return pump and out to the DT.

Pics