After lurking for quite some time on the forums, I have decided to open a build thread here as well.
I'm Thijs, a Dutch reefer, living in Groningen, The Netherlands (thats 2 hours North of Amsterdam). I'm slowly progressing towards larger tanks, having started out 2.5 years ago with a small 15 gallon tank, then upgrading to a 30 gallon tank, and now having moved on to a 50 gallon tank. I'm sure once my wallet has grown some body again, I will upgrade a bit at some time
I am currently running an Eheim Proxima Reef 175 liter (46 gallon display tank, some 4-6 gallon in the sump). I use the following equipment:
- ATI sunpower 6x24W (3x B+, 2x AB+, 1x Actinic, I change them about every 7-8 months)
- Aqua Medic Evo 1000 Skimmer
- Tunze 6040 & Sicce nano 2000 for flow (thats 4000 + 2000 l/h)
- Wifi Doser
I dose EZ-DSR, which contains four components: KH-Buffer (Natrium Carbonate), Ca-buffer (Calcium Chloride + Strontium), Trace (Magnesium + Iodine and many others) and a Carbon source (Vinegar + Sugar + Iron chelate). With these, I try to keep my parameters stable at KH: 8, Ca: 440, NO3: 3, PO4: 0.06.
The tank has been running now for about 1 year after upgrading from the 30 gallon. Two months ago we moved house, so the current aquascape is now up for about 8 weeks. I'm again seeing some growth, and am generally very happy about how everything is panning out.
Upcoming plans are to get some more acros, and allow the current acros to grow out. Also, I'm making a DIY temp-ph sensor (arduino), and am looking forward to monitoring the pH of the tank. Also, I would like to add a Tridacna squamosa to the tank (already have a maxima that is doing really well).
Some pictures (I will post some better quality overview pictures later)
I'm Thijs, a Dutch reefer, living in Groningen, The Netherlands (thats 2 hours North of Amsterdam). I'm slowly progressing towards larger tanks, having started out 2.5 years ago with a small 15 gallon tank, then upgrading to a 30 gallon tank, and now having moved on to a 50 gallon tank. I'm sure once my wallet has grown some body again, I will upgrade a bit at some time
I am currently running an Eheim Proxima Reef 175 liter (46 gallon display tank, some 4-6 gallon in the sump). I use the following equipment:
- ATI sunpower 6x24W (3x B+, 2x AB+, 1x Actinic, I change them about every 7-8 months)
- Aqua Medic Evo 1000 Skimmer
- Tunze 6040 & Sicce nano 2000 for flow (thats 4000 + 2000 l/h)
- Wifi Doser
I dose EZ-DSR, which contains four components: KH-Buffer (Natrium Carbonate), Ca-buffer (Calcium Chloride + Strontium), Trace (Magnesium + Iodine and many others) and a Carbon source (Vinegar + Sugar + Iron chelate). With these, I try to keep my parameters stable at KH: 8, Ca: 440, NO3: 3, PO4: 0.06.
The tank has been running now for about 1 year after upgrading from the 30 gallon. Two months ago we moved house, so the current aquascape is now up for about 8 weeks. I'm again seeing some growth, and am generally very happy about how everything is panning out.
Upcoming plans are to get some more acros, and allow the current acros to grow out. Also, I'm making a DIY temp-ph sensor (arduino), and am looking forward to monitoring the pH of the tank. Also, I would like to add a Tridacna squamosa to the tank (already have a maxima that is doing really well).
Some pictures (I will post some better quality overview pictures later)