SPS Lagoon without protein skimmer

[Jacek56]

TbyZ thank you for a lot of valuable informations. I can acknowledge that sponges grow very well in my tank.
Meanwhile a few pictures.
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Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

 

[McMullen]

Love this thread!!

Just want to say the studies provided are hypothesis generating only.

Anecdotally the OPs tank shows taking the skimmer offline is minimally an alternative method for keeping SPS......and thriving!

 

[revhtree]

Beautiful!

 

[McMullen]

@Jacek56, was this tank always skimmerless?

Any tips for those interested in taking their skimmer offline?

 

[Jacek56]

@Jacek56, was this tank always skimmerless?

Any tips for those interested in taking their skimmer offline?

Hi, I described system on page 1.

Tips are as follows:
- monitor ph in your system
- water turnover 10 x volume of display tank
- efficient mechanical filtration
- do not over feed your fish
And happy reefing :)

 

[Zagreus]

Thank you great thread and responses from the Reef2Reef community. Keep it up!

 

[Jacek56]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Reef2Reef community

 

[Rakie]

This is why I always try to stress that there's more than one way to do things. I've seen more than one or two nice SPS reefs that don't have a skimmer, this is by far the largest though.

"Question Everything"

 

[Jacek56]

Thank you ;Shamefullyembarrased

 

[Jacek56]

Update day. :)


Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

 

[Tahoe61]

The Acropora abrotanoides in image #3 is amazing.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Update day. :)


Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

Those are beautiful!

 

[therman]

Beautiful tank, and a lovely moorish idol.

I have always been of the opinion that protein skimmers are glorified aeration devices. For the majority of the ~18 years I have kept SPS I have run skimmers that are undersized and barely produce any skimmate. Zooxanthellae require nitrogen and phosphorus to feed the corals, stripping out these nutrients is counterproductive to coral growth.

Keep up the excellent work!

Tim

 

[Okinawa_reefer]

Absolutely amazing!

 

[nashorn]

I wonder if this could be done without water changes too?
But why mess with something that works?
Truly Inspirational !

 

[Jacek56]

Thank you guys for your compliments.

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This my wife’s favourite coral. She is taking care of the tank now when I am away for 6 weeks.

WC are good, 3-5% per week will do the job.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Man that's an awesome update on the abrotranoides colony! Best most natural coloration and growth for sure, that I have seen yet. I would kill to be able to run a tank that wide with all those bulbs :) although the electric bill going any higher than it is now might kill me as well!

 

[Jacek56]

Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

Last year I had an issue with red bugs, I used levamisole. Unfortunately toxins released killed several fish including moorish idol.

Man that's an awesome update on the abrotranoides colony! Best most natural coloration and growth for sure, that I have seen yet. I would kill to be able to run a tank that wide with all those bulbs :) although the electric bill going any higher than it is now might kill me as well!

For that reason I’m going to add more dry rock into aquarium and turn off one lamp.

 

[OriginalUserName]

Amazing tank. Thanks for sharing.

How difficult is it to do basic tasks in this size/dimension of a tank? Like adding frags or basic cleaning? The depth makes the whole thing just look awesome, like a slice of a real reef.

 

[Jacek56]

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Demolition is in progress. It will take couple of weeks. The plan is to add new rock on the opposite side of the tank and create kind of the ridge with strong current.

Untitled by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr

Amazing tank. Thanks for sharing.

How difficult is it to do basic tasks in this size/dimension of a tank? Like adding frags or basic cleaning? The depth makes the whole thing just look awesome, like a slice of a real reef.

I have access from all sides of the tank therefore everything is within hand reach. Also in most of the cases I use grab stick for placing frags. Rocks are not glued, they are like LEGO blocks, I may move them around aquarium if it’s necessary.