47G SPS...Revamp

[wcharon]

Thank you for the compliment.

Daily Food Summary:

Via Eheim autofeeder x 3 serving a day: Mixture of different flakes -
Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef Flakes
Ocean Nutrition Spirulina Flakes
New Era Algae Flakes
New Life Spectrum Marine Formula Pellets

Manually:
1-2 cubes Brine Shrimp
1-2 Cubes Mysis
Small pinch size amount of seafood mix (my buddy made a version of seafood which is very similar to Rods Reef Food or Roggers Reef Mix


Thanks buddy. Yeah, I need to keep things going as they are and not make any big changes of mess anything up.



Thanks man. You know what, it took a long time, but I guess I am. Now I only have 3 turds remaining. All the rest either have really nice colour or are decent enough and getting better.

Equipment Update: So, a while back I made a thread and asked about which doser to buy to replace my Fauna Marin doser which served me well for many years, but the screen had become faulty.

This was the doser: basically a rebranded GHL unit.

Introducing the Kore 5th Doser

This unit appears to be very well made. I love the magnetic stirrer; I am going to setup the unit to dose the following in the next few months:

1. Calcium
2. Bicarbonate
3. Fauna Marin Colour Element A
4. Fauna Marin Colour Element B
5. Fauna Marin Colour Element C

I am going to introduce the Colour Elements in a few months to tweak colours.

Loving this doser. I bought the kit with the temp sensor, auto top off and water changer. Next year I plan to upgrade and the auto top off will be handy used to top off a frag tank or back up system.

Next I have the Neptune Apex on my mind. I had a chat with my boss at work and if I put in a little extra effort, I will be in line for a nice bonus. So, I am going to treat the tank (myself :lol to another tank toy.

Heyyyy Sahin...

Great you are liking the Doser as i am... Good unit. Last firmware version is 1.4g. Only downside that i see is that we have to be locally to connect to it. Wish Pacificsun develop something to access it remotely.

I also bought the APEX about 2 weeks ago after a lot of time saying to me why spend all that money if things can be done manually but in so short time i have to say the same i told you with the Doser, Go For It.....

Once you start using it you will get hooked. I am in the initial stage of reading and hooking up little things just to know how it works and receive notification and it is another world. Once i installed the APEX i noticed that my PH was reaching 8.62 at night (dangerous) with the graphs APEX produce.

 

[Wrangy]

Equipment Update: So, a while back I made a thread and asked about which doser to buy to replace my Fauna Marin doser which served me well for many years, but the screen had become faulty.

This was the doser: basically a rebranded GHL unit.

Introducing the Kore 5th Doser

This unit appears to be very well made. I love the magnetic stirrer; I am going to setup the unit to dose the following in the next few months:

1. Calcium
2. Bicarbonate
3. Fauna Marin Colour Element A
4. Fauna Marin Colour Element B
5. Fauna Marin Colour Element C

I am going to introduce the Colour Elements in a few months to tweak colours.

Loving this doser. I bought the kit with the temp sensor, auto top off and water changer. Next year I plan to upgrade and the auto top off will be handy used to top off a frag tank or back up system.

Next I have the Neptune Apex on my mind. I had a chat with my boss at work and if I put in a little extra effort, I will be in line for a nice bonus. So, I am going to treat the tank (myself :lol to another tank toy.

It's about bloody time you got it up and running! :celeb1: It's such a fantastic doser isn't it I'm absolutely loving mine still, it just works exactly like a doser should and then it goes beyond it! The temp sensor, while not hooked up to anything, is still nice to have an additional monitor to it! And having all those extra goodies are a bit of fun too aren't they! Tank is looking stunning mate and your pics are top class too!

 

[JB NY]

Tank is looking so good Sahin, colors are excellent! Hope you are on the mend and feeling good soon.

 

[sahin]

Sahin,
Thank you for the answer .
The food menu is awesome!
What filtration method do you use now to keep NO3 and PO4 at the low level?

Hi. My filtration is simple these days. I was using the Prodibio system at the start, but stopped dosing last few months because the nutrients are too low.

Right now is just:
1. Mixture of Liverock and deadrock
2. Shallow sandbed
3. Skimmer
4. GAC/activated carbon
5. I restarted usng Ozone on weekends to help make the water clear.
6. About 2Litres of Siporax

Yeah same ones I'm talking about. His reef is why I have been interested in all in one biopellets and the fauna marin color elements. One of the best reefs out there

Yup, hence why I thought of using them. How do you rate the All-in-one Biopellets? Do you feel they help with the colours?

Heyyyy Sahin...
Great you are liking the Doser as i am... Good unit. Last firmware version is 1.4g. Only downside that i see is that we have to be locally to connect to it. Wish Pacificsun develop something to access it remotely.
I also bought the APEX about 2 weeks ago after a lot of time saying to me why spend all that money if things can be done manually but in so short time i have to say the same i told you with the Doser, Go For It.....
Once you start using it you will get hooked. I am in the initial stage of reading and hooking up little things just to know how it works and receive notification and it is another world. Once i installed the APEX i noticed that my PH was reaching 8.62 at night (dangerous) with the graphs APEX produce.

Hey buddy. You were right about this doser. I really like it!
Man you are always one step ahead of me...I really want an Apex. I am away from home sometimes and even get home late sometimes and am so tired I just go to bed...would be great to check basics online etc. So an Apex is definitely going to be my next purchase. Be prepared though as I might be bugging you to help me set one up when I do buy haha :lol:

It's about bloody time you got it up and running! It's such a fantastic doser isn't it I'm absolutely loving mine still, it just works exactly like a doser should and then it goes beyond it! The temp sensor, while not hooked up to anything, is still nice to have an additional monitor to it! And having all those extra goodies are a bit of fun too aren't they! Tank is looking stunning mate and your pics are top class too!

Thanks mate. I'm glad you mentioned the doser as well. Now it really makes me happy knowing you like it as well. The additional functions will certainly help with running a QT system on the side etc without me needing to buy more equipment.
Thanks for checking into my thread.

Tank is looking so good Sahin, colors are excellent! Hope you are on the mend and feeling good soon.

Hey Joe. Thanks for the compliment. I hope I can achieve a small percentage of the greatness that your tank was.

 

[wcharon]

Hi. My filtration is simple these days. I was using the Prodibio system at the start, but stopped dosing last few months because the nutrients are too low.

Right now is just:
1. Mixture of Liverock and deadrock
2. Shallow sandbed
3. Skimmer
4. GAC/activated carbon
5. I restarted usng Ozone on weekends to help make the water clear.
6. About 2Litres of Siporax



Yup, hence why I thought of using them. How do you rate the All-in-one Biopellets? Do you feel they help with the colours?



Hey buddy. You were right about this doser. I really like it!
Man you are always one step ahead of me...I really want an Apex. I am away from home sometimes and even get home late sometimes and am so tired I just go to bed...would be great to check basics online etc. So an Apex is definitely going to be my next purchase. Be prepared though as I might be bugging you to help me set one up when I do buy haha :lol:


You can count with me but the guys (RUSS, Zoombie and others) are great in the Neptune Forum and seems to be living there (jajajaj) because they answer in the moment. This is the box that i made to transfer electrics and APEX. Still working on transferring and programming equipment.

 

[MichaelW]

I have not been using the all in one pellets yet. I have them and a reactor And everything but havnt started them as I have not been able to get any measurable nitrate or phosphate on my test kits.

 

[Wrangy]

Thanks mate. I'm glad you mentioned the doser as well. Now it really makes me happy knowing you like it as well. The additional functions will certainly help with running a QT system on the side etc without me needing to buy more equipment.
Thanks for checking into my thread.

Yeah I love it, I love being able to run it through the laptop too! While it's not wireless it's better than trying to reach around everything to reach the buttons on the Kamoer like I had to! The accuracy and variability of the unit is amazing too, the fact that it can dose points of mls still blows my mind! :blown: haha and I mean who wouldn't love 5 channels on one doser too while I don't have the stirrer, I'm probably going to hook up my start and b-balance dosing on it as well. It was certainly designed with zeo users in mind! And yeah having the water change and ato included means some great expansion without extra equipment too
Love the thread mate, love the tank and love what you do as a reefer! I'm always lurking and reading in your thread haha

 

[Reefvet]

Hi. My filtration is ...

Right now is just:
1. Mixture of Liverock and deadrock
2. Shallow sandbed
3. Skimmer
4. GAC/activated carbon
5. I restarted usng Ozone on weekends to help make the water clear.
6. About 2Litres of Siporax

Sahin have you used Ozone with this system before ?

 

[sahin]

Sahin have you used Ozone with this system before ?

Yes. But I've been fairly irregular with the use of Ozone. I only use it for helping clear the water. I havent been using as much GAC lately and I noticed some yellowing of the water hence I've used it a few times in the last couple of weeks in conjunction with GAC. Prior to that I maybe used it some months back.

 

[sahin]

Yeah I love it, I love being able to run it through the laptop too! While it's not wireless it's better than trying to reach around everything to reach the buttons on the Kamoer like I had to! The accuracy and variability of the unit is amazing too, the fact that it can dose points of mls still blows my mind! :blown: haha and I mean who wouldn't love 5 channels on one doser too while I don't have the stirrer, I'm probably going to hook up my start and b-balance dosing on it as well. It was certainly designed with zeo users in mind! And yeah having the water change and ato included means some great expansion without extra equipment too
Love the thread mate, love the tank and love what you do as a reefer! I'm always lurking and reading in your thread haha

Yeah mate, these newer technology are such a step forward...my old doser was good no doubt but the Kore 5th can do so much more. :crazy1:

How do you rate B-Balance? What does it do for the SPS colours? I have a bottle of it but dont use it (I have other potions I bought needlessly as well - got a cupboard full of stuff :lol: ).

 

[naecO.rM]

Hi. My filtration is simple these days. I was using the Prodibio system at the start, but stopped dosing last few months because the nutrients are too low.

Right now is just:
1. Mixture of Liverock and deadrock
2. Shallow sandbed
3. Skimmer
4. GAC/activated carbon
5. I restarted usng Ozone on weekends to help make the water clear.
6. About 2Litres of Siporax ....

Thanks.
Sahin, did you try ever plastic bioballs? Siporax vs bioballs?
Any experience with it good or bad?

 

[sahin]

Thats cool man. I'll have a look in the Neptune forum. :beer:

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello Sahin,

Great photos ... almost as great as seen live!

Regarding APEX ... I am a huge fan! It saved my live already twice (power outage and ATO problem)

if you need any help please ping!

Check the "comprehensive manual" and also reeftronics.net maintained by Russ

Usually I then by all the accessories in US as they are cheaper than Europe. but unfortunately they only have the 220v EB6 in Europe!

All the best,
Rui

 

[sahin]

Thanks.
Sahin, did you try ever plastic bioballs? Siporax vs bioballs?
Any experience with it good or bad?

Hi, I never tried the plastic bioballs. There simply isnt enough surface area unless you have a very large amount of them.

i did use an unbranded UK version/UK made sintered glass pellets in the past. They worked OK as well. The stuff had lots of sponges and other creatures all over it too.

IMO bioballs will likely trap a lot more detritus and you would need a lot more space.

Finally, you will likely NOT get denitrification capacity with bioballs.

 

[reefmutt]

That's a serious doser sahin!
If I'm ever sick in hospital, I'm going to ask them to instal one to maintain MY parameters!

 

[naecO.rM]

Sahin, pm'd

 

[sahin]

Sahin, pm'd

PM'd back.

 

[Reefvet]

Yes. But I've been fairly irregular with the use of Ozone. I only use it for helping clear the water.

The reason I ask is because you have established such a good balance in the system and Ozone can (will) break that balance.

While it does appear to clear the water what it's actually doing is breaking down organics to a smaller state. They may in turn be removed by your skimmer or they may stay in the water column but be reduced to an oxidized, denatured state that no longer feeds the Siporax or the corals.

Keep an eye on your skimmer when you run the Ozone and in the 24 hours after you discontinue it. If it's production is increased significantly then you're effectively removing what the Ozone has broken down.

 

[sahin]

The reason I ask is because you have established such a good balance in the system and Ozone can (will) break that balance.

While it does appear to clear the water what it's actually doing is breaking down organics to a smaller state. They may in turn be removed by your skimmer or they may stay in the water column but be reduced to an oxidized, denatured state that no longer feeds the Siporax or the corals.

Keep an eye on your skimmer when you run the Ozone and in the 24 hours after you discontinue it. If it's production is increased significantly then you're effectively removing what the Ozone has broken down.

Thanks. I will keep that in mind. I dont notice any diference in the skimmate.

 

[biggles]

Those last pics are awesome as usual mate, the pigment colors are really beautiful and saturated as they should be - great stuff Sahin :thumbsup:

Back to reality - you haven't posted any acro pics for a few pages now, i have a tupperware container with some airline shoved through it to drip stuff in so that NASA dripper thing doesn't excite me................ get the camera out please mate, we need more colored candy ! :hammer: