Paolo Piccinell
insatiably curious
Really amazing tank!!!
chapeau!
chapeau!
Carbone's 2000 liters reef
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@Yellow05gt: if you have time, you can take a tour of Romania. I'm sure you will find alot of nice places here (https://www.facebook.com/273ReasonstovisitRomania/photos_stream)
Paolo Piccinell, Sagz70, Reefsi: thank you.
Some top downs:
Paolo Piccinell, Sagz70, Reefsi: thank you.
Some top downs:
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Ceautiful looking tank C.
currently i have 2 x ATI (8x54W) and 2 x ATI (4x54W).
as for filtration, i'm using 2 bubble magus skimmers (with 2 aquabee 2000/1 pumps each), 2 buckets with zeoliths and GFO if PO4 gets readable on hanna.
Additions are done with an automatic dosing pump for alk and CA. The trace, Sr, Fe and I are made manually each week.
I tried in the past biopellet, but had some tehnical problems with them (the reactor was clogging when power gets down).
as for filtration, i'm using 2 bubble magus skimmers (with 2 aquabee 2000/1 pumps each), 2 buckets with zeoliths and GFO if PO4 gets readable on hanna.
Additions are done with an automatic dosing pump for alk and CA. The trace, Sr, Fe and I are made manually each week.
I tried in the past biopellet, but had some tehnical problems with them (the reactor was clogging when power gets down).
The only thing that I'm missing is the shimmering lines. I tried once to put some CREEs to help with this. The effect was very cool and noticeable, but I needed more than one line of LEDS. Also for some reason every 2-3 months one of the LEDS burn, so after a few LED replacements I droppend them. I'm thinking to put 4x20W LEDs infront of the ATIs and see how it looks.
Another thing that bothers me is that I syphon the sand bed each time I change the water and this takes about one hour (almost 3 square meters of sand :uhoh2
. But the water that comes from the sand is a brown nasty junk. From time to time it passes my mind to just remove the sand, but I don't like the look without sand.Regarding automation, the only automated things in my tank is light on/off and dosing. Even the ATO is done manually each day (my dad is doing it).
As for livestock, the options for SPS are very limited. I'm travelling 2500-4000km to buy some nice corals
In the near feature I like to add 5-6 pyramid butterflies and one box fish.
Regards.
dave.m
Active member
Thx for your reply, Carbone. The manual top-up suggests an obvious opportunity for automation some day (unless your Dad really enjoys doing this manually 
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Your "nasty brown junk" from cleaning the substrate suggests overfeeding, especially if it is always like this every time you do a water change. Try to reduce the amount fed so that no food reaches the sand.
What sort of clean-up crew do you have? If you don't mind, I suggest you get something that works beneath the sand surface such as: diamond watchman goby, nassarius snails, cerith snails, and especially fighting or tiger conchs. A great sub-surface cleaner, though rarely imported, are chitons. I would stay away from hermit crabs.
Dave.M
).Your "nasty brown junk" from cleaning the substrate suggests overfeeding, especially if it is always like this every time you do a water change. Try to reduce the amount fed so that no food reaches the sand.
What sort of clean-up crew do you have? If you don't mind, I suggest you get something that works beneath the sand surface such as: diamond watchman goby, nassarius snails, cerith snails, and especially fighting or tiger conchs. A great sub-surface cleaner, though rarely imported, are chitons. I would stay away from hermit crabs.
Dave.M
Bello
New member
Could you tell us more about the Zeoliths?
1. How much are you using?
2. Do you change it often?
3. Is it run in a reactor?
4. Are you dosing any carbon source?
Apologies for the extra questions, but I have about 10kgs of zeolith with me, and was hoping I could use them
Thanks!
I already have an ATO, but is not in operation. Each time I try to install it, my dad complains that it is not necessary. I guess that he enjoys watching the tank and this is just an excuse to go in the tank room :spin3:Thx for your reply, Carbone. The manual top-up suggests an obvious opportunity for automation some day (unless your Dad really enjoys doing this manually
Your "nasty brown junk" from cleaning the substrate suggests overfeeding, especially if it is always like this every time you do a water change. Try to reduce the amount fed so that no food reaches the sand.
What sort of clean-up crew do you have? If you don't mind, I suggest you get something that works beneath the sand surface such as: diamond watchman goby, nassarius snails, cerith snails, and especially fighting or tiger conchs. A great sub-surface cleaner, though rarely imported, are chitons. I would stay away from hermit crabs.
Dave.M
Since the tank is located in my parent's house (50km from where I live), I only see the tank on weekends. But It may pass 2-3 weeks without any visit. My dad feeds the fish and he gives them one silverside each day (3.5 inches frozen fish) and also some nori. I also feed them a few times with the same amount and in less than 1 minute the water is free of any food. I suppose that the junk from the sand is just fish poop. The sand surface is very clean.
For clean-up crew I have 10-20 turbo snails, a few dozen nasarius and 7-8 urchins. I tried a few times with diamond watchman goby, but they die after about one year (starvation). Also they tend to put sand on top of the LPS :angryfire:
I also have some chitons from the live rock. They really live the rock white and clean behind.
I also test for PO4 with Hanna Phosphate checker and NO3 with Salifert. Both tests show 0.
