Child's dream come true
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Step by step the work is going on.
I finished the rock working around the pipes, the result seems halfway between aliens and pitch black...but I like it
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150 kg of calcium carbonate 0.6 mm on the bottom and probably next week I will be ready to start.
Luca
I finished the rock working around the pipes, the result seems halfway between aliens and pitch black...but I like it
.150 kg of calcium carbonate 0.6 mm on the bottom and probably next week I will be ready to start.
Luca
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FloformAustria
New member
Hey Luca!
just found your thread!
really interesting what you are trying to achieve...
will tag along!
Flo
just found your thread!
really interesting what you are trying to achieve...
will tag along!
Flo
Thanks guys.
Some post ago I am sure having talked about DSB (in this case is better to talk about SSB, because the height of the sand bed is about 5-6 cm)....but probably I am wrong ....my head, too many things and too little time to do them.
Anyway, Matt, this is exactly what I want to achieve, a good environment for a lot of microfauna.
Luca
Some post ago I am sure having talked about DSB (in this case is better to talk about SSB, because the height of the sand bed is about 5-6 cm)....but probably I am wrong ....my head, too many things and too little time to do them.
Anyway, Matt, this is exactly what I want to achieve, a good environment for a lot of microfauna.
Luca
Hi guys,
I filled the tank in the middle of June, but after a series of improbable problems I am happy to see that there's life in my aquarium
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Finally the parameters are stable, calcium 450 mg/l, alk 6.5, oxygen 8.3 mg/l and orp at 357 mV.
The orp value rises from 160 mV in the last two weeks, after I introduced the fishes and turned the light on (half power).
The only possible problem is the temperature...but I hope in the winter...
Now I can only wait the end of the maturation process.
Luca
I filled the tank in the middle of June, but after a series of improbable problems I am happy to see that there's life in my aquarium
.Finally the parameters are stable, calcium 450 mg/l, alk 6.5, oxygen 8.3 mg/l and orp at 357 mV.
The orp value rises from 160 mV in the last two weeks, after I introduced the fishes and turned the light on (half power).
The only possible problem is the temperature...but I hope in the winter...
Now I can only wait the end of the maturation process.
Luca
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thank you Matt,
yes, still too early, you have to consider that the values are stable from only two weeks.
I think to wait the entire August for maturation and to introduce the first corals (briareum or pachyclavularia or maybe an entacmea quadricolor) in September...but this is only an hypothesis, in biology nothing is sure
Luca
yes, still too early, you have to consider that the values are stable from only two weeks.
I think to wait the entire August for maturation and to introduce the first corals (briareum or pachyclavularia or maybe an entacmea quadricolor) in September...but this is only an hypothesis, in biology nothing is sure
Luca
glaukos
New member
I know you run your tank skimmerless too,so could you share some tips and recent pics of YOUR success running YOUR tank that way?
I know some/a few/many people have had success...but i'd love to see YOUR fully grown acros or coral's in general.Share the problems you faced while raising those corals,how you managed to get pass them and make some frags into colonies,the skimmerless way or any way:thumbsup:
After all pics are always welcome,appreciated,needed and in this case,since ostiato is following the road you followed long ago,they could help him a lot:thumbsup:
What can be better than a skimmerless tank with fully grown acros,successfully raised and corals in general.
Why not save him some trouble and encourage him
glaukos
New member
Hats off to you ostiato my friend,for trying something new and different:beer:
I think too it won't be easy but one important part of our hobby and having fun with it,is experimenting(as long as lives/animals are not being tortured lol).
Hope you will get the results you're expecting.
Really like the tank and it's dimensions:thumbsup:
Happy you are making your dream come true too!
I think too it won't be easy but one important part of our hobby and having fun with it,is experimenting(as long as lives/animals are not being tortured lol).
Hope you will get the results you're expecting.
Really like the tank and it's dimensions:thumbsup:
Happy you are making your dream come true too!
thanks guys,
I appreciate your comments very much.
gregkn73, i have seen Dymico system, it seems a filter in which nitrification take place in the upper, more oxygenated part, and denitrification take place in the bottom, where the oxygen lacks.
I don't see differences (biologically speaking) with a DSB.
Yes, my temperature is actually 31°C (or 88°F)...I have a single pump with an asynchronous three-phase motor that generates a large amount of heat, more than I expected, and is only 350 W.
Room temperature is about 26°C...probably I will need a chiller.
All the techical tools are located and hyded under the tank.
In spite of the temperature, my fishes are comfortable and thanks to the oxygen cylinder, in the water I can mantain 8.2 mg/l O.
Luca
I appreciate your comments very much.
gregkn73, i have seen Dymico system, it seems a filter in which nitrification take place in the upper, more oxygenated part, and denitrification take place in the bottom, where the oxygen lacks.
I don't see differences (biologically speaking) with a DSB.
Yes, my temperature is actually 31°C (or 88°F)...I have a single pump with an asynchronous three-phase motor that generates a large amount of heat, more than I expected, and is only 350 W.
Room temperature is about 26°C...probably I will need a chiller.
All the techical tools are located and hyded under the tank.
In spite of the temperature, my fishes are comfortable and thanks to the oxygen cylinder, in the water I can mantain 8.2 mg/l O.
Luca
jacek_marine
New member
Hi Luca,
This is absolutely fantastic thread. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the forum. Few guys in Poland run skimmer less tanks with great results, full of breathtaking Acroporas.
Hope you will post update on your tank soon.
Cheers,
Jack
This is absolutely fantastic thread. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the forum. Few guys in Poland run skimmer less tanks with great results, full of breathtaking Acroporas.
Hope you will post update on your tank soon.
Cheers,
Jack
Piper27
I love bengals
I agree with the few posts above! Very original and different approach and I hope it works out well. Looking forward to any updates in the future.
What exactly made you want to run the reef this way anyway? I am rooting for you and would love pics of the pump area underneath.
What exactly made you want to run the reef this way anyway? I am rooting for you and would love pics of the pump area underneath.
thank's guys.
I always thought that skimmer is an useful tool but not indispensable.
My previous studies with a freshwater aquarium showed me the importance of a stable amount of oxygen in the water for the correct biological processes.
This molecula is seldom considered in the water tests.
In a closed environment like reef tank is, another important element is the organic carbon.
In my opinion these are the two keys for a successful maintenance of any acquatic system.
This is why I started a reef tank in this way.
On the other hand I wanted a system as simple as possible, with an eye at the energetic consumption.
By now I have 350 W for the pump (that supplies the movement of the water coloumn and in a minor way the filtration), 250 W of led and 50 W between ozone generator and sensor equipment.
For a 1200 liter tank I think it is a good result.
Luca
I always thought that skimmer is an useful tool but not indispensable.
My previous studies with a freshwater aquarium showed me the importance of a stable amount of oxygen in the water for the correct biological processes.
This molecula is seldom considered in the water tests.
In a closed environment like reef tank is, another important element is the organic carbon.
In my opinion these are the two keys for a successful maintenance of any acquatic system.
This is why I started a reef tank in this way.
On the other hand I wanted a system as simple as possible, with an eye at the energetic consumption.
By now I have 350 W for the pump (that supplies the movement of the water coloumn and in a minor way the filtration), 250 W of led and 50 W between ozone generator and sensor equipment.
For a 1200 liter tank I think it is a good result.
Luca
