Whalehead9
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How would add the Vitamin C? Just directly to the food? I will have to experiment with the dosage, but it could work.
does anyone have a FTS of a non photosynthetic tank?
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Jens Kallmeyer
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Just dissolve the Vitamin C in the food, that's it
Whalehead9
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I know that Vitamin C breaks down fairly fast in saltwater, doe you think that it will last for say 12 hrs?
djfrankie
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Jens Kallmeyer,
Beautiful tank and thanks for posting those pics.
I've been contemplating creating a biotope of this kind for quite a while and your tank is quite inspiring to say the least.
Questions?
How long have you maintained this NPS system?
Have you documented growth at all?
Do you turn the skimmers off while feeding or skimmer is run 24/7?
Have you encounter any undesirable algae growth by the always almost present foods in your water column?
Do you use carbon and/or phosphate reactor in your system?
Could you be more specific about the Tropic Marin foods you use?
Sorry about all the questions just trying to learn.
Thanks,
djfrankie
Beautiful tank and thanks for posting those pics.
I've been contemplating creating a biotope of this kind for quite a while and your tank is quite inspiring to say the least.
Questions?
How long have you maintained this NPS system?
Have you documented growth at all?
Do you turn the skimmers off while feeding or skimmer is run 24/7?
Have you encounter any undesirable algae growth by the always almost present foods in your water column?
Do you use carbon and/or phosphate reactor in your system?
Could you be more specific about the Tropic Marin foods you use?
Sorry about all the questions just trying to learn.
Thanks,
djfrankie
Jens Kallmeyer
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HI djfrankie,
Thanks for your kind words.
How long have you maintained this NPS system?
Since last May, the construction was described here
Have you documented growth at all?
On some corals I have quite significant growth, e.g. the yellow spiral, while on others I have no not observed growth at all. Fortunately, I have only lost only three or four corals so far
Do you turn the skimmers off while feeding or skimmer is run 24/7?
Skimmer runs 24/7, the fishes are few 2 to 3 times a day, while the corals are fed automatically every 2 hours via a peristaltic pump
Have you encounter any undesirable algae growth by the always almost present foods in your water column?
During the first half year or so, I had to battle some hairy algae. But two sea hares, an urchin plus a weekly brushing of the algae when I did my water changes took care of the problem. Since then I haven't had any issues
Do you use carbon and/or phosphate reactor in your system?
Yes, both. Constantly
Could you be more specific about the Tropic Marin foods you use?
I only use the reef active of Tropic Marin, for foods I am using the Fauna Marin product line, my recipe can be found here
Sorry about all the questions just trying to learn.
My pleasure
Best wishes
Jens
Thanks for your kind words.
How long have you maintained this NPS system?
Since last May, the construction was described here
Have you documented growth at all?
On some corals I have quite significant growth, e.g. the yellow spiral, while on others I have no not observed growth at all. Fortunately, I have only lost only three or four corals so far
Do you turn the skimmers off while feeding or skimmer is run 24/7?
Skimmer runs 24/7, the fishes are few 2 to 3 times a day, while the corals are fed automatically every 2 hours via a peristaltic pump
Have you encounter any undesirable algae growth by the always almost present foods in your water column?
During the first half year or so, I had to battle some hairy algae. But two sea hares, an urchin plus a weekly brushing of the algae when I did my water changes took care of the problem. Since then I haven't had any issues
Do you use carbon and/or phosphate reactor in your system?
Yes, both. Constantly
Could you be more specific about the Tropic Marin foods you use?
I only use the reef active of Tropic Marin, for foods I am using the Fauna Marin product line, my recipe can be found here
Sorry about all the questions just trying to learn.
My pleasure
Best wishes
Jens
jamesdawson
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Hello Jens, beautiful tank you have!
Can you post pictures of your feeder equipment sometime please.
Thanks,
James
Can you post pictures of your feeder equipment sometime please.
Thanks,
James
Jens Kallmeyer
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Hey James
your wish is my command
this is a close up of the feeder, consisting of a electric box (white part on the bottom left) where all the cables join together, the peristaltic pump (AquaMedic), and the timer. The timer is made for installation in electrical power distribution units, therefore it has to be connected by cables and not just with a plug. The food sits in a 50 ml Syringe barrel with the piston removed, usually the syringe is held inside a PVC tube. The whole unit is mounted on a piece of black PCV and sits on top of the filter sump. The outlet of the feeder goes directly into the intake of the return pump.
The second picture is a FCS (full cabinet shot) with the back of our cat at the bottom
Best wishes
Jens
your wish is my command
this is a close up of the feeder, consisting of a electric box (white part on the bottom left) where all the cables join together, the peristaltic pump (AquaMedic), and the timer. The timer is made for installation in electrical power distribution units, therefore it has to be connected by cables and not just with a plug. The food sits in a 50 ml Syringe barrel with the piston removed, usually the syringe is held inside a PVC tube. The whole unit is mounted on a piece of black PCV and sits on top of the filter sump. The outlet of the feeder goes directly into the intake of the return pump.
The second picture is a FCS (full cabinet shot) with the back of our cat at the bottom
Best wishes
Jens
jamesdawson
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Thank you Jens,
Now I see how you did it.
James
Now I see how you did it.
James
Notathumpa
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Your tank is fascinating! What is the material on the back wall? Presume it to be a deep wall facsimile. Have you been on deep wall reefs?
John
John
Jens Kallmeyer
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It is Riffkeramik from the German company Korallenwelt. You can download their cataloge here . The material is absolutely inert and will rapidly be colonized by calcareous algae, sponges etc. Still it takes somewhat longer to cycle a tank with mainly this material and only few pieces of LR. But the major advantage is the fact that they can offer you backwalls that have a much smaller footprint than anything you can possibly build with LR or other material.
Jens
Notathumpa
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Thank you, Jens, for the reply. The look of the wall is so much more realistic than any I've seen. Again, a very nice job on your tank!
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