GlennF's 1500 liter mixed reef tank

I am blown away on how beautiful this tank is!
Haha.. which one? There 11 tanks in my home and a 12th in the making.
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27/11/2018
Drilling 2 holes, glueing the glas together and one step closer to my Ureef


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31/10/18 19:50

Seeding the new system with 15 liters of sludge from my running DSR1200 reeftank
Adding EZcarbon to speed up the bacteria growth.
Adding first corals and limited ligthing

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1/11/2018 - 2/11/2018
Adding test frag from different tanks, which went very well.
Then gradually moving all inhabitants from 2x 40liter small fragtanks, butterflyreef120, Quarantine115 tank

Nadat een test met enkel stukken (1/11) uit verschillende bakken goed aansloeg, alles verhuisd van de bakken langs de muur.

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4/11/2018

Dismantling the small tank agains the wall.
Using the QT115 as sump for the Frag700reef

De grote opruiming ...
Alle kleine aquariums worden ontmanteld en de QT115 gaat dienst doen als sump van de frag700reef

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Today is was time to do some gardening in my butterflyreef.
The corals were growing into eachother and towards the surface. Light, flow and space for the fish to swim were getting limited and it was time to do something about it.

A dozen of acropora frogskin frags was the result of "a days work"


Before, after and frags
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What is the blue fish in the first picture?
 
This is what 10 bulbs does on a 80cm wide tank

When you get things right the colors and growth are great.

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Hi Glennf - the attention to detail is incredible. A unique gift and passion. I wasn't aware you also made your own tank. Impressive. I always enjoy reading your updates but its is like a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that I always find at least one coral that I'd like to own (in this case the Fox here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25505532&postcount=1239) while continuing to learn more on the curse side I've had my upgrade/display up since April and it doesn't even come close to a 10th of your display.

Continue the great work. I like how you always lay out the corals. That is something I really struggle with. Not that I've added any but looking at the layout and then knowing what the coral will do and what to add. You have an artists or Arborist touch for sure.
 
Hi Glennf - the attention to detail is incredible. A unique gift and passion. I wasn't aware you also made your own tank. Impressive. I always enjoy reading your updates but its is like a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that I always find at least one coral that I'd like to own (in this case the Fox here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25505532&postcount=1239) while continuing to learn more on the curse side I've had my upgrade/display up since April and it doesn't even come close to a 10th of your display.

Continue the great work. I like how you always lay out the corals. That is something I really struggle with. Not that I've added any but looking at the layout and then knowing what the coral will do and what to add. You have an artists or Arborist touch for sure.

Thanks m8.
I take picture of most things i do because i use it as a reference do do my research. If has proven very valuable to me. So it's very easy to share when i have a free moment.
I have been build my own tanks since i was 10y old. One of the charm of the hobby is the DiY.
I think it must be a gift, because i don't realy think about it. I just put the corals in any free space is see en let them sort it out themselves.

It helps when you go the extra mile to understand what the important things are to be succesfull.

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