gonzalezvacaeli
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Amazing looking tank.
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My new 400 gal peninsula tank
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CrayolaViolence
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lionfish300
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Wow beautiful
Beautiful tank. I really like the rock layout and coral arrangement.
Question - and I sure hope I didn't ask this before (although I did a quick search so think I am safe
). How do you handle water movement and return(s)? I'm asking because I am setting up a similar peninsula style tank although smaller at 240 gallons. I'm been tossing around several ideas from the use of two returns connected to sea swirls at the far end or plain returns and a XF230 Gyre I picked up during a sale last year.
Maybe I need to start at page one - that is what I'll do. Very nice looking tank. Thanks for sharing.
Question - and I sure hope I didn't ask this before (although I did a quick search so think I am safe
). How do you handle water movement and return(s)? I'm asking because I am setting up a similar peninsula style tank although smaller at 240 gallons. I'm been tossing around several ideas from the use of two returns connected to sea swirls at the far end or plain returns and a XF230 Gyre I picked up during a sale last year.Maybe I need to start at page one - that is what I'll do. Very nice looking tank. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful tank. I really like the rock layout and coral arrangement.
Question - and I sure hope I didn't ask this before (although I did a quick search so think I am safe
Maybe I need to start at page one - that is what I'll do. Very nice looking tank. Thanks for sharing.
For some reason I couldn't edit so will reply to my thread instead. I went back to page one and see how the water movement is done since I was sure you mentioned it. I never considered a closed loop but now wish I had.
Great job.
Jens Kallmeyer
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Dear saf1, thank you for the appreciation. The water movement is the same as in the beginning, two separate closed loop systems with one outlet each in the bottom at the "room end" of the tank and two ancient Tunze 6200 at the wall end. While in general I really like that setup there could be more water movement at the room end. I can definitely see a bit of detritus buildup in that area, so I decided to place those corals there that prefer calmer waters, i.e Euphyllia, leather corals, etc.
This is perhaps the main problems of peninsula tanks, getting enough current to the front end without having visible pipes or pumps.
Jens
Jens Kallmeyer
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That was my previous setup. Lighting is the only thing I played around with for quite a wile. My current setup is 4x54W T5 and 6x AquaIllumination SOL. In the near future I willadd two more T5 tubes on each side.
Jens
dolphin_swim
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Hello Jens, any updates on your tank? I come back to this thread all the time hoping to see how this very beautiful tank is doing!!
Jens Kallmeyer
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HI Dolphin,
My job is keeping me quite busy, so I haven't had a chance to make new pictures or vids this past year. Hopefully I will have a bit of spare time over Christmas. The tank is running well, I have to cut back the corals every now and then, but that's about it. My two yellow tangs have now celebrated their 20th anniversary, I lost one marine betta aged 27 but the partner is still going strong. I replaced one Tunze Stream 6200 from 2004 with a Panta Rhei Hydrowizard 42, and I added a Theiling Rollermat Fleece filter.
cheers
Jens
My job is keeping me quite busy, so I haven't had a chance to make new pictures or vids this past year. Hopefully I will have a bit of spare time over Christmas. The tank is running well, I have to cut back the corals every now and then, but that's about it. My two yellow tangs have now celebrated their 20th anniversary, I lost one marine betta aged 27 but the partner is still going strong. I replaced one Tunze Stream 6200 from 2004 with a Panta Rhei Hydrowizard 42, and I added a Theiling Rollermat Fleece filter.
cheers
Jens
Jens Kallmeyer
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Jens Kallmeyer
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The last link did not work. Please use this one
https://youtu.be/wixHHd-u6qM
https://youtu.be/wixHHd-u6qM
Jens Kallmeyer
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As most of my travel is job related my partner stays at home, so he can take care of the feeding and basic maintenance (top up the ATO tank, clean skimmer etc.). He calls himself a "marine aquarium affected" person....
When the two of us head out together our catsitter takes care of the tank. So far it always worked out well. The sitter has phone numbers of several reefer friends who can help in case of emergency.
dolphin_swim
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The tank is looking so good I want to live in there!! The blue carpet is really extending the tentacles! Yellow tangs at 20 years old are stunning!
A few questions if you don't mind:
I wonder how the fleece filter has affected the nutrient levels of the tank since added?
What are your current nutrient exporters and current NP levels?
Your dosing regime?
I set up my first proper reef tank less than two years ago using korallenwelt rocks, only because of your beautiful and neat build. I seem to recall somewhere you mentioned about low vanadium in the first couple years and coralline algae stopped growing? Well, my tank has not seen the crazy growth of coralline algae at maybe around the one year mark for a long time. In fact, everything isn't growing much. Unfortunately I don't have access to ICP tests (post office says no posting of liquids in the mail). Could you share any trace elements I should consider dosing based on your experience with these rocks?
Thank you in advance.
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A few questions if you don't mind:
I wonder how the fleece filter has affected the nutrient levels of the tank since added?
What are your current nutrient exporters and current NP levels?
Your dosing regime?
I set up my first proper reef tank less than two years ago using korallenwelt rocks, only because of your beautiful and neat build. I seem to recall somewhere you mentioned about low vanadium in the first couple years and coralline algae stopped growing? Well, my tank has not seen the crazy growth of coralline algae at maybe around the one year mark for a long time. In fact, everything isn't growing much. Unfortunately I don't have access to ICP tests (post office says no posting of liquids in the mail). Could you share any trace elements I should consider dosing based on your experience with these rocks?
Thank you in advance.
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Time for the annual update,
the tank runs pretty smoothly, the biggest hassle is pruning the corals. Except for a bad incident when adding geoffroy wrasses (first killed my Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus group then each other...) all inhabitants are doing just fine.
Surprised to hear about the Potter's wrasses. Mine has been super peaceful with my Choati. Your experience makes me a bit nervous. I hadn't heard of themnbeing that aggressive. Maybe because the cyanoguttatus looks kind of similar?
houstonreefer
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Go thru the thread and lot of learning. Thanks for sharing
