SWUBE: 1000 gal Swiss Reef

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Wow, that is incredible.

Beautiful!

Dave.M

Amazing attention to detail. Thank you for sharing!


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[Ridgeway Swiss]

Do you QT one fish at a time or in groups then introduce them into the tank? I was wondering how long it took you to get that many fish in there. Also, are those purple queen anthias? How did they do in QT for you? Do you have them eating frozen?

I only use soft QT which is basically to place fish in my frag system until I'm happy they feeding well and have stabilised. Not placing them into the display removes the stress of fish to fish introduction although the water parameter changes are still there.

Yes they are Tukas (Queen Anthias) I have an initial group of 12 that i want to establish and I'll add 2 more groups until I get to around 25 fish. Tukas don't QT well and these are some of the few fish that I would recommend to introduce straight into a display. Feeding is the huge challenge with them and it's really about spending time on them. I've been keeping Tukas for around 8yrs now but I'm still learning new tricks with them all the time.

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Amazing!

Amazing tank. Best I've seen in a very very long time. Thanks for sharing.

Everything looks amazing!!!!!!!

Thanks guys

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Btw where did you place your DaStaCo? Oh and I really like the BGM, very healing hahaha

Finally I didn't add a calcium reactor and still use the Balling Lite method, perhaps not totally logical considering the system volume but it is manageable if you're well organised.

BGM ? struggling with that, what is it ?

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Beautiful tank, amazing video. I love the way the soft corals and polyps sway. What do you do for water movement?

4 x MP60 on the back wall and then the return pump outlets enter under each side of the rock scape with about 5000gph through that.

I do struggle to get enough flow at the flow of the tank in front of the rock scares, trying to work out how to overcome that, it's doesn't need much but maybe 1000gph across the front.

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

This is a wonderful build and tank. It is beautiful! I hope my tank will look this nice someday.

Fantastic tank. Thanks for sharing

Grüße Torben

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[Ridgeway Swiss]

hi there!

Woow what a nice setup here in switzerland! im totally in love with your fish [emoji7] where do you get the harlekin and gemmatum in switzerland?

i have a setup around the same size 1350gal here in zurich, maybe i can come for a visit someday? in wich kanton do you live?

best regards

Joel

Grüezi,

I'm near Lausanne VD, so 2hrs from you, close by in reefing terms. Most fish come from Germany, Italy, France and UK. I drive to pick them up, 2500km for the last collection:spin2:

You're welcome here any time, I'll PM you with contact details

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

I remember watching the videos you have a while ago.

Beautiful how much it has gown. Good job.

So now that we have the video update, tells us some more about it. Up's Down's all the stuff.

Very nice looking tank.

Now this one deserves a more detailed response.....

I'll prepare a full update with pics and upload in the coming days, will take a bit of keyboard hammering:bounce1:

 

[worm5406]

Now this one deserves a more detailed response.....

I'll prepare a full update with pics and upload in the coming days, will take a bit of keyboard hammering:bounce1:

THANKS!!! I will look forward to it!

 

[yifan917]

Finally I didn't add a calcium reactor and still use the Balling Lite method, perhaps not totally logical considering the system volume but it is manageable if you're well organised.

BGM ? struggling with that, what is it ?

Back ground music lol

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Back ground music lol

Thanks Kev, yes borrowed that from someone's video, nice track from Barcelona (please don't go)

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Few coral pics for you in the mean time:

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

And some fishy friends:

 

[CrayolaViolence]

I only use soft QT which is basically to place fish in my frag system until I'm happy they feeding well and have stabilised. Not placing them into the display removes the stress of fish to fish introduction although the water parameter changes are still there.

Yes they are Tukas (Queen Anthias) I have an initial group of 12 that i want to establish and I'll add 2 more groups until I get to around 25 fish. Tukas don't QT well and these are some of the few fish that I would recommend to introduce straight into a display. Feeding is the huge challenge with them and it's really about spending time on them. I've been keeping Tukas for around 8yrs now but I'm still learning new tricks with them all the time.

What do you feed yours? I had a group of three that I could never get to eat. They ate copepods off the glass and rocks, but nothing I fed them was to their liking. I wound up losing all three after about a month (almost at the same time) so I suspect they succumbed to malnutrition. I had and still have tons of pods, but they were so big I don't see how they could have eaten enough to survive.

 

[VanJuKy]

What are you feeding your fish on the glass? The food that looks like a putty. Looks like a great option.

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

What do you feed yours? I had a group of three that I could never get to eat. They ate copepods off the glass and rocks, but nothing I fed them was to their liking. I wound up losing all three after about a month (almost at the same time) so I suspect they succumbed to malnutrition. I had and still have tons of pods, but they were so big I don't see how they could have eaten enough to survive.

I feed a wide variety of foods:

Frozen:
Moina salina
Lobster eggs (lots and lots)
Fish eggs
Copepods
Calanus
Artemia
Other mixed foods

Plus BBS several times p/wk and also liquid Calanus

On top of that a mixed flake/pellet that they hardly take but will do after several months of education.

They will also eat mixed powder foods, the type you mix in water, usually for corals.

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

What are you feeding your fish on the glass? The food that looks like a putty. Looks like a great option.

That's a relatively new product called Masstick from a Spanish manufacturer. It's truly a revolution in marine fish feeding. Mandarins, Copperbands will take it and it's a very cool way to feed, also you can dose meds through it.

Have a quick look on YT there's a few videos on there.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

I feed a wide variety of foods:


Plus BBS several times p/wk and also liquid Calanus

On top of that a mixed flake/pellet that they hardly take but will do after several months of education.

They will also eat mixed powder foods, the type you mix in water, usually for corals.

What is BBS?


I did reef chili, phytoplankton, coral snow, reef roids, mysis, oyster eggs, frozen copepods, and some ground up dried which I mixed into a paste and would drop into the water and make clouds. Still never saw them eat a thing. . Maybe next time I will isolate them in a smaller tank and see if I can't teach them to eat before I put them in the big one. Was really bummed out to lose them I really love the color.

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

sorry BBS = baby brine shrimp i.e. newly hatched

 

[CrayolaViolence]

sorry BBS = baby brine shrimp i.e. newly hatched

I did hatch those out in my tank. But for some reason I can never keep them around despite feedings. They vanish. :/ I have no idea what I do wrong with raising those cause I can grow copepods like no tomorrow.


Anyhow. I'm envious of your success with the purple queens. I don't think I will try them again for quite some time.