The Austrian Drop Off taken over by Acroporas

[plyle02]

Love the room shot Flo and also the end shot Flo! Looking so sweet and colorful, clean and organized Cheers Mate!

 

[joshky]

Jeez Flo that setup is so nice, great job to whoever built that for you. Love the picture of the drop off.

 

[reefmutt]

Flo, You must have had to do some very precise shimming.
What material did you use between the glass and that stand?
I would love to try a tank like this but honestly, it scares the crap out of me..

 

[troynel]

like this?

Yep!!!

 

[janci]

Flo, was there any change in AF products you use since last information you put on here?
You quit the amino's last time.
What is your dosing now?
Still an awesome tank.

 

[FloformAustria]

Thanks for the info regarding fixture's hight flo:thumbsup:
I bet you've inspired a lot of people go the "drop off" way!
Is that a ps controller on the table???

thanks mate!
would be really nice if a had that of an impact on people! it´s another way of building a tank but a tricky one too... i am still learning a lot!!
yes PS4 another thing to **** my gf off :lolspin:

Love the room shot Flo and also the end shot Flo! Looking so sweet and colorful, clean and organized Cheers Mate!

thanks buddy!! :bounce3:
but it´s only organized for the pictures

Jeez Flo that setup is so nice, great job to whoever built that for you. Love the picture of the drop off.

thanks Josh! actually i did 99% myself only the glass was build by a pro!

Flo, You must have had to do some very precise shimming.
What material did you use between the glass and that stand?
I would love to try a tank like this but honestly, it scares the crap out of me..

thanks Matt!
the funny thing is that when i planed and build the stand i didn´t know that the corner of the drop would be round... so i had to use more wood and some styrofoam to be sure about some minimal movements.

Yep!!!

:thumbsup:

Flo, was there any change in AF products you use since last information you put on here?
You quit the amino's last time.
What is your dosing now?
Still an awesome tank.

thanks!

i am dosing like this now:
5 drops Pro Bio S daily am
5 drops -NP Pro daily am
5 drops AF Build daily pm
5 drops AF Energy every other day pm
5 drops AF Vitality every other day pm
5 drops AF Amino Mix every other day pm
5 drops MicroE every other day pm
5 drops AF Kalium twice a week pm => my last analysis show some low levels
5 drops AF Strontium twice a week pm => my last analysis show some low levels

i am still a bit testing around ^^

 

[Stapleton840]

Very nice tank!!

 

[FloformAustria]

Very nice tank!!

thanks Mate! :rollface:

 

[biggles]

Display is looking really amazing Flo, thanks for the pics of the tank without water - very cool and unique SPS reef buddy :beer:

Do you have to run a pump on the deep end wall normally or is it clear of pumps like in the pic mate.

It looks like a lava flow of beautiful acros spilling into an ocean of colorful flubber garbage - i mean that in a nice way Flo

 

[FloformAustria]

Display is looking really amazing Flo, thanks for the pics of the tank without water - very cool and unique SPS reef buddy :beer:

Do you have to run a pump on the deep end wall normally or is it clear of pumps like in the pic mate.

It looks like a lava flow of beautiful acros spilling into an ocean of colorful flubber garbage - i mean that in a nice way Flo

thanks Andrew! :dance:
that coming from you means a lot!!!



and that is why i love those Vortech! i´ve got one MP40 running down there but in retrospect i should have gone with a closed loop... but the space under the tank is very limited... so i thougt vortech would be better... maybe i´ll have to get another mp40 for the other side of the drop too...

Cheers,
Flo

 

[biggles]

I think you should seriously consider trying a gyre Flo if you don't use one now. It will do this in whatever length pulsing surges you find is best for your design.
The red line is where the front of the flow is in my display when the pump stops blowing, about a foot back from the 5 foot length of my display. About 5-6 sec pulse on off at 70% is the max i can run without blowing the acros at the far end too hard with the down wash surges and shifting sand.

Every now and then the upwash from the deep end will disturb the flow across the top and give you random changes in flow, you just play around with power and on off times to tune it to your tank and scape.
If you already have a gyre forget what i just said

 

[FloformAustria]

I think you should seriously consider trying a gyre Flo if you don't use one now. It will do this in whatever length pulsing surges you find is best for your design.
The red line is where the front of the flow is in my display when the pump stops blowing, about a foot back from the 5 foot length of my display. About 5-6 sec pulse on off at 70% is the max i can run without blowing the acros at the far end too hard with the down wash surges and shifting sand.

Every now and then the upwash from the deep end will disturb the flow across the top and give you random changes in flow, you just play around with power and on off times to tune it to your tank and scape.
If you already have a gyre forget what i just said

no i am running on full Vortech now...

i really want to test the gyre pumps but i couldn´t get my hands on one till now... maybe later this year... i know a guy (i am planing his new tank) who will have 3 gyre avaliable for testing...
but my main concern is how far the gyre will reach into the tank from the back panel... don´t know if this will fit into the tank...i´ve got acros right there.... :idea:

 

[biggles]

I have had it running 50mm under the water and the flow across your high spot just before the drop off will actually lead to those acros tabling more to the left over time rather than up. If you could borrow one for a few days to try out i would do it. It might not work for you the way it works for me given the radical tank design differences so perhaps only try it with a borrowed unit as they aren't cheap but they aren't super expensive like an mp40 or equivalent tunze pump and controller and value for money a gyre 150 at $400- AU absolutely takes the cake in the volume of display it can handle all by itself.
I could run the entire display on just the single gyre, it wouldn't be ideal imo but nothing would suffer at all. You couldn't place a single tunze / MP pump on my overflow and have a hope of keeping everything alive due to dead spots in flow.

I hope you get a chance to use a test unit Flo

 

[reefmutt]

Flo, you don't have to worry about how far the gyre reaches. It will move serious water right across your tank with ease. The larger gyre would probably have no trouble moving the sand off the bottom or your deep end, if it were on full blast.

 

[reefmutt]

Forgot to ask..
You are running almost the full AF line.. Do you use zeolites as well?

 

[biggles]

And why are there grapes and a candle on the table...... and some egg thing...... you are looking a lot like a hippy tree hugger to me Flo......:twitch:

 

[FloformAustria]

I have had it running 50mm under the water and the flow across your high spot just before the drop off will actually lead to those acros tabling more to the left over time rather than up. If you could borrow one for a few days to try out i would do it. It might not work for you the way it works for me given the radical tank design differences so perhaps only try it with a borrowed unit as they aren't cheap but they aren't super expensive like an mp40 or equivalent tunze pump and controller and value for money a gyre 150 at $400- AU absolutely takes the cake in the volume of display it can handle all by itself.
I could run the entire display on just the single gyre, it wouldn't be ideal imo but nothing would suffer at all. You couldn't place a single tunze / MP pump on my overflow and have a hope of keeping everything alive due to dead spots in flow.
I hope you get a chance to use a test unit Flo

okay! hope i can manage something!
hope the corals right in front of the gyre won´t mind de flow....

Flo, you don't have to worry about how far the gyre reaches. It will move serious water right across your tank with ease. The larger gyre would probably have no trouble moving the sand off the bottom or your deep end, if it were on full blast.

the far end is not my concern the corals right after the gyre are

Forgot to ask..
You are running almost the full AF line.. Do you use zeolites as well?

yes full AF mode :lolspin:
yes 300ml of zeolith in a vertex media reactor... just like Perry ^^

And why are there grapes and a candle on the table...... and some egg thing...... you are looking a lot like a hippy tree hugger to me Flo......:twitch:

just blame it on the GF... the PS4 controller is mine
and by the way tree are the dry version of a coral to me :bounce1:

 

[reefmutt]

The gyre produces a very flat stream. But yes, if the are getting hit directly, they will not be happy.

 

[FloformAustria]

That's my biggest fear... Right now the flow is on top from my return pump and the main power on the sides with the vortechs...

But I seems like I could get on for testing...

 

[FloformAustria]

so picture update time: