80gal from Poland

[coltrame]

Great looking tank and photos! Would it be possible to see photos of your sump / filtration system? I saw that your skimmer was DIY. Would be cool to see that.

sure

unfortunatelly skimmer is putting some bubbles into the water, I need to dissasembly and put it back properly

 

[Marek-S]

Witaj Szczecin
Very nice reef ,good luck with photo contest !
Pozdrowka

 

[Fin]

sure

unfortunatelly skimmer is putting some bubbles into the water, I need to dissasembly and put it back properly

I notice more and more of these awesome systems - mostly in countries other than the US - that use Siporax. I know it is not the only reason that these systems flourish, but it has piqued my interest enough to incorporate some 25mm Siporax in my upcoming build. So, you are using 20 liters on an 80 gallon? I am planning to use 10 liters on my 120 as part of my filtration system. You built that skimmer? If so, that's pretty neat.

 

[coltrame]

I'm thinking about the new Aquaforest medium Life Bio Fil, it's reccomended to use onyly 1l for 400l of water and replace 10-20%/monthly. Do You have any experiance for replacing siporax with AF Life Bio Fil?

 

[coltrame]

He looks like a painting

 

[coltrame]

It's nice to see spawning Seriatopora Caliendum Pink

 

[jsker]

very cool

 

[coltrame]

I think I need to reduce to 1drop of aquaforest probios + np pro because they are very effective, also need to feed a bit more. Skimmer is still producing almost nothing so I think most of those bacteria are consumed by corals.

 

[KJ]

Hi, tank was set in Jan 2016
dimm 80x80x50cm
light 400W MH +4x24tt -> 250W MH +100W LED -> 12x39W t5 from a month

filtration :
-skimmer 200mm DIY
-10000l/h main pump
-20litres of siporax

circulation
-CP40 + RW20

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actual photos from last friday

I hope You liked it

Bardzo piekne akwarium pozdrawiam

 

[coltrame]

I just have recived ICP-OS results from marinlab.com. Until now I have been ignoring water testing except of kh. I just have been making 10% water changes on Aquaforest Reef Salt 400-410g/10l and supplementing with classic balling with same doses of every fluid. After 15months it's confirmed that this metod is in my opinion safe according to the basic parameters

Salnity 33ppm
KH 9,3 dKH
Ca 419mg/l
Mg 1299mg/l
K 370mg/l

PO4 0,03mg/l is quite high, I think It's not the problem, my NO3 is at the moment undetectable so according to Redfield ratio I have to dose some NO3 and Po4 should be reduced

I can see some issues becouse of:
Ba 213ug/l
Fe 14,8ug/l
Zn 14,8 ug/l
Al 48.6 ug/l
Cu 24.8 ug/l
Im wonderig where is the source of that excess, maybe they came from CaCl2;NaHCO3 those balling powders was bought in chemical shop with "clear for analysis" grade so they are not super clear.

 

[coltrame]

Meanwhile in my tank

 

[revhtree]

Meanwhile in my tank

Meanwhile....I love it!

 

[coltrame]

I Just have recived Aquforest TestPro and I'm going to make video from unboxing and a review at the upcoming weekend but this what I see is jawbreaker for me... and I need to share with You

In the box there is a reference solution which can be also used to calibrate refractometer! Good job aquaforest

And those boxes... uhhh... I have never seen a million dollar but it must be similar

 

[coltrame]

It's been a busy day... at the morning shopping, 7x chromis viridis 1x chelmon rostratus, Aquaforest PolyGlue, Aquaforest Zeomix, Microlibe-lift phosphate remover

some frag making with AF PolyGlue

 

[coltrame]

Love

 

[coltrame]

take a look at my unboxing of Aquaforest Alkalinity TestPro

 

[coltrame]

since a few days i have a nice spectacle after 9PM

 

[Ponraj A]

splendid video and superb

 

[coltrame]

take a look at my unboxing of Aquaforest Magnesium TestPro

 

[echopiece]

Nice tank! Just to be clear, what light fixture are you currently running?