GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.

[CoralFragZ]

Nice Pics!

 

[glennf]

Beautiful tank!! How long has it been running?

Thanks!
Tank was setup end 2004 , al those years mayorly with soft corals and a few lps/sps.
End of 2011 i started stocking in with SPS and LPS.

 

[glennf]

the back of the Middle SPS isle

picture was take before last remodeling of the back.

 

[glennf]

the comanthus just found another place to hang on to.
he just move around once in a while.

greetings, GlennF

 

[glennf]

Feeding the tank:


This is how i prepare my daily food for the tank ,Step bij step (of course normally without exactly weighting all ingredients, i just grab some out of the freezer).


i start withsome random deepfreeze food , total 30-40 gram

all goes into the bottle (minus the bottle weight)

This goes in also, both one full spoon

 

[glennf]

These also goes into the mix:

fill it up with aquarium water:

Put on the lid and shake until all is mixed well :

Ready to feed:

 

[Jimbo662]

how do you feed? turkey baster? do you freeze into small cubes to save it?

 

[glennf]

how do you feed? turkey baster? do you freeze into small cubes to save it?

With turkey blaster , no freezing it's only for 1 day food.

 

[glennf]

Don't try this at home ....


That is my advice for anyone who don't have full control over his water quality.
i have manage to control my water parameters in such a way i can afford to do this.
Not any tank can take this kind of feeding without consequence.

 

[glennf]

Besides the manual feeding there are 2 feeding timers filled with SPS and LPS food
Each timer can feed twice per 24hours
the fist feed at 6:00 and 18:00
the second feed at 0:00 and 12:00
besides that is is possible to feed randomly bij pressing a button.


The 2 feeding timers:

The content:

The quantity per serving:

 

[glennf]

Also every 36 hour feeding of a culture freshly hatched Artemia eggs (one full theaspoon)

 

[revhtree]

That's a lot of food!

 

[casey187]

I thought I fed a lot. I believe you can feed as much as you want as long as you are consistent.

 

[glennf]

That's a lot of food!

yes it is....

Also daily 1/2 of a nori leaf for the tangs:

 

[glennf]

I thought I fed a lot. I believe you can feed as much as you want as long as you are consistent.

i can do this because i have full control over my tank water parameters, i took the challenge to introduce NPS in a normal mixed reef with Soft corals / SPS / LPS.

 

[ReeferMan420]

The artemias are the way to go! My fish were on crack when I put those guys in there. Love your setup you have for that!

 

[ReeferMan420]

Do you separate the unhatched cysts from the live artemias? Or just let the bottle flow? I like to strain mine out as the unopened shells can damage fish gastro tracts

 

[glennf]

The artemias are the way to go! My fish were on crack when I put those guys in there. Love your setup you have for that!

Newly hatched Artemia are healthy for live stock, they contain high grade of nutrients, thats why they are the best food for breading young fry.
Those anthias goes crazy in here also.

I love to keep it Plain and simple!... cost nothing... not even much time or effort....

 

[MistaOrange]

This is one awesome system Glenn...

Do you not decapsulate the aggs before you hatch them?

 

[Saltgator]

Wow!! What a fantastic tank! Would love to feed like that! Keep up great work.