GlennF's 300 gallon DSR reef.

[glennf]

That's cool...

Sorry for that ! But i was adding some text.

 

[MistaOrange]

Sorry for that ! But i was adding some text.

No need to be sorry...

 

[rapture]

I like it!!! hey whats up guys I have a fish tank... do you have pictures? yeah.... here is one. KAPLOW!!! color galore!!!!

 

[glennf]

I like it!!! hey whats up guys I have a fish tank... do you have pictures? yeah.... here is one. KAPLOW!!! color galore!!!!

i love you comment , thanks!


FTS with feeding left first:

and after feeding all:

 

[MistaOrange]

Oh wow that's awesome Glenn so colourful this is one of my favorite tanks by far...

 

[glennf]

Oh wow that's awesome Glenn so colourful this is one of my favorite tanks by far...

Thanks!

 

[glennf]

feeding of the scolymia

 

[dsmhero]

Truly an inspiration. Please keep us updated and anything you find worthy of sharing about your setup and maintenance.

 

[Fin]

This is amazing! Looks more like a window overlooking a real reef, than an aquarium. Beautiful and natural looking. Love that you are not using state of the art equipment. That just shows that reefs can be kept without breaking the bank and should be a lesson to all of us to not constantly upgrade equipment like skimmers and lights for the newer, sexier models. Very well done and I definitely want to follow along to keep up with this tank.

 

[MistaOrange]

I normally just feed the fish except my gorginians they they only coral I target feed.

 

[glennf]

Truly an inspiration. Please keep us updated and anything you find worthy of sharing about your setup and maintenance.

Thank you ! No problem lost more to tell and lots of developments about reefing "the wrong way".

 

[jt17]

I am interested in learning more about your carbon dosing and you also mentioned you developed a special salt blend as well. Cool stuff. Would like to know more.

 

[glennf]

This is amazing! Looks more like a window overlooking a real reef, than an aquarium. Beautiful and natural looking. Love that you are not using state of the art equipment. That just shows that reefs can be kept without breaking the bank and should be a lesson to all of us to not constantly upgrade equipment like skimmers and lights for the newer, sexier models. Very well done and I definitely want to follow along to keep up with this tank.

Thanks!
I made it a sport to lower the cost of ownership of a reef tank.
More money left for the real thing it's all about, that's what lives in the tank.

 

[glennf]

I normally just feed the fish except my gorginians they they only coral I target feed.

What gorgonians do you have ?

 

[MistaOrange]

What gorgonians do you have ?

Not sure about the names but they are non photosynthetic...

Hope you don't mind me posting to show you, maybe you could id them for me please?

 

[glennf]

I am interested in learning more about your carbon dosing and you also mentioned you developed a special salt blend as well. Cool stuff. Would like to know more.

Carbon dosing can be done with:
Vodka, citric acid, vinegar, sugar, honey, dextrose..... and a few more stuff.
I use a blend of vinegar an sugar. For that i made a dosing table.

This is the calculator i developed to make custom reef salt and do corrections to the reef parameters

watch this: use 1080p resolution
[video=youtube;PRFmHFQkJ1c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFmHFQkJ1c&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

 

[glennf]

no problem !

the large one is i believe a Guaiagorgia sp or maybe a Menella but i'm not sure.

the red with yellow polyps is for sure a menella sp.
this one is mine:

Not sure about the names but they are non photosynthetic...

Hope you don't mind me posting to show you, maybe you could id them for me please?

 

[MistaOrange]

Thanks Glen...

 

[Coral Frenzy]

Beautiful tank! Keep up the great work!

 

[glennf]

Thanks Glen...

Your welcome! Oh yeah , they are both definitely NPS and need target feeding.