My new reef tank 2019

Olys_Tank · Mar 11, 2019

Hi

After the tank crash in december 2018, I started planning my new reef - new glass, stone cleaning / conditioning. It ended yesterday with the aqua scaping project:

Here you can see the final version:

Oly

ngoodermuth · Mar 11, 2019

Nice scape, that one rock with the hole in the middle is really cool!

Braves Fan · Mar 11, 2019

Was that live sand when you put it into the tank ? I am asking because ,, I will be needing to do the same thing soon, I just figured the sand would cloud up the water more than it appears that it did,, awesome ,, can't wait to see where you end up with your tank ,, keep us posted ,, and your right ngoodermuth

that is a cool rock

maroun.c · Mar 11, 2019

Welcome back

Good luck with the new build. Scape does look very nice.

Olys_Tank · Mar 11, 2019

Braves Fan said:
Was that live sand when you put it into the tank ? I am asking because ,, I will be needing to do the same thing soon, I just figured the sand would cloud up the water more than it appears that it did,, awesome ,, can't wait to see where you end up with your tank ,, keep us posted ,, and your right ngoodermuth that is a cool rock

Thanks

No this is aqua medic coral sand 0-1mm. I cleaned it under my shower for about 3,5 hours. It was (as it was everytime when I bought it) extremly dusty. I will always try to keep you up to date with the progress and some pictures of it...

Scharlork · Mar 12, 2019

Following

mch1984 · Mar 12, 2019

Nice start, i will add to it and say how cool that one rock is. What equipment are you running?

Olys_Tank · Mar 12, 2019

mch1984 said:
Nice start, i will add to it and say how cool that one rock is. What equipment are you running?

Hi
My equipment is:
Measurements: 180 x 60 x 50 cm (70' x 23' x 19')
Method: FaunaMarin Balling Light
Light: 2 ATI Powermodul 8 Bulbs (4 x blue plus, 4 x coral plus) about 11 hours a day
Salt: FM Professional Sea Salt
Dosing Pump: ATI DP 6
Equipment Pumps: Ecotech MP40, Panta Rhei
Equipment Sump: Vertex Omega 200i, AquaMedic MultiReactors: S (Carbon) / M (Zeo-Light), Aqua Medic Ozone 25, Eheim reeflex UV 800

mch1984 · Mar 12, 2019

Olys_Tank said:
Hi
My equipment is:
Measurements: 180 x 60 x 50 cm (70' x 23' x 19')
Method: FaunaMarin Balling Light
Light: 2 ATI Powermodul 8 Bulbs (4 x blue plus, 4 x coral plus) about 11 hours a day
Salt: FM Professional Sea Salt
Dosing Pump: ATI DP 6
Equipment Pumps: Ecotech MP40, Panta Rhei
Equipment Sump: Vertex Omega 200i, AquaMedic MultiReactors: S (Carbon) / M (Zeo-Light), Aqua Medic Ozone 25, Eheim reeflex UV 800

Sounds like a very nice set up.

MaiReef · Mar 12, 2019

Very exciting! Good luck and remember...

Olys_Tank · Mar 15, 2019

Coral update:
This is what I call a reefer's heart of the ocean (for those who have seen the movie TITANIC

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Olys_Tank · Mar 26, 2019

Hi Reefers

Last Friday and Saturday I bought a few corals.

I have bought several uncoloured Acropora, which have been for over 3 months at the dealers aquarium, partly brown, without growth and without polyp extension. These "storekeepers" where not noticed by any customers. In the past, I sometimes bought these unfit corals and they became pretty beauties, if properly cared for, bathed etc. To understand in the future, what that coral looked before, I decided to make short videos and pictures. I'll be back in a few weeks or month with a development update:

Olys_Tank · Apr 1, 2019

Hi Reef2Reef

For the first time in the whole starting cycle, I decided to clean the aquarium glasses yesterday, and there are the "during" and "after" videos:

Greetings Olivier

Olys_Tank · Apr 1, 2019

and this is how the fish look at me when I get up in the morning:

ngoodermuth · Apr 1, 2019

Can’t wait to see the before and after pictures of your brown acros. I bought a brown Mille lump from the $10 discount bin at my LFS that I’m pretty sure was actually an ORA Rose Mille now that it’s fully colored and growing (they carry ORA corals so wouldn’t be a stretch). It’s really become very pretty, love a good acro-rehab!

Olys_Tank · Apr 1, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Can’t wait to see the before and after pictures of your brown acros. I bought a brown Mille lump from the $10 discount bin at my LFS that I’m pretty sure was actually an ORA Rose Mille now that it’s fully colored and growing (they carry ORA corals so wouldn’t be a stretch). It’s really become very pretty, love a good acro-rehab!

love these stories too

Olys_Tank · Apr 16, 2019

new video comming soon ;Wideyed first impressions of my new tank:

Olys_Tank · May 8, 2019

some more coral selfies of my tank:

Gaufl · May 8, 2019

Hey Oly!

Congratulations on your nice system.
The whole setup looks really clean and organized.

Awesome display.

I didn´t know your old tank crashed.. what happened?

Keep up the good work!

Weiter so!

Greetings,
Flo