Schuran Customs 90g tank with HUGE Algae reactor

[ChaosAquaculture]

Great job! I love the cleanliness of your set up. The organization of your ato cabinet is impressive

 

[maglofster]

Great job! I love the cleanliness of your set up. The organization of your ato cabinet is impressive

Thank you! I really have to force myself to move slowly and think about every move. I am starting to add some more livestock now so it will be interesting to see how everything works out in long run.

 

[maglofster]

Slowly adding some life into the tank Have also decided not to go bare bottom, I just like to look with substrate better. Will try to take some proper pictures with my camera soon.

 

[maglofster]

 

[maglofster]

One happy camper.

 

[Streetdoc77]

One happy camper.

Love clown gobies , never had one that didn’t like to munch on my sps polyps though .

 

[maglofster]

Love clown gobies , never had one that didn’t like to munch on my sps polyps though .

yeah, love them also. We´ll see what happens with this one.

 

[count krunk]

Your reactor is a wonderful idea! Nice to see it working so effectively as well. It is large enough to make for a good refuge as well. Is the plan to always run chaeto in it? Or other varieties as well? You could also pop in some small critters I am thinking.

 

[maglofster]

Your reactor is a wonderful idea! Nice to see it working so effectively as well. It is large enough to make for a good refuge as well. Is the plan to always run chaeto in it? Or other varieties as well? You could also pop in some small critters I am thinking.

Thanks!

Right now the macro algae is about 95% chaeto. There is some other green macro also, but I think the chaeto is taking over. Right now there is also bristleworms, snails and pods inside the reactor.

 

[maglofster]

There is a party in my chaeto reacor! Some kind of pod? Have not seen this one before.

 

[coseal]

valchromat stand looks awesome! has a very soft look to it almost like suede.. very nice!

 

[maglofster]

valchromat stand looks awesome! has a very soft look to it almost like suede.. very nice!

Yeah, it's a very soft and smooth surface!

 

[maglofster]

Well, I have added a CO2 scrubber to the air intake on my skimmer and that together with a reverse photoperiod on my algae reactor keeps my PH between 8.25 and 8.32 during 24 hours. Pretty stable I think.

 

[gettaReef]

Awesome build so far! Seems like you've picked up some ideas from Lasse; he's brilliant!

One question: I've posted your picture of you're overflow; what type of gate/ball valve is that? I've never quite seen one like that so was just wondering what's different about it or if it's controlled electronically or what?

Thanks, everything looks splendid!

 

[maglofster]

Awesome build so far! Seems like you've picked up some ideas from Lasse; he's brilliant!

One question: I've posted your picture of you're overflow; what type of gate/ball valve is that? I've never quite seen one like that so was just wondering what's different about it or if it's controlled electronically or what?

Thanks, everything looks splendid!

Thanks!

It's a membrane valve (I think its called that). It is manual but allows for VERY precise settings of flow.
I bought mine from germany: http://www.meerwasser-bartelt.de/de/PVC-Fittings-Zubehoer/Membranventile.html

And yes. Lasse is my hero!

 

[maglofster]

Just got the result from my first N-DOC test.

 

[maglofster]

Some pics from yesterday.

 

[teller]

Hi @maglofster.
In the N DOC test is there a description of TOC2, TOC, TC, etc?
Also based on your results did they made any recommendation?
Thanks.

Beautiful pics. We need more.

 

[maglofster]

Hi @maglofster.
In the N DOC test is there a description of TOC2, TOC, TC, etc?
Also based on your results did they made any recommendation?
Thanks.

Beautiful pics. We need more.

The recomendation changes with your results and what you indicate to Triton. If you look at the top of my test pic there is a choice one can make: "my aquarium is all good" / "Problems with cyano" etc. Based on that and your test results you also get advice. So far it's quite rudimentary, what I have seen a least. But I think over time this test will help a lot to further calibrate my tank. The only advice I got was to add some CO3. But my tank is "all good" so.

So, there is not a lot of info in the test. I found this video though:

 

[teller]

The recomendation changes with your results and what you indicate to Triton. If you look at the top of my test pic there is a choice one can make: "my aquarium is all good" / "Problems with cyano" etc. Based on that and your test results you also get advice. So far it's quite rudimentary, what I have seen a least. But I think over time this test will help a lot to further calibrate my tank. The only advice I got was to add some CO3. But my tank is "all good" so.

So, there is not a lot of info in the test. I found this video though:

Thank you.
This is really new. This is the reason I asked as I do both carbon dosing and macro algae.
Hope everything is good with your system.