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05/03/2017, 01:39 PM | #1 |
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130g SPS reef from Holland
Hi everyone, i want to introduce my reef on this forum. I'm Thijs and live in Holland. I have a 130x60x60 (cm's) 130 gallon reef tank which is running for al little over a year now.
Lightning: 3x ai hydra26 en 4x54w t5 Flow: 2x vortech mp40 quiet drive Skimmer: bubble king supermarin 200 Return pump: EM vectra M I am following the Dutch Synthetic Reefing method with no waterchanges only dosing 6 channels supplements These are some recent pictures of my tank: Gr Thijs |
05/04/2017, 09:40 PM | #2 |
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beautiful tank
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Very nice! What fish do you have in there? Did you start the tank with all wild and maricultured coral? If so where are most from? Or did you get pieces from friends? Did you take the pictures with your phone? Also, do you not like staghorn? . I like the acropora species selection you put in there.
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05/05/2017, 07:36 PM | #4 |
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Welcome and beautiful tank, Thijs.
I enjoyed Glenf's thread very much. I learned a lot from it. That's a system of healthy, stunning corals, you have! What's in your 6 dosing channels?
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05/05/2017, 08:18 PM | #5 |
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Nice tank man!
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05/05/2017, 08:20 PM | #6 |
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Wow that is a beautiful tank! Please tell us more about the Dutch system
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05/07/2017, 01:29 PM | #7 | ||
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Thanks for the compliment! I have 8 dosing channels: 1- Kh 2- Ca/Sr mix 3- acropower/iodine mix 4- carbon v/s 5- manganese 6- fe trace 7- no3 8- po4 Quote:
Thanks! In a few words it's adding supplements that your corals are using and take control over nutrients by removing or adding. This is a really short description but maybe you can visit www.dsrreefing.com all in english language Gr Thijs |
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Thanks! Check www.dsrreefing.com the whole method described in english Quote:
Thanks! I have 8 dosing channels: 1- Kh 2- Ca/Sr mix 3- acropower/iodine mix 4- Carbon V/S 5- manganese 6- fe trace 7- no3 8- po4 Greetings Thijs |
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Thanks! It's based on no waterchanges , keeping it simple and take control over your nutrients. The best thing to do is take a look at www.dsrreefing.com. |
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Thanks! I have 8 channels: 1- kh 2- ca/sr mix 3- acropower/iodine mix 4- carbon v/s 5- manganese 6- fe trace 7- no3 8- po4 |
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05/09/2017, 02:10 PM | #11 |
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Wow! Nice
Did you switch over to no water change or start tank using that method ? How long have you been doing no water changes? Did sps start from frags ? |
05/11/2017, 01:24 PM | #12 |
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With your n and p dosers, what levels do you try to maintain in your tank?
Why do you use acropower over other amino acid supplements? When you write fe trace, does that mean that this doser adds iron as well as other trace minerals? Or just trace amounts of iron? I assume there is another little mix of trace minerals that gets added with the iron.. Would you tell us what? Boron? Zinc? Any copper?
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That is a tank to marvel at. I wonder if there are any/many USA reefers using this method? The results certainly are beautiful
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I think that it will become more and more prevalent with icp testing and better knowledge of required elements.
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10/16/2017, 07:41 PM | #15 |
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What is the cost of this compared to not buying salt?
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