GlennF's 1500 liter mixed reef tank - Page 44

Bdial · 07/14/2017, 03:33 PM

I have been looking for something like your t5s to help accent my leds. I have limited space in my canopy so a lot of premade and retro fixtures don't work. Do you have detailed plans of your t5s on here like of how you did all the wiring and connections. The pictures help a lot i just don't think I'm comprehending it all.

glennf · 07/17/2017, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bdial

I have been looking for something like your t5s to help accent my leds. I have limited space in my canopy so a lot of premade and retro fixtures don't work. Do you have detailed plans of your t5s on here like of how you did all the wiring and connections. The pictures help a lot i just don't think I'm comprehending it all.

Just follow the wiring instruction on the T5 ballast.

glennf · 07/17/2017, 01:33 AM

Just another beauty i had for a few years now

glennf · 07/18/2017, 03:44 PM

My EaZy reef
https://youtu.be/CFk81z8bbLo

gregkn73 · 07/19/2017, 04:15 PM

Glenn how many tanks do you have? How many litres each of them and how do you run them?

PS easy reef is also amazing

glennf · 07/20/2017, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gregkn73

Glenn how many tanks do you have? How many litres each of them and how do you run them?

PS easy reef is also amazing

6 reeftanks
- My DSR mainreef 1200l
- Butterfly reef 200l
- shallowreef 140l
= One systeem, 1 skimmer, 1 sump, FullDSR maintained system

- EZ550 Reef 550l - EZ maintained system with small skimmer
- DymReef 550l - dymico testsystem
- OfficeReef 195l - EZ maintained system, nosump, no skimmer

glennf · 07/24/2017, 02:12 AM

Good morning reefers
I am a happy reefer🤣

gregkn73 · 07/24/2017, 06:43 AM

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6 reeftanks

- OfficeReef 195l - EZ maintained system, nosump, no skimmer

I would love to see pictures from that reef

glennf · 07/27/2017, 05:20 PM

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I would love to see pictures from that reef

I will look up some pics ltr

glennf · 07/27/2017, 05:23 PM

My EZ550 reef is getting better and better
All corals are happy and the growth is kicking in.

cFloor · 07/28/2017, 03:23 PM

EZ reef is looking fantastic Glenn. What, if anything, are you doing differently to keep nutrients in check with no sump and skimmer.?

NicoH · 07/28/2017, 04:08 PM

What is your quarantine protocol for fiah and corals?

NicoH · 07/28/2017, 04:09 PM

Sorry I meant fish not fiah.

dartier · 07/30/2017, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cFloor

EZ reef is looking fantastic Glenn. What, if anything, are you doing differently to keep nutrients in check with no sump and skimmer.?

I am also curious what makes the EZ550 easy? I am always interested in what new ideas you have come up with Glenn.

Dennis

glennf · 07/30/2017, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by cFloor

EZ reef is looking fantastic Glenn. What, if anything, are you doing differently to keep nutrients in check with no sump and skimmer.?

We are talking about 2 different tanks.

1 - EZ550reef 150x80x45cm running without water changes for 2 years now only just recently switched to EaZy mode (28feb2017).

It was a expertimental NPS tank before.
I aborted the test after 1 year, because it was not sustainable enough. I had some great results in growth and extending the live of some species, but still lost the mayority of it at the end.

Now i target a mixed reef again and it's going just fine.

2- office tank 110x40x 45cm . 194 liters. this is small tank for experiment
Has been running for 2 year without waterchanges and skimmer.
Just experimental dosings and a powerfilter.
It's not a SPS tank and not intended to be also. Once in a while i do some experiments by introducing some waste frags from my mainreef. These experiments are to improve "stuff"....

EZ550 reef:

Office200 reef:

dartier · 07/30/2017, 10:59 AM

Hehe, Glenn your Easy Mode EZ550 still looks better than 99% of the tanks you see on here

That is why I was curious what defined it as being easy. In other words what are you still doing, and what has fallen by the wayside as being too much trouble.

glennf · 07/30/2017, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by NicoH

What is your quarantine protocol for fiah and corals?

None...

But i seldom buy new corals and fish, because i have no more space te place them.

I use UV, ozone, Mirror trick, and nori with garlic to introduce new fish.

glennf · 07/31/2017, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dartier

Hehe, Glenn your Easy Mode EZ550 still looks better than 99% of the tanks you see on here

That is why I was curious what defined it as being easy. In other words what are you still doing, and what has fallen by the wayside as being too much trouble.

Thanks m8

EaZy = about doing minimal to archieve a sustainable hobby.
Most people get a "reefingburnout" after a while.
I don't , because i love to make everything easygoing.

Instead of weekly water changes, I like to find out what make that mandatory. So I remove the reason for that (imo) annoying and time consuming routine which i hate.

In my EZ system i reduced everything to "baseline" dosings and i rely a little bit on the self regulating mechanism of a healthy reeftank. If it's not the case, the dosings will help the reef to become healthy.

Measurement are just for the basic values and far less frequent than my 1425L mainreef.

This is working just fine for me

glennf · 07/31/2017, 05:07 PM

My butterfly reef after 5 months on full led

dartier · 08/01/2017, 04:11 AM

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My butterfly reef after 5 months on full led

How do you interpret those results Glenn? To my eyes, it looks like you have lost some colour. Growth looks to be reasonable, but the colours seem to have darkened with the individual corals all being tinted a bit towards brown.

Dennis

crimsonblue · 08/01/2017, 05:03 AM

Can you expand more on what kind of dosing you do? Most of us are used to weekly/monthly water changes and attention paid to our protein skimmers. I'd love to hear more about your methods in the large tank.

glennf · 08/01/2017, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dartier

How do you interpret those results Glenn? To my eyes, it looks like you have lost some colour. Growth looks to be reasonable, but the colours seem to have darkened with the individual corals all being tinted a bit towards brown.

Dennis

Growth is OK

Colors are washedout from the sideview.
I set the camera darker to show the colors remaining.

glennf · 08/01/2017, 06:41 AM

Same case with this shot

glennf · 08/01/2017, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by glennf

My butterfly reef after 5 months on full led

This is closer to the real life view

glennf · 08/01/2017, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by crimsonblue

Can you expand more on what kind of dosing you do? Most of us are used to weekly/monthly water changes and attention paid to our protein skimmers. I'd love to hear more about your methods in the large tank.

I can't go to much on details because it's not allowed. I am no sponsor in here.

I do have commercial interest, because product for my method are sold in dutch LFS.

I had one thread deleted already, because of being straightforward/outspoken about it.

Now I just share my ideas and solutions to inspire reefers to look further than oldskool thoughts.

I have no intention to travel and expand, because i an already retired since 2008. This is about sharing and settling a new reefing standard.
In the netherlands it's already common practice to ommit WC.
Given the recent developments in GBR, we can't afford to waist resources and need to optimize on our waistfull reefkeeping habbits.

07/14/2017, 03:33 PM	#1076
Bdial Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Huntington, wv Posts: 675	I have been looking for something like your t5s to help accent my leds. I have limited space in my canopy so a lot of premade and retro fixtures don't work. Do you have detailed plans of your t5s on here like of how you did all the wiring and connections. The pictures help a lot i just don't think I'm comprehending it all. __________________ Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good. Haste makes waste. WINTER IS COMING

07/28/2017, 03:23 PM	#1086
cFloor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,552	EZ reef is looking fantastic Glenn. What, if anything, are you doing differently to keep nutrients in check with no sump and skimmer.? __________________ 250g. SPS tank Instagram: @cfloorsaltwater

07/30/2017, 10:59 AM	#1091
dartier Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Brampton, ON, Canada Posts: 958	Hehe, Glenn your Easy Mode EZ550 still looks better than 99% of the tanks you see on here That is why I was curious what defined it as being easy. In other words what are you still doing, and what has fallen by the wayside as being too much trouble. __________________ 560G Miracles tank in process making a DIY DyMiCo style filter (for 560G) Current Tank Info: 560G Miracles tank in progress, 80Frag Temporary

07/17/2017, 01:33 AM	#1078
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Just another beauty i had for a few years now

07/18/2017, 03:44 PM	#1079
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	My EaZy reef https://youtu.be/CFk81z8bbLo

07/19/2017, 04:15 PM	#1080
gregkn73 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 278	Glenn how many tanks do you have? How many litres each of them and how do you run them? PS easy reef is also amazing

07/24/2017, 02:12 AM	#1082
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Good morning reefers I am a happy reefer🤣

07/27/2017, 05:23 PM	#1085
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	My EZ550 reef is getting better and better All corals are happy and the growth is kicking in.

07/28/2017, 04:08 PM	#1087
NicoH Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9	What is your quarantine protocol for fiah and corals?

07/28/2017, 04:09 PM	#1088
NicoH Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9	Sorry I meant fish not fiah.

07/31/2017, 05:07 PM	#1094
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	My butterfly reef after 5 months on full led

08/01/2017, 05:03 AM	#1096
crimsonblue Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 18	Can you expand more on what kind of dosing you do? Most of us are used to weekly/monthly water changes and attention paid to our protein skimmers. I'd love to hear more about your methods in the large tank.

08/01/2017, 06:41 AM	#1098
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Same case with this shot