Dutch reef

[Mr.Biggs]

How has the battle with the nudibranch been going?
have you lost any major coral?

[jwre]

Originally posted by nss9400
AWSOME Tank and thats an understatement!

Thank you, you are too kind !

[jwre]

Originally posted by Mr.Biggs
How has the battle with the nudibranch been going?
have you lost any major coral?

Hi Mr. Biggs,

The battle is going well ( for the moment ) I think 1 generation of nudis was wiped out but I am sure the next is coming soon. I am keeping a close eye on the possible problem spots. The coral banded shrimp and the wrasses are doing a good job. I have not lost any monti's up to now. The damaged piece seems to be recovering.

[edwinn]

all i can say is niceeeeeeeeeeee

[jwre]

Originally posted by edwinn
all i can say is niceeeeeeeeeeee

All I will say is thanxxxxxxx !

[jgs107]

looks awesome...love the schools of fish you got there.do you have any problems with your sohol tang and other fish

[jwre]

Thanx jgs107, no problems with the Sohal up to now......
I have problems with the Damsels. They are killing each other
all of a sudden.

[edwinn]

i wish i have this for my hobby $$ so i can have a nice tank too

[jwre]

I have changed my skimmer. This is the Korallen Zucht revolution (large version )

It produces finer foam and more scum then my Bubble King. ( I could hardly beleive it )

KZ claims it does not take out as much plankton and elements as other skimmers.

[nreefer]

Hi Jwre, I noticed in one of your pictures you had a few sand sifting stars. How are they doing in your large tank? Do they help contribute to your very clean sandbed?
I have a 400gal reef that I am thinking of adding 1 or 2 sand stars to help keep the surface of my sand bed clean.
BTW it is only a 2.5inch deep bed.

[jwre]

Originally posted by nreefer
Hi Jwre, I noticed in one of your pictures you had a few sand sifting stars. How are they doing in your large tank? Do they help contribute to your very clean sandbed?
I have a 400gal reef that I am thinking of adding 1 or 2 sand stars to help keep the surface of my sand bed clean.
BTW it is only a 2.5inch deep bed.

Hi nreefer, the stars are doing a very good job as are the strombus snails and wrasses. I'm sure this is why I have a relatively "clean" sandbed. This and the fact that I change the ( live ) sand regularly. ( every 3 months )

For a 400 gal reef I would add many more then 1 or 2 ! more like 10 or 20 !

[messy1messmer]

how are those KZ skimmers priced compaired to the bubbleking.

[edwinn]

looks like a very good skimmer

[jwre]

Originally posted by messy1messmer
how are those KZ skimmers priced compaired to the bubbleking.

They are a lot cheaper ! But then you don't have the world famous Red Dragon pump !
This one comes with an Aquabee 7000

[masmedic]

Amazing tank!

[nreefer]

Thanks JWRE, I have added 1 star to see how it does. If there is a large improvement I'll add some more. My biggest problem is that my tank is on the main floor of my house with lots of windows. So there is alot of direct sunlight that hits the tank and I get some solid dusting of algae on the gravel by the end of the day. Maybe time to go Zeo but on my system (180g FO, 300g sump, 400g reef) all running together it would cost a small fortune to run Zeo.

[ScubaDiver93]

that tank is absolutly completely amazing. that tank is awesome

[hahnmeister]

How does the KZ skimmer introduce bubbles into the skimmer... a regular venturi, or something more complicated? I have seen the huge thread over at zeovit.com, but couldnt figure it out.

[jwre]

Originally posted by hahnmeister
How does the KZ skimmer introduce bubbles into the skimmer... a regular venturi, or something more complicated? I have seen the huge thread over at zeovit.com, but couldnt figure it out.

Hi, yes it is with a venturi. The air is introduced into the skimmer after the pump. I am not very technical but I know that I have never seen such creamy skim foam. And it produces much more then the Bubble King.

[hahnmeister]

I have heard from others that it looks alot like a beckett injector, but never seen a picture to confirm. The thing is, some sort of venturi is no more 'plankton-friendly' than a regular beckett here in the US... so I find it hard to believe. Also, I have referenced info from Sprung & Delbeek where they show that little to none of the phyto that naturally exists in a closed system/aquarium is actually in the water column like in nature... so the skimmer sounds like alot of hype and false claims to me. And in the end, using a venturi mechanism on a pump means 'lots-o-watts' being used by whatever pump is feeding it, and without as much air intake.

[jwre]

Originally posted by hahnmeister
I have heard from others that it looks alot like a beckett injector, but never seen a picture to confirm. The thing is, some sort of venturi is no more 'plankton-friendly' than a regular beckett here in the US... so I find it hard to believe. Also, I have referenced info from Sprung & Delbeek where they show that little to none of the phyto that naturally exists in a closed system/aquarium is actually in the water column like in nature... so the skimmer sounds like alot of hype and false claims to me. And in the end, using a venturi mechanism on a pump means 'lots-o-watts' being used by whatever pump is feeding it, and without as much air intake.

I can understand your scepticism but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. I can hardly beleive that a serious and inovating company as Korallen Zucht would make bogus claims.
Plankton friendly or not, element sparing or not I see that it sucks out a whole lot of scum, much more then my former skimmer. This I know for sure !

[jwre]

The new skimmer is still performing very well. No increased PE on SPS for now but richer colour.

I have been pulling out some live rock that was piled up against one of the side walls to improve water movement.
I was shoked to see how much dirt had accumulated under the rocks !

The cyano I had is rapidly disappearing.

PH 7,9-8,1
KH 7-8
SG 1025
CA 430
MG 1340
NO3 2
PO4 0

[WhiskeyReefer]

Awesome Tank, One day mine will look like that.

[WhiskeyReefer]

Awesome tank, One day mine will look like that.

[imsocool5609]

Your tank is so nice.