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Old 10/11/2006, 12:50 PM
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iwan, in you opinion with one is more expense maintenance with prodi or zeo?
in Indonesia Zeo is bloody expenses compare to prodi.
i use prodi as well for maintance at the moment.
i interested with zeo cause i read about alexander griz's tank from wetwebmedia
Well, the zeo way is more expensive than DSB in combination with Prodibio. But even with my old system I used some zeo stuff to increase the colors.
But with a zeo filter you'll not lose many inches of the height. you can use the filter in the sump an you can adapt the flow and the material change interval. For my opinion bigest disadvantage of a DSB is you have no possibility to control the system. I mean a DSB runs very well but what happens after 10 years? I don't know.
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Old 10/14/2006, 04:26 AM
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So, enough foggy pics!
I am happy to present you my new reef after only one month.

That was my orientation. A natural reef in the Red Sea:





And this is the realisation of my impressions:







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Old 10/14/2006, 06:47 AM
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dam you're good! I like it much better than your other tank! It's more of a natural look than a display tank. can't wait for the corals to mature! I'll be monitoring your progress!
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Old 10/14/2006, 06:55 AM
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iwan, what language is your web page in? I tried to translate it from German to english with no luck.
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Old 10/14/2006, 07:22 AM
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isnt he swiss?


WOW..tank is awesome so are those red sea shots

great work
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Old 10/14/2006, 07:53 AM
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Looks good. Where do you get your corals from?
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Old 10/14/2006, 10:06 AM
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dam you're good! I like it much better than your other tank! It's more of a natural look than a display tank. can't wait for the corals to mature! I'll be monitoring your progress!
Thanks a lot! My old reef was just a "stone wall". I am proud to reached my goal to create a natural looking reef with pillars.

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Looks good. Where do you get your corals from?
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The most are frags from my old reef, then some frags from friends and some import pieces from Bali.
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Old 10/14/2006, 10:11 AM
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iwan, what language is your web page in? I tried to translate it from German to english with no luck.
It's German. There is no difference between the written German from Germany and Switzerland.
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Old 10/14/2006, 10:25 AM
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how did you get the pillars to stand without tipping over and are the corals "glued in place" secondly how often do you prune the corals? does pruning help keep the corals colorful? The reason i ask is usually new growth on stonies are colorful and the older part of the coral are usually not as vibrant? thirdly how much water movement do you now have in this reef and the size of your tank?
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Old 10/14/2006, 10:29 AM
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iwan, have you ever gotten any red bugs or parasites in your corals or tank? if so how did you fix the problem? if not what is the method of adding corals to the tank?
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Old 10/14/2006, 10:34 AM
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Great job Iwan, Another gorgeous tank. I really love the pillars, it reminds me of a cartoon reef city, especially the blurry shot.

Did you make all of the rock/pillars that are in the tank?
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Old 10/14/2006, 10:42 AM
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Looks really great Iwan! It's cool that you based your aquascape off of a realistic reef scene. However, do you have any room for growth?
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Old 10/14/2006, 11:02 AM
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can we see more shots of the stand and under it with all the equipment?
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Old 10/14/2006, 11:41 AM
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you are a nut iwan. That reef is truly amazing after just one month. Wow!
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Old 10/14/2006, 12:35 PM
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Great looking reef so far Iwan, even though your old tank was much more vibrant in coloration, this one looks like it will achieve the same results in the long run and look very realistic. Great job
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:02 PM
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how did you get the pillars to stand without tipping over and are the corals "glued in place" secondly how often do you prune the corals? does pruning help keep the corals colorful? The reason i ask is usually new growth on stonies are colorful and the older part of the coral are usually not as vibrant? thirdly how much water movement do you now have in this reef and the size of your tank?
I have built the pillars so that they stand stably. This was already a challenge because I have planned some overhangs. I have used dead reef rock. Through this I could build the pillars at leisure. I have fixed the stones with a special concrete.

The big corals were also colored in the old reef. I never had problems that big corals were colored only at the top.

The size of this tank is 67x28x28, the water movement is 5560 g/h
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:13 PM
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iwan, have you ever gotten any red bugs or parasites in your corals or tank? if so how did you fix the problem? if not what is the method of adding corals to the tank?
No, never. But a jodine bath can solve some problems.
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:19 PM
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Great job Iwan, Another gorgeous tank. I really love the pillars, it reminds me of a cartoon reef city, especially the blurry shot.

Did you make all of the rock/pillars that are in the tank?
Thanks a lot

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Looks really great Iwan! It's cool that you based your aquascape off of a realistic reef scene. However, do you have any room for growth?
Thanks. I hope that I have room for growth. This point in mind I placed only frags in the new reef.

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you are a nut iwan. That reef is truly amazing after just one month. Wow!
Thanks. Well, I did my best. And I am sure the tanks looks even better after some month.
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:26 PM
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Iwan,

Do you espect problems with shadowing when the corals start to grow on the overhangs en grow over the corals that stand underneath?
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:28 PM
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Iwan, I like how you hide the Tunze, looks like natural rock. What did you use to get this look? Also could we get an update on your maintence, water change, zeo products, etc. looks great!!!!
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:28 PM
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Great looking reef so far Iwan, even though your old tank was much more vibrant in coloration, this one looks like it will achieve the same results in the long run and look very realistic. Great job
Thanks. I hope that I will achieve the same colors as I had in my old tank. I think this point takes some weeks more.
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Old 10/14/2006, 01:48 PM
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Iwan,

Do you espect problems with shadowing when the corals start to grow on the overhangs en grow over the corals that stand underneath?
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Old 10/15/2006, 01:31 AM
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Wow!!! YOu did it again Iwan!!! Very sweet setup.
Please take some pics on your equipments if you can.

Thanks
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Old 10/15/2006, 01:37 AM
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Stunning. Part of the effect is the clean deep blue background that frames the coral atol - beautiful. I dont suppose you have the color code for the blue?

Will you be adding non photosensitive soft corals to the underside of the ledges?
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Old 10/15/2006, 02:29 AM
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Hi Iwan,

Sorry if this was asked already.

What were the reasons for the new set up? Besides running out of room for corals to grow.
You mentioned the lights are from the previous tank. Filtration is new.

What lessons have you learned to make this one better? Any regrets with this set up?

Thanks for your time.
 

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