my house reef (211 g.)

[Large Polyp Dave]

thanks iwan. very interesting stuff

your tank is absolutely amazing. i bet the colours are even more vibrant in real life!

in your first picture is there any photo editing or colour enhancing? the colours are SO bright wow =)

[iwan]

you're welcome Dave

The colors correspond to the reality

Visitors say that in reality the colors are even better.

[terryhendrixson]

FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[melev]

Iwan that looks stunning. I have to give you credit, because keeping corals in a reef tank in Switzerland is like having a Hawaiian Luau in the arctic.

Can we see some pictures of the equipment you are running to get an idea of how you are making all of this work?

[mike89t]

Originally posted by melev
Can we see some pictures of the equipment you are running to get an idea of how you are making all of this work?

http://www.hausriff.ch/24181/13889.html

He lists some of his equipment here. Just need an interpreter to understand some of it.

[mike89t]

Originally posted by iwan
Visitors say that in reality the colors are even better.

Sounds Like it's time for a European Road Trip!

[melev]

I need to make the time to read that site. I was raised in Switzerland when I was a kid and know German, but it has been a while since I've had to use it. And technical German is must harder for me than the conversational kind I used.

I just looked at his water quality test results. His pH is averaging 8.0 for the most part. http://www.hausriff.ch/24181/50401.html

[motoxracing782]

thats the best looking tank i have ever seen

[DrBDC]

I think they need to make that a TOTM and then someone can write up all the info and descriptions in English.

[gatordustin]

iwan,

Beautiful tank...very inspiring to see you are only using T5 bulbs.

How long is your photoperiod? Do you run the blue+ bulbs a little longer than your aquablues?

[moga]

No Calcium reactor?

wow.~ great ones..

[lacie143]

Look at that beautiful tank!! And all that with SAND!! Good to see some devoted aragonite lovers !!

[melev]

It uses a calcium reactor. Saw it listed on on of his pages.

[agarza]

Iwan, it's an amazing tank, colors are perfect. Congratulations.

To all the RC'ers: Over the issue of translating the home page, on the Internet Explorer there is a function to tranlate into english, just right-click on the page and look for it. Give it a try.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by sonofgaladriel
Sweet mother of God!!! That is absolutely stunning!!! And with T5's? Simply amazing. I'm very jealous. Congratulations on a spectacular reef Iwan.

I agree... Thank you for posting and please provide more info when able...

Shawn

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by iwan
Thanks again

to the upcoming questions:

Yes.... I use only T5 bulbs!!

At the moment

2x54 Watt ATI Aquablue special
2x54 Watt ATI Blue plus
3x80 Watt ATI Aquablue special
3x80 Watt ATI Blue plus

makes 696 Watt

but i'll stock it up to:

2x54 Watt ATI Aquablue special
2x54 Watt ATI Blue plus
4x80 Watt ATI Aquablue special
4x80 Watt ATI Blue plus

makes 856 Watt

I expect better colors with the increased light.

I may have to re-think using MH / T5's and go all T5s, I really love the (shimming) effect over the water wth the MH...

Shawn

[iwan]

Hello together

I like to answer the appeared questions:

I may have to re-think using MH / T5's and go all T5s, I really love the (shimming) effect over the water wth the MH

I haven't regretted the step to T5.
I have been missing the shimming light of MH only briefly. The remaining positive effects have immediately convinced me.

No Calcium reactor?

I use a calcium reactor.
However, unfortunately, I can thus only partly compensate for the calcium consumption.
Per day the corals use up to 40 mg/l . This means for about 320 mg of calcium/day !!!
I in addition work with the Balling method

How long is your photoperiod? Do you run the blue+ bulbs a little longer than your aquablues?

My lights time:

09.00 - 10.00 blue light
10.00 -- 22.00 full light
22.00 -- 23.00 blue light
23.00 -- 07.00 moonlight (LED)

[iwan]

Iwan that looks stunning. I have to give you credit, because keeping corals in a reef tank in Switzerland is like having a Hawaiian Luau in the arctic.

I like this comparison

Can we see some pictures of the equipment you are running to get an idea of how you are making all of this work?

I will take some photos soon and insert here.

However, there is not to see many

Sounds Like it's time for a European Road Trip!

Of course!
Winter sports in Switzerland can be very much recommended.


Many thanks for your congratulations!

I am very pleased that the you tank felled.

[Psionicdragon]

www.altavista.com

babel fish translator

it doesn't completely translate everything, but you get a good general info.

[SunnyX]

Originally posted by iwan
@ Dave

http://www.prodibio.fr/anglais/accueil.htm

Is there anywhere in the United States that we could get a hold of this stuff?
Anything available in the U.S that is comparable?

[jürgen Schnoor]

Hallo Iwan
Das geht Dir bestimmt runter wie Öl, aber Du hast ja auch für mich eins der stärksten Becken die ich bisher gesehen habe (kenne ja noch ein paar mehr Fotos aus dem Forum).
PS. pass bloß auf das das halbe Amiland nicht auf einmal auf Deiner Schwelle steht, wenn dann lass sie Nummern ziehen

Gr.Jürgen Schnoor

[iwan]

Hallo Jürgen

Du hast bsolut recht...das ist Balsam für meine Seele :-)

Für mich ist es natürlich eine riesige Freude, wenn auch andere Aquarianer Freude an meinem Becken haben. Ich wende viel Zeit und Energie auf, um möglichst nahe ans Optimum zu gelangen und dann freue ich mich natürlich, wenn das gesehen wird.

Liebe Grüsse

Iwan

[melev]

I actually understood 95% of that.

For those that are curious, the first poster was commending him on a gorgeous tank and for him not to be surprised if half the (nation? world? hobbyists?) showed up at his doorstep, and that they'd have to take a number to gain access to the house.

Iwan replied that he's very happy to share his tank with others so they can see it too, as he puts a lot of time and energy into his tank to get the best results possible.

[Fliger]

Where in Switzerland are you? We're heading there next summer. I spent a couple weeks around Interlaken a few years ago and last year my wife and I took a train from Munchen to Lake Como and made a few stops there. She made me promise I'd take her to spend some time in Switzerland and I said yes. ;-) I'd really like to see the tank.

[iwan]

melev, you understood 100 %

i'm realy happy, that i can share my thank with you.

It's great to be here!!!

Thanks @ all