GlennF's 300 gallon DSR Mixed Reeftank

Today i removed the barrier between section2/3 and the butterflies had acces to a new section. They loved it....


This is the movie i made today:

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Now 3 months from the start of this system we are cruising along.
These are pictures from section1,2 and 3



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This is a 2 minute movie of fish swimming through section3

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It's feeding time at the panoramareef!

You got to love this !

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These are all the system i have running now.
The total consumption of all tanks during daytime (15:30h) is about 4700watt
Average light period= 13hours
(2300+1050+1080+120+120)
The total water volume is ~ 6100 liters
I estimate all the tanks uses ~65KWh per day.




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Introducing two cheatodon semilarvatus into the panoramareef.

Very Anxious how corals will react

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Feeding time:

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Today i moved the diningroom into the aquarium room.
No regrets at all. I enjoyed every single satéh i made in the fireplace and dining took twice the time it normally did.



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No high-end skimmer.
No pellets
No reactors
no activated carbon
No refugium
A nearly empty sump!!!

It doesn't get simpler than this water purification.

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The panoramareef, nearly 6 months after it was build. Now the colors are taking off!
Somehow it took the system 6 months to get the most out of it's potential. This is a turning point!

NOT A SINGLE WATERCHANGE WAS DONE SINCE THE START! Somehow novice reefers still get the advice from "experts" to do regular waterchanges. Nowadays there are modern and less wastefull ways to be succesfull with a reeftank. I guess it's all about confidence and following a certain set of rules.



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