Bossy' s nano reef in Belgium

[Bossy]

hello everyone,

 

My name is Victor, I live in Belgium and I'm an 18 year old student Industrial Engineering.

I' ve been in the saltwater hobby for about 5 years now and my previous tank was a 100g rimless tank.

I had to stop this tank due to i'm only home in the weekends (university).

 

I dind't want to stop with the hobby, so i set up a little nano reef.

 

- tank:

 

• 27,5 " x 16" x 20" selfmade glass tank (black backround)
• Ikea stand

- Equipment:

 

• lighting: Maxspect Razor 10k 160W
• skimmer: Coralbox s150 Tunze 9001
• flow: Tunze 6015+ jebao wp-25
• heater: 100W

- Stocking:

 

• 2 occelaris clownfish
• 1 blood red fire shrimp

here's a quick pic (don't mind the quality):

 

In this picture, I still had to top up the water level and i will later add my sand when i rule out the phosphate (current: 0,009 ppm , hanna P) .

 

My previous lighting was Ocean Revive artic s026, which i liked very much.

But i had the chance to buy a razor from a local reefer for dirt cheap so went with that.

 

my flow pumps will be replaced by two MP20's and skimmer will be replaced by tunze 9001.

I love the coralbox but since my background is black , i went with the tunze pure for aesthetics.

i really hope these upgrades (or dowgrade's?) are silent because my tank is in my bedroom.

If these aren't silent, i will have to re-use my "old" equipment.

 

greetings from Belgium,

 

Victor

[Rehype]

Looks great Victor. Any plans for fish?

[Nano sapiens]

Welcome

 

I'd like to see this in a few months since the rockwork looks really nice and the tank should look super when the sand is in.

 

Curious about your phosphate comment as 0.009 ppm is really low already. My guess is that you plan to run a true ULNS system (Zeovit?).

[Bossy]

thanks for the welcome guys

 

@rehype: just got a present from my brother: 2 little fish (occelaris clown), i'm thinking about an midas blenny and neon goby's or other goby's.

 

@nano sapiens: i just want to get al of the PO4 out of the rock before i add sand.

no zeovit (would love to, but due to university it's almost impossible )

i do want my PO4 to be 0,00 (hanna phosphorus) and nitrate0 or close to zero (0.2 orsomething like that)

 

my scape isn't glued so it was a bit of puzzling

but when i siphoned somme detritus out today, i knocked my scapework down

it still has this overlappping on the left, but the rightside is a bit different.

 

tomorow i'll post some photos of my fish and scape.

 

thanks for the nice replies

[JR!]

Well done Sir.

[Bossy]

Well done Sir.

 

thx!

 

just received my tunze 9001 and wel... i can't really say it's quiet...

i hear a very loud "stuttering" air-noise. i hope this goes away with the break-in period as of now i shut it off to go to sleep

[Bossy]

i have to say i love the low profile design of the tunze 9001.

 

but... the magnet doesn't work of mine. i think they've provided me the wrong magnet as it's bouncing of the other magnet.

so everytime i hang it in my tank, it slips down to the bottom.

i tried it with the magnet of my 6015 pump and it works.

 

as for now a can't stand the noise it's making! it comes out of the silencer and is making a very loud stuttering airsound...

don't now what i need to do,send it back from my lfs or wait a few weeks...

but I don't think the sound will disappear with the break-in period.

i can say the pump is very quiet (no hum) but it's the airnoise that's drivingme nuts!

[Bossy]

i just rescaped my nano reef! Now i did use cement Stonefix from aqiuaforest and I can say that it's great stuff!

very cheap (at least inEurope) and very strong!

 

 

i had to emty the tank to cement and rescape my tank

it's very easy to work in the tank with my razors hanging from the ceiling

 

little sneak peak:

 

[Rehype]

i just rescaped my nano reef! Now i did use cement Stonefix from aqiuaforest and I can say that it's great stuff!

very cheap (at least inEurope) and very strong!

 

 

i had to emty the tank to cement and rescape my tank

it's very easy to work in the tank with my razors hanging from the ceiling

 

little sneak peak:

 

 

Very cool scape. Are you going to add sand?

[Bossy]

 

Very cool scape. Are you going to add sand?

 

 

Thx! really like the scape myself too!

yes, when my PO4 reads 0.00 (current: 0.009)

[Rehype]

 

 

Thx! really like the scape myself too!

yes, when my PO4 reads 0.00 (current: 0.009)

 

 

Awesome it will complement that scape perfectly.

What are you using to test phosphates?

[Bossy]

 

 

Awesome it will complement that scape perfectly.

What are you using to test phosphates?

 

i think imma go with ATI fiji white sand. but hesitating between what grade: 0-1,2 or1-2mm...?

or other suggestions for sand (i live in europe) but lfs does sell Carib Sea.

 

i measure PO4 with hanna phosphorus (HI736) .it measures P then I convert it to PO4.

 

grtz Victor

[Rehype]

 

i think imma go with ATI fiji white sand. but hesitating between what grade: 0-1,2 or1-2mm...?

or other suggestions for sand (i live in europe) but lfs does sell Carib Sea.

 

i measure PO4 with hanna phosphorus (HI736) .it measures P then I convert it to PO4.

 

grtz Victor

 

Go with 1-2mm its doesnt blow around as easily.

 

Cool I have the same model its very accurate when used properly.

[Bossy]

 

Go with 1-2mm its doesnt blow around as easily.

 

Cool I have the same model its very accurate when used properly.

 

was thinking about using 1-2mm as thursday there will be 2 MP20's in the tank. hopefully it's not too many flow...

 

i've had the hanna for about a week now, and love the unit! no more colours

[Bossy]

here's a few pics with the new clown's. they're tiny

 

sorry for the bad pics (cellphone), still need to clean things up

and i'm bringing the tunze 9001 back to the LFS.

the noise is driving me nuts... is it only my skimmer? saw a lot of reviews that claim their dead silent but mine is far from that!

 

should i replace it by another 9001 or keep the money/ buy an other skimmer

[_Zoom]

This is looking nice. How do you like the Aquaforest products and the Maxspect Razor? Would you go a different route if buying again?

[Bossy]

This is looking nice. How do you like the Aquaforest products and the Maxspect Razor? Would you go a different route if buying again?

 

i only used the stonefix of Aquaforest, but they do seem a good brand with good prices.

I think i will use their products later on but don't now what products (maybe Ca+,Kh,...)

 

i'm very happy with my maxspect razor lighting, looks very slik, love the design.

i got this from a local reefer for a steal ( like 70€=70dollars).

 

i'm a student so i don't have a big budget so if i would need to buy a new led fixture it would be something cheap like ocean revive or something.just because it's cheap and i can't put more than 200dollars on a fixture.

 

BUT: if i had the money/could spend the money, i would definetly buy the razors. I just love the design and light they put out.

if i would buy it i would choose the 16k version (believe it's now 15k?).

 

so all in all....i'm just lucky i got my razors for 77 $

[Rory282]

Hi Victor, where are you located in Belgium? Why are you buying a new skimmer?

 

Great looking tank man! Congrats on that!

[Bossy]

Hi Victor, where are you located in Belgium? Why are you buying a new skimmer?

 

Great looking tank man! Congrats on that!

 

Hi Rory282

 

In West-Vlaanderen

 

and looking for a new skimmer because of silence and aesthetics

 

tank is in my bedroom and needs to be very silent + i prefer a small black skimmer so it looks clean in my tank

[Rory282]

 

Hi Rory282

 

In West-Vlaanderen

 

and looking for a new skimmer because of silence and aesthetics

 

tank is in my bedroom and needs to be very silent + i prefer a small black skimmer so it looks clean in my tank

So we are almost neighbours ;-).

 

I have a atb hang on nano skimmer at home that i am not using. It's a small airstone driven skimmer. Great quality product but it's in white...

[Bossy]

are you from lokeren?

 

 

i don't really like airpump driven skimmers becease i've never heard a dead silent air pump

 

but i really don't know what skimmer i should get...

[Rory282]

Jeps i'm from Lokeren. Where do you study, in gent?

Yes i know you always hear a hum from the air pump but if you can put it in a closed cabinet and put the pump in one of those foam baskets it's really quiet (the eheim one i have got).

I will post a picture of the skimmer tomorrow.

There aren't any super quiet nano skimmers out there i'm afraid... :-(

[Bossy]

Jeps i'm from Lokeren. Where do you study, in gent?

Yes i know you always hear a hum from the air pump but if you can put it in a closed cabinet and put the pump in one of those foam baskets it's really quiet (the eheim one i have got).

I will post a picture of the skimmer tomorrow.

There aren't any super quiet nano skimmers out there i'm afraid... :-(

 

sadly not i study in Ostend

 

I have a coralbox s150 which is pretty silent but is not that camouflaged

 

bought the tunze 9001 yesterday and going to return it thuesday to PD (moeskroen).

i don't know if it was only my unit or not. but mine was very loud and I've read a lot of reviews where they say it's dead silent...

[Sk8n Reefer]

Very nice looking tank- love your aquascaping- great job!

[Bossy]

Very nice looking tank- love your aquascaping- great job!

 

thanks for the kind words