Samuli's reefs

Getting close.

2010-06-29T15:27:00.000+03:00

Few more days left before I can move the bigger tank into our house. The aquarium corner has been reinforced so that it can take 1000l tank with all the equipment and a refugium without any problems. Floor should be done by now. Here is a picture from yesteray. This corner will hopefully one day have a 160cm wide reef system.

In the aquarium front we have managed to paint the aquarium table, but not much more. Hopefully there will be something more interesting to tell in the near future.

First steps with the bigger reef aquarium

2010-06-05T00:09:00.002+03:00

I have been interested in saltwater aquariums for over 15 years. I have always had the impression that those are somewhat impossible or at least very difficult to maintain. When I searched for some answers regarding my freshwater fish I got into reading aqua-web forum and found out also it's seawater section. While browsing through it I found out that there has been some breakthroughs since I last looked into marine aquariums and when set up correctly those would not be too hard to maintain.

One day I came across an used aquarium set being sold in the forums market section. And since the price seemed very reasonable I went on and bought it. However because of sellers schedule and mine too I had to pick the tank fairly soon I had to do the cleaning for it myself. Here is what it looked like after having two years of successfull marine life inside.

I know, not too pretty. But I got the instructions how to properly clen it. So I bought some winegar and filled the system with water. I then added 1,5 liters of winegar and let all the equipment running for few days. here is the end result.

Currently I am renovating my house and once this is complete I will bring this tank inside and start to take it into use. Until then I will be enjoying my Nano reef.

Setup:
Tank 128l
approx 60l technical department in the stand with small refugium
1200l/h lift pump from refugium to main tank.
2*3000l/h streams for water movement
Jebo protein skimmer
Heater
Giesemann 250w HQl + 4*24w t5 light.

All equipment except streams are located inside the stand out of sight. There is also a 75w HQl light for the refugium in the cabinet.

More pictures

2010-05-28T01:30:00.001+03:00

I was visiting a fellow hobbyist at Tampere during March this year about a month after I purchased the used 128l aquariumset. I had decided that I will wait and set it up with time after our house renovation. However I had been thinking a small nano scale reef and when I saw how interested my kids were about the reefs I just could not resist. So I went on and bought the 14 l small aquarium, circulation pump, heater, some coral sand, reef salt and approx 1kg live rock.

I drove home and set the tank up. Now I have different kind of corals in there and lots of other living creatures. Here are some pictures:

Ok here we go.

2010-05-25T17:24:00.008+03:00

Just managed to set up my first blog. This is ment to be a place where I will be sharing my ideas about reef aquariums. Let's see how things proceed.

Currently I have 14l nano reef running. However there is a bigger one in my hobby room waiting for our livingroom renovation to finish.

Here is the latest full tank picture of my nano tank:

I will try to update the background for this tank later with more pictures.