General Info: After months of planning, the new tank has been delivered in my new apartment! I will give a short introduction of the idea behind this tank. The new tank -Apogon Reef- will be Apogon dominated. That means +75 Apogon, several species. Not too many, large Acropora will provide shelter for the very high flow (2x 6301 and Tunze Wavebox). The Apogons (and the corals indirectly) will be fed from dusk till dawn, many [...]
Exiting times for me! New that I moved to my new apartment, it’s time to build a new tank. The tank will have to following dimensions: 43″ x 34″ x 22″ high. There will be an external overflow on the right side, so the tank can sit flush to the back wall. All edges will be polished. I will use some hardware from the previous setup, plus some new equipment: 14 x T5 ATI Sunpower [...]
Part two of the trip to China and Hong Kong, with some more photo’s of the fish I saw in HK. Like I said before, all the fish were disease-free and in good condition. The equipment was well taken care of. Maybe some of you think the tanks these fish are in are too small, and I tend to agree with that. But take into account the turnover rate of the stores are quite high, [...]
During my travel in China the last months I tried to visit as many coral and fish stores as possible, although it was hard to find one or ask for it when you don’t speak Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese. Luckily I found some local reefers in Hong Kong that could speak English and they showed me around Hong Kong for the best Fish and Coral stores around. Typically the “western” reef enthausiasts will think of [...]
Two weeks ago, one of my Lumatek 400 Watt MH ballasts decided to stop working. Luckily I already ordered two ATI Sunpower 4×39 watt T5 pendants, to function as supplemental lighting for the new FF2 tank. Before I started to build a new light rack and ordering a new ballast, I decided this situation was a good opportunity to see if I would like an all T5 tank, and see what T5-only would do for [...]
Next month I will travel through China and discover what the current modernization and economic growth means for the (reef) aquarium industry. Of course we all know that most of the equipment we use in our tanks, including the expensive, high end products, are manufactured in China. They are also responsible for almost all LED technology. Besides that this travel is an opportunity to meet reef aquarists, and of course I will visit Andrew and [...]