I set up my first marine aquarium in 1975. Freshwater around 1961.
Had an aquarium (or 2) on and off ever since
1975 fing ich erst mit Meerwasser an.
Süsswaser hatte ich schon (etwa) ab 1961. Seitdem habe ich fast immer eines gehabt
Freshwater/Süßwasser
Juwel Trigon 190
Nice construction, LED tubes. Internal filter, quick and anaerobe sections with separate flow paths. Online ideas to use a larger pump will compromise the slower, anaerobic region function . Test the water regularly, you will see it works well as it is.
Vernünftig Konstruiert. LED Röhre bringen gutem Pflanzenwachstum.
Online wird über mehr Filterleistung diskutiert. Der interne Filter hat 2 getrennte Teile, zu viel Durchfluss wird das anaerobe Teil ausser Funktion setzen. Eine regelmäßige Wasserwertkontrolle zeigt daß der Filter gut funktioniert.
Juwel Rio
Well made. I used Dennerle replacement T5-28W tubes for super plant growth. Latest have LED tubes.
Internal 2-part filter, quick and slow with separate flow paths.Leaked cos I nicked the silicone with a razor blade glass cleaner.
Gut Konstruiert. Fand Dennerle-T5-28W Röhre besser für Pflanzenwachstum. Neue Modelle haben gute Led-Leuchten.
Marine/ Meerwasser
Jaubert System
- Set up in 2000 as a 63l "experiment".
- Plenum made by glueing 1cm rings of U-pvc tube under a plastic plate with holes in. Coarse filter wool on top prevented broken coral and the coral sand from dropping through.
- With a need for more light, 2 x 14W tubes and in-hood controller, the water reached over 30°C. An external controller gave less heat.
- Heating: None needed.
- No filtration- A small filter, with or without foam cartridge, allowed better, wider surface flow than a recirculating pump
- Later I added a small hang-on box filter, the smallest Sander skimmer fitted just nicely inside.
- Nov. 2010 changed to 96L aquarium- using Eheim undergravel filter plates, coarse coral and fine coral sand on top.
- The next time I might just used coral sand, since more recent ideas suggest the 2 layers are unnecessary. Some succesfully use a deep sand bed with no plenum.
- Tunze Comline filter added (mainly for surface cleansing). Low wattage heater added.
- Cover with 2 x 24W T5. Changed later to 2 x 7W T5 LEDs (Blue and White).
Gobies, shrimps, hermit crabs, stony and soft corals. ul>
- Nov. 2010 wieder 96L Aquarium- mit Eheim Bodenfilterplatten, Korallenbruch und oben Korallensand.
- Tunze Comline filter (Oberflächenabsaugung). Kleine Heizung.
- Abdeckung mit 2 x 24W T5.
Garnelen, Einsiedler, Weich und Steinkorallen .
'Berlin' System
- 130cm x 60cm x 60cm panorama with filter sump
- 2x turbelle low voltage with surge controller
- Deltec skimmer
- Giesemann 2x 250W 10,000 Kelvin HQI (8h daily)/ 2 x 39w actinic (12h daily)
- Reverse osmosis, top-up (3litres per day) using osmolator.
- UV lamp
- Tropic Marin salt and Biocalcium, Trace Elements self- prepared KI and SrCl2 solutions along with additional vitamins
- Becken: 130cm x 60cm x 60cm panorama mit Filtersump
- Pumpen: 2x Turbelle
- Deltec Abschäumer
- Giesemann 2x 250W 10,000Kelvin HQI (8 St. pro Tag)/ 2 x 39w actinic (12 St. pro Tag)
- Umkehrosmose. Nachfüllen (3 Liter am Tag) via Kalkreaktor, Steuerung mit Osmolator.
- UV-lampe
- Tropic Marin Salz und Biocalcium, Spurenelemente eigene KI und SrCl2 Lösungen und Vitamine
Coral fish, shrimps, hermit crabs, stony and soft corals.
Korallenfische, Garnelen, Einsiedler, Weich und Steinkorallen .
Nano
Freshwater, 30L, shrimp tank/ Garnelenbecken. Nanotanks are generally unsuitable for fish. Certain fish may be happy, or a breeding pair might be housed there for a time. Some of the smallest fish are very active, should be kept in groups, so need more space than one might believe.
Slightly larger 'Scapers' Tank
'Scapers' tank setup.
Chromaphyosemion bitaeniatum.