Glynn Formans 8000l (2200 gallon) System

[Reefdiver]

hehe

 

[Alan]

Hopefully we will get updated pics of this magnificent reef tank tomorrow.

 

[leslie hempel]

hey alan i spoke to glynn yesterday and told him we needed engine room pics and he said he'd give you a call....

 

[DragonReef]

Good news guy's

Stay tuned to this thread, some more pics will be going up tonight, including pics of the Engine room

 

[phat]

great news

 

[DragonReef]

Ok guy's here we go as promised. Once again I would just like to thank Glynn for letting us come back and take more pics of this amazing system.

First up an overview of the whole room that houses all the technical equipment.

The twin towers.. Aquamedic T5000 twins - serious skimming power

Look to be pretty well dialed in

Where they stand in the sump

 

[DragonReef]

To the left of the skimmers:

Denitrate and calcium reactors:

Controllers and monitors:

Second sump:

 

[DragonReef]

Chiller which stands outside

Extraction fan inside the room

CO2 bottle

And no fish room would be complete without a drain

 

[Alan]

It was a pleasure visiting this tank a second time, i was as gobsmacked as the first time.

 

[leslie hempel]

always better to see it the second time as you are so in awe that you cant correctly process everything.....

 

[Copperband]

True Les but i'd be happy to see it just once.

 

[DragonReef]

Ok moving right along

Here are some pics of the lighting over the left and centre potion of the reef:

 

[DragonReef]

As promised some more pictures of the Display itself. Photographing this tank was difficult. The Skylight above the tank as well as the reflections from outside played havoc with settimgs, and I'm such and Amatuer.. So my apologies to Glynn and you guy's for the quality of some of these pics but you will get the idea :

First Up.. Left Side

Massive Euphillia Colony

Elegance

Looking upwards from the left side

 

[DragonReef]

These Bubble colonies are Mind blowing.

Spot the Gemmatum

Huge leathers !!!

 

[DragonReef]

The Right hand exotic fish side - The Emperor is a Beaut.

Reef Beauties..

And a last one of the whole enchilda again.

 

[sunburst]

A masterpiece. Thanks Glynn/Antony.

Are any of the skylights used for supplying direct light? If not why?

I don,t see any macro algae or dsb. Is there a reason?

 

[Alan]

I would say the main reason is Glynn uses a denitrator and therefore no need for one.

 

[leslie hempel]

I would say the main reason is Glynn uses a denitrator and therefore no need for one.

hence me looking into a denitrator...

 

[phat]

hectic stuff, i reckon with that water volume params would stay pretty stable too

 

[djmurray]

What an amazing tank and i would never ake it down gee....Thanks for that dragon now i just wanna go and rip my tank off its stand becasue its so small in comparisen...