Leonardo's Formosa Forest

[Baros]

Yes, 120%.
I was told by someone who has seen the tank in person and knows the owner.
First 100% is changed then the following day a further 20%, and this routine is done every fortnight.

[bleedingthought]

So, how would a tank, relating to to excess nuisance nutrients and lack of beneficial elements, benefit from that extra 20% exchange of basically newly introduced water?

[tonyespinoza]

i could see 9% per day, but this is just weird.

maybe it was superstition!

or maybe the 100% water changed caused all the corals to slime out (almost like a low tide) and as a result he did the 20% change to clear some of the slime...

[MonsterAquatics]

Originally posted by Baros
Yes, 120%.
I was told by someone who has seen the tank in person and knows the owner.
First 100% is changed then the following day a further 20%, and this routine is done every fortnight.

I was always under the assumption that water changes should never exceed 50%, and this should only be done in extreme situations. I was guessing that small water chages are done daily thereby equalling 100% every 2 weeks. Does anyone know what salt this guy uses? Having this much faith in one brand of salt I would definetly look into switching to his brand of salt. It always amazes me when people are having great succes with out of the box technique.
Does anyone have a link to his tank?

[smalltime]

Originally posted by Baros
Hi Leonardo, here's another picture of Mr Morita's beautiful aquarium, taken from the magazine that invincible posted.
In case you did'nt know he does 120% waterchange every 2 weeks and uses no skimmer or Ca reactor.
All the best with the new 250, using Mr Morita as an inspiration is a good start

This is an awsome tank. I also would like to see a thread about his tank. I can't tell from the picture but alot of his corals seem dull compared to other ways of mantaining reef tanks. This could be a poor quality picture, but never the less still an inspirational tank. Does this guy use additives inbetween water changes to keep up with calcium demand like Drip kalk?

[Cody Ray]

You have such an amazing aquarium!

[Tritonian]

Definitely TOTM for me that is. It's originality and stock choices just appeal to me more than the usual TOTM. The new tanks is gonna rock

What do you use to trim your corals? Does it help to promote growth, or do you do to get the corals to fill out more?

[Leonardo_]

crrichey; Thank you

Tritonian; Thanks! I trim my corals as less as possible, I want them to fully grow out. Only when they start touching the glass -or each other- I will trim them. In my new tank they will have all room to grow

Leonardo

[nanoguy]

Originally posted by Leonardo's Reef


The HQI pendant with 2x2 T5 pendants mounted on it (DIY)

Very sweet setup Leonardo...........the growth on those guys are amazing! I have a quick question about your pendant mod. Did you have to pre-fabricate/cut and bend all the mounting brackets/plates for the T5's yourself? Any chance of a pic of the underside of the fixture? Very creative mod...........I likey !

[nanoguy]

Sorry......double post.

[MonsterAquatics]

I was looking at your pics http://s139.photobucket.com/albums/q...rrent=FTS2.jpg
What is the tank to the left?

[dobly_1999]

Originally posted by kysard1
This tank is so beyond TOTM, it is ground breaking. Leonardo will die of old age before the TOTM officials understand the significance of a tank like this.

How do you go about voting for this to be TOTM?

[Felix1021]

Leonardo,

any update...teaser pics ?

Felix-

[glassbox-design]

Hi Leonardo, how's the new tank coming?

[Leonardo_]

Sorry guys... I'm very busy graduating for my Bachelor Degree at the moment.

So no updates for the Formosa-Forest and the new project (FF-II) Just buying equipment and make prepatations

Leonardo

[chris0942]

looks good

[Felix1021]

Congrats!! on your Bachelor's

Can't wait to see the new build-
Felix-

[Leonardo_]

Chris, Felix; Thanks!

A lot is happening right now. Beside my graduation I will leave my parental home and move to my own appartement. That means I will build an aquarium room
The Formosa-Forest II project will have some delay, but the result will be better in the end.

Leonardo

[Leonardo_]

Update: The new tank is coming together, and that means the Formosa Forest will no longer exist.
Besides that I'm officially graduated!!

The upgrade can be followed here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1421368



Leonardo

[scaryperson27]

I'm setting up a tank just like this. Can you explain the sump a little more? Like how it is adjustable and what else you did other than the RDSB?

Wow!! I just read the whole thread. It's a sad ending for me due to the fact that this is my favorite tank on ReefCentral.

Good luck in your endeavors with your new tank!

[dcook]

any updates pictures????

[Bolo Tran]

I'm not sure if this has been asked yet but what is the name of the cardinalfish you have. They're very unique and awesome.

[Leonardo_]

dcook; I guess you missed it, but I started a new project! This tank does not exist anymore.
Please visit my new thread in the Large Reeftank section, I hope you like it I just posted an update yesterday.

Leonardo's Lagoon

Bolo Tran; The name of this Cardinalfish is: Apogon Leptacanthus They are now swimming in the Lagoon and soon will have more then 40 new friends

Leonardo

[NanoCube-boy]

Which part of Lagoon are the from?

[crawfish in tx]

you have the clearest water i have seen... very good