The Reef Tank banner

The panoramareef build

18813 Views 145 Replies 8 Participants Last post by  Wiskey
Hi there,
i am Glenn Fong from the netherland and am in the process of realising my dreamtank
the panoramareef, which will contain 4 segment with in total 3500-4000 liter effective tank capacity

this project has been a wish since 2011, and was already put on hold 2 times.

now we are going to finish this project!!!
121 - 140 of 146 Posts
That is pretty cool, coral looks like a excellent hideout
New additions to the panoramareef go into quarantine for a while for observation.

  • Like
Reactions: 2
I like the butterfly fish. Don’t have any myself. I don’t blame you on observing and quarantine.

the reason I don’t add new fish because of room and don’t want to set up quarantine tank. All my fish are healthy .
Before is also didn't QT. But at this stage i have to much fish, much more than before and they are on one system. So i have to much to lose to get sloppy.
  • Like
Reactions: 1
Same here, l buy fro a reputable dealer , always healthy fish. But now it’s like naw. Not going to introduce a disease or parasite.
Nice recovery from a near dead ultra goniopora, given to me by a LFS.
See less See more
Some quick shots of the panoramareef, section1
See less See more
8
  • Love
Reactions: 1
Do we spend time to edit all our pictures afterwards to make them more appealing?

Which one do you think represents the true colors? A, B, C, D, None of All ........
See less See more
4
  • Like
Reactions: 1
I think c for me
  • Like
Reactions: 1
I think c for me
A few critical readers broached the subject that many posted photo looked unnatural and exaggerated and drew the conclusion that it couldn't be otherwise that they must have been post-processed with photoshop or lightroom.
In short, no photos are post-processed because it is a time-consuming and inefficient way of posting. Moreover, it often misrepresents reality.
Here, the problems are tackled differently.
  • It starts with getting the most out of the lighting, so that the result (growth and colour) is also satisfactory to the eye.
  • Then we set up this lighting for the camera so that it can do something with it directly.
  • Because we use a predominantly blue spectrum in marine aquaria, every photo will be blue. That's why we set the white balance correction to 10K Kelvin.
By carrying out the above steps properly, you basically don't have to edit all photos afterwards to get a decent result. This will save you from boring operations and you won't be tempted to overdo things either.
Here you can see what you can achieve with the right lighting, camera setting (2sec) and direct posting(5sec). It doesn't get any more effective than this with post-processing all the photos
Fishes are an indispensable part of our aquarium ecosystem. They are part of it and you want to enjoy the colourful splendour of these fish both live and on camera. That doesn't work under tight blue light. You can also see from the colours of these fish that there has been no messing around with photo editing programmes and filters.
In the first photo, the exposure is set slightly darker on camera. Not excessive but bad to reduce the haze/reflection of the lights on the frontscreen.





See less See more
5
I still run MH and T5’s my favorite is 10k and C looks great to me and not washed out. I don’t like blue lights which is why I don’t care for most Leds.
I still run MH and T5’s my favorite is 10k and C looks great to me and not washed out. I don’t like blue lights which is why I don’t care for most Leds.
MH + T5 is a proven concept.
But with nowadays energy prices and the trend to be more sustainable i have choosen to follow the LEDonly course.


I myself don't like the blue appearance either, so i design my own led fixtures to match the sprectrum i prefer.
  • Like
Reactions: 1
This is the tank january 2023
In the morning when there is more blue light because the white are not on yet
  • Like
Reactions: 1
Tanks are beautiful, really nice
  • Like
Reactions: 1
A few top down shots from the Panoramareef

See less See more
5
  • Like
Reactions: 2
Very nice
  • Like
Reactions: 1
The size of some corals are only seen from the top





See less See more
4
That is such an incredible system! I love that birds nest right in the center of the last photo, that has the greenish tips with a tan branch and duller points. Or is that a Stylo? Either way I like the contrast, very eye catching.

Whiskey
That is such an incredible system! I love that birds nest right in the center of the last photo, that has the greenish tips with a tan branch and duller points. Or is that a Stylo? Either way I like the contrast, very eye catching.

Whiskey
Thanks, it was my goal since 2010. Now i need to slowly let it grow. I usualy let the system scape itself. Later on i will need to learn how to prune in time to get the optimal out of it.

That is a fuji stylo..
I removed all birdsnest from my systems. I only keep a small colony in out of sight. Just for the sake of savekeeping as many specie as possible.
  • Like
Reactions: 1
121 - 140 of 146 Posts
Top