Comments on: Scott Michael interviews Markus Resch about his exemplary EcoSystem Aquarium

By: Ammonium Chloride - Michigan Reefers

Ammonium Chloride - Michigan Reefers — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:11:09 +0000

[...] and why anyone would do it. Well thanks for that. I went looking and it didn't take long to find this. While I test 0 nitrate also, I don't think adding NH4Cl is in my future. A nice set-up though. [...]

By: Leng Sy

Leng Sy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:49:43 +0000

The tank picture shown above is taken in early Dec. 2008 with my iPhone when Mike Paletta and I were there for the conference in Stuttgart, Germany. Markus is a tinker himself so he has installed a skimmer in the sump about a couple of years back but running it only 3-4 hours at night. When the skimmer is running 24/7 then all corals’ polyps close up! Most live rocks were removed to make room for more corals.

The video shot is taken by Scott Michael in early Dec. 2005. No skimmer on this set up and it turns out to be the best ones of all. This is Markus first reef tank. Activate carbon has never been used in this tank since it was set up in early 2001. ECO PHOS was used and ECO salt was also used here. The Balling Method (3 parts calcium) is used to add calcium and minerals (this is all Markus used). At night he drips Kalkwasser water to replace evaporation water. Markus feeds his fish 6-8 times daily. Has 60-70 fish in this tanks! Add 30ml of ammonium chloride every night to get nitrate for corals to prevent bleaching as the EcoSystem is too efficient to remove nitrate (a different challenge if phosphate level is kept low). Water change is done weekly 7-10% but he divides it up so it is done automatically daily.

Anyone is interested in this set up or want to have a tank looks like this can talk to me. Be happy to help.

By: sam lee

sam lee — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:52:17 +0000

I’d be interested to know what chemical filtration he uses, i.e. phosphate remover, carbon etc???

Does he not use a skimmer at all?

By: TAKA

TAKA — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:47:49 +0000

If you request the DVD to EcoSystem Aquarium, I think this tank’s sump is showed inside of the DVD.

By: james blue

james blue — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:27:09 +0000

I second that. Want to see the ecosystem filtration system.

By: rroselavy

rroselavy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:39:57 +0000

Beautiful tank, but I wanted to see the Ecosystem filtration system…