Proof that fauna Marin works?

Aqua-Digital · #1 02-20-2009, 06:37 PM

Well i get a lot of questions such as, does Fauna Marin products really work?

Well I think if you have any doubts after seeing this you may just change your mind!

These photos are from one the most successful SPS keepers in the UK, Steve has gone onto write published books and i believe now speaks at conferences.

Tank is 400 gals 92"x42"x30" run on the Fauna Marin Lith system with closed loops and wave box's and is part of system which totals nearly 800gals

The original thread on RC can be supplied by pm

Before Picture

And After

And if you still ahve doubts, well

BlueAbyss · #2 02-20-2009, 06:52 PM

Wow incredible colour. Nice that although that guy has the 'coral garden' thing going on, that he's let them mature into full colonies where you can see the growth patterns and forms. Very cool

High tide · #3 02-20-2009, 07:56 PM

Sorry to be the devils advocate, but all this proves is that Steve in the UK is a damn fine reefer. Not trying to take away from Fauna Marin but a before and after shot would definitely go further in proving it's effectiveness.

Aqua-Digital · #4 02-20-2009, 08:02 PM

Ok look at it another way, if you had a tank like that would you put a product in it that did not work?

Chowder · #5 02-20-2009, 08:03 PM

Why would anyone put something in there tank that wouldn't work?

Aqua-Digital · #6 02-20-2009, 08:09 PM

Ok I understand you want to see this tank from scratch so here is the full tank build thread,

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/s...d.php?t=146812

I also should state, I have met Simon, he is highly respected in the UK network and would only use products that worked.

Whatigot · #7 02-20-2009, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital

Ok look at it another way, if you had a tank like that would you put a product in it that did not work?

if you had a tank like that and put something in it that didn't work, how would you know it wasn't working?

Aqua-Digital · #8 02-20-2009, 08:51 PM

Lack of growth, poor colour, just to name two.

Tanks of that nature are rarely possible without LNF dosing. He was asked to review the product, Simon is not daft he is not going to put something in his tank he thinks would not benefit a system as dedicated as this

Skimmerking · #9 02-21-2009, 02:04 AM

hey Pan, no worries man, i was trying to get out a smart ass remark and i couldn't on the board its hard to when your typing lol. i know what you mean, im very specific when it comes to the reefing part. man im anal with all my testing and stuff. fixing this and moving that adjusting this and that. I'm a prefectionist.
I wont lie to you i wonder if the polyps that are coming out and the color that im getting is that not from other things that i do. Well i would think about it. like the red turf algae that i had that was getting bad there for a bit went away when i was using phosban it took awhile but the BIO did take the phosphates away super faster then the Phos ban. i couldnt keep the nitrates down with anything i tried over skimming, water changes, and no joy. but ULtra Bak took them down more then anything. All I wanted was to take the PO 4 down and the rid of NO3 and its done im happy so either try it or dont its goign to be up to you to discover.

im done here time to get some pic before mike takes me off the trial

atc · #10 02-21-2009, 03:30 AM

Here's some before and after pics of my old 150g. Might be hard to tell from the pics, but to me, the colors of the sps were better and I was able to keep more fish with FM w/o having the corals brown out.