Neptune Aquatics

Store closing

It will probably be lower as he gets closer to closing. Manfred is a good and honest guy. And one things for sure he has the highest quality fish Ive ever seen. Ive bought plenty from him over the past year and have never had an issue. He just doesnt know how to run a modern business. Very dark and gloomy in there like other have been saying. Hes a great person but his prices on most of his stuff is ridiculous. I just wish there was someway we could help him.
 
Went there once years ago, pretty simple ask, just needed some snails for a cleanup crew didn't feel like ordering a hundred or so from those bulk places online, and while I was warned he has a gruff/grumpy demeanor it was a bit overblown. That said, the store did feel like it was on autopilot, you know that tank you have that you're topping off evaporation, but that feels like it... except a store full of those tanks. It sucks to see any business go, but it's not like I was a regular customer or anything.
 
Alexander1312 said:
This is another Manfred. He runs what is widely believed the best acro tank in Europe. Since this is in German: He has been doing this for decades and this tank in the video is 20+ years old. He spends approx. 5-6 hours daily on his tank. He seems to be using a Sea Swirl too. Several acros in his tank spawned and grew inside the tank where they landed. Interesting, he knows all the latin names for his fish but he seems to be very unfamilar with the names of his corals...

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I think that’s the best SPS tank I have seen - would love to learn more. Is there any info documented anywhere in English? What are his methods?
 
derek_SR said:
I think that’s the best SPS tank I have seen - would love to learn more. Is there any info documented anywhere in English? What are his methods?
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Tanks is 3000 L, his sump is approx the size of my nano tank, and he seems to using a kalk reactor. It looks like he is using a recirculating system where dedicated pumps suck in the water but it was not well explained. Unfortunately, no mention of dosing etc. Will try to ask Claude where I can find more information about his setup. Oh fun fact: he uses metal halides and T5s, in addition to LEDs, and runs 2,000 PAR on the surface….
 
Alexander1312 said:
Tanks is 3000 L, his sump is approx the size of my nano tank, and he seems to using a kalk reactor. It looks like he is using a recirculating system where dedicated pumps suck in the water but it was not well explained. Unfortunately, no mention of dosing etc. Will try to ask Claude where I can find more information about his setup. Oh fun fact: he uses metal halides and T5s, in addition to LEDs, and runs 2,000 PAR on the surface….
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The guy interviewing the tank owner is named Tobias who has a couple different channels who does speaks English. Ive followed him for a couple years unfortunately he really doesn’t get into the nuts & bolts of his tank tours to much besides his own tank at times. Hmm Octoberfest plus killer coral shops now that would be nice!


 
Kinda crazy that town in Germany filters their whole water supply so folks just add salt to their tap water for water changes ! Only in Germany lol
 
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