The beautiful Belgian reef aquarium of Luc Loyen (Jawsee)

The following is a contribution from Ducth reefing veteran Tanne Hoff better known as Tanu on the interwebz.

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I first visited Luc about 6 years ago as I saw his previous tank being featured in a topic on the Dutch Marine forums, www.zeewaterforum.info. I was very impressed! Luc and I kept in touch and as he told me about his plans for his new tank I was very excited! The tank he described is the one featured in this video. It was decorated with reef ceramics, combined with live rock and a layer of live sand. It is connected to a system in a cellar, which he dug himself just for this system. In the cellar, there are multiple tanks, holding frags, a collection of corals he cannot find space for in the main tank, as well as a tank for acclimating new fish. Also, the the skimmer has it’s own tank.

Though large, the system is simple: lots of current, lots of light, a huge calcium reactor make up the technical heart of the system. Activated carbon is used 24/7, weekly some water changes are performed. With the aid of a peristaltic dosing pump minor amounts of trace elements are added, next to 17 ml vodka daily. I think the most important part of the ‘setup’ of a successful reef is often too much underestimated: the reefer himself. Luc spends lots of time watching the inhabitants, and fine-tuning things. It is obvious that a tank like these is only possible with a helpful partner: his wife Anja is into the hobby as well. They both enjoy the corals and fish enormously and have made friends in many countries through our common hobby. I hope we all will be able to enjoy his tank, being it by visits or by watching videos like these.

For more details on Jawsee’s Reef visit his tank of the month feature.

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Jake Adams

Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.