Red Sea Reefer 350 G2+ MAX build in Tennessee

[Gumbies R Us]

Exciting to see everything come together!

 

[SeeSnek]

Coming along nicely. Recently added several corals and a couple of fish. Ordered a “nano-sized” green flowerpot goniopora for $15 as part of an online order and they sent me a colony the size of a baseball!

Also received these 3-D printed light shades yesterday.

 

[reelsilly]

When you ran you reef run dual controller did you get two of the t extensions with the tank? I swear I can find but one and I’m having a brain fart

 

[SeeSnek]

When you ran you reef run dual controller did you get two of the t extensions with the tank? I swear I can find but one and I’m having a brain fart

Yes, there is one for the return pump and another one for the skimmer pump

 

[reelsilly]

I got one in the box for the return pump but can’t find the skimmer to save my life

 

[SeeSnek]

 

[Badblackdog]

Coming along nicely. Recently added several corals and a couple of fish. Ordered a “nano-sized” green flowerpot goniopora for $15 as part of an online order and they sent me a colony the size of a baseball!

Also received these 3-D printed light shades yesterday.

Everything looks like it’s coming along really nice. I was looking to get some light shades for my RSled90s. Would you please share a link to where you got them?

 

[SeeSnek]

Everything looks like it’s coming along really nice. I was looking to get some light shades for my RSled90s. Would you please share a link to where you got them?

Here is where they are from: https://www.smadareef.com/product-page/red-sea-reef-90-shade

I am very happy with these. They did have a tendency to slip some with even a small bump but I solved that by adding a small strip of Velcro on each side.

 

[Badblackdog]

Here is where they are from: https://www.smadareef.com/product-page/red-sea-reef-90-shade

I am very happy with these. They did have a tendency to slip some with even a small bump but I solved that by adding a small strip of Velcro on each side.

Thanks I will check them out.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Love the flame angel!

 

[SeeSnek]

So far, so good! The coral beauty is definitely the boss.

 

[SeeSnek]

Was able to pick up some really nice corals and a couple of RFA this weekend. The tank is looking great so far. Nitrates and phosphates are consistently reading zero, so I may need to reduce how long I am lighting the chaeto I have in the refugium.

Fish:
Coral beauty angel
Flame angel
Fire clownfish
Sunburst anthias
Sixline wrasse
Royal gramma
Lavender-blushed firefish
Bella goby

 

[SeeSnek]

When I had my 70g reef about 15 yrs ago, my favorite fish was a Midas Blenny. Yesterday I found one locally.

 

[SeeSnek]

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Some great looking coral!

 

[mariano]

Looking really nice

 

[apuri]

I setup my reefer the same time as you (got mine during the memorial Day sale as well). I still have a ton of hair algae in mine. How are you keeping yours so clean and algae free? I only use the blue lights - no whites. Also, curious as to what your return pump level is set to? I have mine at 77%, but curious if I should be increasing that any

 

[SeeSnek]

I setup my reefer the same time as you (got mine during the memorial Day sale as well). I still have a ton of hair algae in mine. How are you keeping yours so clean and algae free? I only use the blue lights - no whites. Also, curious as to what your return pump level is set to? I have mine at 77%, but curious if I should be increasing that any

I am not doing anything special to keep algae at bay. Running my skimmer and return pumps at 60% and the wavemakers at 50%. My nitrates and phosphates are very low. Using ATI Essentials Pro 2-part for supplementation.

Until I can get a PAR meter I am running blues at 50% and whites at 45%.

My big setback was getting velvet a while back which caused me to lose all my fish except for the six-line wrasse. Being more careful now about where I buy my fish and have added an Aqua 40W UV light.

 

[apuri]

I am not doing anything special to keep algae at bay. Running my skimmer and return pumps at 60% and the wavemakers at 50%. My nitrates and phosphates are very low. Using ATI Essentials Pro 2-part for supplementation.

Until I can get a PAR meter I am running blues at 50% and whites at 45%.

My big setback was getting velvet a while back which caused me to lose all my fish except for the six-line wrasse. Being more careful now about where I buy my fish and have added an Aqua 40W UV light.

That's my greatest fear: getting something that wipes everything out. I was told by my LFS that I don't need a UV light yet, so I've held back

 

[SeeSnek]

Some updated pictures from the webcams I've set up to watch the tank remotely. The corals have done very well since the beginning, and I'm done adding anything new for a while. As you can see, my focus is on LPS and I think this is a nice assortment of types and colors: torches, goniopora, alveopora, hammers, frogspawn, fungia, acan, Duncans, elegance coral, favia, favites, leptastrea, and a bubble coral. Also have some rock flower anemones, zoas, gsp, and pipe organ. I'm slowly adding fish again after the devastating velvet outbreak. All four I currently have are healthy: sixline wrasse, midas blenny, flame hawkfish, and a blue dot toby puffer.