Hello from Switzerland everyone!
I recently took down my Red Sea Max Nano which was running for some time. It was kinda SPS heavy.
Well, I saw a pretty nice opportunity to buy a used Red Sea Reefer 200XL which was in a very good shape.
My plan is to create a mixed reef which is mostly SPS heavy. The Reefer came with some corals I just will keep on the bottom as there were some gems in it.
The tank will be bare bottom as I just dont like sand....
TANK:
Red Sea Reefer 200XL
SKIMMER:
Nyos Quantum 120
FLOW:
1 x Aqua Medic SmartDrift 7.1
1 x Jebao ALW 20
(I do have some more pumps I could still add)
RETURN PUMP:
AquaBee Up 5000
ATO:
H2Ocean DD Smart ATO
DOSING PUMP:
Jebao 4.4
FILTRATION:
Red Sea Filter Sock
(I might upgrade to a ReefMat one day)
ROCK:
It will be a minimalist reef scape with 10 pounds of dry Real Reef Rock and another 12 pounds of Indo Live Rock used in my former Red Sea Max Nano.
LIGHTNING:
I started with an XR15 G5 blue but thats just not enough.
Ordered 2 x AI Hydra 32 HD which I will mount this week.
FISH STOCKING:
A pair for clowns
3 x chromis viridis
1 x Coral Beauty
1 x Blue tang (accidently bought by my wife in quarter size; the blue tang will be re-homed to a friends new tank 800gallons in October 2022)
I also plan to add some kind of wrasse (dont know which yet)
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OK, the tank is already cycling and running since August 7. I didnt have a huge ugly phase yet which is maybe because I used established live rock.
The tank had an issue at first as my Alk was 10.9 after filling with water... My RODI was fail and I tested RO water at 3.5 dKH..... Now everything is fixed.
I had to be quick as I needed to introduce everything quick.. The corals which came with the tank needed to be placed in a tank.....
I will update with some pics and story soon. I have to do alot of coral scaping in the next days as most stuff just lays around now...
I recently took down my Red Sea Max Nano which was running for some time. It was kinda SPS heavy.
Well, I saw a pretty nice opportunity to buy a used Red Sea Reefer 200XL which was in a very good shape.
My plan is to create a mixed reef which is mostly SPS heavy. The Reefer came with some corals I just will keep on the bottom as there were some gems in it.
The tank will be bare bottom as I just dont like sand....
TANK:
Red Sea Reefer 200XL
SKIMMER:
Nyos Quantum 120
FLOW:
1 x Aqua Medic SmartDrift 7.1
1 x Jebao ALW 20
(I do have some more pumps I could still add)
RETURN PUMP:
AquaBee Up 5000
ATO:
H2Ocean DD Smart ATO
DOSING PUMP:
Jebao 4.4
FILTRATION:
Red Sea Filter Sock
(I might upgrade to a ReefMat one day)
ROCK:
It will be a minimalist reef scape with 10 pounds of dry Real Reef Rock and another 12 pounds of Indo Live Rock used in my former Red Sea Max Nano.
LIGHTNING:
I started with an XR15 G5 blue but thats just not enough.
Ordered 2 x AI Hydra 32 HD which I will mount this week.
FISH STOCKING:
A pair for clowns
3 x chromis viridis
1 x Coral Beauty
1 x Blue tang (accidently bought by my wife in quarter size; the blue tang will be re-homed to a friends new tank 800gallons in October 2022)
I also plan to add some kind of wrasse (dont know which yet)
---------
OK, the tank is already cycling and running since August 7. I didnt have a huge ugly phase yet which is maybe because I used established live rock.
The tank had an issue at first as my Alk was 10.9 after filling with water... My RODI was fail and I tested RO water at 3.5 dKH..... Now everything is fixed.
I had to be quick as I needed to introduce everything quick.. The corals which came with the tank needed to be placed in a tank.....
I will update with some pics and story soon. I have to do alot of coral scaping in the next days as most stuff just lays around now...
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