Henk’s Reef Tank

[Henkie]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on R2R.

I am from South Africa and have been in the hobby going on 10 years, of which 6-7 was actively keep reef tanks.

I’d like to share my current tank with the R2R community.

Tank dimensions: 1300x900x700mm (water level around 650mm)

Sump dimensions: 800x800x500mm (water level around 250mm) with ATO reservoir built in

Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 7

Filtration: Filter socks and Algae Scrubber

Return pump: Sobo DC return 10,000LPH

Chiller: Teco Tk10000

Heater: Eheim 300watt x 2

Wavemakers: Jebao MOW 9 x 2 and Jebao DMP 20 x 2

Lights: ATI Sirius X4

Photo of the tank and sump on 17/10/2025 when the cycle began




1 month


2 months


3 months


4 months


5 months



Couple of coral and fish photos so far







I look forward to sharing my tank with you.

 

[TX_REEF]

Welcome and congrats on the new system!

 

[Tahoe61]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[Henkie]

6 month update

Tank is starting to settle down nicely and the algae is starting to die back.

 

[PacoPetty]

Welcome!

 

[fishface NJ]

Welcome to R2R! The tank is coming along nicely. What fishes did you get?

 

[Henkie]

7 months progress photo.

Most of the algae on the rocks have died back and the snails are cleaning what is left of it.

I started to fix certain coral in position and will continue to do so over the next couple of weeks.

I have a long nose butterfly and yellow coris wrasse in observation at the moment which will be added to the tank at the end of June.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

7 months progress photo.

Most of the algae on the rocks have died back and the snails are cleaning what is left of it.

I started to fix certain coral in position and will continue to do so over the next couple of weeks.

I have a long nose butterfly and yellow coris wrasse in observation at the moment which will be added to the tank at the end of June.

Glad to see the tank is still going strong!

 

[BryanM]

6 month update

Tank is starting to settle down nicely and the algae is starting to die back.

Welcome to R2R.

Tank is looking good.

Are you planning on adding a lot more fish? If so I think you'll need more rock for fish to swim, hide, etc.

 

[Henkie]

6 month update

Tank is starting to settle down nicely and the algae is starting to die back.

Welcome to R2R.

Tank is looking good.

Are you planning on adding a lot more fish? If so I think you'll need more rock for fish to swim, hide, etc.

I don’t usually stock my tanks heavily.

I’d still like to add the following:
- sand shifting goby
- a tang/surgeon fish
- carpenter/fairy wrasse

However, if the plan changes I will definitely purchase more rock and build more hide out/sleeping spots at the back of the main scape.

 

[Henkie]

8 month update (slightly late)

Tank is doing well, but I am fighting some algae on the sand bed.

I’ve increased the algae scrubbers light schedule and running small amounts of phosphate media to bring the numbers down slowly.

Added some new frags which I still need to glue down.

Added a longnose butterfly and yellow coris wrasse after qt and observation.

 

[Henkie]

9 month update

Slowly winning the fight against the hair algae. Underestimated how much sun the tank gets during winter, so I have been covering the front panel to limit most of the sunlight .

I also upgraded my algae scrubbers lights over the weekend and that will also make a difference in my opinion.

Unfortunately lost my powderblue during qt.