Just add water Red Sea 425 XL / WrasseTasic

[fabutahoun]

Congrats for the new tank looks! looks your off with a great start!

 

[goodtimes]

The electronic cabinet looks great! I’ll be following along.

 

[Fudsey]

Nice work on the electronic panel ! ! ! Looks great ! ! !

 

[Crabby48]

Congrats for the new tank looks! looks your off with a great start!

Thank for stopping by. Some much to learn but I been learning from everyone here for the past year

The electronic cabinet looks great! I’ll be following along.

Thank you for the compliment. I am happy how it came out

Nice work on the electronic panel ! ! ! Looks great ! ! !

Hopefully the rest comes out as good has the panel. Thank you for stopping by


I’m happy for so many great people on R2R to make this possible. I will need so much help once the tank gets wet. I feel like I confuse my self the more I read about this hobby.

 

[Crabby48]

I think this is close to my final rock work. I wanted minimalist rock for better flow and looks but also need many places for fish to call home. I don’t want rock or other products in my sump so tried to keep enough in the display. Then I ran into the problem of what looks good with a lot of coral don’t always look good with none. It’s a hard balance.
I will be glueing small pieces of rock for better over hangs and moving it around a little. It looks more open in person then the pictures.

Please give you advice I’m not scared of criticism just want it right.
And now for some picture

I have probably more then half of the rock left over. I order 100 pounds from Marco rocks so I had options.

 

[Fudsey]

I think it looks really good but the person to impress is yourself. If you are happy with it then it's set. If not, tweak it some more

 

[magikfly]

For biological filtration purposes you might want to place a couple of liters of seachem matrix or similar in the sump. That amount of rock will not be enough once the biological load starts growing

 

[jp_75]

got same tank so must watch it!! hehee really want to see what corals and fish will be added.
so far so good!

 

[BranchingHammer]

Following

 

[Crabby48]

I think it looks really good but the person to impress is yourself. If you are happy with it then it's set. If not, tweak it some more

Thanks. I agree but still like to hear opinions on it. I don’t want to set my self up for failure lol.

For biological filtration purposes you might want to place a couple of liters of seachem matrix or similar in the sump. That amount of rock will not be enough once the biological load starts growing

That is something I was scared of. Guess you can’t have it all. Thank you for the advice.

got same tank so must watch it!! hehee really want to see what corals and fish will be added.
so far so good!

Thanks for stoping by.
Do you have a build thread I can follow?
Not sure on fish. I like critters on the bottom but my fish list has critter eaters on it.

Following

Thanks for stoping in and for the follow!

 

[Fudsey]

Do you have space in your sump to place some of the extra rock you have? You could use it instead of Brightwell blocks or SeaChem Matrix.

 

[jp_75]

Thanks. I agree but still like to hear opinions on it. I don’t want to set my self up for failure lol.


That is something I was scared of. Guess you can’t have it all. Thank you for the advice.


Thanks for stoping by.
Do you have a build thread I can follow?
Not sure on fish. I like critters on the bottom but my fish list has critter eaters on it.


Thanks for stoping in and for the follow!

unfortunately i never done it!

 

[Crabby48]

@Fudsey yes I do, at least for now. Seems like sump space is always a shortage down the road.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Seems like enough rock for me. I know in the old days people went with 2 lbs. per gallon. I never did. I feel even as little as .50-.75 lbs. per gallon is sufficient for porous rock. If you have a heavy fish load, then perhaps you will find the need to add some to the sump some day.

 

[Crabby48]

@jp_75 that is a great looking setup! Can’t wait to have something nice looking.
Yes my plan is to take it extra slow after the cycle.

 

[Crabby48]

NY_Caveman I tried to hit that ratio and think I’m there. My fish load will probably be heavy.
Would a refugium help in replacement of extra rock?
I don’t want one because space and one extra thing to deal with but not sure how to keep a health population of pods with out it.

 

[NY_Caveman]

NY_Caveman I tried to hit that ratio and think I’m there. My fish load will probably be heavy.
Would a refugium help in replacement of extra rock?
I don’t want one because space and one extra thing to deal with but not sure how to keep a health population of pods with out it.

A refugium has many benefits including nutrient removal, CO2/O2 exchange, home for pods, and possibly even benefits we do not fully understand. It is not required though and you can certainly get by without one.

 

[SPR1968]

I think this is close to my final rock work. I wanted minimalist rock for better flow and looks but also need many places for fish to call home. I don’t want rock or other products in my sump so tried to keep enough in the display. Then I ran into the problem of what looks good with a lot of coral don’t always look good with none. It’s a hard balance.
I will be glueing small pieces of rock for better over hangs and moving it around a little. It looks more open in person then the pictures.

Please give you advice I’m not scared of criticism just want it right.
And now for some picture

I have probably more then half of the rock left over. I order 100 pounds from Marco rocks so I had options.

The tank and especially rock work looks stunning!

Very nice indeed and I can see lots of thought went into the design

 

[Crabby48]

@SPR1968 thank you so much. It is a confidence boost reading positive complement from such experienced reefers.

The important part will be seeing it hold water.

 

[Crabby48]

How long can rodi sit in the sump and tank with out flow?
When I start to fill the tank it will take a while to get enough water to fill it.
Once filled I will addd salt then start the cycle with ammonia and bottle bacteria