Kirschy's 65g AIO Mixed Reef

[Kirschy17]

Hey Guys,

Im a 20 year old Student from Austria presenting you my very own slice of the ocean.

Tank is up since 23th of December 2017.

It's a 65g (250 L) AIO "Custom" Red Sea Max C-250

I Bought it as a showpiece for Sale for 700€ including Stand, 2 Return-Pumps, A Skimmer, 6 t-5 Fixture in the Lid and some more.(Basically what came from Factory)

After getting home i basically ripped everything apart. I Tossed the Lid, Removed all of the plastic Cover/Rims to create a clean, Rimless-Look. Also i don't use the stand that came with it.

As a stand i use a massive Wooden Furniture piece we have from relatives with a marble plate on top.

For Lighting i use the Maxspect RSX 200W Led Fixture which was brand new when i bought it. I had heard good things about Maxspect LED Lights and since the RSX was what followed up the 420r-Razor i knew what i wanted. Concerning this Light i had issues with the on board Controller at first but after i reinstalled the Software(With help of Maxspect Support) i never had any issues. I succesfully keep softies, las and sps including one Acropora as of now(will get more in the Future)

I Cycled the Tank with 50lbs (24kg) of Life Rock and Crushed coral as Substrate which i seeded with a handful of sand from a LF.

I used Microbe Lift Nite Out 2 swell as Special Blend and had the tank Cycled in less than a Week.
After the Initial Cycle i added my first small CUC.

First fish added were 2 PLATINUM Percula Clowns about 1 Month in.

Ill add an Album With Tank Progress in comments.

Tank Overview:

Stocking List:

1 Platinum Percula Clown

1 Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
3 Lysmata Kuekenthali Shrimp
1 Pistol Shrimp
2 Emerald Crabs
1 Tuxedo Urchin
1 Indian Sea Star
1 Short Spine Urchin
1 Fighting Conch
4 Nassaus Snails
1 Cerith Snail
1 Turbo Snail
5 Trochus Snails
Countless Smaller Critters

Coral:

Zoas
Devils Hand
GSP
Ricordea Mushroom

Acans
Elegance Coral
Duncan
Frogspawn
Grape Coral
Caulastrea
Alveopora

Branching Monitora
encrusting Montipora
Montipora Caprocornis
Pocillopora
Styrophora
Hydnophora
Tabling Acropora
Birdsnest

Equipment

Returnpumps (2x), Skimmer from Red Sea Max c-250

Jebao Wavemaker

Macspect RSX 200w LED

Refugium in Backchamber:
Porous Media, Cheat, Small LED Light

Tunze Osmolator (ATO)


Supplements:

Besides Frozen Food i feed Easy Reefs Easy Booster(Phytoplancton) Daily, Aquaforest AF pure Food aevery other day, Microbe Lift LPS Food.

Also Im Currently testing Red Seas Reef Energy Coral Nutrition daily.

Also i Use Microbe Lift Special Blend and Thera P as Bacterial Supplements twice a Month.

I used a Salt From a LFS but just Bought my first Purple Red Sea Bucket(Pro Salt).
I Dose Alkalinity and Calcium weekly currently using Bio Calcium but i will swap after its used up since i don't wanna dry dose anymore.

 

[Kirschy17]

Some Pics

 

[Kirschy17]

For Those of u wondering what happened to my 2nd Platinum Perc Clown...

I just finished dealing with my biggest Tank Disaster.

See i always had great Coral Growth but kept thinking my fish could look better.
In the end i seemingly had Brook in my tank for quite some time which killed >90% of My fish. Actually i lost all but this one Clown.

I Have a 2nd Clown in QT(Which i have since the Brook Incident)

Fish i lost are as Follows:

1 Platinum Percula Clown (Lived almost 5 Months)
1 Starry Blenny (Lived 2 Months)
1 Midas Blenny (Lived >1 Month)
2 Mandarin Gobies (1 Lived 2 Months, one <2 Weeks)
1 Hi-Fin Goby (Lived 4 Months)
2 Twinspot Goby (1 lived 4 Months, 1 lived 1 Month)
2 Yellowfin Pygmy Angelfish (1 Lived 3 Weeks, 1 Lived 5 Months)

I Lost the 2nd Angel, The 2nd Clown and the Hi-Fin Goby when panicking and putting them in a QT that wasn't Cycled completely and they died from Ammonia Burn most certainly which is the biggest mistake i made until now in the Hobby. I successfully got The Mandarins swell as the two spot Gobies to Eat Frozen Food but all of them died rather rapidly over night with infections all over their bodies.