Mixed Reef - Red Sea Max S-650

[McFly]

13MAY2023

 

[McFly]

Had to mow some hairy mushrooms last week, they were starting to take over.

FTS 20MAY23

 

[McFly]

29OCT2023

 

[McFly]

13JAN2024 FTS:

This was from the digi restart after the last major fragging.

 

[McFly]

Added some new fish on 17JAN24:

(10) Female Lyretail Anthias

 

[McFly]

27JAN24

Side views

 

[McFly]

05MAY2024

 

[PanchoG]

Awesome!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

05MAY2024

Tank looks great!

 

[McFly]

Thanks for the support!

11MAY24 - My frogspawn has a huge bubble on one of the 'arms'.

Weird huh.

 

[PanchoG]

Very weird, never saw something like that before.

 

[McFly]

20SEP2024 FTS

The main pump that came with the tank failed this week. A little over 6 years of service. Not sure if that is good/bad. Luckily this forum convinced me to purchase a backup years ago.

 

[McFly]

My Maxspect XF280 Gyre on the left side failed last week. I replaced them with a pair of Maxspect Gyre XF350s, which although smaller are much quieter. I am not doing any fancy flow settings this time just 40% on each side.

FTS 16NOV2024

Cheers.

 

[McFly]

Updates:

I replaced the protein skimmer pump a few weeks ago. All the pumps I use have been replaced now. Also, one of the Maxspect Gyre XF350s failed and had to be replaced. (BRS was great to work with on the replacement parts.)

I did a major trim job today.

FTS 26JAN2025

Cheers!

 

[McFly]

13APR2025

 

[McFly]

It was time to restart the Digi, as it had been at war with the bubble for months now. I was starting to get STN on one side and each morning another branch had lost all its tissue.

It was so big, i had to move the light to get it out of the tank.

FTS 26JUN2025

Cheers!

 

[McFly]

FTS 07SEP2025

 

[McFly]

21DEC2025

The (2) Maxspect Gyre XF350s were permanently replaced by (2) SICCE XSTREAM 8000. I don't recommend Maxspect at all anymore. Their XF280s were rock solid for (5) years, whereas the XF350s would last a few months at best before failing. I went through 5 of the pumps via warranty replacements.

 

[McFly]

10JAN2026

Big trim during the wc today.

 

[McFly]

23MAY2026

Xenia grew back really quick. The (2) SICCE XSTREAM 8000 have been running problem free. I switched to captiv8aquaculture for Calcium chloride and Sodium carbonate due to pricing concerns from my previous supplier.

Cheers.