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Less than one year after starting in the hobby, and quickly outgrowing my biocube I decided my best option was to purchase a tank I could keep running for years without the need to upgrade.
I looked into a few different tanks but finally settled on red seas reefer 250. Given the size of my house this tank fit perfectly as a main attraction to my living area.
I had plenty of help with building the stand..
After putting everything together and leveling the tank I made enough r/o water to top off the tank after moving the entirerty of the existing tank into the new one.
After 24 hours of the tank running I was able to aquascape ( which I'm not 100% in love with ) and tune the plumbing which I almost got to absolutely silent.
I knew I would need some sort of storage inside the cabinet so a quick trip to home depot and a few saw cuts later I was able to modify a cheap white closet rack.
I'm currently putting together a small area in the basement as a dedicated "r/o fish room" simply to store r/o water and all other tank related items.
Thanks to everyone in r2r that has helped me since the beginning of this year with all my questions and concerns I now feel settled into the hobby and greatly look forward to growing with this tank.
* Build specs. *
Red sea reefer 250 ( white )
Red sea's reefled 90 x2
Red sea's led mounting arm x2
Red sea's reefwave 25
Red sea's rsk300
Hygger 300w heater with controller
Sicce syncra 3.0 return pump
40lbs of caribsea sand
Around 50lbs of caribsea life rock
Red sea reef salt
I'm still settling in with this tank and look forward to stocking it in the coming weeks. If anyone is interested in following the progress or has questions please stick around ! You can follow me at https://www.instagram.com/parent_reefing/
That is my only form of social media I use and have dedicated it to this amazing hobby! Cheers all.
I looked into a few different tanks but finally settled on red seas reefer 250. Given the size of my house this tank fit perfectly as a main attraction to my living area.
I had plenty of help with building the stand..
After putting everything together and leveling the tank I made enough r/o water to top off the tank after moving the entirerty of the existing tank into the new one.
After 24 hours of the tank running I was able to aquascape ( which I'm not 100% in love with ) and tune the plumbing which I almost got to absolutely silent.
I knew I would need some sort of storage inside the cabinet so a quick trip to home depot and a few saw cuts later I was able to modify a cheap white closet rack.
I'm currently putting together a small area in the basement as a dedicated "r/o fish room" simply to store r/o water and all other tank related items.
Thanks to everyone in r2r that has helped me since the beginning of this year with all my questions and concerns I now feel settled into the hobby and greatly look forward to growing with this tank.
* Build specs. *
Red sea reefer 250 ( white )
Red sea's reefled 90 x2
Red sea's led mounting arm x2
Red sea's reefwave 25
Red sea's rsk300
Hygger 300w heater with controller
Sicce syncra 3.0 return pump
40lbs of caribsea sand
Around 50lbs of caribsea life rock
Red sea reef salt
I'm still settling in with this tank and look forward to stocking it in the coming weeks. If anyone is interested in following the progress or has questions please stick around ! You can follow me at https://www.instagram.com/parent_reefing/
That is my only form of social media I use and have dedicated it to this amazing hobby! Cheers all.