Red Sea Reefer 200XL: Noob's Mixed Reef

[ChuneReef]

Build equipment

• Red Sea Reefer 200XL
• 2 x Tunze 6095
• Syncra Pro (550 GPH) - Sicce (Return)
• Reef Octopus Classic 110INT 4” Internal Protein Skimmer
• 300W Titanium Heater Element - Bulk Reef Supply
• Kessil A360X & Hybrid 4-bulb t5 fixture
• 2 x BRS dosing pumps for 2 part
• Reactors
  • BRS biopellets
  • Carbon
  • GFO

Fish

• 1 xYellow Watchman Goby
• 2 x Ocellaris clowns
• 1 x Fire fish

Inverts

• 2 x Emerald crabs (attempting to catch & banish them to the sump after I caught them eating the zoas)
• 1 x Tiger Conch
• 4 x Trochus Snails
• 1 x Skunk cleaner shrimp
• 1 x Tiger Pistol Shrimp (instant best buddy with our gobies)

Coral and Nems

• Nems & Softies
  • Rose BTA
  • Xenia
  • GSP
  • Ricordea
• LPS
  • Purple Tip Frammer
  • Green branching hammer (3 heads)
  • Blacklight torch
  • Toxic Pie Chalice
  • Sour Melon Chalice
  • Aussie Blasto
  • Rainbow Acan Lord
  • Peacock Favites
  • Master Button Scoly
• SPS
  • Green Acro
  • Birdsnest
  • Pink Panther Mille
  • Pink Tabling Acro
  • Beach Bum Monti
  • Monti Cap
  • Jedi Mind Trick Monti
  • Monti Stellata
  • Monti Digi

Hi Everyone,

After doing a stupid amount of lurking on the forms, and watching every BRS investigates video I could, I set up my Red Sea Reefer 200xl. My tank has finally reached a sort of homeostasis with the auto 2-part dosing and I'm starting to see specks of coralline algae appear on the rocks! The frags are starting to grow and I'm pretty happy with the results so far. I learned some hard lessons about light intensity after my birdnest almost completely bleached before I fragged it and moved the lights much farther away from the top of the tank. My biggest hurdle has been keeping phosphate levels where they need to be, as I just figured that I should be washing frozen food before I throw it in the tank.

The pic below is where I was at 4 weeks ago. When the lights go on tonight I'll post pictures of what I've got going on now I hope I'm not messing anything up, a little bit nervous about what some of the veterans here might say

 

[blaxsun]

Can't wait to see some updated images. From what I can see your tank looks to be doing good. This isn't rocket science, and even the experts get it wrong sometimes (I don't consider myself an expert, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express in Florida once).

 

[ChuneReef]

Ok here is what we have! The layout of the tank is largely the same, except some rock was removed in the front and in the back corner to eliminate dead spots with my flow.

Flow was crappy before when I had both Tunze 6095s on the back wall, facing the front glass. There were also two dead zones on the left and right below the powerheads. With one powerhead facing the rear, I was able to eliminate those dead zones.

I'm god awful at taking photos, but I want to show off my pink tabling acro! I'm getting absolutely explosive growth out of her.

 

[Adrift]

Very nice tank and corals

 

[ChuneReef]

Here are some more coral shots!

• Jedi Mind Trick Monti
• Rainbow acan lord
• Pink panther mille
• Various Zoas
• Toxic pie chalice

 

[boacvh]

Tank is looking great!