Red sea reefer 250 build

[Richard Ivory]

nice build following as same size as mine

 

[merereef]

You can see i have dark spots at the corners and back of the tank but im very impressed with the spread of one ai prime

 

[merereef]

Picked up one of maxspect razor R420r not too much money but more power. These have the 120 degree lens on for better colour blending and spread

 

[merereef]

New aquascape and lights... lots of caves and lots of places to put corals!

 

[merereef]

Tank tested

Calcium 480
Alk 8.6
Magnesium about 1300
Nitrates on 10
Phos 0.00 i know too low im trying to feed more to being that up

 

[merereef]

Added a few corals just to test to water see what happens

 

[merereef]

Ordered some squeezy bottles for fish food, i can prepar e them and feed easy via the bottle

I ordered some push nozzle bottles 1 litre with measuring cups for dosing manually...for NOW.

 

[merereef]

 

[merereef]

After my parameters were stable for a while and remained that way after testing every few days at first and then every week i added an anemone a sunburst one but its stayed in a corner of the tank for the last 2-3 days hasnt moved but seems happy so im leaving it alone

 

[merereef]

Bought a diamond spot goby which is doing a nice job clouding the tank but i heard they have a reputation for jumping out so i have decided to put an aqurium cover on

You can see the white netting reflects alot of the light kind of annoys me and makes the net top more noticeable, so decided to change it to black one

Below is what it looks like now sooooooo much better
If you look at the top of the screen top no reflection and less visible

 

[Dub_G]

Looking good. Following

 

[Phil D.]

Next time when using bleach, use Seachem's Prime. It dechlorinates really well. Also, you are going to need a better light than that AI Prime.

 

[powers2001]

@merereef You are going to love your tank !! I'm sure you already are. I have a REEFER 250 also. Check out my build thread in my signature line.

 

[merereef]

Next time when using bleach, use Seachem's Prime. It dechlorinates really well. Also, you are going to need a better light than that AI Prime.

Lol thanks ive upgraded it already

 

[merereef]

Changed flow and the anemone has finally settled right in the middle of the tank which is perfect.. ive noticed it doesnt like a lot of flow. Find it does better in medium to low flow

 

[merereef]

Picked this up today

 

[merereef]

Trying to figure out how to install this... i calibrated it as per instructions

 

[merereef]

Made a little doser stand out of some wood pieces i had laying around

 

[merereef]

Doesnt look bad

 

[Butuz]

Awesome build, mate. Love the ultra DYI approach. I will make myself a similar feeding ring!

Reefer 250 owner here too, check out the build in my sig field below.

One piece of advice, I recommend you get rid of native ATO as it is too small. You will be losing 1+ gallons of RODI daily, will be a pain refilling that. You have space, so grab a 10g ATO container, will make things easier. Also, with ATO gone, you can consider installing a roller filter like Klir to avoid changing socks every other day. Again, details are in the build thread below.

Have fun!