Red sea reefer 250 build

[merereef]

Strawberry shortcake geowing new branches

 

[Palegic]

The reef is looking great!
My build is slowly coming along. I would be happy if I could get my water looking move and clear though.
I think I have too much flow and fish too large.

Do you use filter socks, and a carbon reactor?

 

[merereef]

Do you use filter socks, and a carbon reactor?

I dont use gfo... i dont use filter socks... i do water change once a month or if i have to out my hand in the tank for extended period of time i will fo water change... i use carbon ONLY if i notice the water getting yellow... other than that.. all i run is a skimmer and feed 3-4 times a day

 

[Dj City]

Do you use filter socks, and a carbon reactor?

I use a Clarisea SK5000 filter roller and carbon in a reactor. Plus I have foam in my overflow that catches waste and quiets the water falling into the overflow.

I have a few issues to work out.
I have microbubbles that constantly get stuck on the rockwork. I don't know where they are coming from but I think it may be too much flow.
I also have a few large messy fish. I have a 5 inch yellow tang, a 5 inch sailing tang and a 6 inch foxface along with a 8 inch lionfish.
The lionfish is not that messy but the others are large poop machines.

 

[merereef]

I use a Clarisea SK5000 filter roller and carbon in a reactor. Plus I have foam in my overflow that catches waste and quiets the water falling into the overflow.

I have a few issues to work out.
I have microbubbles that constantly get stuck on the rockwork. I don't know where they are coming from but I think it may be too much flow.
I also have a few large messy fish. I have a 5 inch yellow tang, a 5 inch sailing tang and a 6 inch foxface along with a 8 inch lionfish.
The lionfish is not that messy but the others are large poop machines.

Show us some pictures of the bubbles

 

[Dj City]

 

[merereef]

Are you dosing no pox? That looks like dinos

 

[merereef]

Night glow

 

[Dj City]

Are you dosing no pox? That looks like dinos

It likely is dinos.
I had an outbreak of dinos in this reef. If it's dinos, its a very light case of them. I did the dr. Tims treatment and this is the worst it's looked in 2 months.

 

[merereef]

It likely is dinos.
I had an outbreak of dinos in this reef. If it's dinos, its a very light case of them. I did the dr. Tims treatment and this is the worst it's looked in 2 months.

Are you running uv stereliser? That would help massively with the type of snotty bubble dinos you have

 

[merereef]

 

[melanotaenia]

Looks good! Plenty of vertical space for the corals to grow out

 

[merereef]

Took some shots

 

[merereef]

Did a little shop today

 

[merereef]

can someone ID the last two frags in the pic

 

[merereef]

So i made the switch from the ai hydra 26HD to the red sea RL90.... WOWWWW... i have never seen polyp extension in my corals lile this before.. theres a few reasons i switched.
first every shop ive spoken to and every user of these lights say the same thing... this light grows corals faster than any other light they have used. Second this light creates a spectrum light between 360nm and 460nm in the blues and most other lights except the orpheks create light mainly from 400nm and up. I am very very impressed with these lights. The corals look fluffier too

 

[merereef]

Tank shot

 

[merereef]

 

[powers2001]

@merereef awesome tank!! What are your plans for this tank after it's last year?

 

[merereef]

@merereef awesome tank!! What are your plans for this tank after it's last year?

thanks a lot buddy... my goal is to groww the corals in to huge coloniess.. then when they are too big i will upgrade to a 5ft custom tank