Red Sea Reefer 350 w/ 2 ReefLED 90's & 1 ReefWave 45

[SCHAULJ]

New tank is on the way. Excited to get back in the hobby! This will be my first tank w/ sump, previously had a FOWLR that housed a lion fish and snowflake moray as well as a JBJ 28G Nanocube. I will be cycling w/ Dr Tims One and Only.

Aquarium
- Red Sea Reefer 350, V3 Sump, White Cabinet
- CaribSea Arag Alive Fiji Pink 80lbs
- CaribSea Life Rock Shapes 40lbs
- CaribSea Life Rock 20lbs
- Aquaforest Stone Fix Aquascape Cement/Glue

ATO
- Tunze Osmolator 3155 ATO

Flow
- Ecotech Marine Vectra S2 return pump
- Red Sea ReefWave 45
- Replace Red Sea return nozzle with dual nozzles from loc line (Install TBD)

Filtration
- Red Sea filter 2 cups (no longer using the sock)
- Red Sea Reefer RSK 300 protein skimmer
- Red Sea Reef Spec Carbon (placed in cup)

Lighting
- 2 Red Sea ReefLED 90's

Heating
- Cobalt Neotherm 300 - which is a pair of 150's (Originally started w/ 2 Eheim Ebo Jager 150's but could not get them dialed in/calibrated. After several attempts, I returned them to saltwateraquarium.com)

Testing
- Hanna H198319 Salinity and Temp Tester
- Hannah ULR Phosphate Checker
- Hannah Alkalinity DKH CHecker
- Red Sea Nitrate Pro

Controller
- TBD

Water Management
- MaxPure 4 Stage MPDI 90
- 2 Brute 32 Gal w/ Lids

Livestock
- Yellow Tang
- Flame Angel
- Black Ice Clown (2)
- 6 Line Wrasse
- Green Chromis School... No luck once again
- Starry Blenny
- Blue Damsel
- Lyretail Anthia... 1 jumped and 1 disapeared, down to 1

- Duncan
- Blastomussa Wellsi
- Indo Branching Frog Spawn...polyp bailout
- Aussie Violet Tipped Purple Torch
- Rainbow BTA
- ORA Red Goniopora
- Red Montipora Capricornis...dead
- Neon Green Sinularia
- Colt
- Zoa Utter Chaos
- Zoa Smurfs
- Zoa Sonic Flares
- Zoa Rainbow Infusions
- Zoa Ultra Gobstoppers
- TSA Firework Cloves

- Red Cleaner Shrimp
- Fighting Conch
- Tiger Conch
- Emerald Green Crab (sump)
- Sand Sifting Starfish
- 3 Scarlet Reef Crabs
- Few Blue Legged Crabs
- 15 Trochus Snails
- 5 Bumblebee Snails
- 4 Nassarius Snails
- Few Ceriths Snails

 

[Dub_G]

Looks like a good list of equipment. I have a Red Sea Max E-260 and I have a block of Marinepure in the sump. I haven't had any problems with it in my tank.

 

[clabern]

Following along, I just setup a 250 myself - interested to see how the ReefLED 90's work out!

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Sounds like a good list

One thing I would reconsider is the fijian pink. Against my better judgement I went with that sand by recommendation of my LFS and hated it. It blows all over the place. I eventually siphoned most of it out and replaced with special grade. There is still some of the fiji pink in there and its still a PITA

Edit: would also consider VCA RFG for return nozzle. Have been very happy with mine.

I do have a brightwell no3 export plate in my sump. It has held up well for nearly a year with no issue

 

[NY_Caveman]

Welcome to R2R! I prefer Matrix myself.

 

[clabern]

Also meant to mention that I highly recommend replacing the filter sock with another filter cup. I have some Maxspect Bio-spheres in mine that I top with filter floss (and/or carbon if I want to run it) and it works out super well. I just pull out the filter floss and refresh when it gets dirty.

 

[SCHAULJ]

Appreciate everyones comments and suggesstions, thank you! Tank will be delivered tomorrow. I will have the holiday weekend to set up and start the cycle. I will post pics once its aquascaped.

 

[btmedic04]

This is gonna be an awesome build! Cant wait to see it come to life!

 

[SCHAULJ]

Its wet! Aquascape turned out great and 60lbs of life rock was the perfect amount. The Reef LED90's add the perfect amount of shimmer on the sand bed, app works great too. Will be cycling w/ Dr Tims today. More to come!

 

[Auquanut]

Awesome scape!

 

[SCHAULJ]

Thanks aquanut!

 

[btmedic04]

Scape came out awesome! How is the coverage with the reefled 90s?

 

[dantimdad]

That is amazing looking! Good job!

 

[SCHAULJ]

Thanks guys. Coverage is great, very happy with these lights. True test will be how corals respond to them...

 

[SCHAULJ]

Quick question. My skimmer is off, my filter socks are out - do I also remove the bag of reef spec carbon prior to using Dr Tims One and Only?

 

[btmedic04]

Dont run carbon during your cycle. What tends to happen is your biological filtration will populate the carbon, which is then removed regularly. This removes some of your bio filter when you change out your carbon

 

[SCHAULJ]

Carbon removed, cycle started. Thanks!

 

[SCHAULJ]

Day 2
Ammonia 1 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 5 ppm
PH 8 ppm

 

[SCHAULJ]

Just calibrated my eheims, both were running about 2 degrees warmer than the factory setting. Aquarium should drop from 80.4 to around 78 by the morning.

Attempted to hook up my Tunze 3155 ATO but a little confused on the best approach w/ the reefer 350. I did not have enough space in the return pump area to set the sensors so I'm thinking about putting the sensors in the refugium chamber (water is very calm here, its next to the lower door bracket in pic). I was planning on mounting the return line at the top of the tank next to the overflow box to avoid any potential back siphoning. The v3 sump comes w/ a larger freshwater reservoir compared to the prior models so I will be using that tank (sits right on top of sump) for my rodi water. I believe it holds 4.7 gallons.

My question to you... any issues w/ mounting sensors in the dedicated refugium space in the V3 sumps? Putting the pump in freshwater tank (pump is in the freshwater tank in the pic) and running the return line to the top next to the overflow box?

Thanks in advance!

 

[btmedic04]

Im fairly certain the water level sensor has to go in the return chamber as that is the area that will be effected by evaporation. The baffles will keep the other sections level regardless of evaporation