Abhinand
New Member
Hi guys,
I'm a bit new to R2R as a member, though I have benefited a lot over the years by the useful information posted by fellow reefers.
I live in Dubai and have been a hobbyist for the past 8 years, starting with a 6 foot FOWLR tank back home in India. The reef bug bit me a few years ago and I have been spoilt for choice in terms of reef livestock ever since I moved to Dubai. I just broke down my SPS dominated Red Sea reefer 350 as I am moving homes. The good news is that with the move comes my chance to upgrade aquariums. While my 20 odd corals colonies (and numerous frags) have found a temporary temporary shelter at BPK Aquariums (huge shout out to to the lovely owner - Davron), I plan to embark on this exciting journey of setting up a new tank from scratch
My new aquarium is going to be a Red Sea Reefer Peninsula 650. Still debating the color for the cabinet, but I have a strong preference to the white cabinets made by Red Sea. I have always loved the unique perspective that a Peninsula tank offers and after owning a Red Sea tank for the past 3 years, I see no reason to look elsewhere.
Tank livestock ambitions:
I have enjoyed keeping SPS corals, mainly Acropora and Montipora. I expect to continue on the same vein in my new tank - an abundance of SPS corals, with very select fish as live stock. In my previous tanks, I had not paid too much attention to the fish I kept. Most of then were chosen and added from a more functional perspective. I had a lot of tangs to keep my algae down, some wrasses to keep pests at bay, 1 trusted copper band butterfly to handle aptasia and a pair of clowns fish, coz. who doesn't keep clown fish... In my new Desert Reef (DR), I want to try my luck with a few angel fish. In addition to the angelfish, DR will also have a lot of small fish, ideally anthias. Let's see how the ambition pans out, but over the years, I feel that things in reef keeping work well if you start out with a clear goal for the tank.
Equipment:
I will be using a lot of equipment from my previous tank. The only equipment I sold off was my Vertex Omega 150 skimmer as I feel that I need a much larger skimmer for my DR. I am debating between the Royal Exclusive DC 250 and the Nyos 220/300. At this point, looks like I will eventually go for the RE. I know that it is a beast of a skimmer for my tank size, but I believe that no matter how much we try, we cannot skim the tank enough. I have 3 Radion XR15 G4's on me, which I will be using on DR, but mated to 4 T5 bulbs in a Giesemann Stellar fixture. I hate using filter socks as the task of cleaning them frequently does not work well with my work schedule. The ClariSea 5000 should be a worth addition that I also hope to incorporate into the sump.
I am a few weeks away from my house move. Hope to document, share and learn from this amazing community!
I'm a bit new to R2R as a member, though I have benefited a lot over the years by the useful information posted by fellow reefers.
I live in Dubai and have been a hobbyist for the past 8 years, starting with a 6 foot FOWLR tank back home in India. The reef bug bit me a few years ago and I have been spoilt for choice in terms of reef livestock ever since I moved to Dubai. I just broke down my SPS dominated Red Sea reefer 350 as I am moving homes. The good news is that with the move comes my chance to upgrade aquariums. While my 20 odd corals colonies (and numerous frags) have found a temporary temporary shelter at BPK Aquariums (huge shout out to to the lovely owner - Davron), I plan to embark on this exciting journey of setting up a new tank from scratch
My new aquarium is going to be a Red Sea Reefer Peninsula 650. Still debating the color for the cabinet, but I have a strong preference to the white cabinets made by Red Sea. I have always loved the unique perspective that a Peninsula tank offers and after owning a Red Sea tank for the past 3 years, I see no reason to look elsewhere.
Tank livestock ambitions:
I have enjoyed keeping SPS corals, mainly Acropora and Montipora. I expect to continue on the same vein in my new tank - an abundance of SPS corals, with very select fish as live stock. In my previous tanks, I had not paid too much attention to the fish I kept. Most of then were chosen and added from a more functional perspective. I had a lot of tangs to keep my algae down, some wrasses to keep pests at bay, 1 trusted copper band butterfly to handle aptasia and a pair of clowns fish, coz. who doesn't keep clown fish... In my new Desert Reef (DR), I want to try my luck with a few angel fish. In addition to the angelfish, DR will also have a lot of small fish, ideally anthias. Let's see how the ambition pans out, but over the years, I feel that things in reef keeping work well if you start out with a clear goal for the tank.
Equipment:
I will be using a lot of equipment from my previous tank. The only equipment I sold off was my Vertex Omega 150 skimmer as I feel that I need a much larger skimmer for my DR. I am debating between the Royal Exclusive DC 250 and the Nyos 220/300. At this point, looks like I will eventually go for the RE. I know that it is a beast of a skimmer for my tank size, but I believe that no matter how much we try, we cannot skim the tank enough. I have 3 Radion XR15 G4's on me, which I will be using on DR, but mated to 4 T5 bulbs in a Giesemann Stellar fixture. I hate using filter socks as the task of cleaning them frequently does not work well with my work schedule. The ClariSea 5000 should be a worth addition that I also hope to incorporate into the sump.
I am a few weeks away from my house move. Hope to document, share and learn from this amazing community!
