Reefkpr Red Sea Reefer 525XL build

[Maximitsurugi]

Apologies. Double post

 

[2Sunny]

Thank you! I have a ton of photos of my coral over on IG. Check it out if you want... CC_Reefkpr

Sorry, old dude here. What is "IG"?

 

[aabjones888]

Very nice tank, looks great!

 

[RoTtEn FinZ]

Beautiful my friend..!!!!

 

[Charinga]

Beautiful tank. Waiting for my Red Sea 525XL to arrive. Hoping it eventually looks as nice as yours.

 

[kcoykend]

Sorry, old dude here. What is "IG"?

IG is Instagram

 

[RobertTheNurse]

Hello everyone. My name is Phillip aka Reefkpr on Youtube and CC_Reefkpr on IG. I've been Reefing for 25 years but fairly new to keeping SPS. I also have a 58 Gallon Oceanic Reef that has been running consistently for 25 years and a 40 gallon Breeder Frag tank. I'm Retired and totally addicted to this this hobby. I planned on Documenting and creating a build thread from the beginning of this build, but time just slipped away from me. (Lazy). I've finally decided to start my build thread but kind of work in reverse and show you the progress along the way. My tank is a Red Sea Reefer 525XL and is Currently 1 year 9 months old. Everything was started from frags. I welcome feedback and try and read and respond to any questions. Appreciate everyone following along. Below is a full tank shot on 1/22/19.




Equipment:
Lighting: 3 ea. Ecotech Radion G4 Pros running Coral Labs AB+ extended at end of day for all blues. Overall intensity 50% Controlled with Reeflink

Flow: 2 ea. Maxspect Gyre XF-250's set to LTC mode at 60%

Return pump: Reef Octopus Vario S-8 Controlled with Apex at 75%

Heater: Ehiem Jager 300w controlled with Apex

Controller: Apex 2016 With Fire Tablet for display.

Nutrient export: AquaMaxx Q2 Skimmer and Santa Monica Rain 2 Algae Turf Scrubber.

Dosing Pump: GHL 2.1 Doser recently replaced 4 days ago with Vertex Calcium Reactor

Additives: Salt: Red Sea Blue Bucket. I was using AquaForest Reef Salt but had 2 bad batches. AquaForest Comp 1 2 3, ABVE, AF Life Source, AquaVitro Fuel, Kent Coral Vite,

Rock and Sand: Dry Pukani, Tropic Eden Mini Flakes.

Recent changes to dosing: Vertex Rx-C 6D Calcium Reactor, Aquarium plants CarbonDoser, Kamoer FX-STP Peristaltic pump. Reborn media mixed with Remag. Today is day 4 of it running.

I'll continue to post pictures of how I got to this point and look forward to your comments and questions. Happy Reefing!

Loving everything!!!

 

[Peach02]

I sure do. Here are the Par values of my Radions only. I recently added a T5 Hybrid to help with shadowing.

Any idea what intensity and settings they where running before you added the T5’s?

 

[Jim8o]

Stunning tank!

 

[Scurvy]

One of my favorite tanks to follow on IG, Well done CC-Reefkpr!

 

[NeverlosT]

Congrats Phil on being featured reef!

Tank is looking great!

 

[Bj’s Reef]

I was going to scribe to your channel. However I saw that I’m already subscribed. Your tank looks great.

 

[Scubabum]

Sorry, old dude here. What is "IG"?

Instagram

 

[Scubabum]

Any idea what intensity and settings they where running before you added the T5’s?

Here is my schedule.. All points are 100% blues, UV and violet except for peak of day. Peak of day shown in the screenshot.

 

[Peach02]

Here is my schedule.. All points are 100% blues, UV and violet except for peak of day. Peak of day shown in the screenshot.

Thanks heaps!

 

[915MANG]

Whats sup Phil! Good to see you on here brother!

 

[AlainD]

Switches between Reefcrest and pulse. 55% 1sec in pulse. Also running 2 Sicce XStreams in the back corners at 100% Impulse.

Your second mp40 is at antisync at the same % ?

 

[Scubabum]

Your second mp40 is at antisync at the same % ?

In ReefCrest I run anti sync same percent. In Expanding pulse mode both pumps are set to 1 second pulses same percent independently.

 

[Scubabum]

Santa Monica Rain 2 algae scrubber is needing weekly cleanouts now. P04 tested this morning. .06 No3 5 ppm. I dose Brightwell Aquatic MB7 every 10 days after water change and MicroBacter Clean weekly.

 

[Scubabum]

Happy Fathers day everyone! Full tank shot with left and right tank shots this evening. Changes to the tank include: Added T5 hybrid a month ago, currently running at 4 hours without change to my Radion schedule. I added 1 hour per week to acclimate coral to the higher light. Dripping Kalkwasser 24/7 at 2ml per minute. Ph results while running Kalk alongside the Calcium reactor in photo below.