Shaun's 2000 Litre (530 USG) Living Reef & Red Sea Max S 650 LED Design & Build
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My condolences. My fox is my 2 sons favourite fish. I can’t imagine losing him. And yours is beautiful. I’m sorry Shaun.RIP foxy guy......
He was one of my bestist fishy friends, he’s been looking a little lethargic for about 4-5 days, hanging around in the rocks at the back of the tank were he sleeps. No signs of any illness, and out with the cleaner wrasse for his daily manicure several times each day.
He hasn’t been eating much for a few days so I guess I’ll never know the cause......
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Ugh im sorry man.. all foxes are such characters. Hang tough and best luck with the new additions.
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At Just under 10 months old, the corals are really growing, infact I’ve been fragging some of them into the S650
Enjoy, although as usual, the video doesn’t do It justice to what it looks like in real life, but you get the idea.....
Enjoy, although as usual, the video doesn’t do It justice to what it looks like in real life, but you get the idea.....
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Great video Shaun.
Love the polyp extension on all the corals and the fact that you have a lot of damsels.
Which fish is hte one that swims from back to front around 3:26? Looks to have a a yellow back and white/blue sides and belly.
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Thanks Jan, I think the one you mean is a sunrise dottyback, Pseudochromis Flavivertex
He’s very pretty, and was tiny when I added him. It’s amazing to see how they grow when youve had them since being very small.
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Amazing BEAST of a tank!
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Amazing Shaun. I love the mixed reef. Great variety of corals and fish. I can imagine it’ll be even better once the SPS grow out even more.
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Thanks Rev!
i had a notification from you saying ‘your thread was featured’ what does that mean?
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Thanks Scott, It should get better with age as well, remember it’s still less than 10 months old and getting pretty much full.
Ive been adding mainly SPS along the top layers and middle, and am now concentrating on probably LPS etc for the bottom layers, hence the mushroom corals appearing which look stunning in real life especially the big pink one on the left hand side of the tank
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My tank is less than 2 months old. I get what you mean. @Billldg has a new build coming along so he’ll have the baby monster tank to worry about soon. But it’s fun watching things grow. I get attached to corals and fish as they grow, change and transform.
But it’s funny how you also have a 650L to play with. Goodness... how much stocking you have to do.
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Well the S650 is full, I haven’t added any fish for ages, infact I’ve moved a few into the ‘big house’ and at some point will probably move the Emporer Angelfish as well. The others will stay were they are.
The S650 is now the baby tank, but it’s still very big by most standards!
As far as looking after them, I don’t have much to do at all to be honest other than monitor them. I’ve systems in place for everything and most tasks are automated or very simple.
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Is the emperor a juvie or adult? Those things go mad for LPS.
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The deep ocean, Red Sea Max S650 in the evenings........
And now for the arrival of the new custom made 2000 litre system. The new and the old. You can see the reflection of the S650 in the glass. September 2019 the big build begins..... Page 70+
July 2020 7 months old
Here’s a few closer pictures
My view in the evenings as the lights dim and the systems go blue, it’s simply magical......
Here’s a video of the new system at around 9 1/2 months old. I hope you enjoy it.
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Sunrise in the Red Sea S650 around 4 years old, 28th April 2020
January 2019 side shot of the S650
Absolutely amazinh
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Thanks Stephen and thanks for saying hello as well
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The S650 has some serious alkalinity uptake these days, I’m having to add 275ml per day of Red Sea Foundation B solution.
I use the 1kg powder and mix to a solution into a 5 litre container, but with this usage you can see how much I’m getting through.
Now you can imagine what I’ve spent, so although I don’t want to appear like a ‘tight a...’ Ive been looking at alternatives. You know, save a penny save a pound.....
Now I’m not going to get another calcium reactor, yet, so I’ve been looking at Kalkwasser to add into the ATO, but only in small amounts, just to reduce the Reef Foundation’ usage and the chore of refilling it every few weeks. I’m thinking maybe at 50% of the normal amount
The ATO system is Apex ATK with Apex of course, so it can also monitor pH and therefore have an emergency switch off point just in case
Anybody else do this ?
I use the 1kg powder and mix to a solution into a 5 litre container, but with this usage you can see how much I’m getting through.
Now you can imagine what I’ve spent, so although I don’t want to appear like a ‘tight a...’ Ive been looking at alternatives. You know, save a penny save a pound.....
Now I’m not going to get another calcium reactor, yet, so I’ve been looking at Kalkwasser to add into the ATO, but only in small amounts, just to reduce the Reef Foundation’ usage and the chore of refilling it every few weeks. I’m thinking maybe at 50% of the normal amount
The ATO system is Apex ATK with Apex of course, so it can also monitor pH and therefore have an emergency switch off point just in case
Anybody else do this ?
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