Somewhat Unique RedSea Reefer 525 G2+ Build

[slingfox]

update on the multibar? is he picking at any corals? id imagine being so tiny maybe not

The Multibar seems to be doing well. Its tail fin was frayed likely due to aggression. That got me nervous but the frayed fins have been healing quickly over the last 4 days or so. I see no aggression anymore from any of the fish including the Falco.

The Multibar mostly stays in the rockwork in the right third of the tank but I saw it exploring the right side of the mid-tank rockwork two days ago. The Multibar mostly picks at the rockwork all day long. I did see it eat some small particles of frozen food yesterday which is a good sign. I am pretty sure the Multibar will make it now. I haven’t observed any picking at coral but it is too early to tell.

 

[slingfox]

Added 24 pounds of live sand from Tampa Bay Saltwater. I ran the sand through a 1/4 inch soil sifter before top dressing the existing sand bed. The pictures don’t do the sand justice—it looks even nicer in person!

Below are pictures without any lens filter. The TBS sand is a mix of light purple and pink sand with some orange and other colors mixed in. In real life the tank looks brighter with less blue and more white and violet:

 

[DHill6]

Close to two months with the Australian live rock. Coraline algae has grown over much of the live rock at record pace. I had to deal with a minor bout of Dinos but they went away after 3 days of basic response measures (dosing silicate and bottled bacteria). I have been dealing with cyano for the last month and a half but haven’t done anything notable other than brushing off the mats of growth a few times a week. I assume the cyano is due to die off on the live rock surface (to be expected). The cyano is mostly in lower flow areas but also survives in areas where the powerheads are hitting them strongly. I am mostly just planning to wait longer for the tank to stabilize.

The live rock had some zoas and palys as hitchhikers. I removed those pieces and scraped off the hitchhikers and put on some Aptasia X to help prevent regrowth. The palys look very nice (a rainbow of orange, yellow, and green) but I did not want them to overtake one of the main rock structures. I thought about transplanting the palys but I avoid unknown palys due to the potential toxicity issues.

There is a bright green plate coral the size of a nickel which I scraped down. It has apparently grown back. I may transplant this one but it is in a very hard to reach potion of the rock so I would have to disassemble one of the structures.

Keeping an eye on my Australian live rock, so far there’s sponges, macro of some sort, among other things.

 

[code4]

Looking great

 

[slingfox]

One year update on the all green frag of Rainbow Slice. After one year of basing out, the frag is showing some red coloration!

October 2025:

October 2026:

Unfortunately, I lost the top half of the original frag since one of my urchins tipped over some of my rockwork which caused several of my more cherished frags to get buried in the sand for a day or so. I lost a healthy Homewrecker frag as well as a portion of my RRC Rainbow Slice. Thankfully the red portions of the Rainbow slice survived!