scubasteve92 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hey everyone, I am starting this thread at work and will post updates later today (hopefully posting this now will force me to do it when I get home ). I have been in this hobby for a few years now but this is my first tank over 30 gallons It has been running since mid January and it pretty much cycled at this point. System Specs: Display: Red Sea Reefer 250 (54g) Stand: Standard Black Stand from Red Sea Sump(upgraded): Trigger Systems Sapphire 26 Lighting: 2x AI Hydra 26HD (Display), AI Prime Freshwater HD (Fuge) Wavemaker: Vortech MP40QD, thinking about adding a MP10 to the back wall Return: Sicce Syncra Silent 4.0 Protein Skimmer: Reef Octopus 110SSS 5" Heater: 2x Eheim Jager 125W ATO: Tunze Osmolator Controller: None atm, hoping to get an APEX soon-ish, currently powered by 2x American DJ Powerstrips Fuge: ball of clean chaeto, 2x 5280 Pod (both from Algaebarn, if you haven't used them.. DO IT!), 1 box of Marinepure ceramic spheres Rock: 50lbs. of BRS Reef Saver Rock, this was ordered back in Oct. and was in a brute cycling until it went into the tank in Jan. Sand: 40lbs of Caribsea Fiji Pink sand Stocking: (**I do not have any of the following yet, these are all things I hope to add to the system**) Fish: 2x snowflake clowns, green mandarin dragonet (when the pods are booming in my fuge), wrasse (either fairy or leopard), **fish I may get but have not decided on yet.. midas blenny, some small anthias (maybe), yellow tang (MAYBE..), dwarf angel, Coral: Looking to keep a good mix of corals, some sps, some lps, and some zoas and palys If I had it my way the tank would be full of acros, but my wife likes movement so I have to include at least some LPS. Clean Up Crew: purchasing a kit from reefcleaners That is all I know at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dogfish Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubasteve92 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 5:11 PM, Dogfish said: nice Thanks! Added a bicolor blenny and a couple snails! Ill add pics later tonight once I get home from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Looking forward to some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Sweet setup, x2 on the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jimbo662 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Good to see another tank build from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubasteve92 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thank you everyone!! ** Pic Update I apologize for the crappy cell phone pics.. but here is the tank as it sits now. I still have to work on my cable management. Please excuse the mess.. I am planning on building a small cabinet that will go to the left of the stand with a potted plant or something on it. It will house my American DJ powerstips and all the modules and eventually an Apex (hopefully). I will say I wish I had gone with the 350 just so I could have more room under the stand and also the extra foot of tank length, but I am running through 5g of top off every 4-5 days so the 10g ato container would have been much better but I am out of room in the stand.. I guess I could try to work it into the stand cabinet I am planning on building.. Idk Anyways.. PICS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Very nice tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dogfish Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Another one of them fancy sumps. Ahhhh some day ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubasteve92 Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 8:15 AM, Dogfish said: Another one of them fancy sumps. Ahhhh some day ......... I really do love it. I'd watch around black Friday. BRS puts them on sale then or you can look through their open box deals and find one on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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