Fishboy11's Red Sea Reefer 250 Build

fishboy11 · Jun 4, 2016

Almost done. Added a little extra glue to my arch rock, but most of it should be cured within the next few hours. I'll post a picture when it's done. Currently producing RO water for the tank. Will begin mixing in the next few hours as well.

I will be having a GCFI breaker installed as well for protection. I shocked my self a while back and it was not fun.

fishboy11 · Jun 5, 2016

Tank is up and running. Got the majority of my rock work done. May add a small cave on the left. Skimmer is breaking in. Unfortunately I won't be able to put my AI Primes on until the middle of next week.

For those following, where should I put the float switch for my Tunze ATO? I'm thinking it should be in the pump chamber...?

fishboy11 · Jun 11, 2016

Just a little update. Tank is up and cycling. One of the arms for my 3rd prime wouldn't thread, so I should be receiving a new one Monday. The rock work is almost finished. Gonna add some small rockwork on the left to try and give the tank some depth. The base rock on the right is actually about 4" behind the one of the left, but it's tough to tell.

Went and bought a 20g long for quarantine. I think I'm gonna cut an acrylic divider and put it in the middle. That or egg crate. My plan is to keep the ammonia reduced through water changes. What is everyone's opinion on this? I bought prazipro and bright well ionic copper for the quarantine process.

fishboy11 · Jul 16, 2016

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've updated. The tank is coming along very well. I'm at 6 weeks for the tank, and have moved all fish/corals over as well as added some acros. I'm doing the complete Red Sea supplement program and will be testing tomorrow and will post those numbers. Below are some crappy cell phone pics. Enjoy [emoji4]

Hawkins Enchinata (Garf Bonsai in front. No polyp extension. Did a Coral RX dip today)

Rainbow BTA and Hammer

Strawberry Shortcake and Pearlberry

Not pictured are a blue tip tenuis (really nice but can't get a decent picture), a no name green acro, ORA spongodes, and a green birdsnest.

Hecdr34 · Jul 16, 2016

Very nice everything looks great. FYI you could mount that light in the center if you snap off the back piece from the lid. It's made for that reason and it snaps right off without any tools.

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fishboy11 · Jul 16, 2016

Hecdr34 said:
Very nice everything looks great. FYI you could mount that light in the center if you snap off the back piece from the lid. It's made for that reason and it snaps right off without any tools.

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Wow I had no idea. Thanks a lot!!