IL-Reef-A4 Mix Red Sea 625 Build

[IL-Reef-A4]

Hello - Attempting to start a Red Sea Reefer 625 Mixed Reef Tank Build Here.

 

[IL-Reef-A4]

Got the tank moved to the basement. Cut out and installed a food grade HDPE (1/16") and placed that below the rock and sand.

Then I put in ~ 120 LBS of live sand on the bottom (This is just the first 40LBS):

And here we have the tank on day 3 with the two rock structures assembled and water is flowing.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Nice looking aquascape!

 

[IL-Reef-A4]

Nice looking aquascape!

Thank you!

 

[IL-Reef-A4]

I now have the lights setup with a few starting fish. Going with 2X Neptune SKY LED's for this ~58'' x 24" tank.

 

[IL-Reef-A4]

Found this great conversation about copepod propagation and plan to get some pot scrubbers and try it myself.

“Best” environment in sump to promote populations of pods.

What would be the best environment in the refugium to promote a healthy colony of pods? Chaeto, live rock, rubble, pod nests, etc? Thanks

www.reef2reef.com

 

[IL-Reef-A4]

Got the Red Sea 1200 ReefMat and installed in the sump. I went with the bigger one on this system and hope to have a lot of fish and feed them well. I am also no so good at washing/rinsing filter socks so will give this a try (or have limited time).

 

[IL-Reef-A4]

Bought some adaptive reef mounting options and have part of the APEX system mounted to the wall. Makes life much easier. I like these small modules from Adaptive Reef. I t allows me to really customize what I want to do in a tight space.