New Red Sea 425 G2

gTrezona · Dec 5, 2022

Just got my first saltwater aquarium after being out of the game for about 10 years. ( We bought my son a fluval flex for his bday and it got me hooked again). Got the tank home and set up today. So far we have:

3 Radion xr 15's ( missing the middle one because they were out of stock)

40 pounds of sand
50 pounds of rock

I love the way it looks, with all the caves. Thinking of grabbing a little more rock but not sure yet.

blaxsun · Dec 5, 2022

Fish love caves. Love, love, love. Lots of caves = happy fish!

gTrezona · Dec 6, 2022

What do you guys think of my cave setup? Tank is clearing up nicley after 24hrs.

Lavey29 · Dec 6, 2022

gTrezona said:
What do you guys think of my cave setup? Tank is clearing up nicley after 24hrs.

Scape looks good. Why did you mount the lights front to back instead of side to side? What are you doing for flow?

Congrats on the new set up.

Edit sorry I see you have 15s. I thought you got 30s.....my bad

nuxx · Dec 6, 2022

Fun's just about to start

Petcrazyson · Dec 6, 2022

Following along!

gTrezona · Dec 6, 2022

nuxx said:
Fun's just about to start

Cant wait, already seems like the next 30-45 days is going to take forever

gTrezona · Dec 6, 2022

Lavey29 said:
Scape looks good. Why did you mount the lights front to back instead of side to side? What are you doing for flow?

Congrats on the new set up.

Edit sorry I see you have 15s. I thought you got 30s.....my bad

Haven't bought anything for flow yet. Still doing some research and figuring out what I'm going to need. Any recommendations for this 90 gallon tank that will consist of a lot of coral?

Lavey29 · Dec 6, 2022

gTrezona said:
Haven't bought anything for flow yet. Still doing some research and figuring out what I'm going to need. Any recommendations for this 90 gallon tank that will consist of a lot of coral?

Well since you have radion lights like I do on my XL300 tank, I would recommend MP40s for flow and Vectra M2 for return pump. This way your lights, powerheads and pump are all on one app. I like the mobius app for ease of use and have no issues monitoring and controlling my components.

gTrezona · Dec 6, 2022

Lavey29 said:
Well since you have radion lights like I do on my XL300 tank, I would recommend MP40s for flow and Vectra M2 for return pump. This way your lights, powerheads and pump are all on one app. I like the mobius app for ease of use and have no issues monitoring and controlling my components.

I do have the m.2 up and running already, sorry i misunderstood your previous comment. Only thing i haven't bought yet are power heads. Going to check out the mp40's, thanks.

nuxx · Dec 7, 2022

gTrezona said:
Cant wait, already seems like the next 30-45 days is going to take forever

Remember waiting months for my rock to cure

gTrezona · Dec 8, 2022

How many power heads would you recommend I run in this 90 gallon tank? Im going to go with the mp40's

Petcrazyson · Dec 8, 2022

gTrezona said:
How many power heads would you recommend I run in this 90 gallon tank? Im going to go with the mp40's

So that depends on your goals. Do you want a softie tank? Lps? Sps? Mixed? The base would be 2 on each side with current intermixing with each other to provide variation.

Crabby48 · Dec 8, 2022

gTrezona said:
How many power heads would you recommend I run in this 90 gallon tank? Im going to go with the mp40's

Congratulations on new tank. I would get two mp40’s. One on each side glass.

gTrezona · Dec 10, 2022

I know I am being impatient, but is there anything i can add to the tank to help it cycle faster? Man its been a week of me sitting here staring at my one chromis

Ryebreadiest · Dec 10, 2022

Petcrazyson said:
So that depends on your goals. Do you want a softie tank? Lps? Sps? Mixed? The base would be 2 on each side with current intermixing with each other to provide variation.

I think one mp40 on each side would be plenty for an lps/softy tank. 4 seems like a lot.

leon.1980 · Feb 10, 2023

gTrezona said:
Just got my first saltwater aquarium after being out of the game for about 10 years. ( We bought my son a fluval flex for his bday and it got me hooked again). Got the tank home and set up today. So far we have:

3 Radion xr 15's ( missing the middle one because they were out of stock)

40 pounds of sand
50 pounds of rock

I love the way it looks, with all the caves. Thinking of grabbing a little more rock but not sure yet.

How do you like the XR15’s? What kind of coral do you have? I’m thinking of changing my light. I have a single ap9x.