Red Sea Reefer Nano

jefra · Feb 7, 2017

Joining the Red Sea Reefer crew, albeit only with a nano. Freight delivery's scheduled for tomorrow 2/8/16!

Equipment:

Tank: Red Sea Reefer Nano (21 gal)
Sump: Red Sea Reefer Nano (7 gal)
Pump: Sicce Syncra 2.0 Aquarium Pump (568 gph)
Light: Kessil A360WE, Tuna Blue
Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 5
Powerhead: VorTech MP10
Heater: Neo-Therm 150W
ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO, 5 gallon reservoir
Salt: AquaForest Reef Salt/AquaForest Probiotic Reef Salt
Substrate: Tropic Eden Aragavive ReefFlakes (20 lb)
Rock: CaribSea Life Rock (10 lb shelf, 10 lb branch)

Current Tank:

Day 1:

HolisticBear · Feb 7, 2017

Following, I'm considering the Nano or 170.

I like your aquascape + the use of the spoiler tag! I love how quiet the overflow is in the reefer tank, curious how much noise your skimmer + fan lights + pumps add. I'm looking for a super quiet setup myself.

jefra · Feb 8, 2017

Thanks! The scape ended up being way too wide so I epoxyed the two sides on top of each other which actually looks better in the cube anyway. ~~I don't have the cabinet door on or the skimmer running, but the draining's currently pretty loud. I'm sure the cabinet door will buffer a lot of that sound though.~~ Running a lot of filter floss to help clear up the sandstorm. I'll update again as soon as it's cleared.

One small difference with the 170 that'd be really nice is the extra few inches it has next to the sump.

dragon99 · Feb 8, 2017

Looking good. I'm going to be setting up a Reefer Nano soon.

The drain should be silent. It takes a little fiddling with the valve, but the drain on my Reefer 350 is dead silent. The only time I hear any water is when the sock overflows or water goes down the emergency drain.

jefra · Feb 8, 2017

You're a lifesaver. Just adjusted the valve and the entire system is now dead silent.

dragon99 · Feb 8, 2017

And join the reefer club:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/show-off-and-discuss-your-red-sea-reefer-series.219309/

Preme · Feb 8, 2017

Awesome aquascape! What are your coral stocking plans?

jefra · Feb 8, 2017

@dragon99 I'll definitely post in the Reefer Club once the dust settles.

@Rex My 13.5 that I'm upgrading from is mostly LPS/softies. I think I'll stock it pretty euphyllia heavy. Maybe a poci colony and some monti caps eventually.

HolisticBear · Mar 15, 2017

@jefra any updates? I'm getting closer to ordering a Nano, wondering if I should upgrade the sump.

jefra · Mar 16, 2017

@MrMichael

Sadly will be moving to Florida in a few weeks and am prepping the system for sale. The sump is more than adequate, I just wish it was taller and allowed for more space in the cabinet. Current livestock is a pair of ocellaris clowns, a blue reef chromis, and a male mandarin. Have a little Euphyllia area - a green fluorescence infected hammer coral, another hammer, and a pink tipped frogspawn. Duncans, blue shrooms and zoas scattered throughout.

Still absolutely in love with the system, it's such high quality and look forward to getting another in a year or two.

SantaMonicaHelp · Mar 16, 2017

jefra said:
Joining the Red Sea Reefer crew, albeit only with a nano. Freight delivery's scheduled for tomorrow 2/8/16!

Equipment:

Tank: Red Sea Reefer Nano (21 gal)

Sump: Red Sea Reefer Nano (7 gal)

Pump: Sicce Syncra 2.0 Aquarium Pump (568 gph)

Light: Kessil A360WE, Tuna Blue

Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 5

Powerhead: VorTech MP10

Heater: Neo-Therm 150W

ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO, 5 gallon reservoir

Salt: AquaForest Reef Salt/AquaForest Probiotic Reef Salt

Substrate: Tropic Eden Aragavive ReefFlakes (20 lb)

Rock: CaribSea Life Rock (10 lb shelf, 10 lb branch)

Current Tank:

Day 1: