Reef octopus T90 slimflow or redsea 250

becks · Jan 30, 2017

I'm looking at downsizing my tank, mainly because the tank diemensions are a pain, I'm looking at the reef octopus t90 or redsea 250,

The diemensions of the reef octopus t90 slimflow is 35.4" x 18 x18 the slim overflow is coast to coast and its really slim and I've seen the tank in the flesh which looks amazing. Just unsure about 18" height which in the tank proportions looks much more pleasing to the eye than the redsea.

Only downside is the reef octopus is more expensive because it comes with a return pump, skimmer and media reactor but I guess I could sell them.

Here's what the reef octopus looks like;
https://reefbuilders.com/2015/09/05/lux-slim-flow-aquarium-shown-reef-octopus/

My coral beauty will be ok in these tanks?

nervousmonkey · Jan 30, 2017

Man, I have not seen the Reef Octo slim before, but that's a slick tank. What skimmer comes with? I love RO skimmers, though use a Deltec. If all the equipment is RO, it isn't bad. The Red Sea is great too, I have one, but I love the 18" depth. Only issue is 18" width, but that really won't matter much once it's set up. I'd go 100% with the Reef Octo. I want one.

becks · Jan 30, 2017

Yeah it comes with the following;
RO Classic 150-S Protein Skimmer
RO aq-3000
Bio-Churn 90-INT Reactor
Reef octopus acrylic sump with an adjustable height return section,
ATO
Pipework

The build quality was on par with the redsea tank and the slim overflow looked gorgeous as you had no weir. proportionally it looked nicer than the redsea.

I just would not want to rehome my coral beauty and I would be unsure to either sell the RO skimmer or my Magus curve 5.