Skibi’s Red Sea Reefer 250

[Skibi]

Welcome everyone to my Red Sea Reefer 250 deluxe build!! This will be my first tank with a sump and a apex controller so very excited to set this up! I am upgrading from a 12g Nano cube so excited to see how different this tank is going to be!

I purchased the tank and all supplies on Monday. So far have gotten everything except the tank haha! Says it is drop shipping today so probably won’t be for a week or two before I have my hands on it. But I will be posting pictures of the journey and my experiences as I go through this can’t wait!

I have never had led before on a tank so this is going to be interesting to figure that one out. I have tried to see what most people are running to set the lights to but seems like people have all different settings. Makes me wonder if i should of just gone with the t5s?

Equipment:
-AI Hydra 26
-Neptune COR 15
-Neptune Apex Controller
-Maxspect Gyre 230
-Finnex 300 watt heater
- reef octopus essence 130
-Tunze Osmolator 3155
-crystal aquatics resivoir

Current FTS

 

[Skibi]

First boxes have arrived!! So I ordered extra fittings and pipe because I have never plumbed a sump so I wanted to make sure I had everything I would need haha. Probably be returning some of the stuff or might just hang on to it can’t decide.

 

[Savo]

Looks like a great start

 

[Antics]

Great start! Can't wait to see more updates down the road.

 

[Skibi]

Got my box of reef saver rock gotta mock up the tank and start figuring out an aquascape! I am thinking two islands one bigger than the other with a small bay on one but we will see. Also got a tracking number on the actual fish tank look like it will be here tomorrow!! More pics soon to come!!

 

[James Mikell]

How much rock did you get. I have a 250 and trying to decide how much to order

 

[Skibi]

I ended up getting 70 pounds just to give me some different rocks to work with I might be breaking up some of the larger rocks having a hard time coming up with something because a lot of the rocks are kind of big

 

[Skibi]

First attempt at something don’t like it at all so on to the next!

 

[Skibi]

Well it came today! Looks like I got a v3 so the sump is different than what I have been seeing in videos lol but will snap a pic of it in a little bit

 

[Skibi]

Pics of the new sump v3

 

[Skibi]

So made some progress today got the stand and tank on the cabinet and sump placed. Working on hooking up the plumbing next but calling it a night! Tomorrow’s agenda finish plumbing and mount the apex stuff and hopefully have and aquascape figured out!

 

[Flameback Pair]

Great start !!!! I have an reefer 250 too. Check out my build thread.

 

[Skibi]

Well came up with something I liked for the rock but didn’t think about the overflow box so ima just move the rock up to the tank and start playing around and see what I come up with .

 

[Ly78]

I Got the new v3 too

 

[Ly78]

Good thing u didnt get a return pump first. The new v3 has a much smaller return chamber

 

[Skibi]

Well actually I have bought the cor15 and realized right away that it was smaller the cor15 barely fits in there! Ya I had watched a bunch of pelphreys videos on YouTube and when I got mine it was completely different I was kind of shocked haha hopefully now though I won’t have to buy a bigger ato resivior!

 

[Ly78]

Haha just saw that. Just hope your chamber can maintain level and not have your pump start sucking air.

 

[Skibi]

Ya I hope not hadn’t thought of that this is my first tank with a sump so this start up might be interesting haha

 

[grassy_noel]

Cool new sump! So where does the 'fuge go?

 

[Ly78]

Fuge area is supposed to be beside the socks before the skimmer chamber