Steve's Reefer 250

Pennywise the Clown · Sep 6, 2019

Flameback Pair · Sep 6, 2019

@Pennywise the Clown corals are looking good. What make doser did you get?

merereef · Sep 6, 2019

What is your lighting schedule? Reckon you could post a screen shot of the ai schedule?

Pennywise the Clown · Sep 6, 2019

powers2001 said:
@Pennywise the Clown corals are looking good. What make doser did you get?

Thanks mate.

Went for the Jebao DP-3. Mainly because I'm away for a week next week and wanted something in place before leaving. And I watched a couple of YT vids where it got very good reviews for the price.
I've been very impressed with it so far.

Pennywise the Clown · Sep 6, 2019

merereef said:
What is your lighting schedule? Reckon you could post a screen shot of the ai schedule?

I run 2 x Hydra 26's and the Pirates of the Caribbean schedule with increased intensity.

Pennywise the Clown · Sep 22, 2019

My little reef looking great this morning. Upping my light intensity and adding a doser for stability has definitely made a difference.
My Blueberry Fields acro and milleporas are starting to take off. My hammers, which had started to look pale, have colored up.
I'm also having to dose nitrates and phosphates a couple of days a week to get any reading which is also helping.

LadyMac · Sep 22, 2019

What a fantastic little reef!

Pennywise the Clown · Sep 22, 2019

I'm excited to see how this little fella matures. It did nothing for a couple of months and then in the last week or two has really started to take off.

Pennywise the Clown · Oct 5, 2019

Red Planet added. Hopefully does as well as my other sps frags are doing

Pennywise the Clown · Oct 20, 2019

A new frag added, a nice and chunky Strawberry Shortcake. Only been in the display a couple of hours but starting to color up and extend polyps.

Flameback Pair · Oct 26, 2019

powers2001 said:
Looks like display tank is doing good !!! Can we get a picture of the inside of the cabinet?

^^^

Pennywise the Clown · Oct 26, 2019

powers2001 said:
^^^

Very simple stuff. A skimmer, a bag of carbon and 1 litre of siphorax.

Pennywise the Clown · Nov 1, 2019

I lost one of my clowns to a bacterial infection a few weeks ago so I decided to add a small juvenile in the hope that my existing clown would accept it.
Unfortunately the new addiction got instantly attacked by both the clown and my algae blenny so was removed after 10 minutes and returned to my LFS.
After taking advice from here I bought myself a acclamation box and tried again. This time it worked a treat and my clown has accepted the new fish.
The clown instantly found a home in my torch coral while the other is happy in her hammers. I have a BTA inches away which they both completely ignore.
Stupid clowns.
Here is a pic, the new clown is the lighter colour.

Pennywise the Clown · Nov 16, 2019

Had a few issues lately with my acros tips burning and actually lost one of my millies. I put this down to high alk and low nutrients so I've changed my salt fro Red Sea Coral pro to the blue bucket.
I've also changed my source water to a zero TDS guaranteed source. This will keep me going until I get around to buying my own rodi unit.
A few new corals added, 3 acros and a couple of digis.

Pennywise the Clown · Nov 24, 2019

The latest addition to the gang, a little baby Yellow Tang. I figure that I've got a couple of years before an upgrade is needed. It will be a good excuse.

Pennywise the Clown · Dec 23, 2019

My little reef still going strong. Acros are slowly growing.

Pennywise the Clown · Feb 8, 2020

My sps experiment has had mixed results.
Some acros have thrived, a couple have faded away and some have done nothing at all.

canadianeh · Feb 8, 2020

Late to your thread but thumbs up!!!

I am thinking of using Caribsea life rock as well for my Reefer 250 build. You are just using one batch of 40lbs Caribsea shapes? Did you mix it with other types of Caribsea life rocks?