Tanuki's Red Sea MAX S-500

[Tanuki]

I am new to R2R. A few of my friends are members here, so I figured I would join as well.

I have had a 180 up and running for a few years, but recently decided to scale down to the Redsea Max S-500.

Here is the previous tank (slowly being broken down as the new tank is cycling etc.

Here is day one with the RSM starting to fill with water:

Big Chiller:

Aquascaping:

Moved the Vortech from the previous tank down to this one:

And now I am just waiting for the tank to get through the initial Ammonia/Nitrite spikes.

Thanks for looking. Updates to come.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Wow beautiful set up! So glad you joined us!

 

[revsgirl]

Looks great!!


Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

 

[brentd]

Awesome you joined R2R as well man, its funny how many years we have both put off joining this forum. I guess I need to start my tank thread too

 

[Tanuki]

Wow beautiful set up! So glad you joined us!

Thank you, glad to be here!

Looks great!!

Thank you, I can't wait to see it all grown in.


Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream!  Tonya

Awesome you joined R2R as well man, its funny how many years we have both put off joining this forum. I guess I need to start my tank thread too

Very excited on the site. Great place to meet other reefers like myself.

 

[jedidad]

Aquascape looks great. The redsea max tanks are so nice.

 

[Tanuki]

Thank you. I am excited to get through my cycle so that I can move over my corals. I have a few nice ones for the new tank.

 

[Tanuki]

Moved some tester corals in tonight. We will watch them over the next few days. So far they seem one though.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

We are super glad you both joined. Thank you and I can't wait for more photos!

 

[MarvinsReef]

RSM is looking good.


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[Tanuki]

Thanks guys. I moved all of my lower end corals to the tank. Ill let them sit a couple of weeks and hopefully they will be good. The candy canes that went in last night look amazing, so things are looking good.

 

[A-SpecUA6]

Nice room! Reefing is not a cheap hobby.

 

[Tanuki]

^Thank you!

I added a few more of the lower end corals last night. Made sure to dip them even bringing them over from my own tank. Really hoping that none of those nasty little star fish came with them, but who knows?


Corals had been in the tank maybe 6 hours or so when I took these pictures. Everything looks really happy so far. The toadstools are both still adjusting, but I think they are recovering from the old tank.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

wow outstanding. red sea are really nice tanks and you have made it even better. cant wait to see everything moved over.

 

[Tanuki]

wow outstanding. red sea are really nice tanks and you have made it even better. cant wait to see everything moved over.

Well thank you, if that's not an awesome compliment, I don't know what is?

Thanks for the kind words!

One more of the Blue Meanie

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Great looking tank! Love the rock work!!

 

[Tanuki]

Great looking tank! Love the rock work!!

Thank you! I am really glad I chose to keep the rocks off of all sides of the tank. It is just a peninsula and not only does that make cleaning easier, I can also put coral on the back side. This makes for a very cool view when looking from the side.

 

[Tanuki]

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Moved the rest of my corals over this weekend. I will have to watch and see how they do. I need a dosing pump and some reactors next.

 

[Tanuki]

Corals have been in for a few weeks now, and everything looks pretty good. That favia and the montipora have both lost some color though, not sure if it is too much light, or a deficiency yet though. I will be testing tonight.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Looks great. I'm loving it