Devoted Reefer 250

[Bobbitworm13]

What lfs do you use? I am in Kentucky and have only been to pet central in bowling green. It has good stock but not much selection

[pelphrey]

Originally Posted by Bobbitworm13

What lfs do you use? I am in Kentucky and have only been to pet central in bowling green. It has good stock but not much selection

I have the Fish Doctor right up the road from me. They always have a nice selection of fish and they just got a nice coral table filled. Since you are closer to Nashville than I am you should visit Aquatic Critter, I will be going back. Also Aquatica in Louisville is a good store!

[Bobbitworm13]

What lfs do you go to? I'm in Kentucky as well and have only been to pet central in Bowling Green. It seems like it has good stock but they don't have a lot of selection

[Bobbitworm13]

Oops double posted

[Bobbitworm13]

Ok I've seen aquatica, it's about two hours from me

[pelphrey]

Originally Posted by Bobbitworm13

Ok I've seen aquatica, it's about two hours from me

Aquatica and Aquatic Critters are both just at 2 hours for me. It's nice to be able to go in and pick your livestock but as far as time I am not sure how many trips I'll make. I usually spend enough money to qualify for free shipping for most online retailers.

[pelphrey]

[mystikal]

Great looking tank. Love the reefer series, Definitely upgrading to a reefer series this year.

[pelphrey]

Originally Posted by mystikal

Great looking tank. Love the reefer series, Definitely upgrading to a reefer series this year.

Thank you!!! You will be very happy with the reefer series tanks!

[pelphrey]

Wanted to try out an Algae Turf Scrubber, when I got the chance to grab the Santa Monica RAIN2 I jumped on it. I haven't got it installed on the tank just yet!


GEM5 lights


Currently there is 1 GEM5 light installed in the ATS. I do have all 4 lights and will install them as needed!


Test fitting the ATS in the sump of my Red Sea Reefer 250. Still not sure if I will install it here, but I wanted to see how well it would fit!


The ATS with the hood on for test fitment-


The Nyos 120 skimmer have proven to be a work horse and is still dead silent!


After a Week -




Cleaned and ready to return to service-

[pelphrey]

Be sure to always do your research when buying fish! I decided I wanted to try a Butterfly fish, the fish was beautiful no doubt. Shortly after introducing the fish into the tank I noticed that my zoa's were closed up. I knew the Butterfly was responsible, I wasn't worried about the zoa's as they are one of my least favorite corals. But when the Butterfly decided to start picking my my scoly and acan's it was time to go!

Luckily for me getting the rock out of the tank is simple. Since I used the Emarco 400 to bond my rock work together to make 2 large structures I removed both structures and trapped the Butterfly!



This seemed like a good time to flip the rocks around. I used to have the large structure on the left, I decided to put it on the right and see how it looked -

[pelphrey]

Frag's that I put into the tank over a week ago are doing well!





Can you help me identify this frag? It looked amazing in the display at Aquatic Critter and I had to have it, I did look at the name and as soon as I got home I forgot what it was!

[tenurepro]

Originally Posted by pelphrey

Frag's that I put into the tank over a week ago are doing well!











Can you help me identify this frag? It looked amazing in the display at Aquatic Critter and I had to have it, I did look at the name and as soon as I got home I forgot what it was!

Sps - acropora tenuis if I had to guess... does it large polyps like below



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[pelphrey]

Originally Posted by tenurepro

Sps - acropora tenuis if I had to guess... does it large polyps like below



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I've not yet seen any polyps on this frag, nor have I seen it change any colors besides the purple is has always been. I do have it in a location where it is getting a lot of light and moderate flow.

Thanks for your help!

[pelphrey]

[pelphrey]

In an effort to take charge or my equipment I picked up this cabinet from Amazon. I initially had plans to keep all of my equipment inside the stand, since I added the Apex things got out of control quickly.

My overall objective is to keep the inside of the tank stand "wet" and move all of the hardware into this cabinet. Doing this I hope will make cable management a lot easier and when it comes time to remove equipment as needed for cleaning it won't be much of a hassle.

I have a little work to do on this cabinet to make it work for me, I hope to have all equipment moved into this cabinet in the next few weeks!

[tenurepro]

Great idea... space is tight in the reefer 250 stand!


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[mystikal]

How's the nyos going? I pulled the trigger on the reefer 250, and have been looking into a couple skimmers: eshopps s 120, nyos, or classic reef octopus

[pelphrey]

Originally Posted by tenurepro

Great idea... space is tight in the reefer 250 stand!


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I thought I was going to make it work, but my mind changes daily! haha

Originally Posted by mystikal

How's the nyos going? I pulled the trigger on the reefer 250, and have been looking into a couple skimmers: eshopps s 120, nyos, or classic reef octopus

I love the Nyos skimmer, it is dead silent and is a strong work horse!

[pelphrey]

Got to work on the "Equipment Cabinet" a little over the weekend. I thought this cabinet came with a wooded back, but it was cardboard. So I cut the bottom off to run cables in!


Added brackets to the stand, this will hold the ply wood going onto the back to screw in equipment as needed -


Plywood added to the back of the cabinet -


Next up will be reserving some time to get all of my equipment moved over. I figure it will take me about 2 hours to be on the safe side.

[pelphrey]

[pelphrey]

Had to paint the side of the plywood white, went ahead and painted the entire back! Going to try to move all of my equipment into here this weekend or next week!

[mystikal]

Looks good, your putting that right next to the tank?

[pelphrey]

Originally Posted by mystikal

Looks good, your putting that right next to the tank?

Thanks! You are correct, I made an "equipment" board and have it mounted behind the chiller opening. I've decided I would rather keep inside the tank stand as strictly a "wet" space and move all of my equipment into this cabinet.

I am thinking and hoping this will allow me to better organize all of the wiring, if I need to pull a piece of equipment out right now it is a pain. If I wasn't running the apex I wouldn't even be adding a cabinet, and since I just bought another energy bar this makes the most sense for me.

[pelphrey]

Second energy bar mounted inside the cabinet-


Need to clean this mess up!


Equipment cabinet in place!


I'll get before and after shots under the tank stand soon! I will be going back and cleaning up the cables inside the equipment cabinet soon. I had to take my system completely down to do this move and I wanted to get everything back up and running quickly!