MARINECRITTERS Redsea Reefer 350

How is the Vertex Omega 130 working on your Reefer 350? Did you wish you went with the 150?

I am waiting on my Reefer 350 to arrive - I am running the Omega 130 on my current 50 gallon tank. I would love the extra sump space for a recirculating biopellet reactor.

And how much did you have to raise the skimmer? Instead of an acrylic stand I was thinking of using the 1 inch thick marinepure block.
 
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How is the Vertex Omega 130 working on your Reefer 350? Did you wish you went with the 150?

I am waiting on my Reefer 350 to arrive - I am running the Omega 130 on my current 50 gallon tank. I would love the extra sump space for a recirculating biopellet reactor.

And how much did you have to raise the skimmer? Instead of an acrylic stand I was thinking of using the 1 inch thick marinepure block.

I would say go as big as possible with the skimmer. I would have used the 150 if the 130 was not on sale :)

I lifted the skimmer 1.5" but it still took a week or so for it to 'break in'
 
Update picture. I added a second MP40
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Update: The tank is quickly approaching 2 years now and I want to share what's going on!
I have not seen any casualties in close to one year and all the corals are thriving. The most major setback I have faced is an infestation of acropora eating flatworms… It really sucked as I lost some of my most prized pieces: RR red diablo, a huge colony of acropora speciosa, a large colony of acropora turaki, a colony of garf bonsai, and a few other rare pieces.

After consistently dipping all of my surviving colonies, this is what my tank looks like roughly 1 year after the infestation
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One of my favourite pieces, favia sp.
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RR Strawberry Shortcake, an extremely slow-growing coral in my experience.
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Lastly, I have moved to a more simple filtration approach. I have found that simplicity is key to a stable reef tank and to achieve this I have removed a lot of the 'bulk' that used to be in my sump. Right now I am only running a skimmer, gfo reactor, and a couple marinepure blocks in the baffles of my sump.
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Update!
The tank has been up for almost three years now; I figured some new photos were due.
No new inhabitants have been added to the tank in the last year or so… I chose to let the few corals I have grow into a reef rather than stuffing a bunch of tiny frags together.
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Huge piece of war coral has grown in nicely
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Strawberry Shortcake acro has been encrusting rather then growing upward…
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I am still maintaining a very simple filtration setup. Only a skimmer, filter socks, GFO reactor, and marine pure blocks are being used; I have found the more complex a system, the more likely things are to fail.
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