Reefer 250 build

[mystikal]

Thanks Man!
Cuc: a bunch of blue legged hermit crab, 1 emerald crab, 1 cleaner shrimp, a few nassarius and cerith snails. 12 plus black footed trochus snails. 3 Mexican turbos. Two blue tuxedo urchins - these are great by the way. A strawberry conch. I also recently added a small yellow tang and he spends a lot of time pecking at rocks.

Yes that is the same species of wrasse as Practical Reef! It's a yellow coris wrasse, aka canary wrasse. Unlike the common name suggests, it's is not in the coris genus but actually in the same genus as the Melanrus - genus Helicores I believe


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Oh ok. Seems like you have a good CUC. Only reason I asked, I myself was battling algae. After buying some CUC it's helped a lot. Currently just trying to get most of the bubble algae gone now.

That canary wrasse is nice! I've been thinking about adding a couple more fish to the system. Just not entirely sure yet. Need some "œworker" fish that would help out, and not just take up space


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[tenurepro]

Oh ok. Seems like you have a good CUC. Only reason I asked, I myself was battling algae. After buying some CUC it's helped a lot. Currently just trying to get most of the bubble algae gone now.

That canary wrasse is nice! I've been thinking about adding a couple more fish to the system. Just not entirely sure yet. Need some "œworker" fish that would help out, and not just take up space


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I hear you about worker fish! That's why i added the tang. The canary wrasse was nice when smaller and a female ; now that he is turning male, he likes to harass new additions, and he spends a lot of time lunging across the tank. He is one of these fishes that like to zoom around and I think that the reefer 250 is too small for him (despite the "˜recommend' 55 gal on websites).


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[Rs Reef]

looking good...

 

[tenurepro]

Moonlight tour, part 2!
Because they are some much fun to watch!
https://youtu.be/mpEY5QMzyc4


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[tenurepro]

Sps are in a happy place right now
Right side shelf

What else can you ask for from an Acropora?

RR orange passion... sweet

RR pink Cadillac is looking mean... this is straight out of the camera guys... just cropped, no photoshop!

And a bottom boulder with an ora bird of paradise, a turquoise tenuis and RR Mr Pacman

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[tenurepro]

Here is the official 18 month update! Can't believe we are at a year and a half already. Do check out the color and growth on the myagi Tort... sweet!
https://youtu.be/nx3VX4BfTto


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[mystikal]

Everything looks great!
Did your powerhead push some of the sand away from the front?


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[tenurepro]

Everything looks great!
Did your powerhead push some of the sand away from the front?


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Thanks Man. Nope I removed most of the sand... only a bit in the back for the wrasses to sleep in!


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[tenurepro]

Happy holidays all!
Tank is ticking along. I added a royal gramma to the display yesterday after a month of qt. Now i have a total of 10 fish (2 clowns, 3 chromis, 2 wrasses, 1 tang, 1 yellow watchmen goby, 1 Royal gramma)

Also another milestone. One of my chromis now sleeps in the Acropora tort colony... very happy to see this as it's something that chromis do in nature...

Here is a little video showing this
https://youtu.be/ojE5jLQrQLQ

Cheers and wishing you all the best for 2018!



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[tenurepro]

Hope you all had a good break!

Things are going well here... one upcoming change; while I am happy with my lights (3 x radion xr15 gen 3) and sps colors and growth (as of late), I couldn't resist the temptation to order the new diffusers that ecotech just released a few weeks ago. The BRS tv review suggests that they do a good job of spreading out the light and par. This comes at a cost of reducing overall par by 20% but i am not running my lights anywhere near max intensity.

The diffusers are due here in about a week, so will run some par and coverage tests once I get them. I took some par reading around the tank today. I have the 120 wide angle lenses and I am running the lights at 70% max on sps ab+ program. The plan is to swap the 120 deg lenses with the standard 80 deg lenses and then add the diffusers and measure par at 70% max intensity. This - in theory - should get me close to the par levels I have now but with more even coverage...
I'll post with more details when I get the gear.

Mean while, some pics from today! Best wishes for 2018!

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[tenurepro]

Ok... wow
Radion xr15 with 80 deg lens + diffuser seriously outperform 120 deg wide angle lenses!

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[ReefKeeper64]

You have great polyp extension in several of those SPS pictures you posted. Do you get that great extension all day long most days?

Several of my own SPS don't extend much during the day. I usually see the most extension soon after the lights go out at night. I'll turn the lights back on and get great pictures at that time.

Wondering if what I do is common. Any thoughts?

 

[tenurepro]

You have great polyp extension in several of those SPS pictures you posted. Do you get that great extension all day long most days?

Several of my own SPS don't extend much during the day. I usually see the most extension soon after the lights go out at night. I'll turn the lights back on and get great pictures at that time.

Wondering if what I do is common. Any thoughts?

Sorry for the late replay; for some reason, Tapatalk doesn't notify me of updates on this forum!
But yes I get that extension during daylights. On some sps, I get less PE at night. I used to get much better PE out of some sps (like the milli) when I used to spot feed them with reefeoids


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[tenurepro]

Here are my thoughts on the iPhone X for reef photo and video + a comparison w/ iPhone 6

The camera is pretty sweet; the optical zoom is solid permitting some nice closeups of your corals. White balance is really good (assuming light is around 12k or less). Pictures and videos are sharp. Here is a link to a video review along with a few sample shots (taken with radions set to 12k, phone set to auto and no post processing).

I am pleased!

Pink mystic montipora with blueberry wine acro. Not acro growing over monti

RR pink Cadillac

Cali Tort

RR orange passion

Habanero

ORA blue voodoo

Electric myagi Tort

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[tenurepro]

19 month update! Yay
https://youtu.be/CSJy-Q2aP_U


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[merlin416]

awesome tank build bro, i just got my reefer 250 waiting to be set up, and will be running with 2 XR15 gen 4 on the side and XR30 Gen 4 in the middle, and maybe all with the diffusers. How do you like the diffusers on your XR15s? please provide some reviews.

thanks

 

[tenurepro]

awesome tank build bro, i just got my reefer 250 waiting to be set up, and will be running with 2 XR15 gen 4 on the side and XR30 Gen 4 in the middle, and maybe all with the diffusers. How do you like the diffusers on your XR15s? please provide some reviews.

thanks

Awesome- sounds like a great setup; the 4 lights will be super.
Check out my review of the diffuser above and below!


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[tenurepro]

Hi All. I got several requests for a full comparison of the diffuser on both the 80 and 120 Deg lenses.

In summary
In terms of par, we get
80>80+D>120>120+D (where d= diffuser)
In terms of Best spread of light, we get
120+D>120>80+D>80

For me the best compromise of par and spread came with the 80 deg lens plus diffuser

Here is the vid
https://youtu.be/G9Tn2n7zzlA



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[clk51212]

Thxs for the Test was thinking about getting the diffuser


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[tenurepro]

Hi All, got some triton ICP testing done - see below. Overall, parameters are decent. No signs of heavy metals. Most core and trace parameters are decent, except for sulfur and iodine which are really high. Not sure why; possible measuring error? Tank is looking good so not sure I want to do anything drastic
One positive thing was that I got to double check my testing kits by doing a battery of test during the same time I took the ICP samples
Calcium; salifert 460 vs ICP 457
Mag: salifert 1455 vs ICP 1438
Potassium salifert 450 vs ICP 457
Salifert kits were bang on.
Oddly I measured 0.37 ppm phosphates with the Hanna ULR but got 0.193 on the ICP.

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