Jack's Reefer 250

[Zuska]

Nice clean look! This upgrade is defiantly looking good.

 

[ecvernon]

Nice tank. I was looking in to the Red Sea Reefer series. How is it coming along?

 

[Jackooze]

Nice tank. I was looking in to the Red Sea Reefer series. How is it coming along?

Great love the tank. Have no complaints. I am going through an algae bloom right now so don't have any good pics to put up. Hopefully in the next week it will clear up.

 

[rjl09]

Nice set up!

 

[oseymour]

Looking good, I love how your cord section looks neat. I tried but I still have a cord octopus, this is something for me to aim to emulate.

The dosing containers are nice and neat.

 

[Jackooze]

Here is a few latest pics. Not the best quality. Haven't learned how to take pics with all this blue light.

A few new additions to the tank

Male & Female anthias ventralis
Blue hippo
Linkia Starfish
Cleaner Shrimp

All fish are doing well except my Yellow watchman Goby. He has a white patch on his skin and lip. Not sure what's going on with him.

 

[Jackooze]

Modified the return flow pipe today

I used Broadfield's instructions to make it. Here is the link.

http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/show-off-and-discuss-your-red-sea-reefer-series.219309/page-36

 

[Jackooze]

Been busy past few months and haven't had the chance to stock the tank but I have been having trouble keeping SPS. They all keep dying after two weeks and seem to think it might have something to do with the lights but not sure.

I recently added Avast Marine Work reactor to run GFO.


Here are some pics

Finally my clowns paired and laid eggs !!!

 

[ecvernon]

Nice.
In regards to the sps, what's your po4 at? Your stock seems light and possible the gfo could do harm until you increase your bioload. Was the sps bleaching or was it's polyp loss then necrosis?

 

[ecvernon]

How are you liking the red sea reefer so far? I'm torn between the reefer or a planet aquariums tank for my next build.

 

[oseymour]

How high are you running your lights? Are you acclimating the SPS to high light? I also see that your in Brooklyn, I would be happy to stop by with my Seneye Par meter so you can measure your par numbers.

I'm close to Kings Highway and East 92nd.

 

[Jackooze]

Nice.
In regards to the sps, what's your po4 at? Your stock seems light and possible the gfo could do harm until you increase your bio load. Was the sps bleaching or was it's polyp loss then necrosis?

Honestly I haven't been testing phosphate since I build this tank. I will order one tonight ! I just figured phosphate would not be such a major factor in sps growth. Regarding bio load I have a blue hippo tang, Yellow tang , Yellow watchman goby and two clown fish which I think is a lot of fish for this tank. Up until now I never heard the term necrosis so I just googled it and its exactly what was happening to the coral

 

[Jackooze]

How are you liking the red sea reefer so far? I'm torn between the reefer or a planet aquariums tank for my next build.

I love the tank !! very little to complain about except I wish I went bigger. The only annoying issue is the down flow silence valve is very tricky to set.

 

[Jackooze]

How high are you running your lights? Are you acclimating the SPS to high light? I also see that your in Brooklyn, I would be happy to stop by with my Seneye Par meter so you can measure your par numbers.

I'm close to Kings Highway and East 92nd.

I have no more sps left at the momment but I was at the time. I began with 45% and worked my way to 75%. Someone mentioned that maybe the SPS needed more light and should have been jumped to 90%

 

[Jackooze]

Trying again with some SPS. Also added another fish Flaming Hawkfish.

 

[ecvernon]

Nice good luck with the new editions. And please turn those Radions down. I have the xr15 also and they are very powerful even though they may not seem that bright.
If you run them at 75% you would have to raise them very high above your tank.

 

[Jackooze]

Nice good luck with the new editions. And please turn those Radions down. I have the xr15 also and they are very powerful even though they may not seem that bright.
If you run them at 75% you would have to raise them very high above your tank.

Thanks. I have them set right now at 80% from 12pm-5pm. You think that to high ?

 

[oh207]

Nice setup with high quality equipments.
Livestock and corals looks great, especially those spawning clownfish.

+1 on turning down the Radions. I have the Gen3 pro 9" from the water line and max it out at 65%.


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[Jackooze]

Nice setup with high quality equipments.
Livestock and corals looks great, especially those spawning clownfish.

+1 on turning down the Radions. I have the Gen3 pro 9" from the water line and max it out at 65%.


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Do you use reeflink to adjust the brightness ? Are we talking about the brightness bar percentage or the percentage of the time points when you scroll over them.

 

[oh207]

Do you use reeflink to adjust the brightness ? Are we talking about the brightness bar percentage or the percentage of the time points when you scroll over them.

I don't use the Reeflink. I use ESL to program the lights. I'm referring to the overall brightness, the main slider. The individual colors are set at different percentage throughout the day as they ramp up and down. But never passing 65%.

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