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HI All, Its been a long while and thought i would post an update on the tank.

I used the deltec on my 250 for around 5 years and sold it with the tank after i recently upgraded to the reefer 450. Cleaned the air intake at the pump every 6 months and never had a issue with the pump or skimmer. I would highly recommend it, a bit difficult to clean because of the square...

Hi Pat, thanks It sure is easier not driving 20 km to the LFS for SW or 1km to the local beach to collect NSW. I injured my back again after my last op and the wife has had to carry the 25l containers for the last month so she is over the moon she doesn't have to lift those anymore.

Buying NSW and RO topup for the reefer was to much to often as my evaporation is close to 8 liters or more a day. I used to get 100l every 3 weeks from the LFS, 25 RO water and 75 NSW which lasted three weeks with the RSM250. With the Reefer 450 this changed to 50l of RO water and 50l of NSW...

Well the old tank is now sold including the ATO and Deltec Skimmer, Some pics of the first 24 hours with the new Tunze DOC 9415 skimmer as the MC500 replacement with no adjustments to it except raising it up around 6 cm off the bottom.

Thanks srkd! Your setup looks good too.

The Clown pair have started laying eggs again, My wife and I tried a good few times to raise the fry but had issues getting the fry to stay alive after a few days and I had no Green water for the first 24 hour period. The last batch we actually got a few eggs off the rock as they were...

Hi All, I thought i would start a new thread with the recent upgrade from the modified RSM250. The RSM250 was a great tank and so is the Reefer, all i can hear with the 450 is the MP10 and the MCE500 skimmer. The skimmer in the sump is just audible compared to the 250 where i couldn't close...

Some FTS of the new tank. I have the Radions at around 65% and checked the PAR with the Seneye and getting between 300 to 450 at the top and 100 to 150 at the SB. It seems strange that all this fitted in the RSM 250

Tank arrived this morning, so i took the day off work to put it together also cleaned some new sand from the LFS and will only be transferring a couple of handfuls of the old sand from the RSM 250 sometime this weekend. I thought it would be easy putting the old T5's back in the lid but seem to...

The Radion brackets are on so i can start working on fitting the T5 fixture back into the lid. The new tank should arrive in a week shipping from Sydney to Perth.

Hi All, Its been a while since i posted so i am just giving a little update, I have been thinking of a tank upgrade recently as i am just running out of space after around 5 years of growth. I have given a few soft corals, anemones and red macro algae away recently to a few friends as they just...

Some updated FTS and close ups, its been a while since i last posted anything.

Thanks for the info Qxylebius, it seems to be growing quite fast so i will see if i can start trading it. I am back to changing out 50l of nsw i get from the llfs per week and checked my nitrates and phosphates are at acceptable levels.

Hi All, I took the family on a snowboarding holiday to Hakuba in Japan over the festive season and was gone for around 18 days. When we returned i had lost a couple of Acan polyps off one of my frags, i assume because my KH had dropped to around 7 even when it was dosing around 40 ml a day...

Another FTS taken on Sunday.

Lovely tank Merdel, I was lucky enough after been able to feed my mandarin mysis from a syringe that he one day started eating 1mm sinking pellets that i get from Vebas. Both the Occelated Dragonnet and the Mandarin come to the corner of the tank at feeding time and happily eat the pellets...

Here are some update pics taken today, i haven't lost a single coral for months now which is great.

Hi Merdel, I am currently running my Gen 3's at 45% and getting awesome growth, stuff is growing from the rock and i have no idea what it is. I found anything more that the 45% my acan's would pale and close up, even at 45% i have to put them on the sand bed, some of them are doing ok on the...

In regards to the above currently i have the Radions at 55% as per the below, these lights are like miniature nuclear power plants i am not sure if 55% is still to high. Here is an example of some really fast growth from something out of the live rock, would like to know what both of them...