I definitely love this hobby. I’ve been in it since I was 16, 37 years, except for a few years break while I was in college. I’ve been impressed by the Red Sea tanks because everything is included and I don’t’ want to go through another custom build. Anyway, I finally pulled the trigger and bought a RSM C-250 a few weeks back it arrived last Friday. Now I have to get busy putting it together.
Grant’s Move to RSM C-250
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Joeys Tank
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Excellent to hear on the 250. Welcome to Reef Sanctuary!! (well, welcome back)
Really cool Grant, good luck, please keep us updated with your tank progress.
Regards Neil.
Feel free to read my reef chronicle (link under my avatar)
Regards Neil.
Feel free to read my reef chronicle (link under my avatar)
Welcome to RS & the RSM Club - Cheers for starting a tank thread so we can follow along !
reggaedrummin
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Congrats! I'm looking forward to some pics!
Here is the tank after just being delivered. (see post from Mark9, a few posts down from this one ) I’ve never had a tank delivered before. I’m using my GoPro to take the pictures cause the colors always come out better. So excuse the wide angle. There’s a way to reduce that but I think it makes the picture look artsy. I’ll try a mixture of both.
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Sorry about that Danreef. This is my first time.
Thanks Mark9 for tip. I'm new to this. I got it. Go to the link that I originally posted ( https://files.secureserver.net/0sEnjtX09XPTYA ) which has the picture in it and then use the URL from there ( https://files02.secureserver.net/pu...enerate_image&hash=0sEnjtX09XPTYA&w=640&h=381 ).
I'll try to do better on the next one.
Thanks Mark9 for tip. I'm new to this. I got it. Go to the link that I originally posted ( https://files.secureserver.net/0sEnjtX09XPTYA ) which has the picture in it and then use the URL from there ( https://files02.secureserver.net/pu...enerate_image&hash=0sEnjtX09XPTYA&w=640&h=381 ).
I'll try to do better on the next one.
I rolled the tank out to the garage on a furniture dolly for a leak test because Red Sea recommended it in the manual. Filled it to within 1” and left it for ½ hour and I’m glad to say no leaks. I’m still working on the stand. Has anybody used glue on the wood dowels when building the stand? The directions don’t say much, it just has pictures.
I rolled the tank out to the garage on a furniture dolly for a leak test because Red Sea recommended it in the manual. Filled it to within 1” and left it for ½ hour and I’m glad to say no leaks. I’m still working on the stand. Has anybody used glue on the wood dowels when building the stand? The directions don’t say much, it just has pictures.
For my 250 (not C) furniture I did not used glue. But why not. It is an extra help. I didn't though about it.
For the leak test I filled it full over the furniture and let it for 24 hours.
Daniel
Roy Page
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I rolled the tank out to the garage on a furniture dolly for a leak test because Red Sea recommended it in the manual. Filled it to within 1” and left it for ½ hour and I’m glad to say no leaks. I’m still working on the stand. Has anybody used glue on the wood dowels when building the stand? The directions don’t say much, it just has pictures.
Hello Grant,
Really no need to use glue at all, the panel interlocking system works very well, just make sure the "connector screws" and nice and tight.
See http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...175-roys-red-sea-max-c-250-a.html#post1251032
And this video >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIWX0uaC9Cw&list=PLIEQ8c7aMTInA6oY_NA5F7KWzvC5xDIAk
Roy
Here is some of the livestock I have to move from my current tank to the C-250 as soon as I’m ready. I can’t wait.
A pipe organ coral along with some mushrooms in the 120 gal before the move. Some zoa on the left. And there’s a small branching type Montipora on the sand behind the pipe organ.
10” Derasa , a bunch of Ricordea, and some Zoanthids. The Ricordea are all squished together it’s hard to recognize them. I probably have over hundred Ricordea polyps. I think I started with 3. Same for mushrooms. I need to get rid of most of them because they aren’t going to fit in the C-250.
A pipe organ coral along with some mushrooms in the 120 gal before the move. Some zoa on the left. And there’s a small branching type Montipora on the sand behind the pipe organ.
10” Derasa , a bunch of Ricordea, and some Zoanthids. The Ricordea are all squished together it’s hard to recognize them. I probably have over hundred Ricordea polyps. I think I started with 3. Same for mushrooms. I need to get rid of most of them because they aren’t going to fit in the C-250.
Joeys Tank
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GoPro camera, maybe?
Yes, it's a GoPro Hero 3+ Black. I have it on the most narrow setting and it still has a wide angle view. I like it because the colors and brightness are better than other cameras I have. I wonder if that's what my room really looks like to my fish, or if they just call it fisheye because the camera lens is shaped like the lens of a fish's eye.
Roy Page
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Geez, Grant that is bad, if you have it on the Narrow setting.
My Drift HD "helmet camera" has straight vertical lines in the Narrow setting and "fisheye" on the Wide setting.
Maybe try the camera in your phone, I think that would likely be much better.
Roy