Nowellsy SNR
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Nice fish
Welcome to RS
Welcome to RS
Matts New RSM 250!!
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matthew11
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haha I know, my emperor angel was a beautiful fish! but due to the size and his voracious appetite for clams i had to get rid of him
so now only got 2 wrasses in the tank. I still cant upload pics its got a big error at the top of the page if I cant do it, I will use photobucket
matthew11
Member
Hey guys, sorry. im using photobucket now as theirs still an error with me uploading pics But here was the initial setup + 1 week after installation. Will take some pics of my current tank soon.
My lights turned on before and i have microbubbles!! tried adjusting the skimmer but thats not having an effect....also im cleaning my skimmer out every few days is this normal? its so much more efficient than the RSM 130 skimmer bu its alot harder to clean out the RSM 250's collection cup.
alot of water
1 week after setup parameters all good.
Acro seems to b doing great, although i havent seen his polyps out yet :S
sarcophyton very happy!
canary wrasse and six-line no longer fighting!
But here was the initial setup + 1 week after installation. Will take some pics of my current tank soon. My lights turned on before and i have microbubbles!! tried adjusting the skimmer but thats not having an effect....also im cleaning my skimmer out every few days is this normal? its so much more efficient than the RSM 130 skimmer bu its alot harder to clean out the RSM 250's collection cup.
alot of water
1 week after setup
parameters all good.
Acro seems to b doing great, although i havent seen his polyps out yet :S
sarcophyton very happy!
canary wrasse and six-line no longer fighting!
Beautiful !
matthew11
Member
Thanks nanoreefing4fun, Dweezil & Reefmack. Here are some more recent pics of the coral i got yesterday and the 3 pieces of rock. sorry for the blurred pics, i dont know whats wrong with my phone camera.
Got a new bridging rock
forgotten the name of this coral but it looks great!
elegance coral
close up, im planning to build up the rock on the left, It will hopefully look good wen its all finished
Getting a heap of algae, so planning on getting a phospate reactor soon, I also enquired about the reef lite controller but apparently they cant be converted with aussie power adapters
really hoping on getting some more fish soon, definitely schooling fish such as chromis or lyretail anthias wen i find them though..
Got a new bridging rock
forgotten the name of this coral but it looks great!
elegance coral
close up, im planning to build up the rock on the left, It will hopefully look good wen its all finished
Getting a heap of algae, so planning on getting a phospate reactor soon, I also enquired about the reef lite controller but apparently they cant be converted with aussie power adapters
really hoping on getting some more fish soon, definitely schooling fish such as chromis or lyretail anthias
wen i find them though..
byronredsea
Member
Matt love it are you on MASA? you don't need to be just asking
Matt on the algae - one help is to have a hardy cuc of snails - love snails for cuc, lots of snails, lots...
matthew11
Member
haha i have heaps of snails! well alot of small snails but i suppose i should go get a couple of the big turbo snails to help
but im finding its hair algae thats my problem....i havent tested phosphates yet as i dont have a kit. testing nitrate today again. will be gettng a phosphate reactor within the next week so hopefully that should calm things down cuz im cleaning the tank atleast once a day to keep up with it.believe it or not thats the first aussie reefing website ive actually seen :O so no i havent joined up but i will look into it. for the past 5 years ive been on forums in europe and now the US never my own country lol!
Thanks very much I was trying to achieve an island look
no luckily not, the flooding in victoria is mainly in the north western suburbs and I live in the south eastern suburbs so very lucky indeed been looking into ReefKeeper Lite Controllers however I would need a 240V to 110V power transformer for it to work, if it will work...there are so many good mods for the red sea max 250
David Shaw
Well-Known Member
This is the first time i have read this thread. Beautiful tank, a real joy to see.
Matt a here a lot,
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Quick Crew (65 Gallon)
64 Dwarf Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
23 Nassarius - scavengers that will eat leftover food and some fish waste. They will stir sand, but can also be kept in bare bottom tanks.
20 Florida Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on fine hair algae, diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
14 Large and 15 Small to Medium Nerites - We are currently offering the longer lived and quite hardy Antillean Nerite. (Nerita fulgurans). It grows to a nice size,and consumes a good deal of diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. It will also consume some fine hair algae. A nocturnal herbivore that will feed more often at night, they tend to need some time to adjust to the limitations of the aquarium during their first week.
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Quick Crew (65 Gallon)
64 Dwarf Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
23 Nassarius - scavengers that will eat leftover food and some fish waste. They will stir sand, but can also be kept in bare bottom tanks.
20 Florida Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on fine hair algae, diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
14 Large and 15 Small to Medium Nerites - We are currently offering the longer lived and quite hardy Antillean Nerite. (Nerita fulgurans). It grows to a nice size,and consumes a good deal of diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. It will also consume some fine hair algae. A nocturnal herbivore that will feed more often at night, they tend to need some time to adjust to the limitations of the aquarium during their first week.
matthew11
Member
Thanks very much! stay tuned for more pics, having alot of trouble finding the right coral & fish at the moment but ive learnt to be patient haha
Wow thats awesome! but if only i could buy that packageMatt a here a lot,
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Quick Crew (65 Gallon)
64 Dwarf Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
23 Nassarius - scavengers that will eat leftover food and some fish waste. They will stir sand, but can also be kept in bare bottom tanks.
20 Florida Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on fine hair algae, diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
14 Large and 15 Small to Medium Nerites - We are currently offering the longer lived and quite hardy Antillean Nerite. (Nerita fulgurans). It grows to a nice size,and consumes a good deal of diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. It will also consume some fine hair algae. A nocturnal herbivore that will feed more often at night, they tend to need some time to adjust to the limitations of the aquarium during their first week.
when i go to the LFS next i will pick up some more cleaners however i havent seen much around lately :S because of the floods up in Queensland alot of the marine shipments have been delayed so i guess its still a waiting game. Still looking at the Octopus PhosFusion 1500 stay tuned for more pics soon, hopefully will have some more stock in by the end of this week
Cheers mate ! I just wanted you to see what I call "lots" of snail
SeattleReefGuy
New Member
Matt any updates mate?
matthew11
Member
Hi again,
Sorry everyone for not getting back, once uni started i kind of fall off the map. But semester is nearly over now so hopefully will be able to contribute a bit more to the forum I thought everyones helped me out alot with different advice such as the ammonia spike...which has disappeared now however cyano is a big problem but im dealing with it so all good I purchased some new lights so far
2 x 39W Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent KZ
1 x 39W New Generation 14000K T5 HO Fluorescent KZ
3 x 39W Super Blue T5 HO Fluorescent KZ
I've read that 2 fiji purples might be too much but will wait and see, i can always buy another coral light to soften things up a bit....What do you guys think? Heres some pics of my tank from over the past couple of months
This is probaly from when you guys saw it last...it changed quite a bit from here on
elegance
happy dispar anthias
My Dory
Canary wrasse
clowns that always argue
hermit with a patch of algae growing on his shell
Most Recent Pic
Scarlett cleaner shrimp
I just fed the fish and corals plankton thats why the water looks like it has microbubbles.
Im hoping the Lights will really brighten up the tanks but i hope i havent made the mistake by buying 2 fiji's....since the ammonia spike the tank has suffered quite bad but it will only be a matter of time before i get back ontop of it and get everything back to normal Hope you all like the pics! off to uni now so talk to everyone soon
Sorry everyone for not getting back, once uni started i kind of fall off the map. But semester is nearly over now so hopefully will be able to contribute a bit more to the forum
I thought everyones helped me out alot with different advice such as the ammonia spike...which has disappeared now however cyano is a big problem but im dealing with it so all good I purchased some new lights so far 2 x 39W Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent KZ
1 x 39W New Generation 14000K T5 HO Fluorescent KZ
3 x 39W Super Blue T5 HO Fluorescent KZ
I've read that 2 fiji purples might be too much but will wait and see, i can always buy another coral light to soften things up a bit....What do you guys think? Heres some pics of my tank from over the past couple of months
This is probaly from when you guys saw it last...it changed quite a bit from here on
elegance
happy dispar anthias
My Dory
Canary wrasse
clowns that always argue
hermit with a patch of algae growing on his shell
Most Recent Pic
Scarlett cleaner shrimp
I just fed the fish and corals plankton thats why the water looks like it has microbubbles.
Im hoping the Lights will really brighten up the tanks but i hope i havent made the mistake by buying 2 fiji's....since the ammonia spike the tank has suffered quite bad but it will only be a matter of time before i get back ontop of it and get everything back to normal
Hope you all like the pics! off to uni now so talk to everyone soon