My RSM journey

[Bigjacko]

Well...after too many years away from the hobby I decided this year that the house needed a marine tank again. I visited a fairly local LFS and bought an Orca TL 550. I didn't even wet the Orca and decided that an upgrade was needed.

So after much debate with my lovely wife, she agreed to allow a larger tank as long as it didn't turn into a spaghetti junction.

Enter the RSM 250. 1 plug and a happy wife....yippee.

So, 33kg of LR and 2 bags of Caribsea Florida crushed shell substrate I have the beginnings of my wee bit o' reef

and my phallic piece of LR

and a wee hitchhiker....now at my local LFS

There are a couple more of these still in the tank. All I have seen them do is eat algae, both coralline and my recent bloom of hair....more on that later

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Nice pics, love your aquascape

Looking forward to watching it progress !

 

[live rock addic]

That sure looks like a great start,

 

[tnwillia]

Great layout!

 

[reefjeff]

very nice rocks layout, that tank will be beautiful...
good luck
peace
jeff

 

[Sapphire]

Lovely looking scape I look forward to seeing how this comes along!

PS - that is quite a phallic piece of live rock at the moment!!!!

 

[RaysReef]

Great stuff jacko! Don't be fooled by those crabs - especially the red eye ones. They'll wait until its dark and you're not looking and rip your snails apart.
Nice rockwork... I look forward to seeing your reef progress...

 

[Bigjacko]

Here are my first additions thanks to a fellow reefer from a few weeks ago.

Just a couple of small mushroom frags and I was hooked

 

[Reefmack]

Great start to what will be a great looking tank! I liked the "spaghetti junction" comment - that's a bit what my 130 has turned into.

 

[Bigjacko]

Been there

I like the clean looks of the RSM.

 

[Bigjacko]

So....a few weeks down the line and a few additions.

There are a couple of other fish including a couple of tomato clowns, still shy and hide at the rear of the tank, a citron goby and a lawnmower blennie

 

[tnwillia]

Looks great! thanks for the pictures....

 

[Reefmack]

Very nice! What's the coral in the 3rd picture? It looks like an Elegance (Catalaphyllia), but the bubble tips have me confused about that.

 

[Sapphire]

very coll addtiions! You've chosen nice things! I'm with Terry re the elegance - looks like one but I've never seen the bubbles before? Is it something else? Very pretty anyway!

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Thanks for sharing - love pics !!! Very nice new coral & cool fish too !

 

[Bigjacko]

Thanks guys, it's an Elegance I purchased 2 weeks ago and from what I have seen so far loves it's poition in the tank.

It is stunning. Here's a better picture of it.

 

[Sapphire]

It is beautiful, and like I said I've never seen one with those bubble tips before!

That's a great pic of it too!

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

I LOVE Elegance coral... they are rated as one of the more difficult corals & are a bit costly... so I have waited... but I do want one

 

[Sapphire]

They are eally worth it though Glenn!

 

[Bigjacko]

Well time for an update and a few additions

My little acan.....I haven't told the wife how much that one cost

Bob the bobbing lawnmower blenny

Sooky the Citron gobby

A few small polops popping up all over the place.....ID welcome

Snail eggs on a powerhead

And my single headed Duncan frag that has gone mental