Bigjacko
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Well I haven't been around much lately after selling my RSM 250.
However as promised, I thought that I would let you guys see what I have done.
I sold my RSM to buy a larger tank with a sump. I have now upgraded to an STM Eco 100. Twice the volume of the RSM and my fish are loving the space.
The STM is a tank built by one of the bigger shops over here in the UK and is a cracking tank for the money.
It is currently running with an Arcadia Classica 2x150W MH, TMC V2 1500 Skimmer ( I know they aren't the best skimmers in the world but it is pulling out loads of skimate), DSB and LR rubble in the middle section of the sump and a phosphate reactor. The sump is lit 24hrs a day with an aquaray white led and the blue is also on 24hrs a day over the main tank. I love the blue at night, it really makes the corals pop, FANTASTIC lights with very little power consumption. I have a Vortech MP40W in the tank on reef crest mode for water movement and an Ehiem Compact 5000+ returning the water from the sump.
I thought that the LR that I had in the RSM had really come to life under the tank lights, you should see the growth of sponges and coraline algae now....completely different!!!!!
Everything is really starting to stretch and grow, my GSP is growing at rates that I have not seen before in the RSM, my trumpet is splitting heads all over the place, new heads growing on my torch coral and my Elegance is now twice the size it was.
I am off today to pick up a few sps frags to try again. The last ones didn't last due to me being stupid and removing Tunze powerheads and reducing the flow in the RSM:smack:
I still miss my RSM and tried to convince my daughter to buy an RSM 130. She now has the Reef bug and wants to try a Nano....this is bloody addictive.
Anyway here's some pics of where I am at the moment.
However as promised, I thought that I would let you guys see what I have done.
I sold my RSM to buy a larger tank with a sump. I have now upgraded to an STM Eco 100. Twice the volume of the RSM and my fish are loving the space.
The STM is a tank built by one of the bigger shops over here in the UK and is a cracking tank for the money.
It is currently running with an Arcadia Classica 2x150W MH, TMC V2 1500 Skimmer ( I know they aren't the best skimmers in the world but it is pulling out loads of skimate), DSB and LR rubble in the middle section of the sump and a phosphate reactor. The sump is lit 24hrs a day with an aquaray white led and the blue is also on 24hrs a day over the main tank. I love the blue at night, it really makes the corals pop, FANTASTIC lights with very little power consumption. I have a Vortech MP40W in the tank on reef crest mode for water movement and an Ehiem Compact 5000+ returning the water from the sump.
I thought that the LR that I had in the RSM had really come to life under the tank lights, you should see the growth of sponges and coraline algae now....completely different!!!!!
Everything is really starting to stretch and grow, my GSP is growing at rates that I have not seen before in the RSM, my trumpet is splitting heads all over the place, new heads growing on my torch coral and my Elegance is now twice the size it was.
I am off today to pick up a few sps frags to try again. The last ones didn't last due to me being stupid and removing Tunze powerheads and reducing the flow in the RSM:smack:
I still miss my RSM and tried to convince my daughter to buy an RSM 130. She now has the Reef bug and wants to try a Nano....this is bloody addictive.
Anyway here's some pics of where I am at the moment.
Your new tank looks great.
