Steve's RSM130D

[noon6]

Hello all!

I am returning to reefing after a hiatus of 20 years and am very excited to be back! I have a RSM 130D with upgraded Tunze 9002 skimmer w/cup and In-Tank Media Rack. I have also added a 17" blue LED light bar to the inside of the hood and have added an additional timer to simulate day/night cycles the best I can. My tank has been setup since Memorial day and currently has approx. 25 lbs of Figi live rock along with the following livestock and corals:

1 Star Polyp
1 Zoa
1 Candy Cane
1 Duncan
1 Colt Leather
1 Pagoda Coral
1 Galaxea Coral
1 Green Mushroom Rock


4 Small Green Chromis
1 Six Line Wrasse
1 Royal Gramma


I hope soon to have the minimum 5 posts required so that I can add some pictures!

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

to ReefSanctuary and the RSM Club, a real Sanctuary of reef forums, with lots of very nice members

 

Cheers for starting a new tank thread & sharing your tank with us so we can follow along - we love pics

You will be to 5 post soon, once way to post a few Welcome to RS post in the Meet & Greet forum look forward to seeing your tank

 

[noon6]

Added a Purple Plate coral today from LFS. It really adds some color to the substrate!

 

[noon6]

WHOOHOO! Time for a few pictures! Let me know if you think I'm on the right path?

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[nanoreefing4fun]

Very pretty - that plate pops !

 

[Mark9]

Looks good.
Do you have enough room on the sides to clean between the rock and glass?

 

[noon6]

There are two small areas (one on each side) where I am unable to clean the glass. Will this be a problem down the road? I think my only other option would be to aquascape again or eliminate some of the live rock that I have in the tank now. Would it not be harmful to my corals and fish if I made a change in the live rock at this point to ensure I had clearance on all sides of the tank for cleaning, etc?

 

[goma]

Nice! Really like that plate as well!!

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

I think you can re-scape if you want, no problems... many have redone their scape several times over the 1st few months, it just like moving or upgrading to a bigger tank, no problems doing it.

having clearance room for at lease a magfloat to clean freely (one inch) 2 or 3" is even better and is a very good idea, hard to tell from pics, you may have that now...

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Steve did you use all LR? Looks like it... (not dry rock) if so, I would think you could change it out a week at a time, 1/4 at a time for a good sand... if you wanted too

me, I think I would... a 2 month old tank... I would not think your sandbed is very mature & most of the beneficial bioload is being handled by your LR

but see what others think... & good advise to consider by all above... I would test as you go, start with fresh chemical filtration media & keep up weekly water changes & I would think... you would be fine... my thoughts