Hi All,
Some of you might remember me from back in the day (worked with Andrew from Eco Aquatics), been in the hobby for quite a bit. Recently moved to JHB, which meant a small break from Tanks, but now in full swing again...
I've had many tanks in all shapes and sizes and throughout my many years in this hobby, and I have come back to the Tank that I enjoyed the most, the RSM 250. At the end of the day most of us work full time and do this as a hobby in our spare time, therefore time is important and its all about getting the most reward from your tank with as little time spent as possible.
I found with the Red Sea Tanks it was the perfect balance between ease of use and being able to keep pretty much most corals/fish. Below are the first pics of the build, had the tank cycle at the end of December and as of the 1st of Jan moved all my livestock from the IM Nano 16 across to the RSM250.
One product I love is Prodibio and have had good success with their products in the past, so immediately when the tank was full and cycling I added 2 vials of Bio Digest and 1 Vial of Stop Ammo. Going forward I plan to continue using their reef kit along with the usual dosing of Calc, Alk and Mag. The ATU will also feed into a Kalk stirrer.
As those of you with RS tanks will know, the skimmer is quite a touchy topic, I decided to try give the stock skimmer a go and read up on how to properly set it up, so lets see what happens. I did modify the air tubing, to not go through the cup, but rather directly out the back.
I have also modified the flap to accommodate the tubing for the doser (see pics below) and the ATU, although I am not happy with where the ATU is sitting atm.
I have also ordered some replacement fans and will replace all fans that the hood has currently. The RS ones are just way too loud. At the same time I have already purchased 2x Zetlights (ZA1201) with a controller and will be putting these into the hood instead of the T5 lights. The new LED units might also help with heat in the hood. Will do a proper write up when I tackle that project!
Other future projects are to introduce a light into the one chamber for the Cheato, possible upgrade of Skimmer or at the very least change the pump and upgrade the stock pumps to the new Jebao DC pumps (heard very good things about them). Wanna try get the tank as quiet as possible.
That is pretty much it for now, will keep you guys updated as the fun continues.
Pics:
Setup
New RSM 250 Tank
Old RSM 250 Tank
Some of you might remember me from back in the day (worked with Andrew from Eco Aquatics), been in the hobby for quite a bit. Recently moved to JHB, which meant a small break from Tanks, but now in full swing again...
I've had many tanks in all shapes and sizes and throughout my many years in this hobby, and I have come back to the Tank that I enjoyed the most, the RSM 250. At the end of the day most of us work full time and do this as a hobby in our spare time, therefore time is important and its all about getting the most reward from your tank with as little time spent as possible.
I found with the Red Sea Tanks it was the perfect balance between ease of use and being able to keep pretty much most corals/fish. Below are the first pics of the build, had the tank cycle at the end of December and as of the 1st of Jan moved all my livestock from the IM Nano 16 across to the RSM250.
One product I love is Prodibio and have had good success with their products in the past, so immediately when the tank was full and cycling I added 2 vials of Bio Digest and 1 Vial of Stop Ammo. Going forward I plan to continue using their reef kit along with the usual dosing of Calc, Alk and Mag. The ATU will also feed into a Kalk stirrer.
As those of you with RS tanks will know, the skimmer is quite a touchy topic, I decided to try give the stock skimmer a go and read up on how to properly set it up, so lets see what happens. I did modify the air tubing, to not go through the cup, but rather directly out the back.
I have also modified the flap to accommodate the tubing for the doser (see pics below) and the ATU, although I am not happy with where the ATU is sitting atm.
I have also ordered some replacement fans and will replace all fans that the hood has currently. The RS ones are just way too loud. At the same time I have already purchased 2x Zetlights (ZA1201) with a controller and will be putting these into the hood instead of the T5 lights. The new LED units might also help with heat in the hood. Will do a proper write up when I tackle that project!
Other future projects are to introduce a light into the one chamber for the Cheato, possible upgrade of Skimmer or at the very least change the pump and upgrade the stock pumps to the new Jebao DC pumps (heard very good things about them). Wanna try get the tank as quiet as possible.
That is pretty much it for now, will keep you guys updated as the fun continues.
Pics:
Setup

New RSM 250 Tank

Old RSM 250 Tank
