Red Sea Max 250

Brengun · November 2010

Picked up my first ever marine tank yesterday. Its an all in one red sea max 250.
Tank and stand $2,200 plus $50 for the lfs guy to assemble the cabinet which with all the filters and stuff took him a few hours and a Hailea chiller for $404.

I won't be putting anything in it for a couple of weeks as I am just going to let it sit in its spot and see if its not in the way.
I also have to make sure I could service the filters and stuff from there and if its going to be reasonably dry around the cabinet as I do tend to splash a bit of water about at times.

Also pretty broke after initial purchase and haven't even bought salt yet so this will be a long term setup.
Besides, how often do you get to set up a marine tank? Might as well sit back and take my time.

I also have some books to read before I get started like The Reef Aquarium Vol3 so I have some sort of idea of what I am doing when I set it up.

The Marine Tardis.
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Mooo · November 2010

It looks fabulous! Congratulations Brenda ...Hurry Up n fill er up...I can't wait to see what you do with it.

Neptune · November 2010

BG Well done, if you keep a record of all the expenses from purchase to the final set up and running that starting cost will look very small.

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samtheman · November 2010

wow brenda!, thats looks fantastic,
i cant wait to see it fulled!

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Brengun · December 2010

I have just set up a redseamax 250L and used 54kg of aragalive sand and a saltmix for the water.
I went into the lfs for 25kg of liverock as the directions said approx 1kg per 10L of water but the lfs was weighing it in a 54Ltr container I brought sitting on scales on carpet. He kept adding more and more liverock to the container and in the end the container was full and the scales read 27kg.
Lifting the container took 2 men so he thought he'd better weight it on a tiled surface and it weighed 50kg. The lfs seemed to be of the opinion the more the better but I have the option of bringing back what I dont use as long as I keep it under water with an airstone so it doesnt die. That container is coming in very handy.

Anyway, last night I started adding the live rock to the tank. OMG I didnt have a clue about how to stack it and it took me hours with a completely wet shirt when I had finished. I have gotten better than 40kg in I think but I dont know if I want that much in there or not but it will be a pure coral tank with next to zero fish (maybe some little anemone shrimp or something).
Any ideas or suggestions? Hang on I will just nip down and take a photo so you can see if I have messed it up or not....

Ok, as you can see I have limited room in my fishroom to get good shots of the tank. I sorta have to hold the camera up near the wall over other tanks to get a photo but here is from the right side.
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Right side again. Did I leave enough clearance for flow around the back area?
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From the front
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Did I leave enough power head room do you think?
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Front right, trying to show the gaps in the liverock.
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Front left goes a bit distorted from the moulded side
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Pretty chuffed I have one bit of wildlife in there. Is it a good snail? It seems to be eating the funny mosaic of stuff on the glass.
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Be gentle if you think I need to take half that liverock out and rearrange things.
It took a lot of woman hours to get it in there. Just pray we never have an earthquake!

Th#mas · December 2010

Looks fantastic!!!

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Brengun · December 2010

Aw shucks, thanks Thomas .

Neptune · December 2010

All the waiting is about to pay off now. You seem to have a natural looking reef in such a small space.

Have a good look at the photo just a whisker above center. It looks like a Temple with two small faces looking at it.

Over all it seems to have that same shape all the way up the reef.

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samtheman · December 2010

WOW!! bren, that looks fantastic!
are you gonna get any coral or something in there??

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Mooo · December 2010

That looks amazing Brenda..Well done.<img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/drool.gif" alt=":drool2:" title="drool2" /> ..I agree Keith, I seen a Thai Temple too.. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/hysterical.gif" alt=":laugh4:" title="laugh4" />

Brengun · December 2010

Ah its my subliminal messages in the photos.

Mooo · December 2010

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Brengun · December 2010

Ok, done a bit more aquascaping with the liverock, much to my skimmers disgust as it was just starting to settle down and work properly.
I took several pieces out as there just seemed to be too many flat bits in it.
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samtheman · January 2011

oh bren! that looks FANTSTIC!!!

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Speedy · January 2011

I think that looks a lot better, well done bren. Cant wait to see some livestock in there. Are you still planning on just corals or will there be a few fish?

Brengun · January 2011

Thinking no fish at all and lots of different anemone shrimpies.

Brengun · January 2011

7th Jan, 2011. Exercised the womens perogative of mind changing and rearranged the live rock ... again.

Although the power head on the left (looking from the front) is well powered, the one on the right (running through the chiller) is mild to say the least.
The stronger power head also has the annoying habit of hitting the front wall at what ever angle I set it and is digging holes in the sand at the front and kicking it all over the rocks behind it.
With a Vortech mp10 wave maker (which I have now ordered) in mind I thought I would give the rocks a bit of a wiggle to check stability and it was pretty poor.
Spent the next couple of hours rearranging and it feels almost earthquake proof now.
From this:
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To this:
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DJ-don · January 2011

Wow the marine tank looks great!!!
cant wait to see the final product!

i may have missed this but what do you plan to add??

I want a marine tank too

after working at my LFS and taking care of the 6ft display tank it seems easy enough
who am i kidding'
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Brengun · January 2011

I thought I had lost the original little snail I found on my live rock but its back. I was worried about him. Seems it was under the sand and must have got stuck with me moving the liverock around. Lucky I rearranged it recently and up he came. Not sure what type of snail it is but it will be fun going thru the reefpedia and books to find out.
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He has sand stuck all over him. He needs a personal groomer lol.
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I found Nielsens Marine Mates in Loganholme in Brisbane so I dropped in for a sticky beak today. I live an hour away from Brisbane so I was keen to see all the corals and such since I was already in Brisbane visiting. It was quite a lovely store and I was lucky enough to have dropped in at a time where there was no other customers so I got a little tour by the staff until the store started filling with customers. I have got to get me one of those pulsating xenia's one of these days, they look fantastic!

Anyway I got three more little snails which i forgot the name of. They sorta look like a round turban? For the sand I got a strom ..something to burrow around and disturb the sand a bit. I dont have any plans to get any fish, not even a blenny at this stage and my liverock and snails will keep me entertained for quite some time.

8th Jan, 2011. Ammonia still zero. Think my cycle might have been and gone and I missed it. Will still be checking for at least a while.
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Turban sort of snails. Since there are three of them, hubby said I should call them G, P and S. <a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd85/Brengun_photos/my tanks/Marine tank/?action=view&current=IMG_3424.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd85/Brengun_photos/my tanks/Marine tank/IMG_3425.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>]

I guess this one is S for speedy, he's pretty fast.
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May be my imagination but I think there are a couple of grape looking things starting to grow in the middle of that red patch.
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My strom.., just love the eyes.
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He has fallen in love with my empty tiger cowrie shell, or at least the green stuff growing on it.
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Trying to climb the shell after a good cleaning on one side did not end well.
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Mooo · January 2011

Freaky

Neptune · January 2011

BG

You certainly have plenty of interest in that tank now to keep you busy for some time now.

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Dankor · January 2011

All I can say is WOW.. It`s looking great and I love all the little snail. lol there so cute

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Brengun · January 2011

Latest water stat 15th Jan, Ammo 0, nitrite 0, nitrates almost 0, grav 1.028, kh 8, temp 25, ph 8.2, calcium 24 (480), phosphates less than my lowest reading of .03
So all looking good and in view of these rotten Qld floods being an absolute pest I thought I had better grab a couple of corals while there was some still available.

I did them when I got home with seachem reefdip first, just to make sure they were fine to go in my tank. They didnt seem to mind it too much.
Also bought some Brightwell phytochrom to feed my featherworms and some sera coral liquid food for the coral that need it.

FTS
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Side shot
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So I scored some pretty round flower looking things that the docket says are Blastomussa. A couple have been severed when the rock was fragged so the coral dip should have helped that to heal as well. Initially I put them out the front under the lights but then I had a read up on it and they come from deeper water so I have moved them to a more shaded spot.
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I also got a small Sarophyton which is a leather coral. It really hated me when I first put it in but
cheered up a little bit after a while.
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And came quite good later on. I think they can sulk for up to a week.
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Also got a Lobophytum sp or devils hand. It really does look like a wrist and a multifingered hand.
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And a little skinny sprig of coral with what are called morphs. I scored well as there are a couple of my beloved feather worms on it as well.
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Mooo · January 2011

Woweeee, They are stunning, & they are just new babies yet..Gonna be a pretty tank when they settle in & it gets more colonies..Oh i'm so loving this tank log Brenda.

Th#mas · January 2011

I love yoour tank!!

samtheman · January 2011

bren, it truely amazing!!
i LOVE it!!!!!

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321clayt · January 2011

Looking good Bren.
I love that strom thing the best I think it's they eyes I like.

Brengun · January 2011

Mooo · January 2011

OH very nice, they already look amazing, & it's only been a few days...Looking goood Bren, Keep em coming..

samtheman · January 2011

FANTASTIC!

Th#mas · January 2011

I am so jealous!!

Brengun · January 2011

Betta-Lover · January 2011

DID I SAY I WAS JEALOUS OF YOUR TANK YET.....WELL I AM!

That looks amazing. I want one now. and what a cute little crab. what a stunner. I also like your pulsating thingy ma jig, it looks cool too.

Cheers Glen.

Mooo · January 2011

Too Kool for words Brenda, I love em all!

Dankor · January 2011

Your tank looks great, i love the crab!!

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Neptune · January 2011

Nature certainly knows how to show off its beautiful colours in its SW creatures.

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Brengun · January 2011

Just happened to have the camera downstairs today so of course I gravitated over to the marine tank.
No wonder I am always behind with my fresh water wc.

Anemone crab is MIA. Not saying he's not around, just that he has a really good hiding spot atm.

Full tank shot. A vortech mp10 has been installed a few days ago. Neat little gadget it is.
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I have named my tube anemone Alvin as in Alvin Purple. For you younguns who don't know of him, google it.
Hey, see how he lays over along the sand real lazy like? I went to feed him a tiny shrimp on tweezers the other night.
He bolted straight upright to grab it. Scared the life outa me he did!
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My Blastomussa is going great. I don't think its going to all fit on that little rock much longer.
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The devils hand coral seems to lay over at night when sleeping and sits up straight during the day. Odd critter.
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Hubbys pick of the green acropora seems to like it in the higher position near the lights.
You can see the food in the current going from right to left in the photo so all the right side polps are feeding.
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The change in current with the new vortech belted the xenia in his previous position so I traded him over to the coral morphs spot.
He is coming better but still not quite happy. Not sure if he needs a specialist food or what?
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My toadstool is finally looking happier. I think he had a bit of trouble with his foot when the base rock separated.
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The coral morphs seem to just keep getting bigger and bigger. They remind me a bit of a petunia flower.
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Christmas tree rock
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Nuther Christmas tree rock with two anemone hitch hikers. I did manage to get the third one to walk off the rock and settle on the liverock.
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Third anemones new spot. He buried himself deep in a crack in the rock.
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Third Christmas tree rock. The rock itself seems to be dying or something and white stuff is sitting on it.
I pippette blow it off every so often so the skimmer can deal with it.
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Mooo · January 2011

What can I say.... Just stunning!
Imagine how it is going to look in a few months, It will be spectacular.
Those Chrissy worms are so interesting..Hope the rock is ok..

DJ-don · January 2011

Looks great brenda!!

Just the other day at the Lfs i work at i was feeding the shrimp some sushi seaweed and they went nuts! you should try feeding them that
and the also attacked my hand!

you gotta love those shrimpies

Brengun · January 2011

I bought a marine fish yesterday so now my tank has one fish. It is a lawnmower blenny called Benny. He's a fat fella. Since when is algae fattening? He must have been eating Maccas algae in the lfs.
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Isabelle · January 2011

Wow, Bren. You've done a fab job on that tank.

benjamin · January 2011

looking great Bren.
I love the fish and the name choice.. what can i say... FABULOUS haha
the setup has almost convinced that my next tank should be a marine.
gotta work my way there.. think im due for a discus tank next tho

321clayt · January 2011

Looks great Bren
I would get a Q tank if you are getting fish though incase of whitespot as its harder to treat with corals and such in your tank

Mooo · January 2011

Thats such a sweet Blenny...Love Benny he's a treasure...Congrats on your first marine fish..

Brengun · February 2011

Neptune · February 2011

Does it look like another SW tank on the wish list.

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Mooo · February 2011

Oh lovely ...Congrats on the new arrivals.

Brengun · February 2011

Speedy · February 2011

That is Kickass!! looking great bren just need a few more lawnmower blenny's, i dont think benny can do it all.

Brengun · February 2011

ONly one blenny to a 3ft tank, they fight.

Speedy · February 2011

Thats unfortunate, what about a few shrimp to keep the algae at bay?

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