Randy's Red Sea Reefer 250
- Thread starter RandyC
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ofzakaria
Guest
Wow..great colors... the growth you have is unbelievable...just wow!Whoa...over a year and no posts. Talk about slacking.
The Cliff Notes version of the update: Reefer 250 still running steady. I added a 6x3x1' frag/growout tank in my garage. Worse problems I've had over the year: Masterflex died on calcium reactor and alk dropped enough to piss off and kill a few frags in the garage tank and had a NO3 & PO4 deficiency (read zero) problem while I was away on a vacation and some acros paled out. Otherwise, things mostly running on auto-pilot. Had a second Masterflex died (boo!) on the Reefer 250 calcium reactor, but that happen without much fanfare as I caught that early on. I have become new best friends with the Ecotech Versa peristaltic pumps.
So for now (and probably in the future), I'll just entice you with pics from the tanks at home.
BC Aquatic Man Table
Just a random no name wild special
TSA Bill Murray
Juggernaut Bounce
A bright-A$$ rhodactis
Coral reefer
Past President
Thanks for updating. When’s someone gonna put together a tank tour that stops at Randy’s place?
MarAquatic
Guest
Hey randy want to see a A$$ rhodactis
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Coral reefer
Past President
Not sure I’ve seen so much green on a garf bonsai before.
RandyC
Supporting Member
Hmmm....maybe my memory is not serving me correctly then. This was one of the first pieces I got years ago when I set up the reefer and before I started writing the names of things I got.
Rostato
Guest
Agreed. And mine is no where near as blue. Maybe Randy’s tank is just bomb?
Coral reefer
Past President
Definitely not saying it isn’t. Just haven’t seen em turn green like that. Don’t see many anymore.
sfsuphysics
Supporting Member
Reminds me more of a tricolor valida, but then again I dunno all the names out there really confuse the crap out of me sometimes. (all the time)
Coral reefer
Past President
Names should make things less confusing, emphasis on should...
sfsuphysics
Supporting Member
yeah should... PC Rainbow, but it's one solid color... ok 2 colors if you count polyps. Pink Floyd... but it's not pink at all...
Coral reefer
Past President
“And by the way...which ones pink?”
Flagg37
Guest
I agree, back before I started, names like green slimmer and purple monster (the acro not the zoa) describes what you would actually see.
Squist
Guest
Good point, but they can always be turned down. I have the smaller MP10s on mine and wonder if I would have been better off upsizing and ramping them back.
[ Just realized I’m replying to a 4 yo thread. ]
RandyC
Supporting Member
Better late than never? I actually found that after the growth settles in, MP40s are better suited than the MP10s.
Rostato
Guest
I actually found that after the growth settles in, MP40s are better suited than the MP10s.
And I had to move from my MP40’s to gyres after my tank filled in. MP40’s were just too close to the corals.
Coral reefer
Past President
Don’t blame the pumps! Blame yourself, your coral growing skills, and your undersized tank!