Quincy's Red Sea Max 250
 

Well it finaly arrived yesterday! After work went to Ocean City with a frined to pick up the Red Sea Nax 250! Man it was heavy! Got home unpacked it watch the corny dvd the british guy telling me about Salt Water expericence lol. I assembeled the stand, i must say it is quality finished solid wood that why it was so heavy. Very impressed by the design of system, this weekend i will assemble the tank here are a few shots from my cellphone

Thats it? I though you would have it full of rock and water by now :biggrin:

Enjoy it, I like my RSM130.

it has begun!!!!!!!!
 

So yesterday i finished tank assembly it was quick aneat and simple, very impressed on design of tank componrnts and assembly. i added 40lbs of live sand, my 65-70lbs of live rock been cooking all week in rubbermaid container.
my parameters are salinity 1.027, pH 8.2, Amonia 1, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0, Alk norm, Phosphate 0. And so it begins, time to wait for the cycle!

wow that was quick and it looks nice too, what is the GAL 34

no its 66 G or 250L

Nice ripple on the surface! Do you think the stock pump is any good? Most AIO the first thing that gets upgraded are the pumps.

Please borrow a camera, cell phone shots are not doing this beauty any justice!

so far the pumps are great enough power i believe so far, time will tell. yeah i should get a camera

how much does that puppy go for

Ocean City cheapest in city $2000, they also give u a $100 store credit on anything aswell. Other retailers saying their under $2000 without stand, or over $2100 with live rock only credit.

$BALLIN$ Nice tank

Tank is looking good, now comes the patience for the cycling then the fun (spending money) of stocking begins.

Update May 5
 

Moved the live rock around to look appealing, live sand dust clouds were everywhere! Well my amonia is 0 from 2-4 few days ago? nitrie and nitrate still zero, pH8.2, alk norm. Anyone have any suggestions to star my cycle?

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A piece of raw prawn perhaps? Heard of others doing this.

drop in a cube of frozen food. That'll get things going in a hurry

K, just threw in a cube of frozen blood worms, hundreds of red little strings floating around my tank, hope this does it!

I have told many people on here to use the Hagen cycle on the tank for start ups I have had great sucess with it if you are using your tank i would go with the 500 ml bottle and put the whole thing in, trust me it works great ask Lance about it..... I have been using it for many years and have never had a issue with it.

I noticed in my tank this morning a dead red crab beside my other red hermit crab! didnt know i had a second one in my tank, must have been living in the live rock possibly(didnt know he was in the tank). i will leave his corspe in tank to help with the cycle.
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Its probably just a "molt".

should i remove the exoxkeleton or leave it to help with the cycle?

Update May 21 Cycled and new additions
 

Well my tank has cycled and i added a couple of snails and pair of clown fish
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for some reason they like hanging out in back right corner behind the live rock

Looking good Quincy! Congrats on your first fish. Don't worry the clowns are just kinda freaked with the new territory, it will take them a couple of weeks before they settle down and look comfortable.

Congratulations on the tank. Keep the posts coming. I'm hoping to get the RSM 250 also!

just added a purple pseudochromis, he is hiding in the live rock cant get a pic of him at the moment.

Just Wondering how your temps are doing ? I have a RSM 130 and I would like to upgrade to the 250 my concern though is I have read some reefers are have temperture issues? I run my 130 between 78-80 how is the 250 for you?
Joel

temp has been fine for me so far, range 77-80. the hod has a fan for the lights on both ends and also double fan for top of water.

Well that sounds good as I don't think buying a chiller is what one would want to do right away. Is the skimmer working good? That has been the downside of the RSM's, I am guessing it should be better than the 130 being adjustable?
Thank you for the info :)

yes skimmer works well, makin good skimate