The One Reef

[JFinlay]

Hey thanks so much! Its do for an update soon actually lol. There is only three cons I have with the overall system while not a dealbreaker by any means for me it might be for some.

1. To not VOID the warranty for waterbox you cannot drill into the stand.
-Its made it difficult to do a nice custom manifold with the hard piping versus soft tubing which I will probably end up doing creatively lol and hanging things hasnt been easy.

2. The stand is pretty much filled with Sump and ATO reservoir.
-They made the decision to have large socks area to be replaceable with a filter roller. The fuge and skimmer area is pretty large which is nice but all space is compensating for something else so it kinda cancels each other out.

3.This is probably the most controversial thing to date with atleast the Infinia systems from waterbox.
- This isnt a huge deal for me but it is for a TON of people. The overflow is not quite as some would like. The plumbing is like right in a grey area for the overflow box. the main drain is Kinda a little too tall and the emergency drain is too close to weir teeth of the overflow.

I have spent a long time dialing it in to where its almost silent. I did this and it became loud in the sump refugium baffle but once it runs for a while both quieten down considerably. Some have went to lengths of modifying the emergency drain with two 45 degree elbows. Which Im not sure if it voids warranty but likely.

Very good info. I have read about number 3 and number 2 was something I noticed that really turned me off as well. I could do with the sump being 12 inches or so shorter to fit more controllers. My plan is to just make a separate control box right next to the tank.

Also pretty crazy one drill hole would void a whole warranty. Go figure I guess! I just called tank installers/movers because mine is going downstairs. Any plans for a “tang gang” that was my whole reason for going with this over the 150.4

 

[Reef Wizard]

Very good info. I have read about number 3 and number 2 was something I noticed that really turned me off as well. I could do with the sump being 12 inches or so shorter to fit more controllers. My plan is to just make a separate control box right next to the tank.

Also pretty crazy one drill hole would void a whole warranty. Go figure I guess! I just called tank installers/movers because mine is going downstairs. Any plans for a “tang gang” that was my whole reason for going with this over the 150.4

My stock list changes frequently lol I cant have everything but as of right now two tangs is the limit im going to attempt

 

[Reef Wizard]

The Shade over the Reefi's​

Morning,


Reefi Uno Pro 2.0's
I have added three Reefi's to the tank. They are very powerful and beautiful lights. They are making tons of algae growth despite running peak 45 watts. So we will soon get some Clean up crew added to combat the algae. I am having a difficult time taking photos from my android that look decent with the lights I don't have any sort of orange lenses just my S22 Ultra but, the only CON I have with them is there is some disco effect with light channels configured a certain way...

The Shading
...ok so the back to the disco effect I was talking about. I used fusion 360 and made a Shade for the Reefi's printed on my Prusa 3D printer. I went to Lowes and bought a simple LED diffuser (Brittle stuff by the way) and slotted into my creation. I am going to include a before and after video clip of what I mean. Its hard to capture the improvement on camera but trust me its a TON better.

P.S. Can you spot the fisher cat?

Before

After

 

[rc8t6353]

Looking good! Following along!

 

[revhtree]

YES looking good!!

 

[Reef Wizard]

The White hand of the Reef?​

Good Evening,


Unfortunate spots
It appears the white hand of Middle Reef was spotted (pun intended) on my foxface. Not entirely sure how this came about. As all the fish have been QT'd by Dr Reef and I hadnt added anything else to the tank at the time. It isnt 100% confirmed that this was ich but I'm about 90% sure it is and my foxface was trying its best to fight it off. No other fish ever showed symptoms of the "white hand" but currently all my fish are in QT tanks and my display is going Fallow for 76 grueling days. If you desire to read about the diagnosis thread you can do so here.

Blessing in a cloak?
On the brighter side of middle reef my copperband who was at first mostly eating only bloodworms. Has taken a fancy to eating LRS frozen food. Which I am absolutely stoked about!. He is quite the character he will grab a piece of the LRS in his mouth and shake it really fast really quick to tear it up. So hopefully he is going to get some nice fat stores... He is going to need it for the next update..... Here is a pic of him in QT.

The Third Age of fish!
Middle Reef has had some newcomers show up at the local QT Tavern.

- Purple Firefish-
We have a purple firefish I always have wanted one of these little guys they are so grumpy looking its kinda funny. He is doing well and eating LRS TDO pellets as well as Bloodworms so he will make a nice addition to the reef.

-Purple Tang and Convict Tang-
So one weekend I was traveling the northern road and went into my LFS and they had a special on tangs. Well my wife always wanted a Convict and I wanted a purple but was hesitant to add a purple with a Copperband. But I couldnt pass up the opportunity for a deal on both of the fish we wanted with the BOTH being similar in size. The Copperband is also bigger which should help with aggression... Maybe. So current plan is after full QT and Fallow. All fish will go in before tangs with purple being last and Convict Second last. Fingers crossed I can keep them as the purple tang is truly a stunning fish. Hopefully he doesnt turn into the dark lord of middle reef...