BrentD's RSM 250
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Topic: BrentD's RSM 250
Posted By: BrentD
Subject: BrentD's RSM 250
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 5:21pm
After 5 years of Reef Keeping, I have finally decided to start a thread for my tank. I hope that my experiences will help others, and answer a few questions, especially about the Red Sea Max 250. I will be posting pictures of the tank itself and its contents. Here is a pic of one of my beauty's, Red Master Scolymia. Best, Brent
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Posted By: ClownFishAddict
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 9:38pm
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I love that picture.
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Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 10:13pm
| What is this, two days and no updates? what gives =)? |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 10:25pm
| Had to order a new charger for my computer, all my tank mod pics are on there, pics will come soon! |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: January 30 2013 at 11:40pm
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This thread does not deliver! ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 12:35am
LOL. This thread is amateur at best so far. Starting to wonder if this is an imaginary tank. |
Tanuki wrote:Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 7:21am
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I mean it is cool that Brent posts pics of Scoly's from ebay sales and things, but this forum is more about people who have tanks. ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 2:32pm
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UPDATES...?! ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 3:29pm
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My current setup has been running since December 2011. Previous to that i had some issues with corals melting and fish dying for no apparent reason (Now I know why). So on this tank thread i'm only going to show my current tank, modifications, aquascape (thanks to vida rock), and livestock. The RSM 250 requires a chiller! Many corals died in my old setup because I didn't have a chiller and temp fluctuations were drastic. At that time, my heater was set to 76 degrees, but during the day, the lights would heat the water nearly 10 degrees warmer. At the time, I had no controller to show me the fluctuations. I would just periodically check the temperature manually, and really never thought it was a problem until thousands in corals started melting. I understand that corals can live in warmer water, but the 10 degree fluctuations, compounded by other inconsistencies in water parameters led to the demise of many beautiful corals that i wish I still had today. I also had plagues of tube worms...thousands of them....in my sand bed. The environment I had created was setup perfectly for mass reproduction of tube worms. From the live rock, I had also brought in flatworms, and large bristle-worms. So when I decided to gut my tank, I wanted to start dry. No live rock. No live sand. Nothing alive.  |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 3:32pm
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Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 3:35pm
Oceanic 1/8 HP Chiller Turbo Twist UV Sterilizer If you have an RSM 250, the chiller is a MUST!!! And the sterilizer is a good idea as well.
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Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 3:38pm
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Thanks. I am actually not happy with the live rock pests in my tank. I want to go with all dry rock and dry sand in my new system. Where did you buy all of yours? ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: January 31 2013 at 3:41pm
| I bought the Vida Rock Pieces and the Sand from The Aquarium in Sandy. I also purchased the UV and the Chiller there. |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: February 03 2013 at 2:12am
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ok cool. Thanks for that info.
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Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: February 06 2013 at 1:53pm
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Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: February 06 2013 at 1:53pm
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Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: February 07 2013 at 1:09am
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Nice shots! Question, some people I have noticed keep their Scholemias in shaded sections of the tank, while others keep them in direct light. Which do they prefer? What other coral do they most resemble? ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: February 18 2013 at 6:39pm
So my friends have encouraged me to post more to my thread. I hate taking full tank shots because most of my acros are so small right now and there is so much space to be filled in that it seems like I don't have any coral in my tank in pics. Anyway, I guess that is what a tank thread is about, to see the progression of corals etc. I will show some pics of some mods that I have added over the last year, i.e., a sump/refugium, and a bubble magnus dosing pump.
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Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: February 18 2013 at 6:45pm
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Here is a pic of the fuge side, I've been thinking about striping out the chaeto, adding a better light setup and having it just be a place for frags, anyone have any suggestions? The Chaeto doesn't grow, Phosphate is easy to control in my tank with weekly water changes and controlled feeding. This is how it looks now. I wanted a Sump setup on my RSM so that I could have a place to automatically dose Cal/Alk/Mag and have more water volume, among other advantages.  |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: February 18 2013 at 6:46pm
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Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: February 18 2013 at 6:49pm
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Out of focus pic of Green Master Scoly...has some orange and yellow stripes, this one has taken the longest to recover from the most recent crash, but is almost back to full color. 
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Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: February 18 2013 at 6:50pm
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Yes finally updates ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 5:02pm
So here is a pic of the living room with my tank, this pic is from my old setup. I still have a few of the corals and fish from the original setup. |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 5:39pm
| Very nice bro!!! What's the green coral above your green master scoly. Is that new? |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 5:46pm
| haha, I already took that photo down, didn't like it. But that Green Coral is some kind of Lobo I believe. I think its a scoly....haha...j/k, I do need to get an id on that coral. I've had it for years. |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 5:47pm
Here is a side shot of my tank as it currently looks, another master scolymia will be here on friday! |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 6:03pm
Watermelon Chalice and Red Master This is what I'm calling a Master Bowerbanki...from Brads colony at The Aquarium  Jason Fox My Miami Frag, I'll be cutting it and selling frags as soon as it grows out...this one I purchased from BillyC  |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 6:27pm
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Beautiful coral! I think the green one you were wanting an ID on is a Doughnut Coral (Acanthophyllia deshayesiana) ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 6:36pm
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Thanks Jackie...I'll look at pics and see. I know its a mean coral and shoots its spiderman like webs on any coral close to it. One day, I woke up and one of my scolys what covered in white, mucous looking stuff that was melting the scolys flesh. I pulled the scoly and dripped coral dip all over the wounds while it was out of the tank....Scoly ended up healing and regrowing the flesh, no one can even tell now:)
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Posted By: Morlaz
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 8:11pm
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Hey sorry if i missed or didn't read, do you have any light mods?
------------- Ex 210 gallon reef red sea max 250 BioCube 29 HQI Gallery http://imgur.com/a/yIRJk |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 8:43pm
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Yes, I use ATI bulbs, 4 blue, one white, and one purple. I also have 5 blue stunner strip LED as supplemental lighting. I use the LEDs during dawn and dusk hours, and throughout the day. The biggest difference I've noticed in my lighting was when I went to ATI bulbs. I have used Geismanns, Red Sea, and ATI, and coloration is the best under ATI's. ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 8:56pm
| Wow that My Miami chalice looks siiicckkkkk!!!! |
Posted By: Morlaz
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 9:43pm
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yeah i just added ATI a week ago, same configuration, except i have a panorama pro module instead of stunner strips, i noticed immediate difference in my sps! beautiful tank Brent! ------------- Ex 210 gallon reef red sea max 250 BioCube 29 HQI Gallery http://imgur.com/a/yIRJk |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 10:23pm
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Thanks bro! You running a chiller? I had crazy swings before I added the chiller. ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |
Posted By: kody72
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 10:38pm
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Looks awesome love the coral selection ------------- http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60612&title=kody72-fishroom" rel="nofollow - KODY72 FISHROOM BUILD 281g DT 187g Rimless Frag ATI PM lighting SRO DSCR-300ext 8013908179 |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:34am
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Don't you have some more stuff you aren't showing us? This tank is great. ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 8:19am
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It is essential to always allow for the element of surpise Brent. ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 10:07am
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^Were you addressing me, or signing off?
-Brent ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 1:52pm
I just stumbled upon this thread and all I have to say is WOW!  Your tank is gorgeous and the modifications are very interesting and impressive. Great work! ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53856&title=annes-65g-rsm-reef" rel="nofollow - RSM 250 Reef |
Posted By: Morlaz
Date Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:30pm
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Yeah i have the oceanic 1/6 HP chiller ------------- Ex 210 gallon reef red sea max 250 BioCube 29 HQI Gallery http://imgur.com/a/yIRJk |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 2:38pm
 Orange Master Scoly
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Posted By: sanddune600
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 5:08pm
this could be a trachyphyllia commonly called trachy or trach ------------- Andy Jorgensen My number is four three 5 7 six four 8 0 three four |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 5:50pm
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I may be confused, but aren't trachs kind of more similar to a welso? Aren't they all brain related? These are Australian scholemias right ? Aren't trachs colors more metallic and much less vivid? ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 6:08pm
| Yes I agree tanuki. There is no trach that comes close to the color saturation on a good scoly ;) |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 6:16pm
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Like difference between colored pencils and sidewalk chalk. ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 11:39pm
 Night Feeding ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 3:59pm
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Newest Addition...  
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Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 4:17pm
OMG that top pic is amazing! ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 10:40pm
| That scoly is a work of art straight from the man upstairs. You're making me itch to get another one. |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: July 02 2013 at 12:45pm
Updated Pic from the left side...anyone need setosa..haha, stuff is a weed. ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |
Posted By: ksmart
Date Posted: July 02 2013 at 1:23pm
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amazing colors! ------------- |
Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: October 10 2013 at 12:22pm
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Hey guys, I haven't posted for a while since I've been away from Utah for the last 6 months, but now I'm in what I call "Reefing Season." Over the last six months the corals have been growing well and have very bright coloration thanks to the Zeovit System. I've been dosing Zeovit LPS, SPS, and coral Vitalizer. I've also been trading with other people on the forum alot so let me know if you like something and want a frag. My Red Setosa Colony is huge and I have been selling/giving away a bunch of it cause I don't want it to overgrow the tank. Most of my SPS are pretty standard, although most people really like the blue milli and how bright it is. I converted my refugium into a frag tank and put the caulerpa in a chamber in the sump. Now I just need to get a light fixture over my frag tank so I can put anything in there. Right now It has PC's. 
October 2013 Full Tank Shot-Iphone Pic  New Configuration with Frag Tank/Frag Rack and Regium in Sump Side ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 12:41am
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Dang Lookin Good! |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 5:03am
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SWEET! -------------  |
Posted By: Molli
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 7:24am
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Posted By: BrentD
Date Posted: October 11 2013 at 10:54am
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I'm not an expert on zeovit, but it was recommended by Ryan at aquatic dreams after I had a auto topoff malfunction a year ago while I was on vacation. Of the corals that lived, most of them were bleached... Especially the scolymias. Ryan suggested zeovit mainly for revitalization and I started dosing the LPS. I would say full color came back in 3 weeks. After that I got hooked and now use the 3 products I listed above. The Coral Vitalizer advertises full polyp extension, and I have noticed on the sps how much better the extension is...especially in the millis. Coral colors are more pastel as many zeovit users have said, which I'm ok with. I need to learn more about the products but I'm just kinda blindly dosing. Expensive stuff though! ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61713&title=brentds-rsm-250" rel="nofollow - My RSM 250 Thread |