{"id":1223,"date":"2022-08-22T00:22:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T23:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2022-08-22T00:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T23:22:42","slug":"back-to-reefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/?p=1223","title":{"rendered":"Back to reefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9 years ago I my broke down my 34g reef tank after it took quite a lot of my time compared to my freshwater tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Howevery I have decided to give it a reboot &#8211; but this time with better planning and more redundancy and automation. After I introduce the new tank I will talk about the mistakes I made in the past &#8211; no one likes to talk about this but I think it is important to learn from my own mistakes and the mistakes of others.<\/p>\n<p>After all &#8211; having set up so many systems I can assure you that you get better at it every time.<\/p>\n<p>Tank Selection:<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to go small\/nano this time again but overcome the caveats of a nano tank (stability) with more automation. My experience with the 34g AIO was that in the end i replaced just about everything (Seria Marine Biotob Cube &#8211; 130 Lites)<\/p>\n<p>A 20g (75 Liter) tank was enough for me to work with &#8211; after all I dont really want any fish and stick to invertibrae mosty.<\/p>\n<p>After doing quite alot of research I decied to go with the Red Sea Max Nano Cube &#8211; and here are my reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the RSM has an option for filter socks without requiring a cabinet sump<\/li>\n<li>the included LED system is fully controllable and offers decent timing shedules<\/li>\n<li>comes with a decent cabinet option<\/li>\n<li>ATO included<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I already made a first replacement as the ATO will only top off for 1-2 days max, so I added an Auto Aqua Nano ATO which will allow me to use a 20 Liter container which should last for about a mont (currently using 0,5 Liters a day with much cooling due to the temperatures here. The included float valve ATO is okay if you dont mind filling the ATO every 1-2 days.<\/p>\n<p>My old tank was a closed tank which did not really require any top off really, however at some point the LED fixture in the tank died after about 18 months &#8211; most likely like the salt water evaporated into the electronics. After removing the top and adding a new LED fixture the evaporation was quite an annoying task. So definitely go with an ATO as it saves time and helps keeing the salinity stable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LED\u00a0 &#8211; Red Sea ReefLED 50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love the usability, however the delays between changing modes is a litle bit annoying as the light will turn off completely during the switch. I like the colors and I dont really see any reason to swap it for something else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Temperature Controller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many aquarium temperature controllers but for now I am using an Inkbird 308 which i also use on my terrarium for the heat pad control. Will keep a close eye on it as im not sure how the metal probe will handle the saltwater &#8211; however there are waterproof probes as well. I have the wifi version but you dont really need it imho.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skimmer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far I am happy with it &#8211; took about 10 days for it to stop producing bubbles whis is normal for a new skimmer. Tunze Doc 9001 or 9004 would always be an option but at the moment im good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Will be posting some tank pics soon, if you want close ups you can find them on Flickr. I have some pics from 2013 as well timestamps can be found in the exif data.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Reef Macros\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/robinsvision\/albums\/72177720301022463\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\" data-footer=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52258353117_b864ddea3d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Reef Macros\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 years ago I my broke down my 34g reef tank after it took quite a lot of my time compared to my freshwater tanks. Howevery I have decided to give it a reboot &#8211; but this time with better planning and more redundancy and automation. After I introduce the new tank I will talk &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robinward.com\/?p=1223\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Back to reefing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquariums","category-reef-aquarium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}