Red Sea Reefer S-850 G2+ Episode 4 | The Sump

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0:00 Intro
0:15 Adding saltwater, live rock and sand
1:59 Starting the cycle
2:37 The sump: main section
3:17 Sump extension and dry cabinet
4:20 Red Sea slide out panel
4:43 Skimmer
5:10 Heaters
5:27 Return pump and ATO
6:03 Automatic water change system
6:45 First corals added
6:58 What's next

[@mikkostenberg1740]

Lets see that NYOS reactor then, please. ☝🏻

[@adrianortiz9874]

Yes Please Always love your videos

[@yoogieram]

I have a water box 50 aio. Planning to setup a tank like urs in the future. I’ll use this video as a reference. Amazing content.

[@SarkastikKirb]

Aqua Print has a cool new Hexlock modular cabinet system. Great stuff, very slim for what you appear to need as well.

[@ilikeweirdfish7106]

Thanks for doing these. I recently bought a pro star tank and this has been very helpful on setting it up.

[@MrTommo2008]

Yes please for the Nyos Reactor review as im looking at one myself!

[@TheTylerianmitchell]

I have similar setup with my ATO - its 25l and I added a very simple solenoid valve to it and plugged it into a wifi plug. My ato now automatically fills every sunday with a scheduled on/off. I have a float valve in container so it cant overfill, i just replaced the manual valve with solenoid. Havent thought about top off in 4 years, minus tds checks and rodi filter changes. Highly recommend

[@kalamazoo_reefer]

Sand is the way.

[@ChrisdeRonde]

Damn, that’s impressive

[@john-xo9mg]

Nice one all coming together nicely .

[@joshweaver4729]

Love the updates bro!

[@Fleming41st]

Good luck Alex can't wait to see it finished

[@MicronReef]

Looks sick! Love the aquascape, and the monstera plant is perfect next to the new tank!!!!

[@mickrobinson8150]

Nice tank btw

[@TheYorkshireReefer]

Awesome video 👊

[@ReefDork]

Cheers Stef

[@someone6reefs]

Looking forward to this

[@queencityreefs]

Very nice 🙌👌✌️

[@SimonJamesBayman]

Great tank. I’ve got the Nyos reactor. Great bit of kit but I seem to get some gfo out through the bottom when I power it off. Not sure if I’m doing it right but there isn’t much to get wrong !!

[@adrianortiz9874]

Really nice job on the tank Looks very clean Would love to see you do a tally at the end of your next video showing how much the whole system has cost up to that point if you were to buy everything brand new

[@dxfgful]

I took my slide out panel off. It takes up a ton of room by itself, so if you don't really want it, you can get some room back which is a pro to me.

[@shanpat61]

hi tank looks awesome , very flash, those d-d 650 w haters break down after a few months i had a 3 heaters one after the other go down, ended with two eheim 300w very reliable. anyway all the best .

[@kevin16scalecollector54]

Npower called. They want their electricity back. 😂

[@catatonickuala]

Have you looked at Osmotics for a water container? I think they have some tower tanks. They have a 105 litre tank that is 30cm x 50cm and 75 cm high, or a 60 litre that is 25cm x 35cm and 85 cm high.

[@thomasthecat951]

Candle stick holder naw. It’s definitely going to look like Christmas tree 🎄 once you get the little frags on it 😂 I can’t wait to see how it looks grown out should look good!

[@dereks3207]

cover the slide out panel in your old wallpaper. #neverforget

[@theunbrokenaquarist]

Great video however just to let you know when listening through my bose headphones the voice over came through the left about 90% and the background music was 90% on the right speaker

[@ReefDork]

Cheers, I'll look into that

[@Knottykid]

Would like a review on the red sea auto top off after you use it for quite some time please

[@ReefDork]

I bought another one about 6 months ago - it's really good but a little noisy

[@TomoBishBosh]

Another interesting video on the new tank! Did you seed the rocks to make sure there was no possible phosphate leech, or did you do it to reduce cycling?

[@ReefDork]

Just for seeding - it might have got rid of some phosphate too but I'd still expect a spike based on my previous experiences...

[@EIY_Kumar]

I'm curious about the working process of the contactless heater

[@theeastcoastreefer]

All that Reef Factory stuff makes me nervous and its not even my tank! A review on the Nyos Torq would be great! Regardless the tank looks great! I am very jealous! I'd love to get a bigger tank, the reefer 250 is just right for where I'm living at the moment but will definitely go bigger when I move :-)

[@ReefDork]

Why? Because it looks like it's gonna fall in??

[@theeastcoastreefer]

@@ReefDork no I had a load of livestock killed off when their server went down 😞

[@sirtommy112]

Good to see the updates on the tank. I’m thinking about a Nyos reactor so would love a long term review. Have you tried GFO and carbon at the same time and feel it works well with both?

[@ReefDork]

No, just gfo - I don't find carbon in a reactor makes much difference except that it seems to get to work a couple of hours quicker

[@sirtommy112]

@@ReefDork so would be curious if you think the larger duel chamber version is worth it over the single .75 version. Thanks for the reply!

[@J_ellis709]

Have you thought about using 2 return pumps? In case one should fail?

[@ReefDork]

I did on my last tank but I don't think it's necessary - it's very rare that a return pump will fail

[@DINOSAURIA92]

Can your contactless heater go in your overflow box ( if its going to always be submerged in there?)

[@ReefDork]

Bad place for a heater I think

[@bluesteeI]

Did you use the uk plug adapter for the dj switch? Or did you change all the plugs? I found all my plugs to be fused and impossible to open. Only way to add a new one was to cut the wires.

[@ReefDork]

I just use adapters

[@bluesteeI]

@@ReefDork i bought a bunch of them from Amazon and they were advertised as 0.5m long. They came and they are tiny cables. Ergh. Still managed to set it up though. I'm just suffering from learning about all the plumbing at the moment, my water is super cloudy still :(

[@mickrobinson8150]

Are you a yachty?

[@ReefDork]

Sailing? No, my dad was though.