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I’m Aquascaping a NEW Red Sea Reefer G2+ / Reefmat & Reefer 600 Skimmer

1

Tank Featured

11

Minutes

2023

Released

Reef Builders host Remy documents the early build of his Red Sea Reefer 625 G2+, covering sump placement, plumbing, installing a ReefMat 1200 roller and Reefer 600 skimmer, and aquascaping with Carib Sea Life Rock and sand. Much of the video focuses on the aquascaping process, his glue-and-sand method, and settling on a final layout with input from fellow reefers. No water is in the tank yet, so livestock is still holding in a tub.

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00:01:28Sump placement and plumbing 00:02:04Red Sea ReefMat 1200 installation 00:02:38Red Sea skimmer and delaying its use 00:03:06Aquascape rock and sand (Carib Sea) 00:04:01Aquascaping tips: elevate scape, cardboard cutout 00:04:36Super glue, accelerator and sand method 00:05:31TSA rock structures from Kevin Berta 00:06:35Scape philosophy: coral becomes the structure 00:07:08E-Marco mortar and reinforcing seams 00:08:09Aquascape complete, next step filling with water

The Build

Tank Specs

Every spec, brand, and livestock mention pulled from the host's narration. Click any tank tour above to compare.

Tank 01

The Red Sea Reefer 625 G2+

SPS dominant

Style

Red Sea Reefer 625 G2+

Brand

A brand-new Red Sea Reefer 625 G2+ build being set up as a future SPS-dominant reef, aquascaped with Carib Sea Life Rock and special grade sand plus custom TSA rock structures. Nutrient export leans on a Red Sea ReefMat 1200 roller mat, with the Reefer 600 skimmer held in reserve. At this stage corals (torches/euphyllia) and fish are still holding in a tub while the tank is scaped and prepped for water.

Skimmer

Red Sea Reefer 600 Skimmer $87.99in stock

Filtration

roller mat

Husbandry & Practices 7

Running Red Sea ReefMat 1200 roller mat as primary nutrient export instead of skimmer early on
Plans to delay running skimmer for the first couple months of the tank's life
Aquascaped with all Carib Sea Life Rock and special grade sand
Used thin super glue plus sand-and-accelerator method to tack rock together
Plans to reinforce and blend rock seams with E-Marco mortar kit
Will epoxy base structures to glass so rocks can't slip and break glass
Building open scape expecting SPS to grow over and become the aquascape

Corals

2

torch coralseuphyllia

In their own words

Notable Quotes

Everything just screws or snaps into place, we'll find out how well I did when we get the water in the tank.

The reef mat's gonna do a lot of the heavy lifting with nutrient export.

Over time, as coral is in the ocean, the coral will become the structure of your aquascape.

If I've done everything right here, you won't see any rock in a year or two anyway because the coral will be covering it all up.

I have taken the aquascape a little too seriously.