Berens' Reefer 525 XL Build

Daniel@R2R · Mar 29, 2017

jeffberens said:
Thanks, but the aquascape picture was from someone else. I will post my rockscape soon as it is ready to go in the tank.

Oh oops! LOL

The plumbing is awesome!

Looking forward to seeing your scape!

...and that scape is nice @CJs Aquariums

bpapo · Apr 10, 2017

Looks really nice , can we see a photo of the control side of the cabinet.

77railer · Apr 10, 2017

Looking really good...and I agree plumbing is very nice. Have you decided which rock you are going to go with.

jeffberens · Apr 10, 2017

bpapo said:
Looks really nice , can we see a photo of the control side of the cabinet.

It is still in the works, but I will post a picture of what I have finished so far.

jeffberens · Apr 10, 2017

77railer said:
Looking really good...and I agree plumbing is very nice. Have you decided which rock you are going to go with.

Thanks. I went with Marco Rocks. I have it all cemented together and in the tank and my cycle is complete. I will post some pictures of my current progress.

jeffberens · Apr 10, 2017

jeffberens · Apr 10, 2017

jeffberens · Apr 10, 2017

The mixing station is still a work in progress. I still need to run my heater, probes, float switches, etc.

jeffberens · Apr 11, 2017

bpapo said:
Looks really nice , can we see a photo of the control side of the cabinet.

Here is a picture of the control side of the cabinet as it sits right now. It is not quite complete as you can see I have another spot prepped for another Apex module.

This picture is how it looks all closed up

Here is how it looks with the hidden compartments opened up.

I have the energy bars, the battery backup, the break out box and wiring are all hidden behind the bottom panel.

jeffberens · Apr 11, 2017

Here is a picture I took during the build of the control cabinet. It is all self-contained and the whole thing can be pulled out of the Red Sea cabinet. It was also nice as I didn't have to make any holes or screw anything in to the Red Sea cabinet.

bpapo · Apr 11, 2017

Wow that is awesome! So you don't run any cables through the wall to the wet side out just run it around the back?

jeffberens · Apr 11, 2017

bpapo said:
Wow that is awesome! So you don't run any cables through the wall to the wet side out just run it around the back?

Correct. I didn't really want any holes between the wet side and the dry side of the cabinet. I actually used some different things for wire management within the sump area included a nice sized J channel along the back wall that hides the bulk of the wiring and lets me pull things out for maintenance really easily.