BrentB's Red Sea Reefer 250 Build

Brent Behringer · Jun 13, 2020

Made some progress today. Stand built and placed. ATO reservoir placed to right. Next up unbox tank and get it on the stand!

Brent Behringer · Jun 14, 2020

Tank is on the stand. Reef Leds mounted. I sealed up the underside of all 3 bulkheads with aquarium silicone for added security. Also put the 3 parts together to convert from smaller metric plumbing to standard 1”. I will install them tomorrow night after the silicone on the bulkheads dries. Also installed an auto sensor 5 x 12” led Kit inside the stand. Waiting for my black stick up zip ties to come so I can tie up and organize the led connection and power lead wires. Ordered my custom Top Lid Fusion Vent Frame Screen yesterday. The lid Has a 4 week bid timeframe. Was going to order a clear view lid but they are 10-12 week lead.

RL6723 · Jun 14, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
Tank is on the stand. Reef Leds mounted. I sealed up the underside of all 3 bulkheads with aquarium silicone for added security. Also put the 3 parts together to convert from smaller metric plumbing to standard 1”. I will install them tomorrow night after the silicone on the bulkheads dries. Also installed an auto sensor 5 x 12” led Kit inside the stand. Waiting for my black stick up zip ties to come so I can tie up and organize the led connection and power lead wires. Ordered my custom Top Lid Fusion Vent Frame Screen yesterday. The lid Has a 4 week bid timeframe. Was going to order a clear view lid but they are 10-12 week lead.

Looking good!!!

Phil D. · Jun 14, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
Tank is on the stand. Reef Leds mounted. I sealed up the underside of all 3 bulkheads with aquarium silicone for added security. Also put the 3 parts together to convert from smaller metric plumbing to standard 1”. I will install them tomorrow night after the silicone on the bulkheads dries. Also installed an auto sensor 5 x 12” led Kit inside the stand. Waiting for my black stick up zip ties to come so I can tie up and organize the led connection and power lead wires. Ordered my custom Top Lid Fusion Vent Frame Screen yesterday. The lid Has a 4 week bid timeframe. Was going to order a clear view lid but they are 10-12 week lead.

DUDE!!!! I would HIGHLY suggest before you get much further is to pull the carpet OUT and put tile!!! Otherwise you will have serious mold issues, because you WILL spill water!!!!!!!!

Brent Behringer · Jun 18, 2020

Sneak Peak at my rock work. I need another shelf rock to connect the two pieces and maybe a could more pieces of branch rock for the left side

Flameback Pair · Jun 18, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
Sneak Peak at my rock work. I need another shelf rock to connect the two pieces and maybe a could more pieces of branch rock for the left side

@Brent Behringer I like it. If you’re going to have dwarf angels you’ll want some caves.

Difrano · Jun 18, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
Sneak Peak at my rock work. I need another shelf rock to connect the two pieces and maybe a could more pieces of branch rock for the left side

IDK if you did it on purpose but the right branches may stick out of the water

Brent Behringer · Jun 24, 2020

Was busy over Father’s Day weekend putting a new liner into my pond waterfall. The old liner was almost 10 years old and had a couple cracks that were leaking. Tried to patch about a year ago, but didn’t work well. Have had to keep my flow restricted to 1/2 output to keep the water level up. So finally broke down, bought the liner and installed it. Moving all the rock was back breaking. But got it all done and full flow is back!

Brent Behringer · Jun 24, 2020

For my new RSR 250 build. I managed to sneak in the custom painting for my 2 aquamaxx mini reactors. My sump is gray and red.

Flameback Pair · Jun 25, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
Was busy over Father’s Day weekend putting a new liner into my pond waterfall. The old liner was almost 10 years old and had a couple cracks that were leaking. Tried to patch about a year ago, but didn’t work well. Have had to keep my flow restricted to 1/2 output to keep the water level up. So finally broke down, bought the liner and installed it. Moving all the rock was back breaking. But got it all done and full flow is back!

@Brent Behringer the pond looks really cool. Are those Koi? Any idea when your sump will arrive?

Brent Behringer · Jun 25, 2020

All goldfish in the pond. At my old house (10 years ago) I had a 4,000 gal koi pond with some huge koi in excess of 36”. It was an awesome pond. Sump is in production. Still 2 to 3 weeks out. I’m chomping at the bit to get it so I can plumb the tank, manifold and set up. I’ll probably work on my control cabinet this next week and into the 4th.

Brent Behringer · Jun 25, 2020

I ordered my ekoral pro controller today. For a limited time they come with 2 x 6 outlet power bars. Should receive sometime next week.

Brent Behringer · Jun 28, 2020

EKoral Pro Controller came in. Gonna start working on my control panel and outdoor RODI Station this week.

Brent Behringer · Jul 9, 2020

Sump is built (this is the actual pic) and being shipped! Should be here mid part of next week!

Flameback Pair · Jul 9, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
Sump is built (this is the actual pic) and being shipped! Should be here mid part of next week!

@Brent Behringer are those heater holders on the back side of the middle chamber? Those are cool!!

Brent Behringer · Jul 9, 2020

Yep! Plus Dose and Probe holders

Brent Behringer · Jul 9, 2020

So my dilemma now is do I build a custom control box cabinet which would be on the left side of the tank (between tank and stair rail)> have 9"w x 36"d x 26"h available or do I just place all my controls in the small stair well closet to the left and poke a hole through the wall at the bottom? I'm leaning to placing them in the closet. Issue is some will probably need extensions of some sort. Right side is approx 10" from tank to wall. So by the time I figure 14" plus height to mount them up the wall in the closet, were probably talking 30" to 40" just to the right corner of the stand. Thoughts? Any insight as to extensions if needed? Probably should lay it all out on the floor to see? My 10 gallon ATO reservoir is going into the right 10" between tank and wall. I can also put my dosing containers and pump behind the ATO when the time comes.

RL6723 · Jul 9, 2020

Brent Behringer said:
So my dilemma now is do I build a custom control box cabinet which would be on the left side of the tank (between tank and stair rail)> have 9"w x 36"d x 26"h available or do I just place all my controls in the small stair well closet to the left and poke a hole through the wall at the bottom? I'm leaning to placing them in the closet. Issue is some will probably need extensions of some sort. Right side is approx 10" from tank to wall. So by the time I figure 14" plus height to mount them up the wall in the closet, were probably talking 30" to 40" just to the right corner of the stand. Thoughts? Any insight as to extensions if needed? Probably should lay it all out on the floor to see? My 10 gallon ATO reservoir is going into the right 10" between tank and wall. I can also put my dosing containers and pump behind the ATO when the time comes.

Id probably go with installing all equipment in the closet. You should be able to get everything linked up with longer aquabus cables. The only ones that im not sure about would be the probes. But I think if you plan it out well and mount the head unit as close to the tank as possible the probe cables should reach. Id lay it out like you plan and see if it will work. I think you should be good with some proper planning as to where you are going to mount each piece of equipment. EB832 woul be fine as you can find ac adapter cables in all kinds of lengths

RL6723 · Jul 9, 2020

RL6723 said:
Id probably go with installing all equipment in the closet. You should be able to get everything linked up with longer aquabus cables. The only ones that im not sure about would be the probes. But I think if you plan it out well and mount the head unit as close to the tank as possible the probe cables should reach. Id lay it out like you plan and see if it will work. I think you should be good with some proper planning as to where you are going to mount each piece of equipment. EB832 woul be fine as you can find ac adapter cables in all kinds of lengths

I just realized your running an ekoral, not an Apex. Sorry I for some reason thought you were going Neptune