Coopers Red Sea Reefer 450

MCooper · Mar 25, 2016

I am taking advice from fellow members and starting my own thread! After having various nano tanks from 6 gallons to 40 gallons, I took 4 years off. All my previous tanks had been great, and I learned more and more from each one. I left Manhattan and had to sell everything, and now I am in sunny Miami. Finally getting back into the hobby. I always wanted a large tank, but didn't have the cash or room. This time I wanted to do it right! It is going in my den so can see it while I am on the couch relaxing (watching tv or watching my newborn son crawl all over the place).

Here is what I have planned thus far:

Red Sea Reefer 450 with white stand
3 of the AquaIllumination 26 HD LEDs
Vertex Omega 180i Skimmer
Vectra M1 pump
Apex Neptune Controller
Apex DOS system
Neptune WAV system

Soft Corals and LPS
Various fish and inverts

Plan to use Carib Sea Life Rock and Worldwide Live Sand

sebo18 · Mar 25, 2016

Looks good so far and nice equipment list! Keep the pics coming!

revhtree · Mar 25, 2016

Great looking tank!

MCooper · Mar 25, 2016

Thank you guys!

Went with 3 AI Hydra 26's vs. 2 AI Hydra 52's so hoping it works out!

MCooper · Mar 31, 2016

Just put in the order for all of my Apex stuff. Going with DOS and WAV! Very excited for this build.

Bronc · Mar 31, 2016

Excellent! I'm excited to watch your build as well!

Scubafrog · Mar 31, 2016

Great looking tank and location.

Broadfield · Mar 31, 2016

Hey Matt!

MCooper · Apr 5, 2016

Package arrived today! Getting closer. Plumbing hopefully begin next week! Thank you to Broadfield for all of his help! Something tells me I am going to go crazy trying to hook all of this stuff up! First need to figure out if I can run a cat5 in my attic and down the wall to the stand vs. wifi hookup.

revhtree · Apr 5, 2016

Nice!

Broadfield · Apr 5, 2016

DrCooper said:
Package arrived today! Getting closer. Plumbing hopefully begin next week! Thank you to Broadfield for all of his help! Something tells me I am going to go crazy trying to hook all of this stuff up! First need to figure out if I can run a cat5 in my attic and down the wall to the stand vs. wifi hookup.

No problem man, just let me know if you end up needing any other product or help with anything!

Zero Nitrates · Apr 5, 2016

Christmas in April!
Following along, love the stand!

G8rNation · Apr 5, 2016

just got a 350 and have the Vectra M1 on it and couldn't be happier. absolutely no noise at all. Ill be following along!

Broadfield · Apr 5, 2016

Yeah, the Vectra is basically dead silent. I had an issue with mine and had to swap in my old Sicce Syncra Silent 5.0 temporarily. I remember thinking the Sicce was insanely quiet, which it is... but not as quiet as the Vectra!

Weeble10 · Apr 5, 2016

Awesome start! Looking forward to your build.

MCooper · Apr 12, 2016

Small update! Thankfully I was able to run a cat5 wire from my router up the attic and down the wall by my tank! No basements here in Miami, so it wasn't easy. This will make controlling my apex much easier as I was concerned about the wifi ability and all the potential issues that can come with it. Plumbing is starting today and I am about to purchase a QT setup. Learning about proper QT and how to set it up now with the great articles on here.
Thanks for following along!
I do have to bother Broadfield once again for advice on how to make the cabinet so clean looking with all the neptune controllers, etc!