FlowGod's Waterbox Reef 100.3 Build

[John Bolden]

Nice its all good I've done the same thing to my build thread... I'm considering getting that tank. Do you thing that 2 radion xr15 lights would sufficiently light it? Is it hard to reach into and get around the tank?

 

[FlowGod]

Nice its all good I've done the same thing to my build thread... I'm considering getting that tank. Do you thing that 2 radion xr15 lights would sufficiently light it? Is it hard to reach into and get around the tank?

Its hard to say. I haven't had any experience with radions. What are your goals if you got the tank? If you just want softies and lps I would say yes. If you want a more sps dominate tank I would think 3 xr15's would be perfect. Another good option would be to supplement the two xr15's with led strips like reefbreeders, reefbrite, or orphek

It is a bit tall to reach into. I am 5' 10" I think, and I can reach into the tank and touch the bottom but my arm pit is pretty close to hitting the top of the glass (Nothing a little stepping stool cant fix though). But the build quality is great and service/shipping was good from waterbox. Only thing I would change if I were to buy it again would be to get a larger size! (And after-market sump)

 

[John Bolden]

Its hard to say. I haven't had any experience with radions. What are your goals if you got the tank? If you just want softies and lps I would say yes. If you want a more sps dominate tank I would think 3 xr15's would be perfect. Another good option would be to supplement the two xr15's with led strips like reefbreeders, reefbrite, or orphek

It is a bit tall to reach into. I am 5' 10" I think, and I can reach into the tank and touch the bottom but my arm pit is pretty close to hitting the top of the glass (Nothing a little stepping stool cant fix though). But the build quality is great and service/shipping was good from waterbox. Only thing I would change if I were to buy it again would be to get a larger size! (And after-market sump)

Thank you! I have a waterbox cube 20 and the craftsmen's ship is second to none. It will be a mixed reef I will probably just throw on the 3rd on just to be safe and if i want to go sps dominant later. What do you do for flow I was thinking 2 4k gyres on the back glass and some mp10s on the side panels.

 

[FlowGod]

Thank you! I have a waterbox cube 20 and the craftsmen's ship is second to none. It will be a mixed reef I will probably just throw on the 3rd on just to be safe and if i want to go sps dominant later. What do you do for flow I was thinking 2 4k gyres on the back glass and some mp10s on the side panels.

That would kick butt. It might be a touch over kill for flow for the size of the tank, but I dont mind overkill. I think you would keep the gyres on a pretty low flow setting. But that would make for no dead spots in flow for sure. I have a nero 3 and 5 and a tunze 6055. I kind of wish I had two nero 5’s and the tunze but that’s ok.

* a few pictures

 

[John Bolden]

That would kick butt. It might be a touch over kill for flow for the size of the tank, but I dont mind overkill. I think you would keep the gyres on a pretty low flow setting. But that would make for no dead spots in flow for sure. I have a nero 3 and 5 and a tunze 6055. I kind of wish I had two nero 5’s and the tunze but that’s ok.

* a few pictures

Defiantly over kill but i love the look of high flow with my hammers. I want to keep more sps but its hard to keep stable levels in a 20 gallon.

 

[FlowGod]

Defiantly over kill but i love the look of high flow with my hammers. I want to keep more sps but its hard to keep stable levels in a 20 gallon.

It’s a lot easier to keep parameters with the 100 gallons for sure. I had the same issue with 20 gallon I had

 

[Gumbies R Us]

That would kick butt. It might be a touch over kill for flow for the size of the tank, but I dont mind overkill. I think you would keep the gyres on a pretty low flow setting. But that would make for no dead spots in flow for sure. I have a nero 3 and 5 and a tunze 6055. I kind of wish I had two nero 5’s and the tunze but that’s ok.

* a few pictures

Tank looks good so far!!!

 

[FlowGod]

Tank looks good so far!!!

Thank you!

 

[FlowGod]

 

[FlowGod]

The beginning of this week I added two OR 90's blue plus from Orphek. They are 36" long and are mounted on my aquatic life t5 fixture. I ended up drilling holes in the sides in order to fit the bars. I could have hung them but I wanted a more streamline look. They are pretty intense lights so I am currently only running them a few hours a day and lessening my intensity from my other LED's while slowly adding more time onto the OR90's. They give off some serious light though...

 

[FlowGod]

 

[FlowGod]

Just a few little coral pics


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[FlowGod]