JJORDAN 130.4 WATERBOX BUILD

Jason Jordan · Dec 3, 2018

Trying to think what I’ve changed lately
I’ve lowered the white/uv lights on the hydras by quite a bit. And the last batch of food is frozen cubes from petco versus the typical rods from LFS. But that’s it.
My newest fish has been in there at least a few months now. All other fish look just fine from what I can tell but came home today to another yellow tang stuck to the fan.
That makes 2 yellow tangs. A red squirrel and a wrasse

Jason Jordan · Dec 3, 2018

Jason Jordan · Dec 14, 2018

Wow somebody feed these little guys already

Jason Jordan · Dec 14, 2018

Jason Jordan · Dec 14, 2018

SPA50 · Dec 15, 2018

Hey mate, I just picked up my waterbox 130.4. Have you changed anything or modifed your sump? Have you got a refugium?

Jason Jordan · Dec 15, 2018

SPA50 said:
Hey mate, I just picked up my waterbox 130.4. Have you changed anything or modifed your sump? Have you got a refugium?

No I haven’t really added anything special. Mounted the doser like a bookshelf and the fuge is one of those external canisters.
You’ll like the waterbox though it’s a nice clean easy to set up tank! Very happy so far

PookieGV · Dec 15, 2018

Jason Jordan said:
Plumbing done
Super easy

PookieGV · Dec 15, 2018

Did you glue the plumbing together? I have seen instructions to just dry fit and was curious what route you took.

Jason Jordan · Dec 15, 2018

PookieGV said:
Did you glue the plumbing together? I have seen instructions to just dry fit and was curious what route you took.

Actually dry fit this time and so far no issues. I normally glue it but It I wanted to give an easy option to change it around in case I decided to reuse my older trigger sump for the fuge option.

Jason Jordan · Dec 15, 2018

Jason Jordan said:
Actually dry fit this time and so far no issues. I normally glue it but It I wanted to give an easy option to change it around in case I decided to reuse my older trigger sump for the fuge option.

Have yo started your yet?

PookieGV · Dec 15, 2018

Mine is still in the crate. January.

Adashek1994 · Dec 19, 2018

I’m thinking about getting the 130.4 or the Red Sea 425 but am stumped on which one to get !!!

Adashek1994 · Dec 19, 2018

Hey guys so I’m a new member here. I’ve had plenty of reef tanks before but am getting back into it since I’m done with College... couldn’t stay away. But anyways im thinking about either the water box 130.4 or Red Sea 425... reasons for me wanting to go Red Sea is because their a great company with proven track record. Uncompromised quality, better sumpdesign for no overflowing mess... I’ve also heard that the water box tanks don’t look as good... as in the seams aren’t perfect and such. And heard that the stand sucks and can get super hot, hinges rusting, etc. I’ve akso heard of Red Sea having problems though. Can anyone give me some suggestions on what to do? The waterbox is actually more expensive but price isn’t an issue here. I have a pandora s 48” fixture with 3 145 watt led clusters and 8 54 watt t5s, so I got more than enough lighting for both systems. Will probably be running it on 60% max...