Marlon's WaterBox Reef LX 230.5

[JamieB]

Hi

I’ve been Dr Tim cycling and it’s taken 3/4 weeks for the ammonia & nitrite to drop below 1ppm... it’s taking forever, very frustrating!

I researched and followed instructions to the letter.
The only difference was I started with Red Sea live sand.
Although I measured ammonia as 0 even after live sand added...

I’ll be really interested to see how long your cycle takes.

I feel very cheated with Dr Tim

have you already added some ammonia once?

Jamie

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Hi Jamie, I have added the ammonia once and will be adding more today. I have read about people who had the same issue and some people added more bacteria into the tank. I bought some microbactra 7 to add if I see that the cycle is stalled. I will be adding it into the system anyways but if needed will use for the cycle.

 

[Agirgen]

Could you provide a depth measurement for the electronics enclosure? I'm wondering if my Neptune stuff would fit in there, namely the DOS which is 5 inches deep... Thanks!

 

[Agirgen]

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[Marlon_Holland]

Could you provide a depth measurement for the electronics enclosure? I'm wondering if my Neptune stuff would fit in there, namely the DOS which is 5 inches deep... Thanks!

Hi Agirgen, sorry for the delay. The depth is 5 inches, 7 if you do not put the side panel back on. The stand comes with two panels that you can mount for controllers and those will eat up your depth. See the pic.

 

[count krunk]

Good start.

Cycles can take a while. I'm still a fan of just letting a deli shrimp rot for a few weeks.

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Good start.

Cycles can take a while. I'm still a fan of just letting a deli shrimp rot for a few weeks.

Me too, just trying this for the first time.

 

[Agirgen]

Hi Agirgen, sorry for the delay. The depth is 5 inches, 7 if you do not put the side panel back on. The stand comes with two panels that you can mount for controllers and those will eat up your depth. See the pic.

Thanks for the reply! This is the one (small) thing I don't think they got perfect. I wish this was deeper. If I understand you correctly, there is a back panel (7 inches depth) then a second panel to mount your electronics to which is 5 inches deep? So there is a void between them for cable management etc?

 

[Bones06]

Thanks for the reply! This is the one (small) thing I don't think they got perfect. I wish this was deeper. If I understand you correctly, there is a back panel (7 inches depth) then a second panel to mount your electronics to which is 5 inches deep? So there is a void between them for cable management etc?

Can you choose not to mount the panel?

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Can you choose not to mount the panel?

Yes, the two panels do not have to be used. You can mount everything on the back panel. In waterbox's youtube video they actually mounted everything in the back of the tank and only used the control box for some controllers.

 

[Bones06]

Yes, the two panels do not have to be used. You can mount everything on the back panel. In waterbox's youtube video they actually mounted everything in the back of the tank and only used the control box for some controllers.

Thanks for the info! I really want to use aluminum shelving. Does anyone know the size of the extruded aluminum for the stand?

 

[Bondesen]

@Marlon_Holland Love the tank. Scaping looks phenomenal.
I have ordered the same tank model. And it is due to arrive Monday. Unfortunately my electrician and plumber is coming tomorrow. I have been trying to get Waterbox to forward the measurements of the backpanel cutouts. But they are unvilling to provide them. Would love to be able to place electrical outlets and ATO/AWC water supply at hight and distance that correspond with existing airflow cutouts in the panel. So that I don't have to make new holes in the cabinet.

Would you happen to have those measurement?

Pls excuse my poor English. I am Danish

 

[Bones06]

@Marlon_Holland Love the tank. Scaping looks phenomenal.
I have ordered the same tank model. And it is due to arrive Monday. Unfortunately my electrician and plumber is coming tomorrow. I have been trying to get Waterbox to forward the measurements of the backpanel cutouts. But they are unvilling to provide them. Would love to be able to place electrical outlets and ATO/AWC water supply at hight and distance that correspond with existing airflow cutouts in the panel. So that I don't have to make new holes in the cabinet.

Would you happen to have those measurement?

Pls excuse my poor English. I am Danish

Hey there, I might be able to help you deduce some measurements based on the instructions and the technical measurements. Probably won’t be exact but would probably be close enough for government work

What are you looking for, just the 4 circular holes at the top along with the wide U opening?

 

[Marlon_Holland]

@Marlon_Holland Love the tank. Scaping looks phenomenal.
I have ordered the same tank model. And it is due to arrive Monday. Unfortunately my electrician and plumber is coming tomorrow. I have been trying to get Waterbox to forward the measurements of the backpanel cutouts. But they are unvilling to provide them. Would love to be able to place electrical outlets and ATO/AWC water supply at hight and distance that correspond with existing airflow cutouts in the panel. So that I don't have to make new holes in the cabinet.

Would you happen to have those measurement?

Pls excuse my poor English. I am Danish

Hello Bondesen here are the measurements, these are rough but if you place everything in the middle of these measurements you will be fine.

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Also these measurements are in inches.

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Also these measurements are in inches.

Flipped the picture

 

[Bondesen]

@Marlon_Holland and @Bones06
Thank you very much Sirs! Exactly what I was looking for. I don't need exact, just approximate. Perfekt.
Thank you the both of you for taking your time to reply
Looking forward to sharing tank experiences here!

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Glad to help, can't wait to see yours come to life.

 

[Bones06]

Flipped the picture

You are a rockstar

 

[Marlon_Holland]

Hello everyone, just a quick update. I am still cycling the tank, but have introduced some test corals. I saw this on prestige reefs, a guy a follow on YouTube so I said why not give it a try. I am using some palys and a mushroom leather coral to see how it goes. Have some diatoms growing but I am fine with that. Still have some nitrite but ammonia is zero.