Mr Esco 25g reef

Escoreef · Oct 17, 2013

Hello, well I got this lil tank from a local friend here in san diego its a mr aqua 18x18x18 cube (none drilled) i bought it sometime this past august and finally its up and running so here is a lil background of how it came together.

First day I bought it

A white stand from IKEA

I decided to drill the tank to run a sump so I got the equipment from glass-holes.com

Drain kit

Return kit

And drilled

Installed the kits

Painted the background black

Got water in it no leaks yay !!!

I did a lot of thinking as of what type of led to run was either a ai nano or the maxspec razor so my decision was....

And as of now still empty but going mainly sps

nanoreef1 · Oct 17, 2013

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Escoreef said:
Hello, well I got this lil tank from a local friend here in san diego its a mr aqua 18x18x18 cube (none drilled) i bought it sometime this past august and finally its up and running so here is a lil background of how it came together.

First day I bought it

A white stand from IKEA

I decided to drill the tank to run a sump so I got the equipment from glass-holes.com

Drain kit

Return kit

And drilled

Installed the kits

Painted the background black

Got water in it no leaks yay !!!

I did a lot of thinking as of what type of led to run was either a ai nano or the maxspec razor so my decision was....

And as of now still empty but going mainly sps

. Looking good Carlitos!lol your in here to bro! I just opened an account here to!

nanoreef1 · Oct 17, 2013

Hey what up Carlos! Your in here to bro!lol I just opened an account here too:tea:

Escoreef · Oct 17, 2013

Yup lol gotta try new things mang meet new people

revhtree · Oct 17, 2013

Looks great and welcome to R2R!

Jjmelgoza · Oct 17, 2013

Looks good buddy, and welcome to r2r, this is an awesome forum, alot of helpful tips and info from fellow reefers.

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Escoreef · Oct 19, 2013

Thanx, this is what im running as of now a cpr cy192 sump with built in skimmer its only 5 gallons, but ill be running a 18 gallon sump soon

Escoreef · Oct 27, 2013

The previous sump I was running was too small and no room for a refugium so I upgraded 18 gal sump almost the same size of my display lol.

Yanksrkewl00 · Oct 31, 2013

Great set up so far! how do you like the lighting and the overflow box? Would you go with the ai nano or a different fixture overall? Are you getting enough flow with your overflow? I'm setting up a 27 gallon marineland and I want to use the same light and overflow.

Escoreef · Oct 31, 2013

Yanksrkewl00 said:
Great set up so far! how do you like the lighting and the overflow box? Would you go with the ai nano or a different fixture overall? Are you getting enough flow with your overflow? I'm setting up a 27 gallon marineland and I want to use the same light and overflow.

Thanx , I have lots of good flow no dead spots loving it !! As far as my fixture my corals open very nicely color are nice and bright, only reason I did not go with the AI nano was cause I would of need it to purchase a separate controller to adjust my lights and set the timer. I really recommend the razor you'll love it, could also ramp up and down your leds as day goes by according to your preferences.

mic209 · Nov 2, 2013

With the overflow, were you able to mount the Razor centered without modifying the mount? I have the same setup, gl*******s overflow and all. I currently have the sol nano and I had to trim the stock mounting arm to fit around my overflow. I'm not really happy with the sol nano, and I'm considering the Razor.

Escoreef · Nov 2, 2013

mic209 said:
With the overflow, were you able to mount the Razor centered without modifying the mount? I have the same setup, gl*******s overflow and all. I currently have the sol nano and I had to trim the stock mounting arm to fit around my overflow. I'm not really happy with the sol nano, and I'm considering the Razor.

That was my first concern when my fixture arrived I did not take in consideration that detail, but as you could see in the pic the folks over at maxspec thought about that specially them knowing that these fixtures would be placed on tight places like nano tanks so they made cut outs on both ends of the mounts and walla !!!! Perfect fit I couldn't be more happy with my purchase and this company highly recommended. .