ecureefer
Community Member
Please forgive the grammatical errors that are sure to follow due to my down south up bringing and the few 12 oz beverages that I may or may have not consumed.
I've never done a build thread as I consider myself a big time lurker and just sit back and read and research, along with there's always something to learn from everyone else. But due to a little peer pressure/threats from LILBUDDHA and TBDH20 I have no choice but to give this a try. A little back story of myself which begins as almost everyone else has, I started a reef tank a few years back and of course started small and quickly outgrew the tanks and bank accounts. I've gotten in and out the hobby of course and gone from softies to full sps blown reefs due to the challenge. I got back into the hobby recently last November with a JBJ 30 Rl that I had sold to a close friend when I got out the hobby last. Current equipment list is as follows
JBJ 30 RL
CPR Medium HOB Refugium
Mp10
Aquamaxx HOB 1
Eheim Compact 2000
Radion XR15 Pro with mount
Mixed reef with LPS and SPS along with 2 clownfish, 2 purple firefish, and a tiny tomini tang
At the end of April I decided to upgrade to a 68 Cadlights Versa and due to poor customer service and my hectic work schedule and life changing event I've just now got it set up. The first tank showed up broke due to FEDEX . Second tank finally got shipped and FEDEX said I had to pay for shipping due to non payment on CADLIGHTS behalf and after phone call and voicemail that was never returned they settled the balance with FEDEX and I was able to pick up my tank and stand. New tank showed up intact and great shape except for the stand which had scratches and misdrilled hinge holes along with the missing tank mat that took over a month to receive. I received the mat on June 11th and it had 2 cuts already from poor measurement. When I finally got the tank and stand ready to set up the stand had a gap between stand and left front corner of tank. After back and forth emails I was told it would be ok and covered under warranty. Overall CAD tanks are A+, stands and customer service are far from passing grade. I will post pictures of mat and stand later. My work started up in July and finally slowed down at end of August allowing me to set new tank up.
20150907_193031 by julio soto, on Flickr
I've never done a build thread as I consider myself a big time lurker and just sit back and read and research, along with there's always something to learn from everyone else. But due to a little peer pressure/threats from LILBUDDHA and TBDH20 I have no choice but to give this a try. A little back story of myself which begins as almost everyone else has, I started a reef tank a few years back and of course started small and quickly outgrew the tanks and bank accounts. I've gotten in and out the hobby of course and gone from softies to full sps blown reefs due to the challenge. I got back into the hobby recently last November with a JBJ 30 Rl that I had sold to a close friend when I got out the hobby last. Current equipment list is as follows
JBJ 30 RL
CPR Medium HOB Refugium
Mp10
Aquamaxx HOB 1
Eheim Compact 2000
Radion XR15 Pro with mount
Mixed reef with LPS and SPS along with 2 clownfish, 2 purple firefish, and a tiny tomini tang
At the end of April I decided to upgrade to a 68 Cadlights Versa and due to poor customer service and my hectic work schedule and life changing event I've just now got it set up. The first tank showed up broke due to FEDEX . Second tank finally got shipped and FEDEX said I had to pay for shipping due to non payment on CADLIGHTS behalf and after phone call and voicemail that was never returned they settled the balance with FEDEX and I was able to pick up my tank and stand. New tank showed up intact and great shape except for the stand which had scratches and misdrilled hinge holes along with the missing tank mat that took over a month to receive. I received the mat on June 11th and it had 2 cuts already from poor measurement. When I finally got the tank and stand ready to set up the stand had a gap between stand and left front corner of tank. After back and forth emails I was told it would be ok and covered under warranty. Overall CAD tanks are A+, stands and customer service are far from passing grade. I will post pictures of mat and stand later. My work started up in July and finally slowed down at end of August allowing me to set new tank up.
20150907_193031 by julio soto, on Flickr
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