Red Sea 425xl Build noob

[Dj Mars]

Hello everyone,

Really love this forum has helped me learn a lot and helped in a lot of my research!
I wanna create this build post to hopefully gain some more knowledge or help someone else who is starting. Because to be quite honest I’m building as I go I still got lots to learn! Taking advice from a local fish store who has been great help.
I came from a 20 gallon freshwater now switched to a 88 gallon saltwater!
Really excited.
I’ll be posting some photos I decided to do the build thread late so I might not have all photos lol
But here’s a list of my build. I’ll post prices too to help anyone looking into buying something similar because I could never find prices here lol

Red Sea 425 XL black stand. ( I wanted white but we have a 1 year old who is causing chaos lol)-2070

2 Red Sea ReefLed 90-618

2 Red Sea mounting arms-120

ASM G-1 protein skimmer-319

Simplicity 2100 DC Pump-135

Aqua top 300w heater-72

Aqua top thermometer

Carib sea purple rock-360

Ecotech MP 40-366

40lbs aragonite-99

Hydrometer-15

Coral life salt 200 mix-40

Conditioner-4

Test kit-32

Total -4203

 

[Dj Mars]

Stand took about 2 hours almost 3.
But that’s because I was going crazy with having 4 extra parts. Turns out I got the wrong Manual and stand
They sent me the stand for a Deluxe.
so I pulled the manual up online for a deluxe 425xl lol

 

[Dj Mars]

The space available with the sump inside cabinet for anyone interested