Reefer 750 XXL

Pandy · Jun 25, 2017

The extra piece is just for packaging, to stop things sliding around I believe - all of the previous models have them

smokin'reefer · Jun 25, 2017

Dang , 1/2 in return looks restricting.

Dawsokj1988 · Jun 25, 2017

smokin'reefer said:
Dang , 1/2 in return looks restricting.

eh.. I've seen so many different charts with different measurements on it. This chart shows the max flow is around 1410. The return is the same piping as the 525 and 450, so about 3/4 inch.

smokin'reefer · Jun 25, 2017

TX_Punisher said:
Well, I at least know the tank weight now. 540 is more than I thought it would weigh.

Is that the tank weight, or shipping weight for the whole package?

AllAboutThatWrasse · Jun 25, 2017

@Dawsokj1988 how's the assembly coming along? I'm dying to hopefully get to pick mine up next weekend!

TX_Punisher · Jun 25, 2017

How's the stand build coming along? The stands come with that extra piece as I've seen in other builds.

Dawsokj1988 · Jun 25, 2017

Give me a few and I'll try and help everyone out with some measurements so you all can at least plan things out

Dawsokj1988 · Jun 25, 2017

I'm upgrading from a 350, so it's going to go a bit slow. I'm also going to spend some time modifying the cabinet (thank you Broadfield for the inspiration). I won't be throwing the cabinet doors on for a while, but the cabinet itself is complete. The interesting thing about the bottoms of the cabinets is there's potential to attach some heavy duty wheels to the boards to create a "slide out" option (this is all theoretical).

Jay11355 · Jun 25, 2017

Wow !!!more pic ,more information thank you!!!

Rocklin Mike · Jun 25, 2017

That sump is a lot bigger than I had thought it would be. Can't wait to see pics of the tank. What's the overall impression of quality?

Dawsokj1988 · Jun 25, 2017

Well, I currently own a 350 so it's on par with it. If you've never owned a Reefer before, well then you're in for a treat. They're known to be some of the highest quality "non-custom" tanks available.

Broadfield · Jun 25, 2017

Dawsokj1988 said:
Alright, so just to clarify a few things: the 750 uses the same plumbing sizes as the 350, 450, etc... I took the return nozzle from my 350 and hooked it up to the 750 and it fit perfectly. I also took a 3/4 inch MPT and confirmed that it screws in perfectly to the end of the return line (the barb fitting screws out). If wanting to hard plumb to the return line, there's no need to buy a metric conversion because a standard 3/4 inch female fitting screws into the end of the return line.

I skimmed through @Broadfield 's post and unless I'm mistaken, he doesn't know what his return flow is due to having his L1 run multiple reactors as well.

I'd like to believe that the return line can handle more than 600 gph lol. The recommended pump size on Red Sea's website is 1850 gph (for the 750 xxl). @RedSeaKev is this flow rate achievable in the 750 xxl? I'm trying to rationalize why the same plumbing would be used on a tank that's twice the size.

I do not run any sort of flow monitoring. I will eventually, but more so for the reactors. I run a Vectra L1 at 100%, through a plumbing setup with a lot of elbows and three reactors, and I have more flow at the return nozzle than what most people run. I have experimented with running the L1 around 50% and I still had adequate flow through the sump. Hope this helps.

TX_Punisher · Jun 25, 2017

Nice.

Maverick777 · Jun 25, 2017

dRsLy said:
I thought the same thing when assembling my 525XL... I got an extra trim piece of the opposite color as well. Maybe they meant to do this? Not sure why! Good luck with the new tank, I'm sure it's going to be awesome!

Pretty sure they did it to save packaging costs between the black and the white cabinets. So all black cabinets come with the bottom white trim piece regardless.

TX_Punisher · Jun 25, 2017

I'll be running the fmk with a Varios 8 so we'll see what we can crank out with two reactors and maybe the top off
Converted to a fuge.

Dawsokj1988 · Jun 25, 2017

I'll be running the Varios 8 as well, though I'm debating whether or not to throw on a GHL flow meter.

TX_Punisher · Jun 25, 2017

Dawsokj1988 said:
I'll be running the Varios 8 as well, though I'm debating whether or not to throw on a GHL flow meter.

Are you finish plumbing it yet?

Dawsokj1988 · Jun 25, 2017

TX_Punisher said:
Are you finish plumbing it yet?

Haven't started. Going nice and slow with this build. Right now I'm working in a cad program to try and figure out what I want to do with the dry side of the cabinet. I have my 350 to tide me over in the mean time. Here's the first iteration of what I'm thinking.