Stpatrick's Red Sea Reefer 425 xl build

[Stpatrick]

And a look at the sump system with the sump LEDs on. I do plan on mounting LEDs above as well.

 

[Stpatrick]

All my rock arrived today. I’m excited I can now start the aquascape. I’m on the road to getting this system wet.

 

[Stpatrick]

I spent close to three days and a lot of trial and error and I finally came up with something I really like. Here’s my final rendition of the Aquascape. Thoughts?

 

[Stpatrick]

A few more pictures with the T5 lights on. I still haven’t decided which LEDs I’m going to be running. Maybe the GEN 4s. Not sure.

 

[Stpatrick]

Time to get wet.

 

[Stpatrick]

Still filling up.

 

[Sandbox]

Looks Great! Do you have a link for the LEDS from Amazon?

 

[Stpatrick]

So far so good.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I think I really like your aquascape, but I definitely love this area on the right. The gap has a very interesting contour

 

[ncaldwell]

I like it alot!

 

[Stpatrick]

I like it alot!

Thank you.

 

[Stpatrick]

Two weeks in and my ammonia is starting to drift down.

 

[Ray668]

Great rock work looks good

 

[Stpatrick]

My main lights for the undercabinet lighting system came in. 16 feet of LEDs. RBG remote controlled via an iPhone app.

 

[Stpatrick]

You got to love technology.

 

[naterealbig]

Tank and setup look sharp!. Great attention to detail - the equipment setup needs to match the beauty of display, and you've done a great job here. Take your time with adding livestock, it will make all the difference. I'm still trying to decide how I will light the sump recess under my display. Can you give some detail (and pics) on installation of the under cabinet lighting once complete?

 

[Stpatrick]

Tank and setup look sharp!. Great attention to detail - the equipment setup needs to match the beauty of display, and you've done a great job here. Take your time with adding livestock, it will make all the difference. I'm still trying to decide how I will light the sump recess under my display. Can you give some detail (and pics) on installation of the under cabinet lighting once complete?

Thanks for the kind words. I’m about to post some pictures of the lights after they were installed. Stay tuned.

 

[Stpatrick]

Got the undercabinet lighting installed. It’s all just peel and stick. And controlled from my phone. Pretty cool. I’ll update this later after it gets dark so you can see how bright they are at night.

Please excuse the incompleteness of the control portion of the cabinet. I haven’t even begun to build that yet. It looks like I will be moving this entire system to a new house in a month or so. Therefore I’m basically just getting the system cycled and built out.

 

[Stpatrick]

I was asked what lights I uses for the sump and system control area. Here is a link.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KG1KDHP/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Stpatrick]

These are the lights I used for the bottom of the sump.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QSO1NOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1