T-Bucket's Red Sea Reefer 450

T-Bucket · Oct 19, 2016

Drywall is fixed, here comes the tank!

T-Bucket · Oct 19, 2016

Loaded Up!

eg8r210 · Oct 19, 2016

Can't wait to see it filling up with water.

T-Bucket · Oct 19, 2016

Well here it is, for now. Still waiting on my 3rd tank mount to get here so I can put the 3rd light on in the middle. Still trying to fine tune everything but hopefully I will get there!

rvlcf · Oct 19, 2016

Looks great!

T-Bucket · Oct 19, 2016

rvlcf said:
Looks great!

Thank you! Can't wait to get everything dialed in, it will take some time.

T-Bucket · Oct 19, 2016

I made a custom box to hide all my wires, power supplies, power strips, etc. I think I'll build off of this and make a wall to hide the outlet as well.

T-Bucket · Oct 19, 2016

LED motion sensor light is installed!

Daniel@R2R · Oct 20, 2016

Very nice! Good work on the box for hiding the wires.

T-Bucket · Oct 24, 2016

So after a week I think I finally have my tank dialed in. I was having a problem getting my water level to go down below the emergency overflow pipe where I know the water level was supposed to be; I tried literally everything and wanted to give up. Long story short, I found one of my Zebra snails in the main overflow pipe and my wife was able to push him back down into the sump overflow return area. After that everything worked fine. Now, how did he get there? The top cover for he overflow has a cut out so you can mount a light or something else there. I popped that piece off so I could get ready to mount my 3rd light whenever my last mount gets in. So the snail must have crawled up my tank, went in through the opening, and then down the drain. So for now I have a piece of acrylic overtop of it so that doesn't happen again. Tank is now finally quiet and everything is working as it should.

rvlcf · Oct 24, 2016

Really digging the rock work. It looks great.
Do you have any plans for reactors? Nutrient control?

T-Bucket · Oct 24, 2016

rvlcf said:
Really digging the rock work. It looks great.
Do you have any plans for reactors? Nutrient control?[/

I have never ran a reactor before, never needed one. But since I have no where to really put my Red Sea carbon that I'm using I will hopefully be getting one soon. I've looked into a bunch and it looks like I'm going to go with the Avast Marine Works Spyglass Reactor. I contacted them directly and they said for my needs all I would need is the small one, even if I decide to run different media with the carbon, which you can with this reactor.

T-Bucket · Oct 24, 2016

Tank is now 100% setup, FINALLY! Everything is programmed, water levels are good, everything is working exactly as it should.

T-Bucket · Oct 24, 2016

Added some new fishies. Orange Shoulder Tang and some Chromis.

rvlcf · Oct 25, 2016

I really like the Orange shoulder tang. Don't think i've seen one before.
Did you add the 3d printed Y nozzle off your return? I purchased one online and it looks similar to what you have.

T-Bucket · Oct 25, 2016

rvlcf said:
I really like the Orange shoulder tang. Don't think i've seen one before.
Did you add the 3d printed Y nozzle off your return? I purchased one online and it looks similar to what you have.

Yeah I never saw one before either and I really liked him so I got him lol. And yes I got the split return nozzle from Top Shelf Aquatics in Orlando, FL a couple months ago. Unlike most people I had the luxury to be able to drive there and avoid paying for shipping. While I was there I picked up some nice frags as well.

rvlcf · Oct 26, 2016

I think that return nozzle is better than the loc-line solution. Much less obtrusive.
Just picked up this Fiji Acro for the tank. My new favorite!

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T-Bucket · Oct 26, 2016

rvlcf said:
I think that return nozzle is better than the loc-line solution. Much less obtrusive.
Just picked up this Fiji Acro for the tank. My new favorite!

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Here's the way I look at it, if you have 2 MP40s or similar powerheads in your tank you don't need the lock line, all that does is make it spread out more and IMHO I think loc-line is ugly looking. I have my 2 MP40s on 50% in my tank and I get plenty of flow with that. I like the split return better for the clean look and to still give the middle of the tank some even flow, but not all in the same direction as you do with the stock return nozzle from Red Sea. Also the split return lets you crank your return pump up a little more if you should want to.

That Acro is beautiful! Sell me a frag when it grows out lol. I was never really into Acros until a couple months ago, now I can't get enough. I have a Walt Disney Tenuis Acro coming to me in the next month or two after my tank stabilizes, I'm excited.