Bmwaaron

If you want it , its yours

1 hour ago, Joe Nichols said:

Is the stand white or black?

Black

Unfortunately the tank cracked after falling off the dolly.

I still have:

• Aqualife 48 inch hybrid fixture $150
• Skimz SM167 DC skimmer with Avast Neck cleaner $200
• Reef Octopus elite 150 skimmer $150
• Crystal Reef Aquatics RSR350 triton sump for Reefer 350 $180
• Stock Reefer 350 Gen 2 sump $20

Redsea Reefer 350 stand $Free

I can send pictures upon request, I also have a aquatic life 48 inch fixture that I modified with inner and outer channels that I will include for just a little more.

Tank is still available

1 hour ago, j_barrera said:

I’ll take it. Can you text me 512-799-8024

Ill text you in an hour when I get home

I am selling my Reefer 350, I have the original and a custom sump crystal reef aquatics rsr350 available for it.The stand was modified with a control board on the right side to more easily mount your power outlets and or apex equipment.

The tank is in working order and still running I am going to take it down this week (upgraded to a new 200 gallon tank).

$700. or $780 with skimz DC skimmer that fits the customer sump

On 2/10/2019 at 10:54 AM, Jimbo662 said:

Changes are coming to the 130! Yesterday I received the Exotic Marine Overflow I ordered. Taylor is great to work with. I sent him the drilling template I got from Planet Aquarium. He sent me a template of where the holes would be placed on the boxes to compare to the actual tank. One hole was off 1/4" so he did a 2nd template and sent which was perfect. This thing is rock solid. The external box basically has eurobracing as the top piece so the entire box is open. The Tideline overflow from PA has two separate lids so the piece in-between covers the center drain and is a pain to try to work around. The lid for the external box is also 3 layers so that shouldn't warp. The internal box is open on top and has two braces to also help prevent warping. On the internal Tideline box the weir is removable. The bottom of the removable panel is about an inch and half below the water line. Once and only once I removed it to look inside not thinking and my heart stopped when I heard the sudden rush of water down the drain. Luckily the sump was large enough to handle the water that drained before I could get the panel back on.

You can see the external box sits slightly higher than the internal. On the Tideline the external is lower. To prevent a loud waterfall noise I had to raise the two emergency overflow pipes as high as possible. Water level in it has to stay about 1/4" from the top of the box...any lower and you start getting the waterfall effect. I placed the external box up to the current box and I think I'm only going to have to alter my main drain line because the hole for it is about an inch closer to the right side of the box. I'll get more pics as I work on it.

Hey Jimbo 

I am thinking about getting the PA 150 and wanted to know more info on your overflow experience. Did you have the 16 or 20 inch version? Would you have had PA do anthing different as far as drilling the overflow holes or was exotic marine able to compensate for  the 1/4 inch difference?

SOLD

Price reduced to $450 each including mount.

I have two Used AP700's for sale that I will include the tank mount and one hanging kit for $550 each. They are in like new condition and working perfectly.

Please PM me if interested.

After the cycle completed I added a lawn mower blenny and some inverts.

About two weeks after that I added two clowns a Wyoming and a Picasso.

The Wyoming I was never able to get eating and unfortunately he passed but was replaced with a black ice.

Tank as it was going through cycle

One of the issues I've been dealing with is when I move the new tank into the house, how do I keep the hardwood floors from being ruined. Did you seal the bottom of the stand or protect your office floors in anyway?

I did not do anything special to protect the floors. I have had a tank leak before and depending on how it leaks it can damage the floors, walls, etc.

Here is the first aqua scape I did

And with lights on

And a shot with the lights on

Here is a closer shot of the sump

Looks great Aaron. Any issues with the tank being up agains the wall and desk?

No problems yet, I do wish I would have spaced the tank about another inch to the left though.

So this is a shot with everything turned on

And this is a wide shot of the tank

At this point I didn't have the right side Vortech yet.

Then I mounted the DOS pump in the compartment below

Im doing this on my Ipad and it wont let me do multiple pictures on the same reply for some reason.

This next section I cant take credit for the idea. I was looking at red sea reefer builds across the internet and came across one that had the apex installed by building it into the stand. I thought it was very clean and also hid wires.

So I started by creating a shelf and a backing that I could mount the apex power bar to.

Then I built a cabinet around the power bar and mounted the apex controller on the lid, I mounted all the Ecotech controllers above it

This is the reefer 350 kit installed

This tank was installed in my home office.

So with the focus being easy to maintain and control remotely I have chosen equipment that I believe will help me accomplish this. The tank has been running for a month and a half now and is coming along nicely but still have had a couple hiccups with equipment along the way.

First thing I did was down size. I had a 300 gallon system before and the refugium on the previous tank was just slightly smaller than the display I have now but I wanted something that didn't require as much maintenance.

I also didnt want to rely on a chiller.

So with this in mind this is the equipment I purchased.

Reefer 350 system

2 Vortech MP40's

Vectra M1 return pump

Reef Octopus elite 150 skimmer

Kessil AP700

Apex controller

Apex Dos

I am going to be dosing two part for this tank and not relying on a calcium reactor since I have had allot of bad experiences in the past with them.

Well after about three years without a tank I finally broke down and purchased a Red Sea Reefer 350. I wanted to focus on ease of maintenance and remote monitoring and control since I Travel allot.


I'm a little late I the build thread but I have a few days off to catch up.

This is my previous tank build thread from 2006

http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/16715-bmwaarons-blog/?hl=bmwaaron