Eric's Red Sea Reefer 525XL Build

[Jndragon79]

so nice! What is the second to the last one named other than acro

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[Reefer525XL]

Originally Posted by neacewood

Amazing!!!
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Originally Posted by LuizW13

absolutely amazing!

Thanks!!

Originally Posted by Jndragon79

so nice! What is the second to the last one named other than acro

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This one? https://flic.kr/p/Xk4H6y

PC Rainbow

[paal]

Very impressive!

I was planning to run spectras on my tank as well, but because of the dimensions, [40x30x20(tall)] I felt I would have to run two 250W 24" units perpendicular to the tank. I was afraid it would look a bit messy with two fixtures and went with a 8x39WT5/Led hybrid instead. I like my light, but still miss that halide look.

Do you have a FTS showing the new lamp?
Loved the way you connected the LEDs btw. The Spectra can be a bit annoying when it comes to "glare". With the LEDs mounted like this, I can imagine it actually blocks some of that light(?) (Yeah, I stare directly at the bulbs every now and then - I'm that stupid)
With all the T5 and halides on, how well do you notice the LEDs?

[choss]

Dude - wow. Incredible pics!

[Reefer525XL]

Originally Posted by paal

Very impressive!

I was planning to run spectras on my tank as well, but because of the dimensions, [40x30x20(tall)] I felt I would have to run two 250W 24" units perpendicular to the tank. I was afraid it would look a bit messy with two fixtures and went with a 8x39WT5/Led hybrid instead. I like my light, but still miss that halide look.

Do you have a FTS showing the new lamp?
Loved the way you connected the LEDs btw. The Spectra can be a bit annoying when it comes to "glare". With the LEDs mounted like this, I can imagine it actually blocks some of that light(?) (Yeah, I stare directly at the bulbs every now and then - I'm that stupid)
With all the T5 and halides on, how well do you notice the LEDs?

I actually have a friend who has the same light as I do minus the ReefBrites on a 60x32x22 and the fixture lights up the tank pretty good, a lot better that one would imagine given the wide dimension. However the hybrid you went with is a good light as well.

These are the only FTS I have at the moment... they are from May a day or two after I installed the light, A LOT has changed since then. Im horrible at taking FTS so they are not the best. The Reefbrites do block some of the glare plus the fixture is almost at eye level when standing in front of the tank so that helps too.

Originally Posted by choss

Dude - wow. Incredible pics!

Thanks

[Radioheadx14]

I am looking to set up the same tank this winter, and was wondering about the lights. Curious to why you ditched the T5 unit and went with the current MH/T5/LED set-up? I currently have 250w Radium & 4 T5s on my 40g and love it, but I was thinking of trying LED and T5s on the larger setup for bulb replacement and energy consumption reasons. I love the look of MHs so I'm very undecided.

[Reefer525XL]

Originally Posted by Radioheadx14

I am looking to set up the same tank this winter, and was wondering about the lights. Curious to why you ditched the T5 unit and went with the current MH/T5/LED set-up? I currently have 250w Radium & 4 T5s on my 40g and love it, but I was thinking of trying LED and T5s on the larger setup for bulb replacement and energy consumption reasons. I love the look of MHs so I'm very undecided.

Main reason was that I went with a fixture that was too big. This tank is 22.6 inches front to back and the ATI Powermodule was 22" front to back. I was getting a lot of light outside of the tank making my living room unlivable lol. If I had gone with the 4 bulb instead of 8 it would have worked perfectly.

[choss]

Reefer, I have to say that is one great looking tank. I love the scape.

[Reefer525XL]

Originally Posted by choss

Reefer, I have to say that is one great looking tank. I love the scape.

Thank you!!

[Radioheadx14]

Originally Posted by Reefer525XL

Main reason was that I went with a fixture that was too big. This tank is 22.6 inches front to back and the ATI Powermodule was 22" front to back. I was getting a lot of light outside of the tank making my living room unlivable lol. If I had gone with the 4 bulb instead of 8 it would have worked perfectly.

Ah, gotcha. I'll look into that.

Other than the light, how are you liking the 525 after having it for a while? something you would recommend?

[Reefer525XL]

Originally Posted by Radioheadx14

Ah, gotcha. I'll look into that.

Other than the light, how are you liking the 525 after having it for a while? something you would recommend?

Yes I would recommend it. I really have nothing bad to say about the tank. Build quality is excellent. The only complaint I have is the gate valve that Red Sea uses. It is not the best and for the price of these tanks they should look into something a bit better.

[Reefer525XL]

Tank is approaching the 6 month mark and sticks couldn't look better...

These were shot under just the royal blue leds from the RB XHO.

[Reefer525XL]

A few more

[HidingReefer]

These are amazing! I love SPS tanks, tried some green slimers in the past, didn't go so well. Guess i'll just stick to the squishy's

[Orr2003]

Awesomeness

[codydemmel4]

very nice!

What are your params and what all are you dosing?

How often are you doing water changes?

[Zoahoarder]

Wow those are looking great. Especially at 6 months.

[Goubli]

Reefer,

Very nice scape and setup. How long is it taking your stuff to grow over frag plugs? I will do anything in my power to not have those in my tank lol.

I have the Aurora but am considering getting a spectra and perhaps use the spectra during the non summer months and then the LED/t5 during the summer. What are your thoughts on this?

Also, what coral is this?

Thanks, and nice setup.

Steve


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[Zoahoarder]

Sorry to see you selling the set up. What happened?

[moondoggy4]

Two huge bummers first the hurricane and the second is breaking down the tank and selling everything. I am sadden by this news. I am sorry for your lose.

[Reefer525XL]

So no long ago my 300 crashed which is why I started this tank... Well hurricane Irma decided to ruin my tank.*

The zone I live in Cape Coral, FL was put under mandatory evacuation on Sat morning. Based on this and the news from previous days we had decided to leave since we did not want to risk staying with a 15 month*old baby and another little one that was due in about 4 weeks. On Wednesday, several days before Irma was supposed to make landfall in the Keys I order a pair of Ecotech Battery Backups in hopes that they could keep some circulation in the tank until I was able to get back home. I paid for overnight shipping. Thursday morning comes around and I check the tracking information. First thing I see is "delivery day unavailable" when I see their reason why it said "Due to the impact of the hurricane, deliveries are delayed at this time." Keep in mind Irma had still not made landfall in Cuba when this happened so Im not sure what impacts UPS was talking about. Long story short we left Saturday morning and power went out that same day in the afternoon or at least I think thats when it went out as thats when I got a message from Fusion saying my Apex was disconnected. I was able to return home Monday night but it was already too late.

Funny thing is my neighbors across the street never lost power. We lost power due to a tree limb from the corner house on my street falling on the power line. It took LCEC 8 days to come and reconnect the line. Even if I had stay behind for the tank I don't think it would have survived 8 days in this FL heat with low flow and no lights.

This is the last picture of the tank. I have decided to take a long break from the hobby as I have no desire to restart the tank. I will be back someday but for now I have other things more important to take care of.

[ktownhero]

That really sucks man, I'm sorry about all of that. I hope your home is ok in general. Just out of curiosity, how did the water level get so low?

[Reefer525XL]

Originally Posted by ktownhero

That really sucks man, I'm sorry about all of that. I hope your home is ok in general. Just out of curiosity, how did the water level get so low?

Yes house is fine, my zone didn't get hit as hard as it we all thought it would get hit.

I was in the process of draining the tank when I took the picture.

[Zoahoarder]

Man I'm lost of words for ya. My buddy had to go buy 3 chiller and upgrade his 3 ecotech return pumps to keep his tanks under 82 degrees.

[choss]

I'm also at a loss for words. Your tank was probably a top 3 for me on this forum and based on the tank size maybe my favorite. I'm so sorry to see this picture. I lost my tank 20 years ago and it was devastating. I didn't get back in until about 2 years ago. I wish you luck and hope to see anew build some time soon.

Chris