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Hello, I am starting this tread to show our Reefer 450 build.
It all started with a used 20G Nano tank that my girlfriend bought after we had discussed how much maintenance i needed to be involved in if she got a saltwater tank. It took maybe 2 days and I was hooked. The possibility to really go deep in a hobby always intrigues me, the higher the complexity the better! Here's what the nano looked like after lite more than a year.
So after a year of sharing this hobby and improving our 20G, we decided that it was time to plan for a bigger tank. First we were looking into order a custom built tank (or maybe 2?), but we also looked at the Red Sea Reefer series. They are very nice tanks and when I found a used 450 for sale to a really good price we decided to go for it.
However... we live in an apartment building, forth floor, three stairs up. With no elevator. So first thing to do was check with the building manager, asking strange questions like "what is the floor construction made of?", "is that wall load bearing?" etc. He looked a little bit confused before i explained that i was worried about my aquarium that was going to be "a couple of hundred liters or so...".
But the floor is solid concrete below the parquet flooring, and we decided to place the Reefer up against a load bearing wall. The next issue was to carry a Reefer 450 up three stairs with 4 people. Really nice with good friends, but when one of them arrived he said "Wait... ?! What have I agreed to?!"
We managed to get it up in one piece, and it was put into place. Our 2 fishes in our 20 G did take a good look at it, but it is still some time until they will swim around in their new home.
So, after that we started making some modifications to the cabinet. Most of these were decided on after reading Broadfields "Show Off and Discuss Your Red Sea Reefer Series" thread, everyone contributing in that thread have made it to a really good source of ideas!
And finally, the aquascape was done and we are now cycling the tank.
I will continue to update with what we are doing! Happy Reefing!
It all started with a used 20G Nano tank that my girlfriend bought after we had discussed how much maintenance i needed to be involved in if she got a saltwater tank. It took maybe 2 days and I was hooked. The possibility to really go deep in a hobby always intrigues me, the higher the complexity the better! Here's what the nano looked like after lite more than a year.
So after a year of sharing this hobby and improving our 20G, we decided that it was time to plan for a bigger tank. First we were looking into order a custom built tank (or maybe 2?), but we also looked at the Red Sea Reefer series. They are very nice tanks and when I found a used 450 for sale to a really good price we decided to go for it.
However... we live in an apartment building, forth floor, three stairs up. With no elevator. So first thing to do was check with the building manager, asking strange questions like "what is the floor construction made of?", "is that wall load bearing?" etc. He looked a little bit confused before i explained that i was worried about my aquarium that was going to be "a couple of hundred liters or so...".
But the floor is solid concrete below the parquet flooring, and we decided to place the Reefer up against a load bearing wall. The next issue was to carry a Reefer 450 up three stairs with 4 people. Really nice with good friends, but when one of them arrived he said "Wait... ?! What have I agreed to?!"
We managed to get it up in one piece, and it was put into place. Our 2 fishes in our 20 G did take a good look at it, but it is still some time until they will swim around in their new home.
So, after that we started making some modifications to the cabinet. Most of these were decided on after reading Broadfields "Show Off and Discuss Your Red Sea Reefer Series" thread, everyone contributing in that thread have made it to a really good source of ideas!
And finally, the aquascape was done and we are now cycling the tank.
I will continue to update with what we are doing! Happy Reefing!