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"Angel Reef" - Cade S3 1200
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krayzie
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Do you think it would be possibly to remove the wall between the drains and refugium area, to make a larger refugium? They specifically mention Triton method but that calls for a fuge to be 10% of total system volume and it looks small as is.
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It is possible to remove the wall between drain and refugium but i believe the black tray that comes with the sump is for macro
Like you said it is rather small and i have not decided if i will turn it into a fugue section. Knock on wood, my nutrients are ok at the moment
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Keen to see more from a local!
DarkReefer
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Similar to @shadyraro, pet quarters in eastern creek have a small but not terrible selection of corals/fish too so I pop my head in there for a look see once in a while.
How the tank going?
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its been coming along. im actually alot further down the road. ive had a few issues that i will post up soon.
ill post my lighting setup now.
i bought a XR30 Blue with the shade and a 3d printed shade because the tank is pretty much next to the dining table.
i have hooked it up to the RMS mount on each sides of the tank where Cade have the cut outs for the arms.
i have also added my old AI Hydra 64 with 3d printed shade.
It looks really strange with the two different types of lights together but you can really tell that the XR30s out perform the 64s with spread and glow/intensity? if that makes sense
there is no native/off the shelf AI Hydra 64 mount for the RMS rail which sucks but Brett from Eastwood Aquarium was able to 3d print the sliding mount for me. what a legend!
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How did you get the top crate off? Was it a pain to have them stacked?Welcome to my build thread of my new white Cade S3 1200 reef tank this will be an upgrade from a WaterBox 20 AIO Cube - the original tank was a Christmas present in 2023 to my daughter.
Reef S3 1200 White | CADE Australia
CADE Reef S3 is our latest range of premium customisable saltwater Aquariums. Every model in the CADE Reef Series is a beautifully designed foundation to enable the aquarist to build a truly personalised marine system.www.cadeaustralia.com.au
I will primarily be keeping Acropora/SPS dominated coral
official tank info
Tank Dimensions:
Cabinet:
- Size: 1200x700x610mm
- Total volume: 512L / 135gal
- Display volume: 432L / 114gal
- Inbuilt ATO of 44.4L/11.7gal
- Glass: 12mm Opti-Clear
- Polycarbonate lid
Sump/Filter area
- White Aluminium
- Chiller compartment (dry zone)
- 16 socket x2 boards
- Dosing pump shelf
Plumbing
- 5 zone area
- Input
- Refugium – ‘Triton tray’
- Skimmer/reactor chamber
- Bio media
- Return with ATO float valve
- Tinted black glass
- 3 feed lines for reactors/chillers
Current Equipment at hand:
- ‘Quick fit’ all tank side plumbing already installed
- Blue colour
- Concealed return lines in ATO section with non-return valve
- 2 in tank lock line style returns
- Herbie style overflow
Future Equipment
- Return
- Jebao - MDP-10000 DC Pump
- Wave Makers
- Jebao – DMP40 (Left)
- Jebao – DMP40 (Right)
- Nero 3 – Back wall (from old tank)
- Nero 3 – Back wall (from old tank)
- Lighting
- Ecotech Radion Gen 6 Blue
- AI Hydra 64
- Heating
- 2x 300w Aquael Platinum Electronic Heater
- Doser
- RedSea 4 dose
- Autofeeder
- Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder
- UV
- 87W UVonic T5 - UV87-T5
- Return
- 1x Ecotech Vectra M2
- 1x Ecotech Vectra S2 – for chiller
- WaveMakers
- 2x EcoTech Marine – Vortech MP40 Wavemaker
- Protein Skimmer
- Mantis Skimmer Tornado 150
- Aquarium Reactors
- Aquaforest
- Lighting
- Xr30 g6
- Rms rails
- Roller Mat
- RedSea 250/500
- Chiller
- Not sure yet
- Reef Controller
- Neptune Apex with controller board
- Neptune Trident
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants
- Substrate: 30kg of CaribSea – Special Grade Live Reef Sand – 1 to 2mm grain size for 2.5cm/1inch deep
- Approx. 20-40kg of branching Western Australian live rock – no existing dry rock will be transferred over
- Nutrient Export: live rock, Protein Skimmer, roller mat
- Saltwater type: Australian east coast natural Seawater
- Water Changes ~10% (50 Litres NSW) every Friday or Saturday
- Elemental dosing - Aquaforest Component 1+2+3+
- Triton ICP every 1-2 months
- Current fish list – to be transferred over
- Pair of Percula clown - (Amphiprion percula)
- Lawnmower blenny – (Salarias fasciatus)
- Talbot's damselfish – (Chrysiptera talboti)
- Pygmy Possum Wrasse – (Wetmorella tanakai)
- Assortment of turbo and Stomatella snails to be transferred
- 2 Peppermint shrimp to be transferred
- 6 Acro coral frags will need to be transferred over
- 3 Deshi Corals (Acanthophyllia sp.) will need to be transferred over as well
Future fish list - I’m not sure if my tank is big enough for the tangs
I received the tank on 11th September of 2025
- Magnificent rabbitfish - (Siganus magnificus)
- Two Spot Bristletooth Tang – (Ctenochaetus binotatus)
- Scopas Tang – (Zebrasoma scopas)
- Fairy Wrasse – (Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
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krayzie
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3 of us had to strip the wood off and then suction cup it off. It’s dang heavy :(How did you get the top crate off? Was it a pain to have them stacked?Welcome to my build thread of my new white Cade S3 1200 reef tank this will be an upgrade from a WaterBox 20 AIO Cube - the original tank was a Christmas present in 2023 to my daughter.
Reef S3 1200 White | CADE Australia
CADE Reef S3 is our latest range of premium customisable saltwater Aquariums. Every model in the CADE Reef Series is a beautifully designed foundation to enable the aquarist to build a truly personalised marine system.
I will primarily be keeping Acropora/SPS dominated coral
official tank info
Tank Dimensions:
Cabinet:
- Size: 1200x700x610mm
- Total volume: 512L / 135gal
- Display volume: 432L / 114gal
- Inbuilt ATO of 44.4L/11.7gal
- Glass: 12mm Opti-Clear
- Polycarbonate lid
Sump/Filter area
- White Aluminium
- Chiller compartment (dry zone)
- 16 socket x2 boards
- Dosing pump shelf
Plumbing
- 5 zone area
- Input
- Refugium – ‘Triton tray’
- Skimmer/reactor chamber
- Bio media
- Return with ATO float valve
- Tinted black glass
- 3 feed lines for reactors/chillers
Current Equipment at hand:
- ‘Quick fit’ all tank side plumbing already installed
- Blue colour
- Concealed return lines in ATO section with non-return valve
- 2 in tank lock line style returns
- Herbie style overflow
Future Equipment
- Return
- Jebao - MDP-10000 DC Pump
- Wave Makers
- Jebao – DMP40 (Left)
- Jebao – DMP40 (Right)
- Nero 3 – Back wall (from old tank)
- Nero 3 – Back wall (from old tank)
- Lighting
- Ecotech Radion Gen 6 Blue
- AI Hydra 64
- Heating
- 2x 300w Aquael Platinum Electronic Heater
- Doser
- RedSea 4 dose
- Autofeeder
- Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder
- UV
- 87W UVonic T5 - UV87-T5
- Return
- 1x Ecotech Vectra M2
- 1x Ecotech Vectra S2 – for chiller
- WaveMakers
- 2x EcoTech Marine – Vortech MP40 Wavemaker
- Protein Skimmer
- Mantis Skimmer Tornado 150
- Aquarium Reactors
- Aquaforest
- Lighting
- Xr30 g6
- Rms rails
- Roller Mat
- RedSea 250/500
- Chiller
- Not sure yet
- Reef Controller
- Neptune Apex with controller board
- Neptune Trident
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants
- Substrate: 30kg of CaribSea – Special Grade Live Reef Sand – 1 to 2mm grain size for 2.5cm/1inch deep
- Approx. 20-40kg of branching Western Australian live rock – no existing dry rock will be transferred over
- Nutrient Export: live rock, Protein Skimmer, roller mat
- Saltwater type: Australian east coast natural Seawater
- Water Changes ~10% (50 Litres NSW) every Friday or Saturday
- Elemental dosing - Aquaforest Component 1+2+3+
- Triton ICP every 1-2 months
- Current fish list – to be transferred over
- Pair of Percula clown - (Amphiprion percula)
- Lawnmower blenny – (Salarias fasciatus)
- Talbot's damselfish – (Chrysiptera talboti)
- Pygmy Possum Wrasse – (Wetmorella tanakai)
- Assortment of turbo and Stomatella snails to be transferred
- 2 Peppermint shrimp to be transferred
- 6 Acro coral frags will need to be transferred over
- 3 Deshi Corals (Acanthophyllia sp.) will need to be transferred over as well
Future fish list - I’m not sure if my tank is big enough for the tangs
I received the tank on 11th September of 2025
- Magnificent rabbitfish - (Siganus magnificus)
- Two Spot Bristletooth Tang – (Ctenochaetus binotatus)
- Scopas Tang – (Zebrasoma scopas)
- Fairy Wrasse – (Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
It looks like it was transported that way on the truck.
I’m not sure if it came from china like that
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krayzie
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not much of an update as such but i thought i would clean my old tank and maybe repurpose.
when i went to clean it i just touched the retaining wall and it cracked.. devastated but that just means i can maybe get the reef x expansion. it plumbs into the cade system. ive seen a few local guys using it as a frag system or a nem tank
www.cadeaustralia.com.au
when i went to clean it i just touched the retaining wall and it cracked.. devastated but that just means i can maybe get the reef x expansion. it plumbs into the cade system. ive seen a few local guys using it as a frag system or a nem tank
Reef X 560/N Expansion System | CADE Australia
The Reef X system is our range of 'Expansion Systems' that enable the aquarist to build upon their existing Reef Aquarium.
www.cadeaustralia.com.au
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Thank you, I appreciate the response.
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