Ironically, I'm sitting at my desk looking at a RedSea 450 I set up a couple of months ago at my office (not the picture before you) and did not manage to get enough good pictures to really consider a build thread. I plan to do better with the 525 XL +25 +25 and am looking forward to hearing from you folks as I put the system together.
So here we go.
With respect to the gear, Ill be using the following;
Lights for main tank -
Giesemann Spectra 48" MH/T5 hybrid. Ill be running 2 250 SE Radiums and 2 KZ New Generation T5s and 2 ATI Blue Plus bulbs. I also have a pair of 48" XHO ReefBrite LEDs I may run for a little late night viewing - maybe not. I have 2 LuxCore 400/250 ballasts to drive the Radiums with.
Lights for 25 gl tanks -
I have Hyrdra 52 HDs, Radion G4 Pros and a nice new Hamilton Cayman Sun a 250/20k Radium MH and M80 ballast. One too many lights to run on two tanks! I have them all because I intend to run a couple of experiments. Should be interesting!
Flow - 2 x Gyre 250s with the new controller. I know it seems like a lot of flow but I run the same setup on two other tanks and find that if I run them at 30% on alternating cycles I cannot hear them at all and get amazing flow. For the attached 25s I am just not sure yet. I love the Gyre pumps though so its likely Ill run a smaller one in each tank or maybe the Ice Cap Gyres.
Skimmer - Vertex Omega 180i. Vertex is a new brand for me - always been a Reef Octopus guy. So I'm hoping I have made a good choice here.
Controller - Apex
Dosing - 2 Apex DOS units for CAL/ALK/MG/NOPOx
1 Jebao DP4 for Red Sea Colors
Water Change - Plumed in Varios S4 with water tank in the garage.
Return - Varios S8 running on a manifold that services all three tanks.
ATO - Hooked straight up to RODI via a series of floats and switches.
I've changed a bunch of stuff over the year its taken to get water in it the tank - lots of equipment changes. So if you have seen my build before and think your crazy because you could have sworn there was different equipment - dont. I've changed a lot of stuff.
So here we go.
With respect to the gear, Ill be using the following;
Lights for main tank -
Giesemann Spectra 48" MH/T5 hybrid. Ill be running 2 250 SE Radiums and 2 KZ New Generation T5s and 2 ATI Blue Plus bulbs. I also have a pair of 48" XHO ReefBrite LEDs I may run for a little late night viewing - maybe not. I have 2 LuxCore 400/250 ballasts to drive the Radiums with.
Lights for 25 gl tanks -
I have Hyrdra 52 HDs, Radion G4 Pros and a nice new Hamilton Cayman Sun a 250/20k Radium MH and M80 ballast. One too many lights to run on two tanks! I have them all because I intend to run a couple of experiments. Should be interesting!
Flow - 2 x Gyre 250s with the new controller. I know it seems like a lot of flow but I run the same setup on two other tanks and find that if I run them at 30% on alternating cycles I cannot hear them at all and get amazing flow. For the attached 25s I am just not sure yet. I love the Gyre pumps though so its likely Ill run a smaller one in each tank or maybe the Ice Cap Gyres.
Skimmer - Vertex Omega 180i. Vertex is a new brand for me - always been a Reef Octopus guy. So I'm hoping I have made a good choice here.
Controller - Apex
Dosing - 2 Apex DOS units for CAL/ALK/MG/NOPOx
1 Jebao DP4 for Red Sea Colors
Water Change - Plumed in Varios S4 with water tank in the garage.
Return - Varios S8 running on a manifold that services all three tanks.
ATO - Hooked straight up to RODI via a series of floats and switches.
I've changed a bunch of stuff over the year its taken to get water in it the tank - lots of equipment changes. So if you have seen my build before and think your crazy because you could have sworn there was different equipment - dont. I've changed a lot of stuff.
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