Danny's Red Sea Reefer XL 525

[Danny1496]

No, I understand why you did it, I'm asking which one that is. I want to get some so I can do that too instead of having to buy another 8 bar. If it doesn't overload the one.

Walmart for like 3$ yeah you can do 5 amps each outlet on the eb8

 

[rbraunberger]

Here is the last part to the puzzle.

I have one running on my Vectra too.....really saved me on my 170 with the power going out so many times!!!

 

[sdreefrob]

Like Andy said, the 300 is small, but perfect at the same time. Since you are running an Apex, buy a second 300 and use them both. It's always better to have two small heaters rather than one large one anyway. If one fails, you still have the other one chugging along to at least give you more time before the temp gets dangerously cold. I am running two of those 300's in mine.

I'm pretty much doing the same thing running two 400s with my apex

 

[Danny1496]

I have one running on my Vectra too.....really saved me on my 170 with the power going out so many times!!!

Good to know thanks

 

[Danny1496]

I'm pretty much doing the same thing running two 400s with my apex

I will be getting one more in the winter time

 

[Danny1496]

Another small update getting ready to water test this weekend and pass some lines to the garage for the AWC and RO/DI
her is a pic what the cabinet looking like so far

 

[Clarksski]

Hey Danny.. I'm following your build... I'm doing my own 525xl right now too... I have a question.
I have 3 radion xr30 pro's. I have apex too. Could I plug in all 3 radions into one wal-mart 3 in 1 wall plug...plug it into an EB8 , and not go over the 5 amps?????

 

[rbraunberger]

Hey Danny.. I'm following your build... I'm doing my own 525xl right now too... I have a question.
I have 3 radion xr30 pro's. I have apex too. Could I plug in all 3 radions into one wal-mart 3 in 1 wall plug...plug it into an EB8 , and not go over the 5 amps?????

You should be able to just plug them
Into any normal outlet. The WXM will run each light on its own

 

[Thle009]

Beautiful tank. Drooling!!! I tried to contact those guys to see if they would sell just the tank and stand, because I can't afford the rest and having part my current tank and components.

 

[Bracka345]

Hey Danny.. I'm following your build... I'm doing my own 525xl right now too... I have a question.
I have 3 radion xr30 pro's. I have apex too. Could I plug in all 3 radions into one wal-mart 3 in 1 wall plug...plug it into an EB8 , and not go over the 5 amps?????

3 Radio XR30 Pros running at max will draw 4.63amps.

 

[Clarksski]

Hi five Bracka!! I was just on some watt to amp conversion calculators and I needed to enter a " power factor"... I got a lil lost!!
Thanks too RBraun for your reply..I'm trying to conserve outlets on my EB8!

 

[Danny1496]

Hey Danny.. I'm following your build... I'm doing my own 525xl right now too... I have a question.
I have 3 radion xr30 pro's. I have apex too. Could I plug in all 3 radions into one wal-mart 3 in 1 wall plug...plug it into an EB8 , and not go over the 5 amps?????

Yeah if I had 3 Xr30 I would put them on the eb8 10 amp outlet just to be safe

 

[Danny1496]

Beautiful tank. Drooling!!! I tried to contact those guys to see if they would sell just the tank and stand, because I can't afford the rest and having part my current tank and components.

Just wait till blackfish Friday and get a good deal on everything.

 

[Danny1496]

Water test it and i have a very small leak on the right overflow pipe .

Top right

 

[Danny1496]

Also after running for one hour my vectra m1 power supply stop working . Can't believe for the price we pay for ecotech , first one brand new light dint work out of the box now the vectra power supply stops after one hour working .

 

[rbraunberger]

Sorry to hear that. I had a leak on my system at first too. They are finiky about how tight they are. Sorry to hear about the vectra too! Call Ecotech. Someone else had an issue. They are quick to replace

 

[hybridazn]

Build is looking great so far! Sorry to hear about the problems with the Ecotech stuff and the small leak. They have fantastic customer service so other than the inconvenience of being down for a bit they will def take care of you.

 

[Danny1496]

Yeah it's all good I don't even have my live rock yet so no worries.

 

[eg8r210]

What a clean setup.

 

[Danny1496]

Well got the leak fix put in a slightly bigger oring .