In March 2021, after some significant frustrations with a 60 Gallon cube that I had started in Nov '20, I was on the hunt for a larger tank. I came across this Neptunian Cube S150 for a good price on Craigslist (about 35% retail + lights, skimmer, return pump, and all the rock you see here)
The system is quite similar in size to a Red Sea Reefer 525. It came with some items that I still use today.
Dose it work, yes, but I was gutted the day I purchased it. I hired some movers that said they knew how to move aquariums and they chipped the glass. It is so fortunate the kind of hit it took such that there was no crack, it was a cleaving, and plenty of meat is left. The chip came out of the bottom of the left panel, near the back, but not at the joint. I epoxied the area for a little strength to avoid stresses, and it is and has been fine for half a year. So, yes, heart attack, but seems averted. Anyway, you will find I have some level of backup for just about everything - including where to put the livestock and rock should something terrible occur (in this case a 60 gallon horse trough is among several options).
Here's the picture as it sat the day I found it. (March 2021)
Skipping a few steps, here's the room in my place as it sat when I added some seating to the room (August 2021)
And skipping ahead to today, here's the system as it sits now (November 2021)
The system is quite similar in size to a Red Sea Reefer 525. It came with some items that I still use today.
- Aquamaxx ConeS Q-3 Protein Skimmer
- Hanna Salinity Checker
- Simplicity 1600 DC Return Pump
- 3 Dosing containers (Acrylic)
- 1 Media Reactor (Acrylic, in first picture)
- A Jebao circulation pump (works fine, not using in this system)
- Two AI Prime 16 HD lights, one remains in good shape and will be put to use elsewhere, the other was broken (cobalt blue not working, then it just stopped working)
- Polyp Labs Medic, and old API test kit, some GFO, some sea veggies
Dose it work, yes, but I was gutted the day I purchased it. I hired some movers that said they knew how to move aquariums and they chipped the glass. It is so fortunate the kind of hit it took such that there was no crack, it was a cleaving, and plenty of meat is left. The chip came out of the bottom of the left panel, near the back, but not at the joint. I epoxied the area for a little strength to avoid stresses, and it is and has been fine for half a year. So, yes, heart attack, but seems averted. Anyway, you will find I have some level of backup for just about everything - including where to put the livestock and rock should something terrible occur (in this case a 60 gallon horse trough is among several options).
Here's the picture as it sat the day I found it. (March 2021)
Skipping a few steps, here's the room in my place as it sat when I added some seating to the room (August 2021)
And skipping ahead to today, here's the system as it sits now (November 2021)