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Minder’s Red Sea Reefer 625 From the Ground Up Build
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Move in time is finally here! Got lots to do but I am going to try my best to get the tank ordered this weekend from my LFS Pettopia, it used to be Fishtopia back in the day. The owner said he can get the tank delivered to my house within a week! So that will be shweet!
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Day 1 in the books. Don’t let anyone tell you these tanks are easy to lift and carry. In the crate with everything in it, it took 4 strong guys to lift it from the ground into the bed of my truck. I had no idea how heavy it would be and I was blown away when I couldn’t get one side off the ground when I tried to lift it by myself but it all worked out in the end at least for now
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Got some stuff done the last two days. I still have tomorrow to work on it for a few hours. I still have a long ways to go and I am trying to take my time with everything. I tried ordering everything thing I would need beforehand and have done pretty good so far. I only needed to order another ball valve and a metric to standard adapter. Hopefully it works. I didn’t realize the xxl reefers do not have a place directly under the tank on the return side to thread in a 3/4” pipe adapter with extra Teflon tape. They instead have a pieces that 90s out and 90s down then has a threaded adapter but it won’t work for my set up. I also had to order another light hanging kit! One of the catches broke when I tried raising the light. The bearings inside fell out and the light slowly began to fall [emoji15] I had some boards close enough to put under it before it was to late but that is probably my biggest fear right now is having it fall in the tank one day when the water is in
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Soooo 25mm pvc is not what they use, it must be 32mm. I’m just gonna order the threaded adapter everyone gets. If you know who i can contact please share
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Slowly but surely, I won’t be working on it over the weekend
I’m going to the lake with the family so I’m really not too mad but I ordered the part I need for the return line from marine and reef online. So no need to rush things until that gets here. I do have a question for anyone that’s out there watching. Do you recommend marine pure media in the sump? I have had one of the big plates curing with my live rock but now I’m freaking out a little about the aluminum leaching everyone keeps talking about. Any thoughts on what I should do?clabern
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Progress looks great!
As for the MarinePure - I had the same freak out when I set my 250 up. I had ordered MarinePure balls, then saw all the aluminum scare and returned them. I went with Maxspect Bio-spheres (they also make plates/etc).
After that I did some talking with my LFS owner about it. He has a client (eye doctor) who's VERY meticulous with his tanks and he had been using MarinePure for a while and saw the Aluminum scare so he had some ICP tests and other advanced metal testing done and didn't find anything worrisome. (Not that this is 100% proof...)
All in all I think that far too many people use MarinePure products for there to be any real issue with them. If there were, we'd have horror stories and/or more problem threads popping up about them.
That's just my 2 cents, I think I'd roll on with the block you've already had curing. If you wanted to add more and were worried, you could go for an alternative product then.
As for the MarinePure - I had the same freak out when I set my 250 up. I had ordered MarinePure balls, then saw all the aluminum scare and returned them. I went with Maxspect Bio-spheres (they also make plates/etc).
After that I did some talking with my LFS owner about it. He has a client (eye doctor) who's VERY meticulous with his tanks and he had been using MarinePure for a while and saw the Aluminum scare so he had some ICP tests and other advanced metal testing done and didn't find anything worrisome. (Not that this is 100% proof...)
All in all I think that far too many people use MarinePure products for there to be any real issue with them. If there were, we'd have horror stories and/or more problem threads popping up about them.
That's just my 2 cents, I think I'd roll on with the block you've already had curing. If you wanted to add more and were worried, you could go for an alternative product then.
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I think I will end up using it but I’m going to do an ICP test of the water in the curing barrel first. I have a test that I got last year so I may as well use it and I’ll post the results on here
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I got the Formula 1 engine installed and ready to gooo. I am feeling pretty cheeky. What do you guys think!?
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That is an Avast Marine media reactor, so I can run carbon periodically. I have another set up in case I need to run gfo or another media
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Thank you! It definitely feels good to see it all coming together since I started buying stuff for this build for a couple years now. Just need to organize the controllers and wires and I can finally give my checkbook a rest! At least for a few months during the cycle, thank goodness.
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and the aquascape is in the works
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I’ve used Marine pure plates in nearly every tank I’ve had in the past 8 years. My current 30 gallon AIO is packed with healthy SPS and is run primarily off marinepure. The filtration compartments are stuffed with it. Likely also the reason why I have to dose nitrates into a 30 gallon tank with 10 fish!
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