My Big Beautiful Budget Breeder Build

Retro Reefer · Oct 4, 2019

May need to change my thread title.. lol, I just updated my totals on Tank and equipment and I’m over $1,700

I added the coral box doser’s and realized I had never included the BRS parasitic pump for my Kalkwasser.. all these added another another $200 to the bottom line.

Victoria M · Oct 5, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
May need to change my thread title.. lol, I just updated my totals on Tank and equipment and I’m over $1,700 I added the coral box doser’s and realized I had never included the BRS parasitic pump for my Kalkwasser.. all these added another another $200 to the bottom line.

Never add it all up!

Katrina71 · Oct 5, 2019

That frag pic with dimples... she's just beautiful!

Retro Reefer · Oct 5, 2019

Victoria M said:
Never add it all up!

Ha! Good advice.. Im only keeping track of totals because this is supposed to be a budget build, still think I’m doing great with what I have put together Vs cost.. if I had purchased a high end aquarium and all top of the line equipment I would easily be at 6-8k by this point.

Retro Reefer · Oct 5, 2019

Katrina71 said:
That frag pic with dimples... she's just beautiful!

Thank you Katrina! Sometimes I wish I could roll the clock back and relive those days.

Retro Reefer · Oct 5, 2019

Dosing pumps are here

Incredibly fast service from ReefBreeders! I wasn’t expecting them until next week.. they look fantastic and even come with extra heads, hose, anti syphons and calibration vessels to verify proper operation.

najer · Oct 5, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
Dosing pumps are here Incredibly fast service from ReefBreeders! I wasn’t expecting them until next week.. they look fantastic and even come with extra heads, hose, anti syphons and calibration vessels to verify proper operation.

That is great service.

RichtheReefer21 · Oct 5, 2019

New toys! Pricetag? Is that english?

Katrina71 · Oct 5, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
New toys! Pricetag? Is that english?

Uh...it was like 25.00 on sale...

RichtheReefer21 · Oct 5, 2019

Katrina71 said:
Uh...it was like 25.00 on sale...

No undastand

Retro Reefer · Oct 5, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
New toys! Pricetag? Is that english?

Katrina71 said:
Uh...it was like 25.00 on sale...

RichtheReefer21 said:
No undastand

Excuse me.. I must be in the wrong thread ;Hilarious

Katrina71 · Oct 5, 2019

Sorry

Retro Reefer · Oct 5, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
New toys! Pricetag? Is that english?

Coral Box WiFi Dosing Pump Single-Head - ReefBreeders.com

The Coral Box WF-01 is great for those who are just starting out dosing their tank, or for those who want to add trace elements and just don't have enough dosing heads available.

www.reefbreeders.com

pieceofreef · Oct 6, 2019

Super awesome build thread! Found it very useful.

Where did you get the steel stand?

Retro Reefer · Oct 6, 2019

pieceofreef said:
Super awesome build thread! Found it very useful.

Where did you get the steel stand?

Thank you, the stand is from petco.. honestly I should have just built one as I’m not 100% confident in it, I tried to do lots of research on them and couldn’t find any reports of them failing but still makes me nervous.. lol. It’s probably fine I see guys with two 40 Breeders stacked on regular steel shelving like they have at Lowe’s or Home Depot for your garage I’m just paranoid

pieceofreef · Oct 6, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
Thank you, the stand is from petco.. honestly I should have just built one as I’m not 100% confident in it, I tried to do lots of research on them and couldn’t find any reports of them failing but still makes me nervous.. lol. It’s probably fine I see guys with two 40 Breeders stacked on regular steel shelving like they have at Lowe’s or Home Depot for your garage I’m just paranoid

Thanks! I also did tons of research hit it seems tricky to find any steel or aluminum stands that fit well... If you don't pay for custom.