New Build Red Sea Max C-130

[Chicago-quicksilver]

Hey Everyone, now that I've settled into my new place and finally found the tank I was looking for I'm ready to get back into it. My tank crashed during the move and lost all my coral and was only able to save a single clownfish and a yellow tail damsel.

Picked up a used Red Sea Max C-130, the wife will only allow a tank with a closed canopy and she loved the look of the Red Sea Max 250 that I had many years ago. Should have never moved on from the tank.

Tank is up and currently cycling.

Modifying the hood to place a Radion XR30w with a diffuser inside the hood. Hoping the diffuser will help spread out the light since it's only a few inches from the water.
Upgrading the fans in the hood from 2 to 6 to handle the cooling of the light.
Ordered a LifeReef Overflow and already picked up a Bashsea Mano Nano sump.
Will be running a Vertex 130 skimmer along with an algae scrubber.

Hoping that this will be my final build and I'll keep this for many years, well at least that's my wife's hope.

Going back to the nem/softie tank that I had before I broke down my tank before the move. Not sure if I'll do the clownfish harem again due to the size of this tank vs the last one.

Pictures of the build, keep in mind it's still a work in progress. The gyre is only in the front for flow for now.

 

[lapin]

nice

 

[PokeFish]

looks great any updates?

 

[Chicago-quicksilver]

The tank is cycled and running perfectly. Picked up a leather frag and placed my toadstool leather in the tank about a week ago. Got my LifeReef Overflow and hope to have it up and running this week. Currently running my radion xr30w gen 4 at 50% on AB. Debating on taking the diffuser off since the shadowing is a little more than I would like.

 

[averagejoe]

I have this same tank in white. That's an expensive light compared to the used tank. What do you think about two kessil a80 to be retrofitted in the hood?

 

[Chicago-quicksilver]

My issue with the Kessil was I wasn't sure if it would fit with the control knobs on top, I also needed the light to be app ready like the Radion is with the Mobius app. I didn't want to make holes on top to access the controls and everything had to be app-controlled. I agree, the light is overkill for the tank and the type of livestock/coral I'll have but I got a good deal on it used.
If you place something inside, add extra fans, I purchased 6 new red sea fans and placed them all inside blowing across the inside. One set of 3 draws air in on one side and the other set of 3 draws it out. Temps with the fans on is around 76 degrees.
Also, whenever I upgrade I can easily remove the light for my next build.

 

[Chicago-quicksilver]

It's been a while, here is the latest update.

I've added 13 BTAs, a mix of 11x ultra rainbows, and 2x (1 is in the process of splitting) shermans. It's been almost 5 days and it still hasn't fully split. First time I was able to capture a split on camera since it's happening on the glass.

My clean-up crew is working hard and my 2 turbo snails have pretty much cleaned up my GHA issue. Hoping they continue to find a food source and I've increased my lightning schedule to encourage a bit more growth for them. Unfortunately, my leather didn't make the transfer and starting to disengrate. Hoping to find another one to add to the tank.

Hoping to add a few fish soon, my kids are getting impatient.

Pics below, sorry for all the microbubbles. Just added some RODI water to the tank.

 

[revhtree]

It's been a while, here is the latest update.

I've added 13 BTAs, a mix of 11x ultra rainbows, and 2x (1 is in the process of splitting) shermans. It's been almost 5 days and it still hasn't fully split. First time I was able to capture a split on camera since it's happening on the glass.

My clean-up crew is working hard and my 2 turbo snails have pretty much cleaned up my GHA issue. Hoping they continue to find a food source and I've increased my lightning schedule to encourage a bit more growth for them. Unfortunately, my leather didn't make the transfer and starting to disengrate. Hoping to find another one to add to the tank.

Hoping to add a few fish soon, my kids are getting impatient.

Pics below, sorry for all the microbubbles. Just added some RODI water to the tank.

Loving it!