New Member, first post. Excited to be here

abecker · Sep 2, 2015

First thing, welcome to R2R. Second, that is a great looking setup. Third, I need to go home and do some wire maintenance after seeing your tank.

whatchamacallit · Sep 2, 2015

Why are you using a Red Sea sump! Lol

KJ · Sep 2, 2015

omar jawad said:
More pics

Look great

omar jawad · Sep 2, 2015

abecker said:
First thing, welcome to R2R. Second, that is a great looking setup. Third, I need to go home and do some wire maintenance after seeing your tank.

Wiring was super important to me. I kind of cheated as I am a Car Audio shop owner. I have plenty of tricks to keeping things clean. I wanted the behind the scene to look as good if not better then the tank itself.

4FordFamily · Sep 2, 2015

Welcome home, you'll love it here!!

I really like your setup very nicely done!

booker1978 · Sep 2, 2015

Welcome! Love your setup... very clean!

omar jawad · Sep 2, 2015

Today I got to play with my Neptune auto feeder. Didn't go well. The thing will dump a lot of food if you let it. Oops. What should I worry about now?

whatchamacallit · Sep 2, 2015

I'm stupid, just read your first post and it is a Red Sea tank haha. I like only looking at pictures

I3enny · Sep 3, 2015

Looks great man!!! Cant wait to see the updates!

Saltwaterwill · Sep 3, 2015

Looks good you got some skills

omar jawad · Sep 17, 2015

What a nightmare. Moved my fish from my original tank that have been with me for over a year, all of them are now dead with the exception of the Regal. Looks like I have to get the regal out and go fallow for 72 days. Bummer. Fish appear to have ick and brooklynella. All 5 of my captive bread cardinals are also gone. Patience is the hardest part in this hobby. Lesson learned.

SoFloGator · Sep 18, 2015

omar jawad said:
Hello everyone. I wanted to join this group as it appears that there are a lot of passionate reefers here. Please check out my new tank. I am joining this group as my new tank is cycling. It is a RedSea Reefer 450 that I only used the tank and sump. The stand was discarded for a custom made cherry wood cabinet that matched the home decor. I'm looking forward to all the knowledge and inspiration that I can gain here. Here are a few pictures of the tank and the build.

Omar you have a gorgeous set up. Your tank stand likes like a Chris Benner stand? So sorry to hear about the loss of yor fish....

omar jawad · Sep 18, 2015

The stand was build by a local cabinet builder in Gainesville Florida. This was his first tank stand. He did good for a first try. A few hiccups but for the most part, he came through. Thanks for the compliment.

SoFloGator · Sep 19, 2015

Sorry, double posted.

SoFloGator · Sep 19, 2015

Hi

omar jawad said:
The stand was build by a local cabinet builder in Gainesville Florida. This was his first tank stand. He did good for a first try. A few hiccups but for the most part, he came through. Thanks for the compliment.

Hi Omar...getting ready for Fla vs Kentucky. In two of the pics of your setup I see multiple small bottles on two shelves that appear to be for dosing various elements into your sump. If that's right, who makes it or is it DIY? Also the shelves appear to be a one piece plastic enclosure. Is that right and is it product you have adapted from car audio business?

I am getting back into the hobby after a 35 year layoff and the cleanliness of your setup is very appealing to me. I have been poking around the various forums for the last 2 or 3 months getting ideas for my own build and your set up is the nicest one I have come across. Have you thought about adding custom tank wiring as an additional line of business?

4FordFamily · Sep 19, 2015

Welcome home! You'll love it here

omar jawad · Sep 19, 2015

SoFloGator said:
Hi

Hi Omar...getting ready for Fla vs Kentucky. In two of the pics of your setup I see multiple small bottles on two shelves that appear to be for dosing various elements into your sump. If that's right, who makes it or is it DIY? Also the shelves appear to be a one piece plastic enclosure. Is that right and is it product you have adapted from car audio business?

I am getting back into the hobby after a 35 year layoff and the cleanliness of your setup is very appealing to me. I have been poking around the various forums for the last 2 or 3 months getting ideas for my own build and your set up is the nicest one I have come across. Have you thought about adding custom tank wiring as an additional line of business?

Thanks for the compliment. I'm definitely proud of the work I put in but I did have help. The dosing system is 8 BRS dosing pumps. The bottles were purchased from uline.com. They're glass bottles. They are controlled by the Apex Gold controller. The rack is made out of marine starboard. It's has a similar feel to a white kitchen cutting board. While I'd love to do this type of work for a living, I don't think I'd be able to make much of a living. Plus, I'm still kind of a rookie as far as the live stock goes. I've been in the hobby for four years but still have loads to learn.

Txdragonslayer · Sep 19, 2015

omar jawad said:
Hello everyone. I wanted to join this group as it appears that there are a lot of passionate reefers here. Please check out my new tank. I am joining this group as my new tank is cycling. It is a RedSea Reefer 450 that I only used the tank and sump. The stand was discarded for a custom made cherry wood cabinet that matched the home decor. I'm looking forward to all the knowledge and inspiration that I can gain here. Here are a few pictures of the tank and the build.

@omar jawad very good pictures! you are inspiring me to make a new stand too! where did you get that horizontal fan you have just over your sump? is that effective for you, i have been thinking of getting the GHL, or tunze fans, so i was wondering how it has been working for you?