Really excited about purchase. Should be here on the 15th! Repurposed my Son's room finally. Couple of things have developed firstly my Wife is doing back flips! My new reef room/office is coming along nicely. Knocked a hole in the wall, put in some sliding barn doors, put in a ceiling fan, working on the crown molding and flooring. This is the culmination of a 15 year dream and now that my kids are gone it's definitely happening. I'm new to saltwater but have been an aquarium (freshwater) junkie my whole like and have always wanted to dive into Saltwater reef keeping.
So my config so far is the 425XL, no protein skimmer, went with the Reefmat and an algae scrubber instead. Would like some feedback on this! I did go ahead with the new Apex control system, 1 Red Sea wave pump with controller, 1 Neptune intelligent return pump (1500 gph), Radion XR 15 Lights (2) and the quad dosing station from Neptune. Would like some feedback on this...I still have time to change my mind!
The beauty of my location is I have a long wall right behind the ladder and a small closet right in the corner and a window right inside to the left. I have a guest bathroom about 20 feet from the closet. I have enough room for 2 x 25 or maybe 30 gallon water bins and wondering would it be better to mount the reverse osmosis unit in the closet near the water bins or under the sink in the bathroom? I'm thinking under the counter would be better but that leaves me about a 20ft water line run up the wall and over to the closet where the water bins are. Is that too long and too much gravity for RO unit to over come? We have pretty good water pressure but thinking I would need to get a booster pump. any comments are welcome.
So my config so far is the 425XL, no protein skimmer, went with the Reefmat and an algae scrubber instead. Would like some feedback on this! I did go ahead with the new Apex control system, 1 Red Sea wave pump with controller, 1 Neptune intelligent return pump (1500 gph), Radion XR 15 Lights (2) and the quad dosing station from Neptune. Would like some feedback on this...I still have time to change my mind!
The beauty of my location is I have a long wall right behind the ladder and a small closet right in the corner and a window right inside to the left. I have a guest bathroom about 20 feet from the closet. I have enough room for 2 x 25 or maybe 30 gallon water bins and wondering would it be better to mount the reverse osmosis unit in the closet near the water bins or under the sink in the bathroom? I'm thinking under the counter would be better but that leaves me about a 20ft water line run up the wall and over to the closet where the water bins are. Is that too long and too much gravity for RO unit to over come? We have pretty good water pressure but thinking I would need to get a booster pump. any comments are welcome.