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Read all the way through. Envy people who can change things and make them work for them. I'm more of a "please don't make me change anything" kind of gal. Nice tank, interesting read. Thanks for sharing.
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stock, didn't really care for it much, i changed the lights, return pumps and skimmer. also i am no longer using the control panel as i have an apex hooked up to it. i also upgraded to the larger surface overflow....
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kessil a360, tunze 9001 skimmer, eheim 600 return pumps (2x)
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but the tank is great, solid....would not have paid full price for it though. luckily a member of my reef club gave this tank to me for free
JoshH
Tank Status: Wet...ish, growing things....
Awesome, I didn't pay full for mine either but more than you did obviously lol, although mine was still brand new. I've been toying with upgrading my lights as well but with a retrofit kit instead. As for everything else in my set up they will all be upgraded, getting a custom sump, skimmer and reactors. But as of now all the upgrades are costing more than the actual tank was lol although these upgrades aside from the LED's will be transferred to a larger tank down the road.
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They sell a chiller adapter from red sea for this model that I am sure you can use as return linares for your sump
JoshH
Tank Status: Wet...ish, growing things....
it came with my tank when I bought it as part of the kit and that was part of my plan. I also purchased a second outlet nozzle and am having the divider for the rear sump drilled so there can be two separate return's. hopefully I can avoid having to use a circulation pump and keep the sides of the tank clean looking.
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Post pix, I'm interested in seeing how this turns out
JoshH
Tank Status: Wet...ish, growing things....
I will be, currently in the process of getting ready to move so not much going to be happening for the next couple months unfortunately. BUT here's my build thread, feel free to tag along as it will be updated with each new step when they come along.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-rsm-c-130-build.277137/
With my sump I am a little nervous of whether or not the stand can hold the weight of it all. with the sump, ATO and reservoir it's around another 30 gallons. so doubling the weight of the system. Although Red Sea seems to believe it will handle it without a problem so I'm going off of that lol
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-rsm-c-130-build.277137/
With my sump I am a little nervous of whether or not the stand can hold the weight of it all. with the sump, ATO and reservoir it's around another 30 gallons. so doubling the weight of the system. Although Red Sea seems to believe it will handle it without a problem so I'm going off of that lol
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Well, personally I wouldn't do a sump, if it's just for a fuge. You may want to consider an algae scrubber like I did as it becomes a huge space saver. This will still allow you to keep all your wires n what not in the stand.
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But, if you were to do it, I would just place something like a 10gal tank under there with a good light, to grow the chaeto
JoshH
Tank Status: Wet...ish, growing things....
The sump is already ordered, mostly to add a larger skimmer and negate the need for a refugium. Not so happy with the smaller options skimmer wise so I wanted room for a bigger one, as well as some reactors.
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Oh ok then, well I'm looking forward to seeing this come together so keep me posted
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Thanx bud....how's your tank coming along?
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