Red Sea REEFER 250 ALL Pre-Conditioned and most CAPTIVE-BRED Fish, SPS, Zoanthids. Slow Poke Reef. WE HAVE WATER!! start page 61.

[powers2001]

Items in my order: (3) temperature probes, (2) PM1’s, and an ORP probe.

 

[powers2001]

TOP: checking for room in the IKEA cabinet. Need room for 7 Apex modules and space for an eighth in case I need it. For the following modules: (3) FMM’s, (2) PM1’s, (1) VDM, and (1) LSM. BOTTOM: placing templates for electronics cache in the 250 cabinet.

 

[Difrano]

One question, why do you need 3 FMM?

 

[powers2001]

One question, why do you need 3 FMM?

@Difrano good question. FMM 1) ATK & 2 leak detection probes for the display tank. FMM 2) 4 flow sensors: return pump, carbon reactor, chiller, and UV sterilizer. FMM 3) Water Change Station optical level sensors: high and low freshwater vessel, high and low saltwater vessel. I think that about covers it.

 

[Difrano]

Gotcha! You are going full Neptune in your build! I just got a Trident, DOS and DDR for my RSR 250, and I have plans to add 1 FMM in the near future, mostly for flow monitoring.

 

[powers2001]

Items in my order: (3) temperature probes, (2) PM1’s, and an ORP probe.

Now you may be wondering why 3 temperature probes? One to run the circulation fan in the IKEA cabinet, one to run the circulation fan in the 250 cabinet electronics cache, and one as a water temperature probe to regulate temperature of the system mounted in the sump.

 

[powers2001]

Gotcha! You are going full Neptune in your build! I just got a Trident, DOS and DDR for my RSR 250, and I have plans to add 1 FMM in the near future, mostly for flow monitoring.

@Difrano yeah I guess you can say I like Neptune gear. It must be the techie in me. A Trident is in the works for me too.

 

[powers2001]

I bought some grommets for the mounting boards but probably bought took many. Also bought another Apex annunciator to wire in series with the one I already have.

note: having trouble attaching files. This has never happened before

 

[powers2001]

I bought some grommets for the mounting boards but probably bought took many. Also bought another Apex annunciator to wire in series with the one I already have.

note: having trouble attaching files. This has never happened before

Switched from Safari to Chrome browsers and I seem to have it working now.

 

[powers2001]

I bought some grommets for the mounting boards but probably bought took many. Also bought another Apex annunciator to wire in series with the one I already have.

note: having trouble attaching files. This has never happened before

Here’s a video of the annoying announciator / alarm for my Apex. Wiring two in series.

 

[powers2001]

Waiting for the primer to dry on this board I wanted to see how well the grommets fit. Tried to remove it and it cracked and I nicked the paint job a little. The can of spray paint says to wait a week to dry. It was a week yesterday and still not dry.

 

[powers2001]

Some new hardware. Torch, heat shrink tubing, helping hands wire holders, and solder-less soldering connecters for electrical work. Clamp and corner braces for IKEA cabinet. GFCI outlet for UV sterilizer. I’ll be getting a bunch of Apex modules in the mail today. The soldering is to connect the IKEA fan to wire connectors in turn to connect to a FMM module’s 24V DC output.

 

[powers2001]

Received my Apex gear from USPS. I’m a total Control Freak!!!!!!

 

[powers2001]

Using helping hands to hold the wires while I heat the special shrink tube that has a node inside made of lead solder and solder flux. The butane torch was way too hot for this so I had to use a normal lighter with a long spout. I’ve never done soldering before so this was really fun. I got the wires together and plugged in the fan to find the polarity was switched so I had to resolder everything. I even made a little video for you’all.

 

[powers2001]

I’m going to start researching KP Aquatics aquacultured live rock. I would only get 30-35 pounds just enough to supplement the Pukani dry rock I already have. The Pukani would be the base of 2-3 bommies where the KP would form pinnacles on top of them. It might be necessary to use acrylic rods inside the structures to keep them stable. The two major concerns are price and the sloughing of detritus getting caught in the Apex flow sensors before the rock becomes cycled.

 

[Difrano]

I’m going to start researching KP Aquatics aquacultured live rock. I would only get 30-35 pounds just enough to supplement the Pukani dry rock I already have. The Pukani would be the base of 2-3 bommies where the KP would form pinnacles on top of them. It might be necessary to use acrylic rods inside the structures to keep them stable. The two major concerns are price and the sloughing of detritus getting caught in the Apex flow sensors before the rock becomes cycled.

I would recommend also https://www.tbsaltwater.com/ Richard is very good and their rock is awesome.

yeah I guess you can say I like Neptune gear. It must be the techie in me. A Trident is in the works for me too.

teaser:

Build Thread - DF Red Sea Reefer 250

Looking great! I just took delivery of my reefer 250 tank/stand this afternoon!

www.reef2reef.com

Look like you work in the automation industry?

 

[powers2001]

I would recommend also https://www.tbsaltwater.com/ Richard is very good and their rock is awesome.



teaser:

Build Thread - DF Red Sea Reefer 250

Looking great! I just took delivery of my reefer 250 tank/stand this afternoon!

www.reef2reef.com

Look like you work in the automation industry?

@Difrano actually I’m a rancher.

 

[powers2001]

I would recommend also https://www.tbsaltwater.com/ Richard is very good and their rock is awesome.

@Difrano thanks I’ll check them out too.

 

[powers2001]

Here’s the 24V DC fan mounted on the bottom panel of the IKEA cabinet. The paint should be dry enough on the sides and top and bottom. They will be grey. The door will be orange.

 

[powers2001]

I’m going to start researching KP Aquatics aquacultured live rock. I would only get 30-35 pounds just enough to supplement the Pukani dry rock I already have. The Pukani would be the base of 2-3 bommies where the KP would form pinnacles on top of them. It might be necessary to use acrylic rods inside the structures to keep them stable. The two major concerns are price and the sloughing of detritus getting caught in the Apex flow sensors before the rock becomes cycled.

I posted in the Aquascaping forum asking where I can get acrylic rods for aquascaping. Anyone reading this thread know?