RedSea Reefer S-1000 Build

[bdouglas119]

I ran out of thin super glue to finish hiding the e Marcos cement but here is what the scape looks like as of now. I’ll finish it up once the additional glue arrives

 

[Erik-Reefer]

So I followed BRS how to NSA video and the way Ive seen tidal gardens to it. Basically my approach was to use Thick CA glue and activator. In the spots with a lot of leverage against it, I then filled it with the dust/rubble and used very thin almost watery CA glue (this is how tidal gardens does the entire scape in their video) after all of that I went back and added E-Marcos Mortar. Im now in the process of covering the grey mortar with sand/dust to make it look natural again. But it should make it super strong

That overhang is ridiculously amazing! Something that I want to achieve in mine. I watched both the TD and BRS video and thought about doing a mixed approach as well. I have a Red Sea 900 that im in the process of getting it all set up, so Im following yours with great interest!

 

[Erik-Reefer]

Hey BTW not sure what youre doing with your return, but I saw these and am thinking about adding them to mine. It will upgrade the current returns with Loc-line - Great way to mix up the flow a little better!

Red Sea Reefer Ultimate XXL Return Line Upgrade – 25mm to 3/4in RFG | Vivid Creative Aquatics

vividcreativeaquatics.com

 

[bdouglas119]

Hey BTW not sure what youre doing with your return, but I saw these and am thinking about adding them to mine. It will upgrade the current returns with Loc-line - Great way to mix up the flow a little better!

Red Sea Reefer Ultimate XXL Return Line Upgrade – 25mm to 3/4in RFG | Vivid Creative Aquatics

vividcreativeaquatics.com

Those look pretty interesting. I should have pretty random flow with 4 of the ReefWave 45’s but I may look into those in the future. I was super close to pulling the trigger on the 900. The timing just worked out really well that the S-1000 came out right when I was ready

 

[bdouglas119]

Red Sea has been great throughout the process of getting a replacement shipment. They even went out of the way to send a little swag pack to make up for it. Had a couple hats, shirts, and water bottles. Very cool of them. Top notch service especially considering it was the freight company’s fault not theirs

 

[bdouglas119]

Just got the call...today is delivery day #2. fingers crossed it goes well this time

 

[bdouglas119]

Well delivery attempt 2 failed. Somehow even telling the dispatcher to make sure they can move it, they sent the tank and the pallet jack they had could not get under it. Attempt 3 is tomorrow morning apparently

 

[TL1]

Well delivery attempt 2 failed. Somehow even telling the dispatcher to make sure they can move it, they sent the tank and the pallet jack they had could not get under it. Attempt 3 is tomorrow morning apparently

Third time's a charm!

 

[bdouglas119]

Third time's a charm!

It was. We finally got it off the truck. Tomorrows challenge....set it up

 

[bdouglas119]

Finally got the tank unloaded. Last night I got the stand built up to the step where the tank needs to go on. The instructions are not the best, it took me a lot longer then I wanted to build the stand but it looks and feels great

 

[Ky_acc]

Following along — looking forward to seeing it on the stand!

how are the exterior stand panels?

it says on the site they are removable, so assuming they aren’t load bearing. But do they screw on the frame? Was hoping they might be magnetic but that seems unlikely...

 

[bdouglas119]

Finally assembled and mesh lids made. It’s a lot of work but it looks awesome

 

[bdouglas119]

Following along — looking forward to seeing it on the stand!

how are the exterior stand panels?

it says on the site they are removable, so assuming they aren’t load bearing. But do they screw on the frame? Was hoping they might be magnetic but that seems unlikely...

They are removable, they used threaded inserts in the sides removed with an Allen key. But the sump gets in the way of some of the fasteners

 

[Enchanted Reefs]

Can you post some pictures of the sump. I haven't found any good pictures of it from the top down

 

[bdouglas119]

Can you post some pictures of the sump. I haven't found any good pictures of it from the top down

I’ll take some in the morning but here is a drawing of it. It’s on the Red Sea website

 

[Pscha4]

Just read through your build..... I can’t help but comment on how amazing the aquascape looks, great job! Can’t wait to see the finished product!

 

[Ky_acc]

How many people did you need to lift the tank onto the stand?

did you use suction cups?

 

[bdouglas119]

Just read through your build..... I can’t help but comment on how amazing the aquascape looks, great job! Can’t wait to see the finished product!

Thank you!

 

[bdouglas119]

How many people did you need to lift the tank onto the stand?

did you use suction cups?

There were 5 of us. No suction cups. It wasn’t to bad. We moved it around on dollies and just had to lift straight up to the tank

 

[bdouglas119]

Scape is in the tank and lids made