Reefer 450 Build

cromburger · Oct 11, 2020

Hello all, I am buying a used red sea reefer 450. It has a custom stand and really clean underneath with a simplicity sump and a few other extras. to be honest this will be the first tank I will not have built from the ground up with a full plan. that being said I am looking for advise on what other reefers with 5ish foot long tanks are doing for their flow( how many pumps and placement of said pumps) and lighting used( how many units and what type of corals grown under them). I have been reefing for about 15+ years and had many different tanks. I currently have a 40ish gal. sps dominated tank. planning on moving all of the coral into the new tank as well. i will be posting pictures as i get things going. thanks in advance for any comments and pics to go along.

cromburger · Oct 11, 2020

Here are some pics of my current tank

daddi-o · Oct 11, 2020

Just received a 350 on Friday. Stand is built and I'm almost done painting the sump. Following along.

Is yours a v3 sump?

cromburger · Dec 7, 2020

Finally getting a chance to update my build thread. Got the new tank about 2 months ago and have been ordering all the equipment. Allot of stuff was backordered or on delay so things have been slow. But any way here are some fotos of where i am at and what is going on. I have a bunch of diy going on in the canopy, feel free to ask questions. I might start a different thread on the diy page. Pic of picking up the tank then where it sat in the garage

cromburger · Dec 7, 2020

These are of the canopy i built. I used 2040 extrusion that i cut to size and assembled. It hinges up to allow more room when i am doing maintenance. It is going to be a t5 led hybrid

Chrisfish · Dec 7, 2020

Congratulations on your new tank, your other one looked great as well. Cute kids BTW

cromburger · Dec 7, 2020

Alright, continuing, got the ecotechs in and made some mount arms for them. Oh ya and moved the tank into the house in its place

YNRA · Dec 7, 2020

Congrats on the new tank, will be following!

cromburger · Dec 9, 2020

Bulbs are in and canopy is ready for stain. All 3 wood sides are removable and the light rack hinges up for access into the tank. Now to finish the plumbing

gunguy05 · Dec 10, 2020

Following along, as I have a 450 as well.

I really like the light mount. Super clean!

cromburger · Dec 24, 2020

Merry Christmas Everyone! Today was a productive day. Last plumbing part came in so finishing that up. Stained and sealing the canopy boards and finally getting water in the tank. 30’ of RO tubing to run from upstairs down into the tank. Hoping to mix up some saltwater tomorrow

count krunk · Dec 24, 2020

Your current tank looks awesome!

If you post bbc code from a hosting website your pictures are much larger in the thread.

cromburger · Dec 25, 2020

Plumbing Done. Hydros mostly set up and electrical mostly done

cromburger · Dec 25, 2020

count krunk said:
Your current tank looks awesome!

If you post bbc code from a hosting website your pictures are much larger in the thread.

I have been doing it through the phone. Kind of a newb to posting on threads. I will look into it. They are full size on the phone

cromburger · Dec 25, 2020

cromburger said:
I have been doing it through the phone. Kind of a newb to posting on threads. I will look into it. They are full size on the phone

Thank you

count krunk · Dec 25, 2020

I'm in mobile and they are quite small.

I use imgur upload in 17" monitor option and copy paste the bbc code into the comment

cromburger · Jan 5, 2021

Things are moving along, i have had the tank up and running for about 2 weeks with sand and cycled rock. I went with the Aqua Forest sand and i must say it is beautiful. After a week of running i tested the water and things looked good so i got some tester fish and put in some chunks of coral yo see howready the tank would be for the “Great Migration” as i am calling it. Everything in the Reefer 450 is doing great so i think i am going ahead with the “Great Migration” today. So i am gunna break down the 40 gallon and move everything to the 450. Wish me luck.

cromburger · Jan 9, 2021

The move was a success and the old tank is broken down and moved out of the house. I had fun aquascaping and ended up rearranging things a few times over the next couple of nights. Also got most everything done under the tank as well