Show Off and Discuss Your Red Sea Reefer Series

[m0jjen]

Well 3/4" into 25 mm (~1")/ 32mm (~1.25") is available in sweden (which uses metric messurements) So that should fit then! Thanks alot for your awnser.

 

[Broadfield]

Well 3/4" into 25 mm (~1")/ 32mm (~1.25") is available in sweden (which uses metric messurements) So that should fit then! Thanks alot for your awnser.

So are you doing metric piping or standard?... you said 1".

 

[m0jjen]

Metric since its whats available in sweden

 

[Broadfield]

Metric since its whats available in sweden

Perfect, then ignore my standard measurements

 

[Mebeknob]

Anyone running a RedSea reef care program with their reefer??

 

[luckyfin]

Added a reefer to the reefer [emoji41]

 

[jsbull]

Added a reefer to the reefer [emoji41]

I just did the same. Do both use the larger sump as one system, or do they use separate sumps? If a single system, how did you work out the plumbing?

 

[lake985]

There's one gentleman on here that said the electrical conduit adapter is a much closer thread pitch to the metric... requiring a standard amount of Teflon tape. However, they are a lighter grey color than schedule 80... and I'm picky on everything matching. My old plumbing setup on my 450 was perfectly fine for over a year. So I did not hesitate to use the same method of 15 wraps on my new orange plumbing setup.

Do you recall if he was referring to these types of electrical conduit adapters? http://www.elecdirect.com/liquid-ti...tight-connector-nylon-3-4-straight-gray-88405

 

[burtbollinger]

not quite Broadfield level...

http://s659.photobucket.com/user/burtbollinger/media/image2.jpg.html

http://s659.photobucket.com/user/burtbollinger/media/image1.jpg.html

 

[revhtree]

Nice tanks everyone!

 

[burtbollinger]

let me try that again...need to get a premium membership ASAP so I can edit posts.

 

[jsbull]

Do you recall if he was referring to these types of electrical conduit adapters? http://www.elecdirect.com/liquid-ti...tight-connector-nylon-3-4-straight-gray-88405

It was just like the one previously posted, but for conduit instead of schedule 40 or 80. Slip x MIP.

I think this was it: http://m.homedepot.com/p/3-4-in-Male-Terminal-Adapter-R5140104/202043511

 

[Sage Robinson]

Added a reefer to the reefer [emoji41]

How do you find the mix of kessil and radions I'm thinking of doing similar with kessils for the shimmer and radions for the increased spectrum and power

 

[Thor2j]

It was just like the one previously posted, but for conduit instead of schedule 40 or 80. Slip x MIP.

I think this was it: http://m.homedepot.com/p/3-4-in-Male-Terminal-Adapter-R5140104/202043511

That's it as I am the one who posted it. Works perfect with normal Teflon tape. They come in 3/4 and 1" male. I used the 1".

 

[lake985]

That's it as I am the one who posted it. Works perfect with normal Teflon tape. They come in 3/4 and 1" male. I used the 1".

Awesome, thanks for confirming. I'm trying to wrap my head around plumbing my new XL425. So thankful for everyone's posts.

 

[cmcoker]

Hey guys, got my reefer 250 and am needing to level the stand. I have stained concrete floors (in a rental, can't do a self leveling concrete overlay)
The stand is off very little right to left. Front to back needs adjusting, front needs to be raised up a bit. But I noticed the feet are not touching the floor in the back/sides as it sits right now. I'm thinking I should shim under each foot, anyone else done it this way? Or have other ideas? I've used the felt sliders before to level a smaller setup before..

Saw lots of folks that took the feet off, but I would prefer to keep them if possible.

 

[cmador]

I used shims on my 250. Been a year and still level.

 

[burtbollinger]

My dad helped me level...our hardwood floor was slightly off. I used clear furnature coasters I bought from Lowes. We used only 2 of the 4....both went on the back peg feet on the side of tank. My guess is you wont shim each foot...only two of them. Try to do this before you put sump in the stand, btw.

 

[cmcoker]

My dad helped me level...our hardwood floor was slightly off. I used clear furnature coasters I bought from Lowes. We used only 2 of the 4....both went on the back peg feet on the side of tank. My guess is you wont shim each foot...only two of them. Try to do this before you put sump in the stand, btw.

Yeah, the thing is at least 4 feet are not touching the ground and I can't see what's happening on the rear wall feet. The 2 back feet on each side are in the air. I think the center beam is maybe on a slightly raised spot. I thought about maybe putting felt sliders on the feet not touching cause that would be enough to make them reach the floor...
This is the spot it has to go according to the wife, so I just gotta figure out how to make it work
Oh, and thanks for mentioning about the sump. I am working to get the stand level before putting in the sump or tank.

 

[burtbollinger]

this is what we used...in a pinch, you can put more material inside the "cup" to boost it up a bit...so these coasters, in conjunction with some round felt pads inside on the cups that are not quite level or need to be raised..

https://www.farmandfleet.com/produc...feedsource=3&gclid=CIm7r_q5g9ECFRmewAodOyADdw