UABsleeper Eshopps M130 build

[UABsleeper]

Hey Reefers just wanted a place to document my latest build thread!! I have been in the hobby for around 15 years now! Last tank a Red Sea reefer 350 g1 I had running almost 10 years learned a lot and had a beautiful sps for several years until I had my house painted while on vacation and it crashed my tank after years finally got the tank back to a point it was growing well and noticed a splitting seam!
Previous build
7/2017

5/2021

7/26

Tank finally growing but noticed this!

 

[UABsleeper]

With the latest eshopps 4th of July sale I decided to it was time for an upgrade pulled the trigger on the @ESHOPPS.INC M130

From @premiumaquatics!



Current equipment



-2 Radion g4 pro xr30 with a g5 blue xr15 in the middle running a modified ab+ schedule xr30’s at 60% and blue at 75% on a rms hanging mount

-Flow: AI Nero 5 and ecotech mp40 jeabo 10000 return pump

-skimmer Deltec 600i skimmer

-control Neptune apex

-tune osmolator



I ordered the tank on July 4th and it arrived on the 22nd. It’s a beast! I’m impressed with the quality, but there’s one thing that’s not: they shipped the wrong sump with the tank. All their online images show the sump as a 4-chamber sump with a refugium chamber, so I purchased a Kessil H80 with plans to have a refugium. My tank came with a 3-chamber sump and no refugium. I’m a little bummed about that.

I emailed @ESHOPPS.INC about the mix-up on the 23rd herd back from them today they are planning to send the newer sump asap hopefully they do!

Also did a little redesign
Working on a little redesign of my rock work

 

[UABsleeper]

I hate wires so I took some inspiration from @TankAndTurbines on the cabinet except instead of a sliding I did a mirror style hanging mount

The biggest headache was I didn’t have the right tools for the cut outs and it’s rather difficult to cut a oval with a jigsaw.. at least at my skill level

 

[UABsleeper]

After a headache of a tank transfer i learned mainly what not to do!!
1 I should never have kept my sand bed i probably wouldn’t have if I had not recently received a purchase from reef cleaners with a whole bunch of vibex nisarious snails and plitho crabs and tiger conchs.. but man I didn’t know their was so much crud in the sand bed
- also I should have paid more attention to how fast temps can drop even with heater and pumps I lost probably half of my frags so far from the stress

I am pleased with the result so far! Still have to run some cords but I have the tank up