Waterbox 130.4 Platinum Reef Pre-build discussion

Matthew Dambra · May 16, 2018

Hello all,
Super excited to be upgrading from my standard 90g old school reef ready tank to having recently pre-ordered the new Waterbox Aquarium 130.4 Platinum Reef which should be getting to me by the end of June.

This is how my 90g looked prior to having my sump leak and while attempting to re-seal the tank my nutrients spiked and a crash occurred.

New tank dimensions 48"Lx24Wx22H water level will be around 20inches

Current Equipment on my 90g
Lighting: Aquatic Life 48" t5 hybrid with 2 old school AI Sol super blues
Flow: 2x MP40 1x MP10
Fuge Lighting: Kessil H380
Skimmer: Bubble Magus curve 5
Return Pump: Mag drive 9

Stock list on 90g
Chevron Tang
Naso Tang
Magnificent Fox face
Two Clowns
Six line wrasse
Melanarus Wrasse
Blue Head wrasse
Lyre Tail Angle
Mandarin Spotted Dragonette
Few peppermint shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Some various snails and hermits

Not coming to the new tank
Fox face due to nipping
Blue head wrasse eats maxima clams and destroys snails if they fall off the glass

Matthew Dambra · May 16, 2018

Need help on deciding a few new pieces of equipment
Lighting: I am keeping the T5 hybrid but going to replace the two AI fixtures
I am between 4 AI prime HD's and 3 Ecotech XR15's
Ecotech's put out a lot more power and i already have the reef link which would be nice to be able to control my pumps and lights from one system

Return Pump: I am between the Varios Line and the Vectra's
Varios 6 or possibly 8
Vectra M1
I have heard a lot of issues with the Vectra's and if i can manage the funds down the road adding an APEX the Varios is apex ready

Would like to hear your input.

Thanks.

Adashek1994 · Dec 19, 2018

I think the radions will be more convenient for your situations, but I’ve heard the coloration is better on the HDs. Did you get everything transferred to the waterbox yet? I wanna see.. but I’d get the various 6 pump.

Matthew Dambra · Dec 19, 2018

Adashek1994 said:
I think the radions will be more convenient for your situations, but I’ve heard the coloration is better on the HDs. Did you get everything transferred to the waterbox yet? I wanna see.. but I’d get the various 6 pump.

I ended up going with 3 XR15's and love them
everything has been transferred softies and lps made it, lost one fist (nano tang) to jumping out i also went with the various pump