You should still be able to install a Reefmat though. I have mine hanging off the front panel of the sump. Just have to completely cut out the socks.
Is this a waterbox sump? Did the 500 fit inside the 4” filter sock compartment?That video helps a lot! That reservoir is usually half way full pass that intake tube, submerging it - which would then rid of that sound. Same principle as having the emergency and main drain pipe submerged.
You can also increase the water level in the sump resulting in increasing the water level in the reservoir; however, the water level in the ReefMat will eventually raise once junk builds up.
See where I marked the red line? That reservoir level hasn’t dropped down to the sump water level (blue) yet. Usually stays between blue and yellow (trigger censor) after the first 24 hrs or so.
How did you get the reefmat in this sump? Cut out the dividers on the sock side and make it one large compartment? What's the kit you talked about using? I'm getting this tank Saturday and need to open the sump for my reef matGot the reef mat in! I don’t know how I would’ve gotten those baffles out without the Red Sea kit. I was barely able to fit the thin flexible blades on the bottom portion of the large side baffle. I would say 6/10 difficulty since I had to work with the sump being filled. Had to dial in the overflow again but overall pretty straight forward process.
Up close shot of the plumbing
Some bits of silicone are still floating around the sump. I’ll get take care of it tomorrow when I have time.
Yea pretty much made it a box compartment. Here’s a picture of the kit I used to cut it out.
Hey man I know this is a super old thread but I was looking at buying one of these tanks used, it's about 2.5 years old and in great shape. Would you still recommend this tank almost 3 years later? Any issues arise with it. How has your overall experience been with waterbox?
Hey man I know this is a super old thread but I was looking at buying one of these tanks used, it's about 2.5 years old and in great shape. Would you still recommend this tank almost 3 years later? Any issues arise with it. How has your overall experience been with waterbox?Hey everyone! I sold my marine x 60.2 to a fellow reefer on here back in February and ordered a new Waterbox reef 130.4. It’s taken me 6 months to actually get going on setting everything up. I made sure to take pictures along the way for when I started a build thread.
Tank came in 2/17/2022 in beautiful condition no issues with delivery what so ever. Ignore Bluey my son thought it was a nice idea to throw him in there :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: I got the stand built and had some help from my cousin to get it onto the stand.
Got the cabinet lighting installed as well. I went with a company called torchstar on Amazon and they came out looking sweeeeeeet.
EQUIPMENT LIST
RETURN PUMP: ECOTECH VECTRA S2
FLOW: ECOTECH MP40 x2
SKIMMER: BUBBLE MAGUS CURVE 5 ELITE
FILTRATION: REEF MAT 500 (ON THE WAY)
HEATING: INKBIRD WITH 2 TITANIUM BRS HEATERS.
CONTROLLER: APEX EL
ATO: TUNZE 3155
LIGHTING: RADION XR15 PRO G5 x2
Aquascape, sand and water in! I wasn’t feeling creative with the rock scape this time around and I tried so many different styles until I just gave up and hit up top shelf aquatics for some custom structures. I love how they look.
Took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to do with cable management. I had a cabinet next to my other tank and it took up too much space. On this build I wanted everything hidden in the stand. I really liked the adaptive reef cabinet and was worried it wouldn’t fit because I didn’t know if I was going to get the updated stand design for the 130.4 I waited until it actually got here to start planning. Turns out the cabinet would fit PERFECT inside the stand and it would work out exactly how I wanted it to. I got covid last week and I had nothing but time to work on it lol. This is how it came out.
Still waiting on the reef mat 500 to come in so I’ll update this post once I start modifying the sump for it. Until then this is the progress so far! Excited for this build!
Love mine
