Red Sea Max Owners
 

I just bought a new Red Sea Max....opened it up and it looks like the entire hood has to be wired??? Is this normal? Does anyone have a picture of theirs that I could look at? Seems like more than a "plug and play" the way mine is.......concerned!

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I just installed mine two days ago. The hood was complete with just the lights to install. I am a concerned by the lack of flow from the powerheads. Let me know what you think when you get up and running.

The only thing that needs to be done is install the light tubes, install the additional cooling fan and plug everything into the built in powerbar. There is no wiring required, just pluging stuff in (plug in the hood, two power heads, heater and skimmer).

There should only be one cord coming out of the hood with everything prewired into it.

NATS - most peope add a Korillia 1 or 2 in the back right corner to increase flow. Some people also replace one of the two stock pumps with a Maxijet to increase flow in the back.

All i had to install were the two light bulbs for the hood. The two pumps seem very weak but the system works well thus far.

THANKS for all the replies...seems it was just a mixup with the boxes...I got the box with the RSM which was being used for parts...and WAS missing quite a few! WHEW! My replacement will be here tomorrow...just a mixup and thanks again for the replies...I really appreciate it! I will post once mine is up but I have been reading quite a bit on them and the forums for them...and I will be adding a powerhead for flow thats for sure!

I just found out the problem with my pumps on my RSM. The carbon bag was caught in both intake tubes of the powerheads. I used a plastic tube and pushed the carbon bag lower into the chamber and WOW! The water flow is amazing now. Hopefully this is the same case for you NATS. Let me know.

WOOT..thats a good thing! Good to hear...but I think I will still put in a powerhead as I like a lot of flow!

I think i will add one as well later on.

Many people running the RSM as a reef tank leave out the carbon and ceramic bags. They restrict flow and trap detrius

Really, so all they have is a sponge? I thought it is beneficial to have both carbon and ceramic for a filter? I can see how it restricts flow as it has happened to me but all is fixed now with both bags inside.