alcoolaid's 200g Reef Build

[H2o2]

Well done I am in

[asylumdown]

Are you going to skin the stand? With a plumbing job that nice I might want to show it off.

[alcoolaid]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Are you going to skin the stand? With a plumbing job that nice I might want to show it off.

Yup I plan to. Will have to skin the canopy because the leds are so bright from the side.

Also the reeflo dart pump isn't that quiet... unless I have a dud. So I will skin the stand as well. Planning to use magnets.

[alcoolaid]

Here is a video of the canopy lift in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQRm3m2jEk8

[Madreefer]

Wicked! Your build is getting really cool. No cat?

[alcoolaid]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

No cat?

No, I have a dog

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by alcoolaid

Yup I plan to. Will have to skin the canopy because the leds are so bright from the side.

Also the reeflo dart pump isn't that quiet... unless I have a dud. So I will skin the stand as well. Planning to use magnets.

FWIW I was surprised at how loud my reeflo was as well. Different people have different impressions of what loud is, but even with the doors to my cabinet closed I can still hear it humming, and that was after replacing the bearing in it with a much, much more expensive version. I don't think I'll run an external return pump again because of it. You do get used to it after a while though, just sort of fades in to the background.

Piece of advice - order replacement seals now. Yours will eventually start to rust and it sucks knowing that the need replacing (evidenced by the rust and salt creep starting to appear outside of the pump - very disconcerting) while you wait for the new ones to show up in the mail.

[asylumdown]

PS that lift is sick.

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Piece of advice - order replacement seals now. Yours will eventually start to rust and it sucks knowing that the need replacing (evidenced by the rust and salt creep starting to appear outside of the pump - very disconcerting) while you wait for the new ones to show up in the mail.

Good advice. They have to be ordered directly from Reeflo out of Colorado. They seem to last 3 years from my experience with my Barracuda.

[alcoolaid]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

FWIW I was surprised at how loud my reeflo was as well. Different people have different impressions of what loud is, but even with the doors to my cabinet closed I can still hear it humming, and that was after replacing the bearing in it with a much, much more expensive version. I don't think I'll run an external return pump again because of it. You do get used to it after a while though, just sort of fades in to the background.

Piece of advice - order replacement seals now. Yours will eventually start to rust and it sucks knowing that the need replacing (evidenced by the rust and salt creep starting to appear outside of the pump - very disconcerting) while you wait for the new ones to show up in the mail.

Yeah, I think Rich (bblinks) has a reeflo dart gold? His is pretty quiet.

I might sell this one and try the gold version with the baldor motor.... Anyone here have a reeflo dart gold that can chime in on the noise vs the regular reeflo dart?

And good tip on the seals! Guess I can swap them out with the ones I buy while I wait for the warranty ones to come in the mail haha

Originally Posted by asylumdown

PS that lift is sick.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Good advice. They have to be ordered directly from Reeflo out of Colorado. They seem to last 3 years from my experience with my Barracuda.

How loud is the motor on your barracuda?