alcoolaid's 200g Reef Build

[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?

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by alcoolaid

How loud is the motor on your barracuda?

It's fairly loud. It's on a basement sump below my tank and I can hear it. I would never recommend someone to put in a stand.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

It's fairly loud. It's on a basement sump below my tank and I can hear it. I would never recommend someone to put in a stand.

Totally agree. I would leave the Reeflo's to the off site sumps. If it's going to be in a cabinet, I would use something else. All mine that were under tanks were removed because of the loud hum.

[alcoolaid]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Totally agree. I would leave the Reeflo's to the off site sumps. If it's going to be in a cabinet, I would use something else. All mine that were under tanks were removed because of the loud hum.

Hrmmm.... I will have to try to find something else then. Maybe one of the bigger dc pumps...

[alcoolaid]

Actually did the big move on Monday. Started at noon and finished around 9pm.

Filling water after scaping


Putting in some coral


Hooked up the moon lights really quickly because it's the easiest


Some of the tangs are happy with their new larger home




Mounting up some of the electrical stuff from old tank


Hastily hooked it all back together quickly because I needed light quick! Originally the drivers were mounted behind the canopy but now I relocated them under the stand so 36 wires had to be extended


Will clean this up soon


How it sits for now. Need to glue more coral down.


Still need a new skimmer. Only running an XP2000 right now. Looking at a Vertex Alpha 250 if I can ever find one or a Bubble King Double Cone 250 with the RD3 pump... a little expensive so thats why I'm waiting to see the new DC pump coming out from reef octopus as the current ones aren't reliable.