Adam_Bobomb Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I figured it was about time to start this off as things are starting to arrive. I purchased a CAD Lights 4G reef tank (AIO) for my office. It's a beautiful tank. period. I will be not using any of the stock equipment other than the tank itself. UPGRADE ALL THE THINGS!!!! Unlike my bow tank, this one will not be natural filtration, I plan on using Carbon, GFO (in a reactor) and possibly more solutions. I need the water quality to be pristine. If I can show off how good a tank looks to my boss, I'm pretty sure I'll get a green light for a big office reef tank. Without further ado... Stock everything Here is the stock pump. Not gonna cut it. I order a Sicce 0.5 thinking it would fit in the back but alas, it does not and I had to find another solution (it's on the way). Here is the back section, not a lot of room to work with but it's a pico Sicce 0.5 I ordered some plumbing from BRS but its not small enough in diameter and will take up too much room. New stuff is on the way and fingers crossed it will be perfect. Looking forward to the input and sharing this build with you all. Cheers, Adam Link to comment
thurrmac Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 a new build to follow. subscribed Link to comment
zeke2020 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 How much room does the rear chambers give you?.. maybe a cobalt or a rio possibly?? Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 How much room does the rear chambers give you?.. maybe a cobalt or a rio possibly?? I'm trying a sicce micro or mini or whatever it's called. It's about 2.25-2.5"x2.5-3" The separator is angled a bit so it's not square. I'm looking to pump some serious flow through this guy so at 158gph of the sicce micro it should do the job nicely. Link to comment
zeke2020 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Damn that is a tight squeeze! Link to comment
HatrickSwayzee Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Where did you put your heater? I couldn't fit mine next to the pump so I had to put it in the display tank next to the return nozzle. I thought about putting it in the middle chamber, but I'm not sure it'd head the tank properly. Or I can just get one of those neo-therm heaters and slot that in right next to the pump in the back chamber. Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Where did you put your heater? I couldn't fit mine next to the pump so I had to put it in the display tank next to the return nozzle. I thought about putting it in the middle chamber, but I'm not sure it'd head the tank properly. Or I can just get one of those neo-therm heaters and slot that in right next to the pump in the back chamber. Im going to be putting it in the overflow first partition or in the return. I'll be getting the cobalt 25w and it says its 6.5" long and the tank height is 11" so I should have some wiggle room. Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Would the heater not fit in the 3rd chamber with the return pump,or would this pose a problem ? Regardless,following this build. This should be good !! Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Would the heater not fit in the 3rd chamber with the return pump,or would this pose a problem ? Regardless,following this build. This should be good !! It really depends on the new return pump and plumping but I imagine it would. There isn't a lot of space in the back and I'm going to be trying to put a lot of crap back there. Its going to be trail and error. Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Got some presents today Link to comment
duncan-junkie Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Your last build was without doubt, BADASS!! So I'm pretty stoked to see what you do with this one!! Keep the pics and updates flowing!! Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Your last build was without doubt, BADASS!! So I'm pretty stoked to see what you do with this one!! Keep the pics and updates flowing!! Thank you, I'm still going on that guy. It's been a waiting game with my cycle. This guy should be much quicker as I'm already curing the LR. Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 They even sent me a functional key chain. Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oh that loc-line is down right bad ass !!! Link to comment
Elrato Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 cant wait to see how this thing turns out Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Check this out. 1/4" loc-line. Link to comment
evanski Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Transformers! More than meets the eye! Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Modular hose huh? I know where I'm getting locline next. Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Modular hose huh? I know where I'm getting locline next. It was really the only place that I found reasonable prices for 1/4" loc-line. it's a lot of bulk items. Some of the stuff comes in pairs or packs of 5 which isn't bad when dealing with loc-line. Link to comment
JR! Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 That's a ton of locline man. Gonna kill the flow btw Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 @158gph? Ordered the sicce micro. The stock pump? Without a doubt. If it ends up pushing out lower pressure I'll take a splitter off. That's what is so great about loc-line. Not married to one setup Link to comment
evanski Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 OK, that is awesome... Link to comment
Adam_Bobomb Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 DIY Reactor. I've very very happy how this came out. Here is my DIY reactor I made for my 4G. the body is 1 3/4" diameter with an Eheim 300 on the bottom. I think it will work perfect and please tell me if you see any issues. I still have to drill some holes at the top for an outlet. Video at the end. Leave your thoughts! Good or bad. Link to comment
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