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    Red Sea Reefer 250: Plumbing Replacement/Upgrade - Where to Get, and What to Look For

    in General Discussion

    I’m going to double check, but I believe Red Sea has the red g2 “upgrade” plumbing kits with their newer gate valve available for older reefer tanks.

    If you really wanted an upgrade, the bulkhead is a big triple flange siliconed on with three nuts on the bottom, it is not tough to get out if the tank is empty.

    get that sucker out to fit 3 x 1” bulkheads and implement a higher quality sch80 gate valve on the drain.


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    Help Wanted

    in Vendor News

    Hello Wamasers,
     
    This is a feeler to try to find someone interested to work at AquaHaus in the shop and possibly someone with previous tank servicing experience.
     
    Pay negotiable commensurate with experience.
     
    Must be able to:
     
    1. Have a positive, willing and helpful attitude.
     
    2. Be currently maintaining or previous experience with a reef tank - a comprehensive understanding of the parts of a basic system
     
    3. Clean Driving Record
     
    4. Live a reasonable distance from Springfield, seeking 25-40/hrs per week.
     
    5. Capable to lift 50lb above your head, (buckets of water)
     
     
    Could be one person full time or two part time.
     
    Inquire to Adam @ AOB@AquaHaus.com if interested!
     
     
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    help!. Red Sea 525xl bulkhead broke.

    in General Discussion

    If you need to cross that bridge, you can remove the whole triple “bulkhead” and replace with 3x 1” standard bulkheads.

     

    upside- you can use non proprietary junk gate valve for drain, customize with equipment as you like.

     

    downside, time and effort or $ to do it.

    Powerheads for 3 foot tank?

    in General Discussion

    You would need mp40’s as the 10’s wont hold. The issue becomes if you push more than 30-40% on the sides you’ll spin sand, if back mounted will push water over the rimless front. So you’ll never need more than 50%

    For installs of these tanks I like vertically mounted reefwaves or smaller maxspect gyres on either side of the overflow.


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    80G Deep Blue Stand Build

    in Do It Yourself

    I’m not sure how you want to skin it, but I have 7 of these tanks at the shop on 2x4 stands with magnetic doors. I can snap some photos or you can swing by to see if you like.


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    Grand Opening Event this Saturday!

    in Vendor News

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    Hello WAMAS Community,
     
    I would like to invite everyone to our Grand Opening this Saturday from
     
    10am to 6pm
     
    Location: 7025 Brookfield Plaza in Springfield (Formerly operated as Quantum Reefs).
     
     
    I took over the store’s lease from Vince and acquired all of the equipment in November. As many of you know it was in extremely tough shape, and it took quite some time to get everything cleaned out, organized, and re-cycled.
     
    I will continue to build my inventory based on requests and suggestions from you all, but I have hundreds of corals, a selection of fish as well as foods and supplies.
     
    If you would like to come out and support, we will have Free Giveaways, Raffles, and a Fish Fry Cookout (Reef safe of course ) 12pm-4pm
     
    We look forward to serving you in the future, and thanks for reading!
     
    Adam Oberheim - Owner
     
     
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    FYI

    in General Discussion

    Thank you guys for the Kind words,

    We hope to build something great with the bones left behind and continue to service the dmv area with excellent service, healthy livestock, and competitively priced goods.

    I’m open now under limited capacity mon / tues 4-8
    Sat / sun 12-6.

    Our Grand re-opening will be 3/22 and I will post more about stock updates and Information.

    -Adam


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    Local glass tank builder?

    in General Discussion

    You can get a quote from FishWorld in Richmond. They build giant glass tanks in house.

    I have 2 glass cages tanks, my experience with them has been fine. Not the prettiest but havent had any issues.

    Coast to Coast is a cut above. Def more money but fantastic quality.


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    Pure Reef Systems

    in Vendor Experience

    Same experience for me. Won a raffle GC at last winter meeting, reached out and have been waiting ever since.

     

    Same replies about supply shortage and vacation.

     

     

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    Need To Move Tank

    in General Discussion

    Good point razz. I used quantum reefs. Adam was an excellent service tech. However $100 hr for a single person, and even the smaller projects will take longer than expected. In the past spoke with Capital Aquariums to have work done, they never returned my inquiry. Also, in the past with Adam at Artfully Acrylic. Great work have my lid from them, but a hard time getting either to respond/come out.

     

    Not sure of WAMAS rules but maybe you can beg or bribe some people here to come out. If you need someone to move livestock certainly wouldn’t mind lending a free hand. Not good with heavy objects though.

     

     

     

     

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    Thank you for the kind words. I have my own company now and have succesfully completed many of these moves.

     

    OP, PM me and I would be happy to help you out.

     

    Adam Oberheim

    -Exotic Aquatics

     

     

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    Lightning suggestions for a 60 cube.

    in General Discussion

    You can grow anything spending a lot less money than that... Also, why Blue+ and Actinic, especially when most run the AB+ on the Radions?

    Just a recommendation from personal experience, I like that combo. There are definitely much less expensive options out there. My suggestion looks clean, fills every corner with light, is adjustable, and the t5 fixture (which Includes a hanging kit) could be implemented for near the price of some mounting hardware alone (RMS)

     

    I have run PC, t8, t5, MH, cheap-o LED, nice LED, and hybrids. It could certainly be a culmination of other factors as well but the mix of LED / t5 represents the best option available for color and spread IMO.

     

    2x Hydra HD will definitely work great standalone Op!

     

     

     

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    What cooling fans do you use for you light canapies?

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    IceCap makes fans that ramp up and down based on their attached temp probe.

     

    They work great and are quiet but do not turn completely off when the hood temp drops at the time the lights turn off. Attaching them to an apex or timer fixes that.

     

    More expensive than computer fans, but the automatic adjustability is a cool feature and you don’t need any diy wiring or power adapters and extensions.

     

    I have my 2 pushing cooler air into the hood, hot air escapes through vent holes on the top.

     

     

     

     

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    What to do before starting my first tank?

    in New to the Hobby

    Wetwebmedia.com is a great resource!

     

    A million and one videos on youtube also.

     

    The problem is that you will find a lot of contradictory information and anecdotal claims. My best advice would be to find a reefer friend or store that you trust, And try to replicate what they are doing to be successful.

     

     

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    How do you reuse your frag plugs?

    in General Discussion

    I have put bleached acro frags and broken up colonies in my CA reactor, it melts just like normal media. Wild collected / pasture raised organic vegan free range coral skeleton.

     

    I wonder where TLF media comes from, I always assume he’s buying dead coral for $.01/lb from all of the major wholesalers in florida, cause its clearly coral skeleton and you know they have losses.

     

    As for the plugs, it depends on how clean you can get them (removing glue/algae) but I re-use a lot. I Typically break them off and mount them, then re-use the plug.

     

     

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    Apex pump programming

    in Controllers

    Where is this pulling water from?

     

    Would you want failsafes like floor sensors or float switches to override if it didn’t go according to plan

     

     

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