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I might have been too critical in my last post. Overall I am very excited, but for the money I think I was surprised at how it was shipped. I expected at least as good of packaging as something like Red Sea, but I think big companies like Red Sea can spend on a lot of packaging and presentation...

The tank was delivered! The crate was in good shape but opening it was a huge pain in the butt. Took hours and in the end I just had to destroy the lid. So many nails, and all the screws were rounded so there was no way to unscrew them. ELOS responded to my emails seeking help by saying...

Follow up question: I found these published numbers for saltwater on these units: 25 watt unit: Flowrate – 400 gph for 90,000 µw/cm2 57 watt unit: Flowrate – 1066 gph for 90,000 µw/cm2 I'm probably using the 57 watt for help with any ich that gets through. What µw/cm2 would be effective...

That's a good point. I got the larger UV specifically because of this. I'll need to plumb it in a way where it's extremely easy to maintain, thus I won't have too many excuses not to. I will still QT the fish, not overstock, and introduce fish in a good sequence and hope that ich doesn't make...

Hmm, that is true. They really seem to be covering their butts for the shipping portion, but once it gets to me, that's all that matters. Take, for example, Apple's packaging. It's a delight to take things out of the box with all their fancy pull tabs and box presentation. I don't think the...

My main purpose of the UV is to help with any possible ich that gets past QT and to tame any dinoflagellates (I've battled the UV sensitive ones in the past with UV successfully). I believe ich and dinos will be taken care of at the same flow rate through the UV, and since I have a second, I...

I have a 25 watt and 57 watt UV sterilizer now, and I’m trying to sell the 25. I purchased the 25 watt firs, but everyone was telling me that I need the 50+ watt flavor for my 126G display tank (maybe about 150G total vol). So now I have both unless I can sell the 25 watt. Should I just run...

Amazing. I’ll come by this week most likely. Ill shoot you a message.

Like @Arvin R mentioned, it’s an ELOS tank. They really overbuilt this box (in a good way). It even had security built in by stripping/rounding some of the key screws, and then just using super deeply embedded nails. I’ve had Red Sea tanks come cracked, so I was worried, but this was a tank in...

Just a FYI, I used a prybar and just kept prying until the screws ripped out. I think the key was to remove the screws and then pry a bit, but the screws were all rounded except 2, so really had to break the box up. Whew.

No cracks!!

Ok, I just destroyed the box and got it open

Ok there’s like 3 screws, the rest are flat nails

Good suggestion… and this might work. The screws are almost all rounded though This is hilarious, I can’t believe how incapable I am. I have done a lot in my life, but not opening boxes with tanks in them I guess hahaha

I’ve been trying to open this box that has my new tank, but I’ve already broken two tools trying to pry all the nails off, and still have about 45 nails to go. I’m almost an hour in and can’t open the box. Am I just completely stupid? What do I do?

I would suggest only going custom if you have a very specific size that you need, otherwise pre-built is going to save a lot. If you like the Reefer, go for it! You can/should change the doors so it looks better for your room too. All way less than $6K.

I've been pretty happy with my AI Nero 3 pumps, especially because they come with nice nemguards that look pretty good. I got a beautiful Colorado Sunburst from @nly04 awhile back, and last night it decided to walk over the AI Nero 3. Now, the crazy thing is, this guy squished itself through...

OK, I think I found my return pump: Royal Exclusiv RD3 Speedy 100watt HIGH PRESSURE -- 2400 gph but it looks like it can handle a lot of pressure. If I run it as a return + manifold for my UV and chiller, I think it's going to be perfect. Costs the same as the non-high pressure (well, off by...

I got the large Avast Davey Jones Skimmate Locker and was thinking that if my skimmer had a sudden overflow event (I've had this in the past randomly), a good amount of water would be pulled from my system before the skimmate locker filled up and stopped the skimmer pump. I was thinking of...