Upgrade to RSM 130 DPlanning permission granted

Hey all been busy of late setting up a new tank .
Have got myself a Red Sea Max 130 D and have started to cycle it.
Have Added 19 kg of aragonite carib sea
20 kg of live rock.
Upgrades :
tunze osmolator
Jebao rw 4
Stevie T media rack
Tunze 9001 new type 10 days for arrival
ecotech radion xr15w pro lighting 10 days for arrival
I have also upgraded the fans in the hood and have STC 1000 settup also with 1 fan and the heater.
Have added CUC now but nothing else. Waiting on rods to finish rock scape with marine cement this week and then i will move the tank to it permenant place and take down fluval.All corals will be moved then from old to new tank.Have not fully figured out what i will be stocking in it just yet but going to get something special . I will have 2 clowns also for sure. Added some copepods today so hoping they will do well before i have added any fish .

Few snaps of the tank progress so far.

Looks great!
Love them tanks! They always make a nice looking setup!

ya i am very happy with it. Will be nice when it is on place with coral and fish and all mods added. Will take some time though. but as i have learned it is worth waiting so you dont have meltdown as i did already 2 times.

Yea!
As I'm starting my first marine atm, I'm just telling myself it's not a race the whole time!!!!
I can see how easy it would be to rush on in and just start filling the tank with fish and corals

Hey!

The 130 is one of my favorite looking tanks.

The layout looks great as well. Only question is, where did you get that live rock? it looks dry to me?

Bohrio wrote:

Hey!

The 130 is one of my favorite looking tanks.

The layout looks great as well. Only question is, where did you get that live rock? it looks dry to me?

It came from a 3500 litre system , bought 50 kg and sold rest to marine store. All of it is live for sure.

Thanks for your answer

It just looks very clean from the outside! Like if it was left outside for a few days or something

Didnt mean to doubt you

I also use the argonite sand as well, my jawfish loves it and it looks good in the tank as well!

I have a few RW myself, really like them, bought them some time ago when they were really cheap, great performance, little noise, find it hard to believe people still go for much more expensive powerheads considering how well these ones work!

Bohrio wrote:

Thanks for your answer

It just looks very clean from the outside! Like if it was left outside for a few days or something

Didnt mean to doubt you

I also use the argonite sand as well, my jawfish loves it and it looks good in the tank as well!

I have a few RW myself, really like them, bought them some time ago when they were really cheap, great performance, little noise, find it hard to believe people still go for much more expensive powerheads considering how well these ones work!

No i know ya were not doubting i would rather you ask. I have hidden the pieces where it is not as clean It was in a sump so not much algae on it. Yes the RW are great value for money a really powerful and quiet.Love jawfish but the one i want is way too expensive over here
Blue Dot (Opistognathus rosenblatti) would cost me around 350 to 400 euro in Norway.
I will make the rock scape more permanant when i get the acrylic rods i have ordered and set with aquaforest stone fix.
Will add corals maybe next week from my other tank will see. Looking forward to getting my upgraded lights

400 for a BSJ?

And I thought I paid too much for mine

Love mine, but I rather they stay in the sea where they belong. I have to say however mine is Ironfish, he has proven extremelly hardy considering he is a jawfish

Looking forward to your next update!

Love the tank..I had 2 of these on the go not so long ago....Just one thing to watch out for.....there's a very fine line between it being full and over filling it...and it's very hard sometimes then to see water seeping out

Great tanks though....are the newer models using leds or still t5s????+

carlowchris wrote:

Love the tank..I had 2 of these on the go not so long ago....Just one thing to watch out for.....there's a very fine line between it being full and over filling it...and it's very hard sometimes then to see water seeping out

Great tanks though....are the newer models using leds or still t5s????+

I will setup the Tunze auto top to keep control of that No t5s still.
I have ordered a ecotech radion xr15 w pro that i am going to install in the hood
Added some coral frags from my other tank today and changed 25% water to bring down NO3 further.

Xr15's are a really cool light..much better design than xr30''s....seen a few upgrades using aquarays be nice to how the Xr15's fit in .....with the fans in the top of the Xr15's would ya not be worried about the right space in the hood??? Theres also a guy on eBay who sells a diy led upgrade for the 130 have ya had a look at them????

carlowchris wrote:

Xr15's are a really cool light..much better design than xr30''s....seen a few upgrades using aquarays be nice to how the Xr15's fit in .....with the fans in the top of the Xr15's would ya not be worried about the right space in the hood??? Theres also a guy on eBay who sells a diy led upgrade for the 130 have ya had a look at them????

Hey Chris no the unit is 3.9 cm in width which will leave around 2 cm space. I will install it under the exisiting lighting cover for the t5s which i will gut out of the hood.I also have 3 fans inside the hood which i will leave wired up and on a timer to make sure there is enough air flow going through.

Sounds like a great deal of thought has gone into this so far

The fans in the hood are made for t5s sucking in cool air from one siDr and blowing out hot air from the other .....the Fan in the Xr is probly blowing hot air out the top..and probly designed with the presumption there would be no obstacles above it...Will 2 cm be enough????

carlowchris wrote:

The fans in the hood are made for t5s sucking in cool air from one siDr and blowing out hot air from the other .....the Fan in the Xr is probly blowing hot air out the top..and probly designed with the presumption there would be no obstacles above it...Will 2 cm be enough????

I have seen this done already. Also i have 3 fans inside my hood as i added an extra one. I also turned 2 of the fans around so they blow out the warm air now as i was having issues with overheating.Since i have done this the tank stays a steady 26 with stc as before i was at 27.5 c.
I can feel warm air being blow straigh out so the air flow will push the heat out from when it exits on the top of the unit Is the plan. If i need to do a mod and drill holes to add extra vent to release more air i can but from my calculations i will not need to as the led generate allot less heat that the T5s. I suppose time will tell

Sounds like your well prepared...

Are you still using the red sea heater????I found it sat too high in the back compartment and eventually got exposed one day when doing a water change and blew.....might be worth have a spare on hand with run dry protection.......these type of things always seem to happen to me on a Saturday night when nothing's open.

carlowchris wrote:

Sounds like your well prepared...

Are you still using the red sea heater????I found it sat too high in the back compartment and eventually got exposed one day when doing a water change and blew.....might be worth have a spare on hand with run dry protection.......these type of things always seem to happen to me on a Saturday night when nothing's open.

No have changed the heater so i have. It sit lower in the compartment now. I am due to order a shatter resisitenat one

Here is a rough lay out. Little more to add in but will document with pictures when fully setup



So as you can see basic setup will be Stevie t media rack consisting of Chemipure , floss and purigen.
Tunze 9001. Beside this i will have 1 bag of live rock rubble and chaeto with led grow light overhead wired on a time. Considering underwater led.. I am considering having miracle mud bed here also in the back compartment. Beside that i have aquel 100 w heater which it shatter proof.The return will be stock for now.Tunze auto top will also be installed into the back compartment.
Inside the hood as you can see i will gut out power suppy for the T5S and the lights. I will remove heat shield and have 3 fans installed in the hood for air flow out wards with 2 and suckion on 1. The final fan with be hooked up to the stc 100 along with the heater incase the temperature will raise.I will also buy the reef link so i can controll all lighting wirelessly. Inside i will have Jebao rw 4 for extra circulation.

would the fans not work better on opposite sides ???sucking in cool air from one side and blowing hot air the other.....

I did notice from mine as well the amount of craps that collects in back chamber is unbelievable...Don't know if miracal mud would just add to that....it some job to keep that back chamber clean

carlowchris wrote:

would the fans not work better on opposite sides ???sucking in cool air from one side and blowing hot air the other.....

I did notice from mine as well the amount of craps that collects in back chamber is unbelievable...Don't know if miracal mud would just add to that....it some job to keep that back chamber clean

They seem to be doing good as they are but when i am taking hood apart i will figure out which way to go. Not sure about Mud yet you could be right.

Ok so i did a rescape and finally set all rockwork together with rods and cement. Glass is dirty with a bit of Algae sorry .I am happy with the outcome. Lots of flow going through all areas of rocks just need to fill with corals now . Have started to add most of corals from the old tank in and will let them settle in and figure where to place all Toadstool is grumpty from move but i hope in a day or so he will settle back in and be happy with much more space

Love the rock work..

+ 1 on that. That's a great arrangement of rock work.

Picked up 2 new corals
Hammer coral and a torch coral.

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Lovely colour on the hammer.

Thanks there were a few in the store but this was my favourite i have my eye on a nice bubble coral also
just dont tell the boss

Picked up some new corals Bubble coral and Xeina pulsing coral.
Will be collecting a Candy cane coral neon green this week.

Been a busy weekend so it has but managed to get the tank moved ATU setup and STC1000 and good to go all corals in place. Collect my candy cane coral and while i was there i spotted a nice neon green frogspawn which i snatched up quick video