Alex's Cade Reef 1500 S2

[afternoondelight]

Yes, Gen3. @wsanley Here are the close-ups of mine. Looks exactly like @Kevinmj70. I used the following silicone tube to connect the pipe to sk500 input.

Alex, what pumps did you end up buying an operating? How is everything going for you at this point in time…?

 

[wsanley]

@wsanley

Did you get it to fit? If not how old is your Cade? A while back they made a change to the sumps making the filter sock chamber about an inch wider. There is a post about it on one of the Australian forums.

No, I never did get it to fit. I did some back and forth correspondence with AlgaeBarn and they determined that the change shouldn't have affected my system and that it should fit. I decided to just go with filter cups and Poly-fil fiber. Working well so far. I kept the SK5000 as a backup for my 125g.

 

[afternoondelight]

No, I never did get it to fit. I did some back and forth correspondence with AlgaeBarn and they determined that the change shouldn't have affected my system and that it should fit. I decided to just go with filter cups and Poly-fil fiber. Working well so far. I kept the SK5000 as a backup for my 125g.

That's a bummer. I pulled the sock frames out and it fit in mine like a glove. I'm still trying to figure out where to put my skimmer. It will obviously fit in the larger part of the sump just downstream of the "sock zone" but then where do you place the refugium? The only thing I can come up with is I may need to silicon in a glass divider pane to separate the largest reservoir and place the skimmer on the left side and the 'fuge just to the right (before the area that has the media boxes) or I guess you could scrap the media boxes and put the 'fuge in their place.

What have any of you guys figured out?