Cade 900 S2 "Homely Reef" - First Marine Aquarium Build

[HomelyReef]

I purchased this Cade 900 in Brisbane, Australia as a second hand unit. It came with a netting lid.

Equipment list (second hand):
Prices are in AUD

1. Nyos Quantum 160 skimmer $350
2. Ecotech Radion XR15 gen5 PRO + mount and slide $530
3. Cade 900 S2 system $1000
4. Ecotech Vectra M2 $530

$2410

Purchased new:

1. Eheim 300w Heater $75
2. Caribsea life rock shapes and shelves circa $400
3. Hydor 250w Heater $40
4. Dymax digital thermometer $20
5. 80cm sponge/scraper $12
6. Ceramic block biological media x 5 $63
7. 15kg reef salt $54/1 carton of XXXX summer bright lager
8. Hydrometer $26
9. Porous filter sponge x 2 $10
10. Mesh filter sock $12
11. Sanking tubing x 2 $30
12. Sailfert ammonia, nitrite and Nitrate tests $60
13. Fish nets x 2 $11
14. Caribsea Fiji Pink live sand 9kg x 2 $96
15. Microfibre towels x 20 $5
16. 200L drum $125
17. 60L drum $65
18. 600L salt water $120
19. Silicone tape x 3 $35
20. Misc plumbing $25
21. Plastic tubing $50
22. Screw driver set $8
23. Fritz ammonia $12
24. Fritzzyme 9 nitrifiying bacteria $43
25. Cade check valve $75

$1472

I will add that which I have forgotten when I remember.

 

[HomelyReef]

 

[HomelyReef]

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Do you have any future plans with your tank? Great start so far!

 

[Ospreys48]

Beautiful. Congratulations. I am about to purchase the 600 model but the one thing that I am struggling with is that I can not use ecotech vortechs on rear wall. I prefer not to have power heads on side panels or wires in tank.

 

[HomelyReef]

 

[HomelyReef]

Do you have any future plans with your tank? Great start so far!

This weekend (Sunday) my girlfriend and I will be collecting 1 standard orange Occy clowmfish and one black storm clown. We may also purchase a tiny blue tang, yellow clown goby or lawnmower blenny, depending on availability.

We just want to select robust fish and corals to ensure we don't have any preventable deaths. Happy to take as much time as needed to ensure it'd a happy and healthy tank. Next step is to identify the best food possible.

 

[HomelyReef]

Beautiful. Congratulations. I am about to purchase the 600 model but the one thing that I am struggling with is that I can not use ecotech vortechs on rear wall. I prefer not to have power heads on side panels or wires in tank.

I was sure I had heard of folks using the MP Vortechs on the back wall? Do they not fit?

 

[Ospreys48]

I was sure I had heard of folks using the MP Vortechs on the back wall? Do they not fit?

You can not place the dry side of the mp 10/40/60 in the rear chamber which is water.

 

[HomelyReef]

You can not place the dry side of the mp 10/40/60 in the rear chamber which is water.

Of course! I am yet to fill my ATO chamber as there is a slight leak from the nozzle seal into the main display. I didn't think of such a simple thing haha.

 

[ksliech]

Beautiful. Congratulations. I am about to purchase the 600 model but the one thing that I am struggling with is that I can not use ecotech vortechs on rear wall. I prefer not to have power heads on side panels or wires in tank.

I just set up a 600 and am using a Maxspect Gyre 330 up near the water line (very out of the way, including the wire). I suspect I’ll need a second device, and thinking a Nero that could go on the back wall and run the wire up the corner. Or maybe a second Gyre. I want to minimize all this crap in the tank as well, and the Gyres up near the top hit the right balance for me.

 

[Ospreys48]

I just set up a 600 and am using a Maxspect Gyre 330 up near the water line (very out of the way, including the wire). I suspect I’ll need a second device, and thinking a Nero that could go on the back wall and run the wire up the corner. Or maybe a second Gyre. I want to minimize all this crap in the tank as well, and the Gyres up near the top hit the right balance for me.

Can you please post pic?

 

[Ospreys48]

Can you please post pic?

Also, being that the Cade has clear silicone I do not believe running the wire up the corner would look nice.

 

[TheFishKeeper]

Beautiful. Congratulations. I am about to purchase the 600 model but the one thing that I am struggling with is that I can not use ecotech vortechs on rear wall. I prefer not to have power heads on side panels or wires in tank.

I have the CADE 600 S2, why can’t the Ecotech’s be attached to the rear wall?

 

[TheFishKeeper]

You can not place the dry side of the mp 10/40/60 in the rear chamber which is water.

You can do that if you have a vacuum food saver. You can vacuum pack the dry magnets and remove all the air, and it fits nicely in the back reservoirs

 

[Ospreys48]

You can do that if you have a vacuum food saver. You can vacuum pack the dry magnets and remove all the air, and it fits nicely in the back reservoirs

That is really a great idea. Is it a theory or something that you or others have done with success?

 

[TheFishKeeper]

That is really a great idea. Is it a theory or something that you or others have done with success?

I have done it, six months later the magnets look like new

 

[ksliech]

I have done it, six months later the magnets look like new

Wow this is definitely what I’m going to do vs a Nero with the wire in the tank. How do you get a seal? I would assume the wire coming out of the “dry side” would make that impossible.

 

[Ospreys48]

I have done it, six months later the magnets look like new

Thanks. About to pull the trigger on a 600

 

[HomelyReef]

Yesterday we purchased our first inhabitants. A 1 inch blue tang and two yellow foot hermit crabs. The blue tang is slowly becoming more visible, the first 12 hours were spent wedged into a tiny crevice which is apparently a unique behaviour they display when anxious. No the tang "Daphne" is hovering on/above the rock work, visible from the front of the tank.