Jason's Reefer 250: Fish added! Sump Mod, Clarisea, custom plumbing, aquascape w/E-Marco, IKEA cabinet mod. (Pic heavy!)

[TeotheCoral]

First, I hope he is doing amazing. I remember it was timeless moment when mine was just a newborn. I rejoiced every moment of it. It is just odd that he has not even logged in at all. I mean if you have time to turn of TV, drink beer (if he does), check emails, and I am sure you will have time to log in r2r. I am not saying that he has too and by all mean he is not obligated too. I log in to R2R in bathroom, waiting for doctor appointment or any appointment, and etc. just to read and not necessary to post.

Second, I don't have issue with skimmer overflow. I was replying to the other member. I also add pods directly into main tank and sump.

 

[TeotheCoral]

Canadianeh well it seems to me you have an addiction issue

 

[TeotheCoral]

I think someone abducted Jason...last I heard some long hair blonde 5’8” figure carries him into the woods and now he’s locked up and made into a slave

 

[Dennon 2010]

I might have missed this... how did you connect the 1'' drain to the Clarisea? I have the Clarisea 5,000 and it has a 32 mm hard plumbing input. Perhaps the 3,000 is different.

I'm starting to think that using 32 mm PVC and a 32 mm gate valve - given the Clarisea has a 32 mm input and the Red Sea plumbing is 32 mm metric on the drain - might be the best option. I'm naive in this plumbing world though!

I decided to go with all metric as well. Since i had to order the fittings anyway, it just made sense. I did upsize everything to 32mm as well.

 

[taliesin]

Your description on the doors helped tremendously. I spent more time than I should have just adjusting the doors. My ocd was kicking in about the gap and the alignment.

 

[SAMICHICAGO]

Very informative and detailed post. Will do the same setup. Just got all the items listed except the ClariSea Sk-3000.

 

[qhduong]

Hey Jason, curious on any updates on the build? Are you still in the hobby?

 

[canadianeh]

Hey Jason, curious on any updates on the build? Are you still in the hobby?

He is one of many other posters that just stopped posting completely. He was last seen on the forum yesterday and he still comes to this forum.

I hope all is well with him and his family.

 

[Eight]

Well hello! It's been a long time.

Between my first son being born, my parents living with me to help care for him and massive changes at work (Hulu being acquired by Disney), I have not had a lot of time to post here. Sorry about that!

But my tank is doing well, I'm super happy with the setup and this weekend I plan on installing a few more things. More to come!

 

[Eight]

Hey Jason, curious on any updates on the build? Are you still in the hobby?

Absolutely! I've had a reef tank running continously for over 20 years. Not stopping anytime soon.

 

[qhduong]

Absolutely! I've had a reef tank running continously for over 20 years. Not stopping anytime soon.

Hey that's great, thanks for the update. Copied so much of your ideas it's like I know you .

 

[TeotheCoral]

You changed the light muah bruther! I am setting up my xl300. Doing my manifold

 

[TeotheCoral]

You changed the light muah bruther! I am setting up my xl300. Doing my manifold

 

[TeotheCoral]

 

[qhduong]

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Wow, how are you able to fit the uv there?! Does the stock sump still fit?

 

[TeotheCoral]

Wow, how are you able to fit the uv there?! Does the stock sump still fit?

You have the xl300 right? Yes it was hard. The aqua UV is so bulky it was hard and the aqua clamp is kinda retarded so I mad a few error drills for the uv. It does fit. This is a 15w Aqua UV

 

[TeotheCoral]

I’m still deciding whether to connect the UV output to the upper portion of the return line to DT vs pipping UV output to return chamber or connect it to one of the drains

 

[TeotheCoral]

I wish I have the fluidic knowledge of plumbing but I don’t. Input will be appreciated

 

[qhduong]

You have the xl300 right? Yes it was hard. The aqua UV is so bulky it was hard and the aqua clamp is kinda retarded so I mad a few error drills for the uv. It does fit. This is a 15w Aqua UV

Yeah I have the 300 XL. I had to fit my UV on the side, pull from skimmer and output to return section. My pipe kept my UV upright so I didn't use the clamp. I have a 57 watt on mine. I would recommend sending straight to display and not back to return section. Make sure you can take the uv out to clean.

 

[TeotheCoral]

Wow that’s a big UV for the xl300. Yeah a vertical position is better as this prevents bubble build up but I couldn’t put it vertical with sump unless I submerge UV in sumpt. I could rout it to the upper portion of return line and use the two gate valves to control proper flow through UV. I’m not sure if UV does much for my system so haven’t taken it too seriously