Well, I had my (2) 60 Gallon cubes (My Old Tanks) and was able to get a used Waterbox 220.6 about 6 months ago. A fellow reefer was moving out of state and it worked out well for both of us. I had to convince a few friends and family members to help lug it out of his house and into my house.
I had about a couple weeks of chaos!
This was my equipment list when I first got it wet:
I think it came out pretty good for the amount of chaos to get it up and running.
The Deltec skimmer kept overflowing at first, but after reading some threads here, I ran the drain into a 5 gallon bucket...and win about 30-45 minutes of "break-in" it was running great and highly recommend it.
I had about a couple weeks of chaos!
- Moving one of the cubes to place the new tank
- Set up the new tank (new equipment/plumbing/etc)
- Had to order new pump, skimmer and powerheads.
- Had to setup a temporary electrical for the old tanks, as I needed all the electrical from the cubes
- Removed all the corals off the rock in temporarily putting them in one of the cube tanks
- Put all the fish in the other cube tank.
- Spend a day setting up the rocks.
- Filled it up, let it run for a couple days and then added the fish in.
- I ended up selling the old tanks and equipment to help offset the cost of new equipment I needed.
This was my equipment list when I first got it wet:
- (2) Kessil AP9X
- Apex COR-20 Return Pump
- Deltec 1000ix Skimmer
- (3) Vortec MP40
- (2) 600w BRS heaters
- Apex Neptune
- Apex Trident
- Apex DOS
- Magnesium Mix
- Calcium Chloride
- Soda Ash
- Refugium Light Tunze Eco Chic
- Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt
I think it came out pretty good for the amount of chaos to get it up and running.
The Deltec skimmer kept overflowing at first, but after reading some threads here, I ran the drain into a 5 gallon bucket...and win about 30-45 minutes of "break-in" it was running great and highly recommend it.
