Ugrade Thread

[nyfireman3097]

Ok guys I thought of this to be a good point of refrence thread. After reading JHale's recent thread. Please share what equiptment you have upgraded to and from what you upgraded from. Also why you upgraded.Also if you think the upgrade was worth it or not.
Ill start off where to begin where to begin lol;
Lighting
XM 10k to Reeflux 10K
Liked the colors on the reeflux better but think the XM's are still better
Calcium Reactor
MRC calcium reactor to Jetstream Shcuran 1
MRC never ending leakis fix one another showed up. I think the Jetstream is a MILLION times better. VERY happy with it
Return Pump
Mag 18 to GenX8500 to Red Dragon 8.2
Mag 18 was worried about the screws rusting. So i got the GenX which was LOUD and i mean LOUD it was 2200 GPH compared to the 1800 from the Mag 18. Because of the noise I decided to go with the Red Dragon 8.2 which is also 2200+ GPH and the thing is so silent you dont even know its on. Extremely happy with the RD
Skimmer
ASM G6 to Bubbleking 250 INT
The ASM g6 was rated for a 1200g tank I have a 180g tank, it worked great BUT it used 300w of electric. So I decided that ill try the BK out since it is supposed to be the best out there. The BK only uses 48w and it DEAD SILENT and out of all the skimmers I hae had I think it is all its cracked up to be
Circulation
I had 2 Tunze 6100's went to 4 6100's
I felt i needed more flow and boy do I have it
But now im waiting on my wavebox. I am not gonna be using it though on this tank, I am moving in July and gonna use it in the new set up ill keep eveyone posted
Thats all for now that i can think of any questions about anything feel free to ask
Nick

 

[jhale]

nick your thread is going to give me a headache, just thinking about it all.

okay, this is from my original day one set up, to today,

lighting, 2x175 10k mh and 4x64wpc's to: 3x25010k's 2x110vho, 2x140vho,
future: may be adding 3 luminarc relflectors and switching vho's to t5's

flow, from two closed loops, quiet one 6000 and a blueline 40x to: two tunzes, 6060 & 6080, future: vortech in the near future

alk and ca, from dosing all seachem products to: mrc2 ca reactor, future:possible 2 part dosing with a aquamedic dosing pump.

skimmer, from a etts reef devil w/ a rio 2100 to: a elos ns-1000 w/ a ehiem 1260

 

[druluv]

mj 1200 to tunze wavebox = the best wave maker on the market.
mj1200 w/wave maker strip to 3 tunze streams on a mult-controller 7095
mj1200 to oceansmotions 4 way on a closed loop.

I hate mj they keep falling all over the place, creating sand storms

 

[alrha]

4/2003: Nothing -> 72gal Bowfront w/Custom Sea Life PC lighting

8/2004: Seaclone Skimmer -> Remora Pro

1/2004: Maxijet 1200's -> Tunze Stream 6000

8/2004: 72gal Bowfront -> 187gal Custom Oceanic

1/2005: Tunze Stream 6000 -> 6100

8/2005: 2x 48" Spacelight Fixtures (each 2x250W + 1x150W) -> Custom Made Cool Touch Fixture (3x400W + 2x140W VHO + 4xMoonlights + 2xIceCap Smartfans). A very good upgrade indeed.

12/2005: Skimmerless -> Tunze 9015 Skimmer

5/2006: BlueLine70 Return Pump -> Red Dragon 4.5mS

 

[Deanos]

Tank
30g non-RR --> 65g RR w/20L sump --> 150g RR long :shhh:

Lighting
1 X 400w Radium 20k --> 2 X 400w Radium 20k --> 2 X 250w Coralvue 14K w/ 2 X 95W VHO Actinic --> 3 x 250w MH w/4 X 140w VHO actinic

Skimmer
Remora w/MJ1200 --> ASM G3 --> ASM G5 :scratchch

Circulation
Mag 7 return w/ (2) SEIO 620s --> Eheim 1060 return w/ (2) SEIO 820s --> MicroJet450 w/2 Vortech pumps :p

Heating
No heater --> 300w Finnex titanium heater w/electronic controller

Upgraded --> Future upgrade -->

 

[nyfireman3097]

Albert how do you like the Red Dragon ?

 

[Pedro]

Who makes those red dragons? Are they internal or external?

 

[nyfireman3097]

Pedro I PMed you the info about Red Dragons

 

[alrha]

Albert how do you like the Red Dragon ?

didnt get it yet, they are out of stock, waiting for more to come in. (that's why i have it in red and at May'06)
but i am sure i will love it as much as you love yours. do you have yours internal or external?

 

[nyfireman3097]

im using it internal for now then with the new set up it will be external

 

[alrha]

im using it internal for now then with the new set up it will be external

what made you decide if you want it internal or external? just space?

 

[nyfireman3097]

My current set up i have had plumbed for a internal so it was just easier to have it that way but my next set up im doing i need a smaller sump and rather just have it external to make it easier to clean when I wanna clean it

 

[nyfireman3097]

I figured if im gonna sell them i might as well know how well they work. And boy am I happy I bought it. Never had a pump run so quite like this one its amazing

 

[alrha]

good move. i have my tank in the living room, so noise is deffinitely discouraged. it will be worth every penny if it is SILENT!