My Red Sea Reefer 425 XL V3

[Stephen Richards]

First and foremost hello all. this is my first post!!! yay.. Sooo yea.... i'm new to reefing in the sensen that i just got my fist tank but i've been researching this for a while (like 6 hours of research a day for the past 4 months more on my days off ) i've done freshwater my who life. but no actual experience with saltwater so i'm open to all those with experience.
I bought the Red Sea Reefer 425 XL Version 3 sump so as most of you already know the water came from one side and the return pump chamber was on the other side. the new version incorporates a built in refugium (was so stoked about this as to where i wanted to keep the ATO reservoir as a ATO and didn't want to convert it into a refugium but a refugium for me was a must) also incorporates 4 media filters 2 cups and 2 socks, so the problem is i have to rethink how to hard plumbing because i was going to run a manifold and still very much want to but now with the return pump on the same side i wanted something like

or something like

but new design

let me know what you think?

 

[kschweer]

Welcome!!! Be sure to check out broadfeild’s @Broadfield reefer build for some ideas!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Retro Reefer]

Sweet tank... welcome to R2R

 

[mike werner]

Welcome to r2r

 

[IslandLifeReef]

Welcome! Nice Tank!

 

[dbl]

Welcome to R2R and thanks for signing up.

 

[PDR]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[OffTopic]

Welcome to R2R, really cool tank you have I would love to see the progression

 

[Reefer Deez]

Hello and welcome to R2R
It's a pleasure to have you here with us

 

[Stephen Richards]

Thanks everyone for the work welcome I'll definitely keep an update on progression

 

[Ruben's Reef]

!!! Welcome to R2R !!! Nice tank and setup.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Reef Able]

Welcome Onboard R2R

 

[GoPitt88]

Welcome to R2R! I'm jealous!!! My dream tank is a Red Sea Reefer 525 XL....maybe in a year or two. Have fun [emoji16]

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!! Gonna be a great looking tank!!!

 

[NewbReefer3451]

Hi - what did you end up doing? I'm screwed - I drew up my entire manifold build off of the v2 sump and didnt realize the return pump was on the other side now. I spent a lot of $$$ on parts and have no clue what to do.

 

[Stephen Richards]

Hi - what did you end up doing? I'm screwed - I drew up my entire manifold build off of the v2 sump and didnt realize the return pump was on the other side now. I spent a lot of $$$ on parts and have no clue what to do.

Hey to be honest I had the same problem. But I haven't figured out what to do I decided to buy the rest of my equipment while I brain storm the problem. My current idea is to turn the sump around and run everything across the top of the sump giving me room to run my manifold but I haven't seen if it would work yet still waiting on it to see if other people figured it out

 

[NewbReefer3451]

Hey to be honest I had the same problem. But I haven't figured out what to do I decided to buy the rest of my equipment while I brain storm the problem. My current idea is to turn the sump around and run everything across the top of the sump giving me room to run my manifold but I haven't seen if it would work yet still waiting on it to see if other people figured it out

Thanks for the response. This is really frustrating having spent so much time, effort and $$$ putting this build together. I purchased most of the stuff (including all the plumbing pieces) over the last 8 months and haven't actively been following the changes. I bought the tank and stand last week online which was the final piece of the puzzle, the description didn't really seem any different to me and wasn't made clear there's a new v3. Of course I set up the stand and everything before looking at the sump and plumbing and noticing the issue. *sigh* I don't even feel like setting up a tank anymore after this experience, total buzz kill - I guess it's my own fault for not looking at the sump update. I tried contacting Red Sea to see if they have any ideas - going to try BRS on Monday. Let me know if you come across any ideas/find any pictures of manifold builds. Thanks and good luck!

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Welcome to reef2reef.