Waterbox 150.4 Dream Build

[Blu-J]

So i took the plunge and purchased a Waterbox 150.4 for my living room and in the process of getting everything set up before I fill it.

I made a piece of trim that goes on the ceiling to hang the hood from, Braced the floor up with some LVL and a lolly column, ran some pvc and valves so I can have a UV in the basement and a possible chiller if needed.

Tank is going in the corner so i painted the short side, I also added one of those safe motion lighting kits for the stand, nice and bright!

I water tested it in my garage to make sure everything was alright.

I still have quite a bit of setup to do!

Parts:
Control: Hydros x4 pro pack, Kracken, Wave Engine, custom cables 800ah battery backup system
Lights: 3 Kessil a360x 2/ 2 reefbrite 48in strips in custom hood
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Eliete 150
Filter Roller: Redsea Reefmat 1200
Return Pump: Varios 4S
Reactors: Hang on Aquamax
ATO: Hydros ATO
Dosers: 3 Hydros Dosers
Heaters: 2x 200w Jager w/ inkbird

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following along! This is shaping up to be one awesome build!

 

[Blu-J]

Following along! This is shaping up to be one awesome build!

Thanks! I’m still trying to figure out when I run my UV or chiller I was going to use another various 4. What should I run the pump external and put it in the basement or should I put it in the sump next to the other one running an externally would be nice to get it out of the sump but I don’t know how that would work because the pipe would go up and down to the basement, so I guess I have to be careful of siphon, if you use one of those clear check valves like on the water box overflow

 

[Blu-J]

Ok everyone I though I would give an update on the tank build a lot has happened in the last few weeks.

Most of the plumbing is done. The uv is plumbed right under the floor with a various 8 pump leaving some pump room incase I add a chiller down below the tank.

The reefmat I was able to plumb in running the 40mm pvc all the way from the drain adding some unions for easy disassembly. the blue unions really bother me LOL but ill re-plumb in grey when the come in, was over a month to get them to me in new york from overseas. I was able to use the collar from the reefmat and one side of those blue unions to get it to thread right to the reef mat.

Hydros systems is mostly complete except a few cables I need to make for the ATO System in the basement. I make all my own extensions so I can disconnect the sensors in the basement for maintenance if need be.

The kraken is such a nice piece of equipment I got rid of a ton of power bricks and also ran the reef mat to a 12v force port, and the auto feeder to force port via a 12v to 5v usb adapter. Im going to play with adding the varios 8 pump via a 24v to 36v converter in the near future.

I will be using 4 6v marine batteries 2 run in series and the 2 banks in parallel which will give me around 800ah of backup power which should make me able to run the reef brite led strips, return, powerheads, and filter roller in case of a power outage.

I spent a lot of time doing wire management and making custom cables to make it all clean. Pumps and power heads are on extensions so maintenance will be easy.

Building the scape was not easy, it was my first time took me about 8 hours, 10 oz of thick super glue gel, 10 oz of thin super glue, and 11 tubes of epoxy sticks, ITS STRONG!

I plan on doing a mixed reef, and im just waiting on my turbo start 900 and fishless ammonia and I'm ready to fill!

Thanks everyone for the looks and input!

 

[cowfootball]

Did you have to do any modification to get the ReefMat 1200 to fit? I'm about to order a 150.4 but the sump diagram shows that compartment was 8.5x15 and the ReefMat 1200 specs show it as 10.6x11.8. It doesn't look like you cut out the glass divider, is it simply that the RedSea measurement is at the widest point which is actually above the sump?

 

[Blu-J]

Did you have to do any modification to get the ReefMat 1200 to fit? I'm about to order a 150.4 but the sump diagram shows that compartment was 8.5x15 and the ReefMat 1200 specs show it as 10.6x11.8. It doesn't look like you cut out the glass divider, is it simply that the RedSea measurement is at the widest point which is actually above the sump?

no it actually fits well on the stand, i hard plumbed mine in the 40mm pvc fittings

 

[vortexreef]

no it actually fits well on the stand, i hard plumbed mine in the 40mm pvc fittings

Nice Thread! I'm working on the same build right now and debating between the Reefmat 500 & 1200. I stopped looking at the 1200 when I checked the dimensions, but it looks like it fits! Was there a specfic reason you went with the 1200 over the 500? Thanks!

 

[Blu-J]

I bought both. I bought an open box 1200 and a new 500 so i could return the 1200 if it didnt fit. the 1200 works well on the stand, ive had it running for about a month now and still have a lot on the roll.

 

[AlyciaMarie]

Exciting build! Following!

 

[kevgib67]

Coming along nicely, following!

 

[nuxx]

Looking great so far!

 

[Tracdog]

Any updated? Great looking build. I’m running the same system.

 

[Blu-J]

Any updated? Great looking build. I’m running the same system.

Tank is running great!

I have some plans for an auto water change system this winter. I just bought an algae scrubber and a hydros launch which i will install in the basement for my water change res and a few other things. I can post a few pictures wen i have some time!

 

[AlyciaMarie]

Tank is running great!

I have some plans for an auto water change system this winter. I just bought an algae scrubber and a hydros launch which i will install in the basement for my water change res and a few other things. I can post a few pictures wen i have some time!

Any livestock yet?

 

[jathlon77]

Bump. Double posted but cant delete..

 

[jathlon77]

Awesome build! I purchased the Reefmat 1200 and would like to set it up like yours but I noticed that your main drain connection was setup on the left drain line which is normally the emergency flow drain. Did you move the main drain to the left or did your come like that?

 

[Blu-J]

Awesome build! I purchased the Reefmat 1200 and would like to set it up like yours but I noticed that your main drain connection was setup on the left drain line which is normally the emergency flow drain. Did you move the main drain to the left or did your come like that?

I swapped them so I could plum the 1200 in. I used all 40mm pvc and unions which I got off of eBay t hard plumb the whole thing in!

Works great. I may re-plumb some of it so I can get it further out of the water. I’m using the tools a little faster then I would like.

 

[Blu-J]

Any livestock yet?

Yes!

I have a tang gang
Powder blue, yellow, scoops, hippo and a tomini
Starry benny, bi color blenny, royal gamma, 3 fire fish, purple fire fish, Bengali cardinal, chromis, Bella goby, clown goby, 2 clowns, cleaner wrasse

And a slew of corals.

I’m waiting for the maven and the sole to come of to make my automation system better

 

[jathlon77]

I swapped them so I could plum the 1200 in. I used all 40mm pvc and unions which I got off of eBay t hard plumb the whole thing in!

Works great. I may re-plumb some of it so I can get it further out of the water. I’m using the tools a little faster then I would like.

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. Your tank is insane. Congrats on a sweet build! Would love to see some pics soon of your new pets

 

[Blu-J]

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. Your tank is insane. Congrats on a sweet build! Would love to see some pics soon of your new pets

Thanks I will post some pics soon.

I am doing a few big projects soon

Adding a chiller on a separate loop
Algae Scrubber
Hydros addition in basement for AWC with Hydros Soles.
Mixing Station with pumps.
450AH Lithium battery backup on the Hydros Kracken
Co2 Scrubber.

Im making some custom parts on my cnc machine for the algae scrubber mount. will post some pics of that too