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Removed the rest of the crate sides (another hour of prying) and got the suction cups on. Waiting for muscle and then we’re going to put it on the stand. Stand is leveled and ready, though I am still waiting on a response from ELOS to replace all the jankiness. When they do, I’ll probably need...

I didn't even think of the rust. I believe it was powder coated with gray already, and then since I wanted white, they sprayed white paint. Hopefully that means it's still protected. Either way, I think you're right. Having them send me a new stand would be ideal. Heck, if they pre-assemble it...

Maybe someone can tell me, do these paint problems seem unacceptable? To me it definitely is. Of course it's "hidden" by the panels, but still, I am paying an extreme premium on this thing:

Here is the "Quiet Drain 3" Really low quality lid: Other shots of it:

Yeah, the panels will definitely hide it, but for the amount of money I paid for the absolute stand, you would think it would be WAY better. Materials seems just fine, but the attention to detail sucks. I would say the stand is probably worth 1/3 of what I paid for. For this price I could...

It's funny because the Quiet Drain doesn't look anything like the Quiet Drain II. I emailed ELOS about it and they said: "Congratulations, you have the Quiet Drain III". What? It didn't say that anywhere, and it seems almost like an excuse for getting the 8+ year old Quiet Drain I. I told them...

I decided to put the stand together tonight. Wow it was a pain. The metal frame just doesn’t line up well, one thread was tapped badly, and the instructions were basically nonexistent. The paint on the metal was bubbled and sparse in places. Also plenty of nicks. I’m still trying to...

it looks like I should run something about 342gph for ich through the AquaUV 57 watt.

I might have been too critical in my last post. Overall I am very excited, but for the money I think I was surprised at how it was shipped. I expected at least as good of packaging as something like Red Sea, but I think big companies like Red Sea can spend on a lot of packaging and presentation...

The tank was delivered! The crate was in good shape but opening it was a huge pain in the butt. Took hours and in the end I just had to destroy the lid. So many nails, and all the screws were rounded so there was no way to unscrew them. ELOS responded to my emails seeking help by saying...

Follow up question: I found these published numbers for saltwater on these units: 25 watt unit: Flowrate – 400 gph for 90,000 µw/cm2 57 watt unit: Flowrate – 1066 gph for 90,000 µw/cm2 I'm probably using the 57 watt for help with any ich that gets through. What µw/cm2 would be effective...

That's a good point. I got the larger UV specifically because of this. I'll need to plumb it in a way where it's extremely easy to maintain, thus I won't have too many excuses not to. I will still QT the fish, not overstock, and introduce fish in a good sequence and hope that ich doesn't make...

Hmm, that is true. They really seem to be covering their butts for the shipping portion, but once it gets to me, that's all that matters. Take, for example, Apple's packaging. It's a delight to take things out of the box with all their fancy pull tabs and box presentation. I don't think the...

My main purpose of the UV is to help with any possible ich that gets past QT and to tame any dinoflagellates (I've battled the UV sensitive ones in the past with UV successfully). I believe ich and dinos will be taken care of at the same flow rate through the UV, and since I have a second, I...

I have a 25 watt and 57 watt UV sterilizer now, and I’m trying to sell the 25. I purchased the 25 watt firs, but everyone was telling me that I need the 50+ watt flavor for my 126G display tank (maybe about 150G total vol). So now I have both unless I can sell the 25 watt. Should I just run...

Amazing. I’ll come by this week most likely. Ill shoot you a message.

Like @Arvin R mentioned, it’s an ELOS tank. They really overbuilt this box (in a good way). It even had security built in by stripping/rounding some of the key screws, and then just using super deeply embedded nails. I’ve had Red Sea tanks come cracked, so I was worried, but this was a tank in...

Just a FYI, I used a prybar and just kept prying until the screws ripped out. I think the key was to remove the screws and then pry a bit, but the screws were all rounded except 2, so really had to break the box up. Whew.

No cracks!!

Ok, I just destroyed the box and got it open