Rostatos Reefer 450 and Reefer 170

[ofzakaria]

Yup I have one.
I also have a full ehiem sub assembly from dastaco.

 

[EBJ]

I wish. This needs to be completely water tight and those tabs hold the seal down. Nothing but a new pump or cover will work.

That sucks. It looks kinda flimsy for that purpose to beging with.

 

[ofzakaria]

That sucks. It looks kinda flimsy for that purpose to beging with.

Nah, its solid, I have been running it for more than 2 years. I got extra cause I though it looked shaky but ehim pump is a mule..

 

[ofzakaria]

Might as well let me give u a warning. The screws on the dosing pump is bit fragile. You should tighten it by hand force only when you connect the tubing. The dosing punpnhave a connector that goes on the tubing and hold the tubing reakkybwell, you do not need to over tight the screw..

 

[Meshmez]

1. Right!?

2. Thanks!!!

3. I didn’t do the electrical, but I assume a normal box fits. The pocket door wall still has actual 2x4’s in it. The wall is pretty wide. Like 12”

Oh wow! They don't build em like they used to. If the wall is that wide, that makes sense.

 

[EBJ]

Nah, its solid, I have been running it for more than 2 years. I got extra cause I though it looked shaky but ehim pump is a mule..

Eheim pumps are great. I meant the tabs to hold that part on.

 

[Rostato]

Yeah I’ll probably order a spare one as well. This is probably the most flimsy part of the entire thing.

 

[ofzakaria]

Yeah I’ll probably order a spare one as well. This is probably the most flimsy part of the entire thing.

As long as u do not break it during assembly it's good.
This part you touch once a year.
Here is the list of what I have spare for the dastaco
Dosing pump tubing
Dosing pump screw head nuts
Ehiem cap(the one that broke

 

[Rostato]

Update FTS. Video coming soon. Did some rescaping and picked up a bunch of nice acros. Finally adding some more rocks. Again, doing it slowly to avoid a mini cycle.

 

[Rostato]

 

[Coral reefer]

Looks great!

 

[max_nano]

Looks great. There’s still some good spots to fill in, but it’s filling up

 

[Patio]

Very nice!

 

[Rostato]

Looks great. There’s still some good spots to fill in, but it’s filling up

Yup. We will probably sell a couple more of the bigger colonies to leave room for nicer acros. We have room for probably 6-10 more acros if we finish the right side correctly.

Will probably sell off my Slimball and miyagi tort colonies.

 

[Rostato]

Well. It all fit! Holy crap this thing is packed!!!

 

[Meshmez]

OK I have to ask... Why is there always a drivers license in your stand?

 

[Rostato]

OK I have to ask... Why is there always a drivers license in your stand?

In case the tang police knock on my door. Can’t be too careful

 

[Rostato]

But in all seriousness. It’s expired and I use it to scrap my algae scrubber.

 

[ofzakaria]

Well. It all fit! Holy crap this thing is packed!!!View attachment 18108

Awesome setup. I do not like the doser to be lower than the reactor but I see your pain..
Now careful and pay close attention to the khg readings. U do not want to overdose alk...srsly dude, watch carefully for the coming couple days till this thing break in

 

[Rostato]

Awesome setup. I do not like the doser to be lower than the reactor but I see your pain..
Now careful and pay close attention to the khg readings. U do not want to overdose alk...sraly dude, watch carefully for the coming couple days till this thing break in

Yeah it is what it is with placement. I did the best I could without completely redoing the entire sump area