marineaddict
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No kidding!! I'm glad to have found a few people with this tank!!
CAD 39g owners...
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No kidding!! I'm glad to have found a few people with this tank!!
marineaddict
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A few updated pics - enjoy.
marineaddict
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About 40 to 50lbs I think.... not exactly sure. Some of the bigger pieces are very porus and didn't weigh much....
Thanks for the compliment.
Thanks for the compliment.
marineaddict
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Thank you!
All SPS actually. I think everything is growing nice... I just really started add SPS frags over the past few month.
I just wish I could take better pics - I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to that.
All SPS actually. I think everything is growing nice... I just really started add SPS frags over the past few month.
I just wish I could take better pics - I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to that.
herozero
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refugium substrate for 39G?
refugium substrate for 39G?
I think this may have turned into a defacto CAD club thread
I am getting my 39G complete on Thursday and trying to nail down the transfer. Only thing I am hung up on is the refugium (having never kept one before). Any suggestions on substrate? I didn't know if the very fine sand I usually use is alright. I see a lot of "refugium mud" type products but it looks like a lot of hype to me.
Livecopepods.com has a pretty good looking starter kit (pods, cheato, phyto), am I forgetting anything? What have your experiences been like re: the CAD refugium?
Thanks for the help! UPS tracking website I' sure is considering blocking my IP!
refugium substrate for 39G?
I think this may have turned into a defacto CAD club thread
I am getting my 39G complete on Thursday and trying to nail down the transfer. Only thing I am hung up on is the refugium (having never kept one before). Any suggestions on substrate? I didn't know if the very fine sand I usually use is alright. I see a lot of "refugium mud" type products but it looks like a lot of hype to me.
Livecopepods.com has a pretty good looking starter kit (pods, cheato, phyto), am I forgetting anything? What have your experiences been like re: the CAD refugium?
Thanks for the help! UPS tracking website I' sure is considering blocking my IP!
marineaddict
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Re: refugium substrate for 39G?
Re: refugium substrate for 39G?
I know what you mean about UPS!!! Very funny!
I just used the same sand as I used in my display, a very fine fiji pink sand. IMO the "miracle mud" products aren't very useful. Other will probably tell you different - save your money I say. An easy way to seed your fuge is to get a cup of "live sand from a fellow reefer or even your LFS. Also get a good ball of cheato from an established system and you will be good to go.
Good luck with your CAD - they are a great set-up!!!
Re: refugium substrate for 39G?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14307960#post14307960 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by herozero
I think this may have turned into a defacto CAD club thread
I am getting my 39G complete on Thursday and trying to nail down the transfer. Only thing I am hung up on is the refugium (having never kept one before). Any suggestions on substrate? I didn't know if the very fine sand I usually use is alright. I see a lot of "refugium mud" type products but it looks like a lot of hype to me.
Livecopepods.com has a pretty good looking starter kit (pods, cheato, phyto), am I forgetting anything? What have your experiences been like re: the CAD refugium?
Thanks for the help! UPS tracking website I' sure is considering blocking my IP!
I know what you mean about UPS!!! Very funny!
I just used the same sand as I used in my display, a very fine fiji pink sand. IMO the "miracle mud" products aren't very useful. Other will probably tell you different - save your money I say. An easy way to seed your fuge is to get a cup of "live sand from a fellow reefer or even your LFS. Also get a good ball of cheato from an established system and you will be good to go.
Good luck with your CAD - they are a great set-up!!!
herozero
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well i got it! it is both awesome and *** at the same time. I'm debating about documenting on a separate thread, but unless I am really retarded (i'm not ruling it out), the cad skimmer pump doesn't fit under the skimmer "stand" (attached at the bottom permanently). the air hose doesn't come with any sort of clamp so it easily falls off (at the pump inlet), and there is no clamp for the noise reducer to fit at the top of the air inlet (it just falls over in a heap). i got a complete kit (signature minus UV and ATO) but I got the plumbing for the skimmer outlet as seen in the pro version (the piece over the sump baffle).
i LOVE the design. glass is wicked clear and very thick. i love the frameless and will never go back. workman ship is solid, silicone is even and smooth with a few exceptions but they are in the sump area, so who cares. the return pump is whisper quiet IMO, at least over what i am used to. i really like the bottom glass overhang design, just looks very classic and feels SOLID.
suggestions: the refugium is not as big as the measurements on the website. it could have easily been made bigger if CAD ditched the bioball chamber (eww). the website also says the flow into the refugium can be adjusted. uh, really? the overflow cutouts are at the same height as the "regular" overflow, unless you want to rig it to block some slits, it doesn't come as "flow adjustable." i'd be more than happy to open up illustrator and crudely draw it out and how the i think the fuge could be bigger.
leak test and stand being built as we speak. i can attach the fuge lamp and fan, so maybe i'm not completely retarded (just a little bit). beautiful looking tank, i'll keep ya in the loop.
EDIT: the pump BARELY fits if you arrange it just right corner to corner style. The air hose is very bent at this angle. very bad bubble generation. i'll let it break in before i pass judgement, but i've already put a tunze and a deltec in a shopping cart somewhere and will decide later.
i LOVE the design. glass is wicked clear and very thick. i love the frameless and will never go back. workman ship is solid, silicone is even and smooth with a few exceptions but they are in the sump area, so who cares. the return pump is whisper quiet IMO, at least over what i am used to. i really like the bottom glass overhang design, just looks very classic and feels SOLID.
suggestions: the refugium is not as big as the measurements on the website. it could have easily been made bigger if CAD ditched the bioball chamber (eww). the website also says the flow into the refugium can be adjusted. uh, really? the overflow cutouts are at the same height as the "regular" overflow, unless you want to rig it to block some slits, it doesn't come as "flow adjustable." i'd be more than happy to open up illustrator and crudely draw it out and how the i think the fuge could be bigger.
leak test and stand being built as we speak. i can attach the fuge lamp and fan, so maybe i'm not completely retarded (just a little bit). beautiful looking tank, i'll keep ya in the loop.
EDIT: the pump BARELY fits if you arrange it just right corner to corner style. The air hose is very bent at this angle. very bad bubble generation. i'll let it break in before i pass judgement, but i've already put a tunze and a deltec in a shopping cart somewhere and will decide later.
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herozero
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Well I got in it, but it's not ideal. The pump comes with an adapter for the inlet to attach the air hose. With the size of the skimmer chamber in the back of the tank, the hose gets kinked quite a bit. I ran the skimmer in the display portion when I had only water and it was performing really well. There is a definitely less air getting into in now in the back chamber.
The pump also has to run corner to corner underneath the skimmer stand in order to fit. Definitely a nuisance because the whole skimmer body leans into the glass baffles and vibrates. The stand also isn't tall enough, the entire unit is really sitting on the pump, making the whole thing wobbly. I work with a bunch of software engineers and these small little details that get overlooked bug us to no end. It irks me a LOT considering the first chamber is designed for use with bio balls, which I think most people don't use on RC.
It is performing pretty well already though, better than my old AquaC urchin (not a fan). No microbubbles, already pulling out crud. The noise I'll live with for another few paychecks. Just hurts like a hangnail cause it could be so perfect with just a little more attention to detail.
The pump also has to run corner to corner underneath the skimmer stand in order to fit. Definitely a nuisance because the whole skimmer body leans into the glass baffles and vibrates. The stand also isn't tall enough, the entire unit is really sitting on the pump, making the whole thing wobbly. I work with a bunch of software engineers and these small little details that get overlooked bug us to no end. It irks me a LOT considering the first chamber is designed for use with bio balls, which I think most people don't use on RC.
It is performing pretty well already though, better than my old AquaC urchin (not a fan). No microbubbles, already pulling out crud. The noise I'll live with for another few paychecks. Just hurts like a hangnail cause it could be so perfect with just a little more attention to detail.
Merfin70
Premium Member
Herozero or any other new 39g Sig owner - I hear that the light fixture is different than the one us old Sig. folk received. Is it wider back to front such that it is partially over the back chamber. I was helping someone on their tank and they are saying that they can't seat the Skimmer as the light is in the way.
My Sig light fixture only covers the display tank unless I push it all the way back, in which case it would touch the skimmer cup.
My Sig light fixture only covers the display tank unless I push it all the way back, in which case it would touch the skimmer cup.
herozero
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i wasn't going to wait for the new lights (which ken says are en route as i type) and got an outer orbit 250MH. This fits (BARELY) over the DT without hindering the new 9002 skimmer cup i got. I'll let you know the dimensions of the light when I get it. Do you want it to cover the DT and the back chambers? I would assume you would only want it to cover the DT.
Side note, my refugium light was DOA. Ken and Eddie were nice enough to send a new design to me with the lights. I'll let you know how all the lights go (probably next week).
Side note, my refugium light was DOA. Ken and Eddie were nice enough to send a new design to me with the lights. I'll let you know how all the lights go (probably next week).
Merfin70
Premium Member
Thanks Hero. Actually, I was looking to see the new light that Cad was sending out with the Sig. Someone I know just got one and said the new light is much wider and covers the DT & part of the back chambers. Looking to see what other new owners received.
Your going with the Orbit vs. the CAD fixture I gather.
Your going with the Orbit vs. the CAD fixture I gather.
herozero
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Merfin, I should have those lights sometime this week and I'll let you know what's up.
I actually had a question about detritus buildup in the back of my cadilght. I see the bottom of just about every chamber covered in it! I've had a 9002 replace the stock skimmer and it is doing a pretty good job pulling gunk, but there is DEFINITELY some stuff not getting cleaned. I was thinking about maybe adding a small maxi-jet in the back so it doesn't settle. Anyone else notice this? Anyone do anything about it?
I actually had a question about detritus buildup in the back of my cadilght. I see the bottom of just about every chamber covered in it! I've had a 9002 replace the stock skimmer and it is doing a pretty good job pulling gunk, but there is DEFINITELY some stuff not getting cleaned. I was thinking about maybe adding a small maxi-jet in the back so it doesn't settle. Anyone else notice this? Anyone do anything about it?
