zombiedust
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Hey jewtball ... I agree with you all the way baby !!!!!!!!
Cadlights 25 gallon HQI nano
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Waterboy
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I just ordered mine and should get it in 2 days. I plan to use a Tunze on the Cadlights. I have a Remora on my 15g. Since the Remora is a HOB and the sump/refugium area of the Cadlights isn't enclosed by a canopy, there shouldn't be a problem fitting it in the refugium. The powerhead and small section of pvc is all that jets into the refugium. Depending on the length of the other compartments and level of water, you might be able to use the return compartment as well.
kzooreefer
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my only concern is having the skimmer hanging off the back of the refugium pushing the tank farther out from the wall as I have limited space. i like the red sea max because everything is all built in with just one plug, but it doesn't come with MH or T5 which is a deal killer. if the cadlights does eventually use a built in skimmer i will defintely buy one and a definite plus if they go to 34 gallons.
I ordered my CADlights 25g on the 11th and still have not gotten an e-mail saying when it's going to be shipped. I sent them an e-mail on the 16th and Alex wrote back that he'd send me a confirmation e-mail when he ships it, and still nothing.
Did anyone else's tank take that long to ship?
I'm going to have to write them again, this is crazy!
Did anyone else's tank take that long to ship?
I'm going to have to write them again, this is crazy!
Waterboy
Premium Member
I ordered mine just a few days before you ordered yours. Mine should be arriving tomorrow. Yes, it did take a long time -- about 2 weeks since I ordered it. 3 of those days are for shipping from NYC. It could be that this model is so popular that they're having problems keeping up with demand. I e-mailed them several times since ordering and always received a response. Best regards!
zombiedust
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They take a lot of time and effort in making the tanks from what I have seen and try to integrate the best of all suggestions in the tanks as soon as possible.
Well, I e-mailed them this morning and got a response this afternoon. Apparently they are changing their design slightly and my order was placed during the transition time, so i'm getting the new design. They said they are doing away with the exposed plumbing and they are using a loc-line return. Supposed to be shipping out tomorrow, so i'll take some pics when it arrives to show the new design. I guess they will be updating their website to reflect the changes next week sometime.
Waterboy
Premium Member
Good to hear! I was wondering about whether or not to keep the exposed plumbing myself. One upgrade that I plan to make is adding dual LED moonlights. According to Cadlights, this should be easy to do. LED lights would make this tank hard to beat since it has 150 W HQI and T5HO actinics.
zombiedust
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Told you so.......LOL ! Just kidding man....Good deal... I could hear the sigh of relief all the way on this side of town. Can't wait to see your pics dude...........
i ordered mine and it took almost 10 days before i got it. it was definitely worth the wait. the 25g is really keeping them busy. luckily i live real close to them and i was able to go pick mine up. everytime i go there there is like dozens of them sitting on the floor.
they take alot of time inspecting each one of them, maybe thats the reason and everything is built right there.
i agree, email them and they respond pretty quickly
they take alot of time inspecting each one of them, maybe thats the reason and everything is built right there.
i agree, email them and they respond pretty quickly
I got e-mail notification yesterday that my tank was shipped out and should be here by Monday. I wished they would have gotten it out a couple days sooner that I could have had time to set it up over the weekend. They sent me a picture of the new design, i'm not sure how I like the new overflow/return plumbing yet. They haven't posted it on their website yet, so I'll try to post a picture so we can get the first look!
Here's the photo CADLights sent me of the new design. They want to know what I think about it, so maybe we can all share some feedback with them on it. Hopefully they listen to our feedback.
I'm not sure I like the overflow having only a strainer attached to it, I might have to take the strainer/bulkhead out and attach an overflow with teeth on it to skim the surface better. I'll have to wait and see, I guess.
I'm not sure I like the overflow having only a strainer attached to it, I might have to take the strainer/bulkhead out and attach an overflow with teeth on it to skim the surface better. I'll have to wait and see, I guess.
zombiedust
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Hey elmatth1, I just talked to Eddie at Cadlights about that and he said they tried the teeth and this type and found thay both worked equally weel but this desigh looked better and kept a better flow. I asked him about replacing it with the teeth and said that it was easy to do but they had really gone over this carefully and this design does the same job. Thank you so much for the photo too it was really cool of you. It made it a lot easier to talk to Cadlights about it...
