Official Royal Exclusiv Dream Box Owners Thread.

[mike810]

Lol Scott. Thank you for the advice. Looks like I will be going with the deluxe. I will let Torsten know and hopefully the box will ship soon. Thank you to Marco and Scott, you two really have elevated RE's customer service state side.

 

[slief]

Lol Scott. Thank you for the advice. Looks like I will be going with the deluxe. I will let Torsten know and hopefully the box will ship soon. Thank you to Marco and Scott, you two really have elevated RE's customer service state side.

We are both really glad to help! :beer:

 

[ReefClownMIA]

Thank you to Marco and Scott, you two really have elevated RE's customer service state side.

Ssshhhh! Don't tell anyone that we're helpful... or they'll all come!

Glad to help. Happy Friday!

 

[jporter]

Here is my Dream Box under my new tank build. Should have water running through it by the end of the weekend. Rock goes in today after a quick tank leak test. Will be starting a build thread as time permits. Ignore the blue tape still on the stand. I haven't taken off the protective tape yet. JP

 

[mike810]

great selection of equipment.

 

[mike810]

:lolspin: Just paid the balance for my order, feeling excited.

 

[mike810]

My dream box came in today. Didn't have time to snap a pic of the crate but it was nicely packed, super heavy. Delivery guy came alone with no forklift, no tools, no nada. I had to uncrate it myself while he just stood around but at least he helped me carry it into the house.

 

[mike810]

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[mike810]

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[slief]

My dream box came in today. Didn't have time to snap a pic of the crate but it was nicely packed, super heavy. Delivery guy came alone with no forklift, no tools, no nada. I had to uncrate it myself while he just stood around but at least he helped me carry it into the house.

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Wow!! That is VERY nice!! It got there pretty fast given it left Germany less than 10 days ago. Congrats!

 

[mike810]

Thanks Scott! My wife was like, "wow it's so pretty and it's just a sump", LOL.

Anyways, I'm still looking for felt filter socks that will fit the dream box. I tried BRS and IM filter socks and they don't fit. I don't think the mesh socks that comes with the box will not adequately catch all the detritus. If someone could link me or PM me with a link for felt socks, that would be much appreciated!

 

[ClownsRCoo]

Official Royal Exclusiv Dream Box Owners Thread.

Nothing fits but the RE socks and I don't know why they send 600-800 micron socks with it. Those are useless. You can get some 200's from RE though that work good but cost a fortune for a sock.


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[slief]

Thanks Scott! My wife was like, "wow it's so pretty and it's just a sump", LOL.

Anyways, I'm still looking for felt filter socks that will fit the dream box. I tried BRS and IM filter socks and they don't fit. I don't think the mesh socks that comes with the box will not adequately catch all the detritus. If someone could link me or PM me with a link for felt socks, that would be much appreciated!

Nothing fits but the RE socks and I don't know why they send 600-800 micron socks with it. Those are useless. You can get some 200's from RE though that work good but cost a fortune for a sock.


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We have been pushing RE for felt socks and I will bring this back up this week with them. The issue is that the socks are metric sized which is next to impossible to find out here in the US. The cost is certainly a factor but when you factor in RE's actual cost and the margins needed to sustain the distribution channel, it's tough to keep the costs down on those. We do normally stock the mesh socks in a fairly wide range of micron though and that includes 200's. I am not sure what our Ft. Myers inventory looks like on those right now but they come and go in our inventory.

 

[Koestby86]

My dream box came in today. Didn't have time to snap a pic of the crate but it was nicely packed, super heavy. Delivery guy came alone with no forklift, no tools, no nada. I had to uncrate it myself while he just stood around but at least he helped me carry it into the house.

Great looking dream box, it won't disappoint u for sure. Im so chuffed that I went with a dream box and not a standard glass sump when I went bigger

 

[mike810]

I'm a little worried. I plan to run a bean animal drain with the dream box. I request RE to end the drain lines 1" below the water level inside the drain compartment. I just noticed that the drain lines actually end 3-4" below the water line instead of the 1". Do you guys foresee any problems with back pressure when running a full siphon drain?

I don't think there is a way to remove the drain lines and cut them shorter once the box has been assembled.

 

[slief]

I'm a little worried. I plan to run a bean animal drain with the dream box. I request RE to end the drain lines 1" below the water level inside the drain compartment. I just noticed that the drain lines actually end 3-4" below the water line instead of the 1". Do you guys foresee any problems with back pressure when running a full siphon drain?

I don't think there is a way to remove the drain lines and cut them shorter once the box has been assembled.

That should not be an issue at all. There will be a constant vacuum in there due to the water overflowing out of it and having it go down deeper should be just fine. Having installed tanks with similar drain setups, I usually have the sump intake lines go virtually all the way to the bottom of the intake overflow box.

 

[mike810]

That is very reassuring. My tank will be using the synergy overflow box so not much room before it begins to overflow. On a 8 ft tank, it would be hard to keep an eye on the external overflow and a hand in the return pump cord.

 

[ClownsRCoo]

It'll be fine, I have no issues with mine draining that far below the water level. I do wish that section was accessible to be able to clean it though


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[mike810]

I agree, that section should be accessible for cleaning or to simply change out bulkheads.

 

[danrobberg]

I have a synergy reef overflow and run a bean animal into my dreambox with not problems