Re: Its Here, Its Here, Finally Here!!!!
Hello everyone,
Just so everyone knows, my name is Todd. 42 years young! A wife, a daughter thats 11. Two dogs, a bird and a RedSea Max 130D. Oh, and a mortage on the house!!! We live in Sunny Southern California!
We are just finishing up a 1000 sq ft room addition on the house. Eventually, the tank will be in the new family room!
I have kept marine tanks now for over 20 years. I wanted something easy to maintain yet nice! With excellent quality. I chose the RedSea Max!!!!
Wow, StaceF wants pics. I am working on it here! Been a busy day!!! Ok, here is a few paragraphs of what is going on with the MadMax 130D!
Stand: Took me about 2 hours to assemble between phone calls, kids, dogs and the door bell. I am VERY pleased with the stand!!! It is built like a TANK!!! VERY heavy duty and beautiful. You get a adjustable shelf inside, and the back is opened up for chiller ventilation.
One thing I noticed about the directions. The bottom flat piece has a recessed area in the front. Not shown on the directions?????? It will throw you for a little loop, it did me anyway!
Not sure whats going on here, but from the photos I got the old stand. It has one horizontal groove in the door towards the top. On the new stands, they have grooves from top to bottom. SHOULD I DARE CALL REDSEA ON THIS????? HMMMMMMMMM
The door swings to the left. When opened, you have full access inside! Very nice! Very well thought out and like I said HEAVY DUTY!!!!! The black paint is sort of a semi-gloss finish. Very beautiful. Furniture quality!!
Tank: Again, not a toy. Built VERY heavy Duty! Thick glass. The filtration system is all glass and built well. The tank has its back glass wall, then another sandwitched up next to it for the filter.
Looking at the tank from the front, to the left is a sight glass window for viewing the water level. What they have done is glued a piece of black acrylic over the end of the tank. There is a window in the acrylic with marks on it so you can get your water level where you want it and monitor it. Nice feature!!! You could possibly remove that piece of plastic and have a full view of the chambers in the back from that side. The wife said NO WAY!!!LOL!
Skimmer:
The skimmer is ALOT larger then I thought it would be. Very well built and thought out. I LOVE THE PUMP!!! MADE BY HYDOR FOR REDSEA!!!! Hydor makes quality products in Italy I think.
The neck of the collection cup is actually threaded. Spin it up or down for height adjustment! NICE! Also, a air valve on the airline! Cannot wait to try it out and post some pics. So far, from what I have seen no need to replace the skimmer. This skimmer should work well. Time will tell once it's plugged in!
Hood: Love it! Easy access to everything! Even the return pumps are right there when the hood is raised straight up and down! Piece of cake to remove! No more Bermuda Rectangle there, lol!
The timer is a German made unit! These timers are excellent and keep great time! I actually prefer these over the digitals! Enclosed with a lid and a cover to be water proof! A seperate switch in there too for the blue LED moonlights! AWESOME!!!!! The main PC-T5 lights are stunning! Very powerful indeed and the color is excellent! A crisp white with a nice blue tone to them! Dual fans to keep the fixture cool. The fans are pretty quiet and do a great job!!!
Also, the unit came with another fan to mount in the back if need be. Not sure if I will use it yet. The unit also came with auxilary hook-ups that snap into the back for a chiller or whatever else you want to add. The fittin feven have quick disconnects on them! WOW!
I am just in the initial stages here so bear with me. I will try and post a few pictures!
Please feel free to add information or ask questions. This is all part of the fun!!
A TRUE VALUE FOR THE MONEY COMPARED TO OTHER UNITS OUT THERE!! There is no way you could piece a system together for this price! It would cost you double, and still not look as nice and clean as the Max!
I am going to have to start shinking my pics now. If I can get to it tonight I will post.
Thank you:bluenod:
And yes - if you set up the skimmer in another tank we'd all love to see how it does. I hope by "other tank" you mean a non-RSM tank? From what steveh has said the 130D skimmer will not fit into older RSM models.
