Cymonous's 65g Tall tank

cymonous · Oct 14, 2014

I started this tank about a year and a half ago after transitioning from my 14g biocube. I had a rough start at first when I tried to transfer everything over without a cycle(got bad advice), but moved everything back over and performed a regular cycle with the new rock. I have included pics of my current tank. I hope you all enjoy!

Reefing Madness · Oct 14, 2014

cymonous · Mar 31, 2015

Tank update! I know it has been a while. I made a slight change to the canopy by adding a hinged top. I cutout a hole for the light and a couple holes for my auto feeder. Included is a recent pic of my DT.

cymonous · Sep 24, 2015

I have since added a royal gramma after my mandarin passed. A couple days ago, my WP-40 died. Another member in my club had an extra powerhead side, just letting it soak in a vinegar bath right now.

cymonous · Nov 12, 2015

I found out today the family and I are moving to another house a block away. So, this will be interesting moving my 65g tank and all of the inhabitants. This tank has been in place for about 2 1/2 years. When I moved into my current place, it was with a 14g biocube with just two clowns.

tanklife3 · Nov 12, 2015

cymonous said:
I found out today the family and I are moving to another house a block away. So, this will be interesting moving my 65g tank and all of the inhabitants. This tank has been in place for about 2 1/2 years. When I moved into my current place, it was with a 14g biocube with just two clowns.

It's not as hard as you might think. I've moved my 90gal across town with no problems

cymonous · Apr 15, 2016

We made the move and I upgraded to a 100g Tank. I re-used the sump, but this tank is just the right size.

revhtree · Apr 15, 2016

Nice upgrade!

cymonous · Apr 15, 2016

Thanks Rev!

cymonous · Aug 9, 2016

My digital heater was not reading temp correctly. So, I made a heater controller for both my primary and backup out of parts I use at work. I plan to use it for other parts of my tank.

cymonous · Nov 14, 2017

Been a while on the update. I added some more rock and corals since last update. I also added more controls to my heater controller. It now controls my black box lights with separate blue and white channel scheduling. I also added control for dosing, but currently not using it at the moment.

cymonous · Mar 26, 2018

I got new LED lights from SBReefs and built a new canopy similar to the old one, but put the new lights on top.

cymonous · Jul 29, 2019

I'm starting to lose a little interest in the hobby. To help with that, I used my current automation system to create a DIY automatic water change. I used a bunch of RIB relays and outlets to control my ATO and two pumps. ATO gets disabled everyday at 6pm, The drain pump removes water for 45 seconds, then the fill pump runs till the ATO says it is full again. ATO is then re-enabled.

cymonous · Oct 11, 2019

Instead of getting out of the hobby, I'm going to downgrade to a 40B. I already got the 40B used that is pre-drilled for single overflow and center return. I started working on the stand. I made it with 2x6s and a side cabinet to hold most of the electrical. I'm skinning it with laminate flooring.