Bill's new 60gal rimless cube - build thread

OMG Corals · Mar 18, 2012

So....for reasons i care not discuss, i'm building a new tank. I'm going from a 180 gallon with a 125 gallon sump, to a 60 cube with a 45 gallon sump. Actually kinda excited for this cause i've had bigger and bigger tanks in the past and it's gonna be interesting to go smaller.

Tank is a Deep Blue rimless cube 24x24x24 (60gal) with corner overflow, and low iron glass.
Building my own stand and floating canopy.

Sump is a 24x24x16 cube (45gal) - it will be divided up for a sock, skimmer, fuge and return.

Going with metal halide to start....LED's later. 400w radium 20k for bulb

2 reactors with biopellets and gfo.

1/4hp chiller

1 vortech mp40wes

return is a mag 5

Using some of the old equipment from the 180: ACII, BrS 2 part dosers, tlf reactors etc

Going with a sand bed of about 2" plus a sparse rock setup.

pics so far:

peppip · Mar 19, 2012

Oh perfect since ill be getting a 60 gal cube here in months to come - ill have all the info on how to build it

I see you're using a chiller, and my tank does get hot. Maybe this would be something for me to save for. I'm interested to see how it turns out and what corals you put in it and design inside. Will it be in a corner or centered on a wall? Guessing corner by pics...

OMG Corals · Mar 19, 2012

It's in a corner...U guessed right :wink:

OMG Corals · Mar 19, 2012

Got the doors done today...It's coming together. :bigsmile:

jason7565 · Mar 21, 2012

looking good there sir !! haha i have found u !! lol

tspreef · Mar 22, 2012

Does the tank have dual overflow?

romanr · Mar 22, 2012

Love the built in look.

OMG Corals · Mar 23, 2012

tspreef said:
Does the tank have dual overflow?

No, it is a single overflow

mallorieGgator · Mar 23, 2012

Looking good!

OMG Corals · Mar 23, 2012

More progress made.

Put the plywood in the bottom and plumbed up the sump. Put the baffles and divider in the sump as well. Skimmer looks huge in this little sump...LOL. I LIKE IT!! Gonna have to make a hanger of some sort for the reactors as the edge of the sump tank is too wide for them to hang on. Went with a mix of soft plumbing and hard on this tank for ease of moving it.....just in case

Using fiji pink sand mixed with some live west carribean sand. All aragonite. Put the vinyl background on, went with my usual blue but this time a little darker, cobalt blue. I think it'll look good with the blue leds. Starting up with IO this weekend hopefully. Water changes will be done with ESV salt. Gotta get this thing going.

mallorieGgator · Mar 23, 2012

Yay progress!!!!!!!!

ucandive · Mar 24, 2012

Its looking good. Can't wait to see it up and running.

peppip · Mar 24, 2012

curious of why corner over center of wall. space, or is it easier to aquascape? or is it logistics because of the built in overflow...

OMG Corals · Mar 25, 2012

peppip said:
curious of why corner over center of wall. space, or is it easier to aquascape? or is it logistics because of the built in overflow...

Several reasons...partly because of the space in the room, i have a certain aquascape in mind and because the overflow is in the corner. It will make more sense when I have the rock in it.

If it was on the wall it would make it a little more difficult to disguise the overflow. There is also a plug in this corner that doesn't have much on it.

peppip · Mar 25, 2012

i see i'm sure it will be pimp no matter what

OMG Corals · Mar 26, 2012

MORE updates (LOL) heh heh. So we have saltwater and sand now. Plus the beginnings of the canopy/floating shelf. Also put one of my MP40s on the tank to "mix" the salt. Mounted the LEDs and organized the cabinet for supplies. Mag 5 is a little noisy. Gonna see if it breaks in or if i have to doctor it. May switch to a Sicce Syncra silent instead. We will see.

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