92G Corner Upgrade

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Soo, I have upgraded my 29G BioCube. I found one h ell of a deal on craigslist, and my wife an I went to go get it. Took us about 3 hours to break it down, and had a wee bit of a problem keeping the water in the bins on the way back.
The tank came drilled, with 100lbs of rock, a tunze wavemaker, a euroreef skimmer, a 30 gallon sump and a T-5 setup
Here I am filling the tank and shot of the bins that the water and rocks were in.
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There were many more of these, I managed to keep about 80 Gallons of the original water and kept the rock submerged for the entire trip, so hopefully no die-off.
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I got a purple tang with it, transfered by bucket. He is in "sleep" pajamas
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I had put the fish in after getting the 80 gallons in and kept water moving with a spare pump I had, but he started acting very erratically, so I removed him and put him in my biocube overnight. I would not have done it, but it looked like he was dying. Maybe a lack of oxygen in the water or too much stuff from stirred up sand bed. I went yesterday and got the rest of the sea water i needed, set up the pumps and skimmers, bought new T-5's (1 14k, 1 10k, 1 actinic, 1 purple) Tested the water, ammonia was a little high, nothing alarming. I have put the tang in and the bangaii.
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The tang is swimming much more sedately and picking at the rock, but looking very skinny, and my Bangaii has never been seen so much swimming room before.
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nice upgrade. i love bowfronts, and your new tank is looking great ! so are you keeping your biocube up or will you be transferring everything over ??
 

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sweet i have a corner tank exactly like that just havn't had a chance to set it up. i will deffinatly keep an eye on this thread. what kind of return pump are you using? i have a mag 7 i was planning to use, but i read somewhere the overflow can handle only soo much, so was curious will the mag be too much or too little. john
 

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Sweet upgrade....i actually have been looking around for one of these too...i just moved into my first house and was going to do a 125 but soon realized that there wasnt a good spot for it...but there is a corner in the living room that would be perfect for a 92 corner...some where down the road i will have one :)
Right now i have my 29 biocube too and i am planning on trying to keep both when i upgrade!
 

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I love corner tanks! they add alot of depth to the look of the tank! when i upgraded and put my fire fish and 2 bangiis in my 180 they thought they where back in the ocean :)
 

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Sweet tank!

Make sure to get the powerstrip that's laying behind the tank up higher and createsome drip-loops - that's a fire waiting to happen (trust me ;) ).

The tang was likely stressed from the excess Ammonia in the water, hopefully it's all gone now. Ammonia is extremely toxic to fish.
 
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nice upgrade. i love bowfronts, and your new tank is looking great ! so are you keeping your biocube up or will you be transferring everything over ??
Thanks ahayes! I will be keeping the cube, but may be starting over with brand new rock etc. Hair algae is the worst.
 
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sweet i have a corner tank exactly like that just havn't had a chance to set it up. i will deffinatly keep an eye on this thread. what kind of return pump are you using? i have a mag 7 i was planning to use, but i read somewhere the overflow can handle only soo much, so was curious will the mag be too much or too little. john
Hey John, Definitely set up your corner!! qwe can swap stories. I am not sure what my pump is, I will look when I get home. My return is not very strong at all, not much flow out of the return pipes at all tbh.
 
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Looks great. I love bow fronts.
Thanks aquascapesofla! What did you think of my aqua scape lol? I have found a problem with having sooo many ledges and caves, my coral mounting real estate is severely limited..oh well I like the look to much to change it.
 
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Sweet upgrade....i actually have been looking around for one of these too...i just moved into my first house and was going to do a 125 but soon realized that there wasnt a good spot for it...but there is a corner in the living room that would be perfect for a 92 corner...some where down the road i will have one :)
Right now i have my 29 biocube too and i am planning on trying to keep both when i upgrade!
Thanks fsu1dolfan! I had originally wanted a 180 and same thing happened, as soon as I saw this corner I knew There needed to be a tank there. Look around and be patient there are good deals to be had!
 
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I love corner tanks! they add alot of depth to the look of the tank! when i upgraded and put my fire fish and 2 bangiis in my 180 they thought they where back in the ocean :)
Lol, and the curved glass makes everything look bigger too! Loving it so far.
 
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Sweet tank!

Make sure to get the powerstrip that's laying behind the tank up higher and createsome drip-loops - that's a fire waiting to happen (trust me ;) ).

The tang was likely stressed from the excess Ammonia in the water, hopefully it's all gone now. Ammonia is extremely toxic to fish.
Thanks stun reefer! The strip on the ground is temporary. Doouble sided tape it up.
I think the ammonia has gone down since I did a small water change and had the skimmer running for the last day or so. will test the water when I get home.
 
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Soo I think I have my stocklist all planned out. Right now I have..
Purple tang
2 Oscillaris
Pajama Cardinal
Bangaii

I am getting later this week..
Mckoskers flasher wrasse male
Filamented flasher wrasse male

I would like to do these as well
Exquisite wrasse
Pink Margin Wrasse
Velvet Multicolor Wrasse
Purple Tile Fish
Yellow Candy Hogfish
Golden Midas Blenny

That will leave me with 13 fish, none over 6 inches. If I think my system can handle it I might do a japanese swallowtail angel
 
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Hey John, Definitely set up your corner!! qwe can swap stories. I am not sure what my pump is, I will look when I get home. My return is not very strong at all, not much flow out of the return pipes at all tbh.
deffinatly, looking for a house, so i don't want to set it up just to tear it down again. hopefully i find one soon
 
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deffinatly, looking for a house, so i don't want to set it up just to tear it down again. hopefully i find one soon
Fingers crossed! This is a buyers market right? The problem though is that no one wants to sell in this market. I got a pretty good deal on mine, just stay away from short sales!!!!
 
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Here are some pics
My Zebra Maxima, its Black and Aqua from above
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Tang
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Clowns
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Shawshank
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Pink Acans
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My Duncans look piisssed
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We are finally at that age yaay
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I haven't got the flashers yet, but I am getting them tomorrow, turns out I should be getting a mckoskers and a carpenters. My cube ended u being an absolute disaster and I thought I was going to have to throw way a bunch of corals due to algae growth. I have been putting them in the corner one at a time and the tang has taken care of almost all of the algae on each piece.
 

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