AquaMaxx 12 Gallon

[Jamesholt]

Ran out of room in my little cube,https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/return-of-the-cube.318455/#post-4323657
So I ordered this last tank November, bought the plywood for the stand in December and then life happened...
So I took this week off to get some stuff done around the house and finally got started on this one..
Got the stand mocked up yesterday.
I need to bring it down about 6" and raise the sump at least 12-14"
Picked up some more wood today, as soon as the rain passes its on...

Was planning on moving everything from the cube over. But when I cleaned the cube out earlier this week I sat all my coral in my 8foot trough and while I was scrubbing the cube out real good, the bicolor angelfish ate everything...

The only ones left are, the leather in the back left, the toadstool in the back right, one of the yellow shrooms, and the big green hairy shroom up front...
There are several more different shrooms that he ate, but not shown in this picture...
Anybody got any recipes for bicolor angelfish?

Planning on the following equipment.
29-gallon sump (already made up)
Jebao DCT-4000 return pump (Bought)
Eclipse overflow box(Need to buy)
Eshopps skimmer (Bought)
Finnex digital heater controller(Need to buy)
Titanium Finnex Heating tube(Need to buy)
Dosing setup
Apex controller(Need to buy) will run both this tank and my FOWLR...
Not sure on circulation, may use an alternating return (SCWD) don't want any powerheads showing...

 

[Jamesholt]

Oops, Got to take it back apart and lower the sump shelf...
Need 5 more inches to clear the skimmer cup...

 

[Jamesholt]

Fixed the height and back in place, done for the day...

 

[Jamesholt]

Overflow showed up today, along with the heater controller for my 8 foot, now I can use the controller off of the 8 foot on this tank.
Using this overflow box... Might be drilling and installing it tomorrow evening...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M0NYI5Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

Yeah that is the the overflow box I wish I used, good choice.

 

[Jamesholt]

It is built very solid, the material is a lot thicker than I thought it would be...

Now if I could get my money to act right I could plumb it and order some live rock...

 

[Jamesholt]

Well, one thing has led to another, never was 100% happy with the stand. Tore it all back apart and trashed the stand.
Gonna do something different stand wise

 

[kamla]

Look at this thread
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/d...2g-long-mini-build.534114/page-5#post-5859321
@theatrus


His stand is SUPER nice...

kamla

 

[Jamesholt]

Yeah, way beyond my skillset and finances right now...
I put the Aquamaxx in the closet today, may or may not pick it up at a later date, gonna rebuild my old 40 breeder for now...
Just need to make the drive to pick up another 40 breeder while Petco has the sale going on...