Marc11 50 Gallon Cube Build/Restart

[Marc11]

Thanks nchin.
As far as the current status of my tank the fish are doing well. Thinking about putting biopellets online to feed the bacteria. Was going to wait but its worth a try at this point.

 

[Marc11]

Finally the Nitrites dropped to 0. Looks like i can get some fish this weekend. I guess the Special Blend worked.

 

[Maritimer]

Awesome!

A tank that looks as good as that one ... needs to have fish and corals in it!!

~Bruce

 

[143MPCo]

Nice work, really like the DYI work on your build!!!

 

[Marc11]

Gotta show the good with the bad. Here is tank during ugly algae stage. Added some snails and 3 more blue/green chromis(5 total) Also lowered light 2.5 inches so radion is 12 inches off water.

 

[gar732]

It's looking good, I really like the light rack. I've been looking to add some t5s to my hydra 52 but could find an option that I liked. This is the best I've seen so far. What bulbs are you running?

 

[Marc11]

Thanks Gar. I'm using ati bulbs.

 

[gar732]

Looks like a blue+ and coral+ maybe? Do they blend well in the tank or do the front and back look different. That's the bulb combo I was planning on going with.

 

[Marc11]

Blue+ in the front and purple+ in the back. They blend okay. I based mine off of Masedaddy's setup.

 

[Preme]

Awesome build! Any idea what your plans are for fish and coral?

 

[Marc11]

Coral will be all sps. Not sure about fish yet.

 

[flipb18b]

Awesome work!

 

[Palluk33]

Here is my tank. It is 24x24x20 all sides are starfire. I drilled the back for a Ghost Overflow and return. Love having a bean animal drain. Had one on my old tank and will never go a different route.

Where did you buy that cube?

 

[Marc11]

Custom made by Max Reef in Connecticut.

 

[Palluk33]

Custom made by Max Reef in Connecticut.

Thx

 

[Marc11]

Just a few updates. Phos and nitrates are starting to come down. Had some time with a snow day today to clean some wires up and mount my mp40 drivers and apex display.

 

[Peterski]

What kind of sump is that ? Really nice. Looks custom. Can you provide a drawing of it

 

[Aslam Abraham]

Gotta show the good with the bad. Here is tank during ugly algae stage. Added some snails and 3 more blue/green chromis(5 total) Also lowered light 2.5 inches so radion is 12 inches off water.

Enough space to fill up acros.

 

[Marc11]

Peterski- it is custom, ill try to get you a pic.

Aslam- that is the plan. By buddy is holding about 20 acros for me, cant wait to get them in the tank and add a few more.

 

[revhtree]

Looking good!