Willy315
Active Member
When I first joined this forum I was asked to show off my tank. At the time I had a Marineland 70 gallon cube on a Marineland stand, which by the way isn't quite tall enough for my liking. So here is the Marineland 70 gallon a few days before the switch.
So now on to the build of my 90 gallon SC Aquariums "cube". The tank is 36" wide 24" tall 24" deep. Not really a cube but that's what they call it. I got the tank used, so it has a few scratches and chips here and there but nothing that concerns me too much. I had never heard of SC Aquariums before getting this tank. I have to say that I am very impressed with the silicone work on this tank. The Marineland tank's silicone was horrible. I don't have a picture of the 90's silicone but I will post one later.
Here is the tank a few days after I got it. It's hard to see in this picture, but it has a center overflow.
That took up a lot of room, so after some careful cutting, I removed it. I wanted to put 2 Maxpect Gyre 130/230's on either side of the overflow. With only 36" to work with I opted for an Eshopps Eclipse large overflow. It has a width of 12". Very nice overflow with a good price. Along side of the overflow I put my 2 holes for my 3/4" return nozzles.
The tank came with the original sump that is made out of all glass. I ended up cutting out a baffle that divided the bottom chamber in half. My Vertex IN-100 skimmer with Sicce pump on it just wasn't going to fit in there. I will be using Siporax in the top chamber. I think That chamber was supposed to be for a fuge or something. One baffle got removed and the other baffle was cut down 2.5" and relocated about an inch or so. Here is a pic after all the mods to the sump. The center chamber is my return chamber. Once I get a good picture of the sump running it will make more sense of what and why I did things.
As I stated I am using a Vertex-IN100 skimmer with a Sicce PSK-100o pump. The return pump is a new Jebao DCP-6500 this is the new Sine Wave version of their pumps. It is dead silent and at 60% flow (approx 450gph) it is only pulling 29 watts. My old Eheim 1262 was pulling 80 watts.
For lighting I am using a 250W Phoenix DE. I swear by these bulbs, I have always had great success with them.
So anyway, enough rambling. Here is the tank after aquascaping with coral fully encrusted on most all the rock(no fun!).
I will get more pics of the sump uploaded tomorrow. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Thanks for taking a look!
So now on to the build of my 90 gallon SC Aquariums "cube". The tank is 36" wide 24" tall 24" deep. Not really a cube but that's what they call it. I got the tank used, so it has a few scratches and chips here and there but nothing that concerns me too much. I had never heard of SC Aquariums before getting this tank. I have to say that I am very impressed with the silicone work on this tank. The Marineland tank's silicone was horrible. I don't have a picture of the 90's silicone but I will post one later.
Here is the tank a few days after I got it. It's hard to see in this picture, but it has a center overflow.
That took up a lot of room, so after some careful cutting, I removed it. I wanted to put 2 Maxpect Gyre 130/230's on either side of the overflow. With only 36" to work with I opted for an Eshopps Eclipse large overflow. It has a width of 12". Very nice overflow with a good price. Along side of the overflow I put my 2 holes for my 3/4" return nozzles.
The tank came with the original sump that is made out of all glass. I ended up cutting out a baffle that divided the bottom chamber in half. My Vertex IN-100 skimmer with Sicce pump on it just wasn't going to fit in there. I will be using Siporax in the top chamber. I think That chamber was supposed to be for a fuge or something. One baffle got removed and the other baffle was cut down 2.5" and relocated about an inch or so. Here is a pic after all the mods to the sump. The center chamber is my return chamber. Once I get a good picture of the sump running it will make more sense of what and why I did things.
As I stated I am using a Vertex-IN100 skimmer with a Sicce PSK-100o pump. The return pump is a new Jebao DCP-6500 this is the new Sine Wave version of their pumps. It is dead silent and at 60% flow (approx 450gph) it is only pulling 29 watts. My old Eheim 1262 was pulling 80 watts.
For lighting I am using a 250W Phoenix DE. I swear by these bulbs, I have always had great success with them.
So anyway, enough rambling. Here is the tank after aquascaping with coral fully encrusted on most all the rock(no fun!).
I will get more pics of the sump uploaded tomorrow. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Thanks for taking a look!
