New Forum, New Frag Tank - Custom Cube

BAUCE · May 21, 2020

It's been a while since I've made a build thread or really posted for that matter. I am running out of room in my 120 and have decided I want to start selling frags online. This build is going to be much more budget than the big tank but I will have it dialed in.

Last week while selling some Beach Bum frags online I realized how much easier things would be if I had a dedicated tank to house these frags in. I currently have 3 racks in my big tank that are full of random stuff that I always seem to forget about. About the only good thing RC is still good for is looking to buy or selling stuff locally.

I put up a quick thread asking if anyone had a 24" cube frag tank setup sitting around. Within an hour or so I got a message from an old reefing buddy saying that he still had an old frag tank setup that I had sold him. I had completely forgotten that I sold him a nice cube setup that I had made from scratch. I had built the tank from sheets of glass and the stand from plywood. If you want more information on that part I can post some of the photos from the original thread on RC.

Yesterday he dropped off the tank and stand along with a sump and skimmer that he had acquired elsewhere. I'm excited to get this back up and running because I had actually built it these dimensions because when I bought the current house it was the largest I could fit in that spot. It's back in the same exact spots and still had the holes in the ceiling for the mounting kit.

I'll be updating this thread as I go.

Here's the tank in its old spot.

Here it is with the door pulled off

A shot with the big tank around the corner

BAUCE · May 21, 2020

The equipment is as follows:

- ATI 6 bulb Dimmable Sunpower
- (2) Jebao SOW-4 wavemakers
- Coral Box DCA 2,000 return
- Coral Box D300 skimmer

Here's the sump he dropped off

New Pumps

BAUCE · May 22, 2020

You guys think that will be adequate flow for a sps frag tank? I dont want to test them out just incase I want to send them back. The people over at reefbreeders said it would be plenty but thought I'd ask.

BAUCE · May 26, 2020

Took out the acrylic baffles today and cleaned it and the skimmer up. I pulled apart an old 20 gallon long that has been sitting in the shed. I will be cutting baffles out of it.

Anyone have a design for cube like sumps? Think I want it to go in a circle instead of from the left side to right side.

BAUCE · May 28, 2020

Played with a few different layouts for the sump but decided on this layout after talking to some people here on r2r.

Here are the dimensions of it laid out so far.

BAUCE · May 28, 2020

Here it is so far.... I realized that as is the fuge and return sections are going to fill up at the same time once the skimmer section is full. That means with this design the baffles are basically useless...

Since I want them to fill in order I will silicon another strip of glass between the skimmer section and the return section that goes a little long. It will be a little long so that the water doesnt seep over around into the return section. I'll then mount the last baffle to the extra strip. With this design there would no be no other way to around doing it this way.... I think...