Paranoidobseshun
Active Member
I had a 20L Custom AIO setup at my previous residence for a little over a year. When I decided to move the reef tank to my new apartment I wanted to take the chance to upgrade a little bit. Since the new tank was going to be placed in the living room at the new place compared to my bedroom at the old house I really wanted to make everything look clean and nice. No more simple 2x4 stands with chords everywhere and light fixtures that were too big for the tank.
After looking for a while I was set on the marineland 27 gallon cube and I was also set on finally going with an LED fixture for lighting. I figured I would easily drop $200 dollars finding a T5 fixture that wouldnt overlap the tank and then getting upgraded bulbs for it. So after looking around for a bit I found a nice Multicolor LED unit online that I was hoping would get the job done. Bridgelux 120w Dimmable unit with a mixture of 60 and 90 degree optics.
The 20L was drained and all corals, fish, and rock were transported right to the cube. All the rock was transferred over plus a few new pieces that I had laying around from older tanks. The cube was setup mid December.
In the tank I have a hydor pico 300gph as the return pump, and then a hydor pico mag 300gph and 270gph powersweep for flow inside the tank. Both Hydor pumps have a hydor flo connected to them in hopes to get better random flow.
The cube was previously mostly LPS but since upgrading to LED's I wanted to start trying out some SPS.
Fish List:
Bicolor Blenny: Moved from the 20L
2 SA Mocha Occ Clowns
I also have some random snails and an emerald crab. With my previous setup I had the blue leg hermits but I decided not to add any to this tank as they would always knock corals around.
Picture of the 20L when it was up and running.
Current pictures of the cube.
After looking for a while I was set on the marineland 27 gallon cube and I was also set on finally going with an LED fixture for lighting. I figured I would easily drop $200 dollars finding a T5 fixture that wouldnt overlap the tank and then getting upgraded bulbs for it. So after looking around for a bit I found a nice Multicolor LED unit online that I was hoping would get the job done. Bridgelux 120w Dimmable unit with a mixture of 60 and 90 degree optics.
The 20L was drained and all corals, fish, and rock were transported right to the cube. All the rock was transferred over plus a few new pieces that I had laying around from older tanks. The cube was setup mid December.
In the tank I have a hydor pico 300gph as the return pump, and then a hydor pico mag 300gph and 270gph powersweep for flow inside the tank. Both Hydor pumps have a hydor flo connected to them in hopes to get better random flow.
The cube was previously mostly LPS but since upgrading to LED's I wanted to start trying out some SPS.
Fish List:
Bicolor Blenny: Moved from the 20L
2 SA Mocha Occ Clowns
I also have some random snails and an emerald crab. With my previous setup I had the blue leg hermits but I decided not to add any to this tank as they would always knock corals around.
Picture of the 20L when it was up and running.
Current pictures of the cube.
