The Ultimate Cube 280g
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Cubes are the way to go! They are a lot of fun! Always out of the ordinary! Sorry no link for the picture. If anyone has the link i would love it also! I just found the pic and fell in love with the tank!
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Here are your updates!
Just made a deal for the rest of the equipement needed to finish the cube! The guy i bought the tank from made me a deal i could not pass up for the rest of the equipment he had laying around. Here is what i will be coming home with Halloween Weekend:
400lbs of rock
Ocean Motion 4-way
Sequence Dart Pump 3600gph
GenX PCX-40 Pump
GenX PCX-55HP Pump
7 400W MH bulbs Ushio and XM's
80g Sump/Refugium
2 Custom made 40g water holding acrylic tanks
1 HUGE magnet cleaner (he said it broke his buddies finger when messing around with it) Must be pretty powerful!
4 Revalations
and finally test kits, hardware, plumbing
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Tank Setup to date:
-48x48x28T 280g Custom 1/2" acrylic
-External overflow 2" drain
-Closed Loop 2-2" Drains 4-1" returns
-Minimalistic rockwork(lots of overhangs, small caves, open look)
-Loads of LPS, Zoas, fish
-Sand…? Not sure if I will pain the bottom black or a sand bed yet
-80g Sump/refugium
-2-45g custom acrylic Top off/water change tanks
Flow
-Ocean Motion 4 way with a Sequence Dart 3600gph pump for the CL
-Dolphin 3600gph return Pump feeding Display and Frag tanks
Lighting
-2-48†10-bulb ATI powermodules 20 bulbs total
Misc.
-57g 36x36x12T frag tank w/ single 250W MH
-24g 30x30x6T frag tank w/ single 250W MH
-50g 48x48x5 zoa frag tank w/ sinlge 250W MH
-50g 48x48x5 zoa frag tank w/ single 250W MH
-29g Separate Quarantine tank
-48x48x28T 280g Custom 1/2" acrylic
-External overflow 2" drain
-Closed Loop 2-2" Drains 4-1" returns
-Minimalistic rockwork(lots of overhangs, small caves, open look)
-Loads of LPS, Zoas, fish
-Sand…? Not sure if I will pain the bottom black or a sand bed yet
-80g Sump/refugium
-2-45g custom acrylic Top off/water change tanks
Flow
-Ocean Motion 4 way with a Sequence Dart 3600gph pump for the CL
-Dolphin 3600gph return Pump feeding Display and Frag tanks
Lighting
-2-48†10-bulb ATI powermodules 20 bulbs total
Misc.
-57g 36x36x12T frag tank w/ single 250W MH
-24g 30x30x6T frag tank w/ single 250W MH
-50g 48x48x5 zoa frag tank w/ sinlge 250W MH
-50g 48x48x5 zoa frag tank w/ single 250W MH
-29g Separate Quarantine tank
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Need everyone's thoughts...what would you do....?
1.)CL with up to 7000gph flowing through an OM 4-way?
2.)CL with 2 OM 4-ways with 2 3600gph pumps flowing through each.
3.)MP40x3
Dimensions of the tank is 48x48x28 with an open aquascape. Let me know your thoughts and reasoning! Thanks
1.)CL with up to 7000gph flowing through an OM 4-way?
2.)CL with 2 OM 4-ways with 2 3600gph pumps flowing through each.
3.)MP40x3
Dimensions of the tank is 48x48x28 with an open aquascape. Let me know your thoughts and reasoning! Thanks
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Quick question about quarantine tanks. I have never ran one, never thought i needed one, nor have i had the room to have one. Now that i have a nice sized fish room, and a larger tank than what i am used to, i have decided to make the room for a 29g quarantine tank.
I am going to use an undrilled 29g tank. 1 power head and a hang on the back filter. Nothing fancy, just enough to get the job done. I am also going to put in some lace rock, but plan to go bare bottom.
Anyone see anything wrong with this setup?
My next question is, what does everyone run through there quarantine tanks for chemicals when they get a new fish?
I plan on purchasing multiple fish at 1 time to reduce any stress that aggressive fish may cause on 1 single fish. I also am going to try to purchase my smaller reef fish(gobies, wrasse, clowns) first and then add my larger fish(tangs, triggers, anthias) later. I know a lot of people purchase fish as they go, but i would like to have a plan for this tank ahead of time...
I am going to use an undrilled 29g tank. 1 power head and a hang on the back filter. Nothing fancy, just enough to get the job done. I am also going to put in some lace rock, but plan to go bare bottom.
Anyone see anything wrong with this setup?
My next question is, what does everyone run through there quarantine tanks for chemicals when they get a new fish?
I plan on purchasing multiple fish at 1 time to reduce any stress that aggressive fish may cause on 1 single fish. I also am going to try to purchase my smaller reef fish(gobies, wrasse, clowns) first and then add my larger fish(tangs, triggers, anthias) later. I know a lot of people purchase fish as they go, but i would like to have a plan for this tank ahead of time...
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New Update....
As some of you have more than likely seen, i have put this tank up for Trade/Sale. I will be training for the next year, and 4 out of 5 weeks i will be living out of a suitcase in Hotels. Also my wife and i may be expecting. So, with all of this going on, i figured it may be easier for me to just find a small more self sufficient tank that would be easier to maintain while i am away. Until this happens, the build must go on!! Either way, i want a tank setup before i leave!
On with the update...
Filtration/frag/behind the scenes room is coming along...
As you can see red/white will be my theme during this build. All frag tanks/sumps/water holding tanks etc. Will have red vinyl on the bottom, and all my pipes will be painted red and white. (Red drains/intakes and white for returns.) Also all of my stands that will be built for my filtration/frag tanks will be painted white.
Next on to my “man cave†painted red and white....
Go Chiefs!!
Daughter this year at her first NFL game
As some of you have more than likely seen, i have put this tank up for Trade/Sale. I will be training for the next year, and 4 out of 5 weeks i will be living out of a suitcase in Hotels. Also my wife and i may be expecting. So, with all of this going on, i figured it may be easier for me to just find a small more self sufficient tank that would be easier to maintain while i am away. Until this happens, the build must go on!! Either way, i want a tank setup before i leave!
On with the update...
Filtration/frag/behind the scenes room is coming along...
As you can see red/white will be my theme during this build. All frag tanks/sumps/water holding tanks etc. Will have red vinyl on the bottom, and all my pipes will be painted red and white. (Red drains/intakes and white for returns.) Also all of my stands that will be built for my filtration/frag tanks will be painted white.
Next on to my “man cave†painted red and white....
Go Chiefs!!
Daughter this year at her first NFL game
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Show of Hands....Who has nems with a CL filtration?? I will be aquiring 3 Neon Green carpets this weekend and want to see what everyone thinks about a CL system and Carpet Nems? My drains for the CL are both on the rear wall of my tank.
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Treated myself to a new Christmas present!
It was either this or an iPad 64g 3g. I really want an iPad but decided to wait.
Here are some shots with the standard 18-55mm lens that it came with...
First 3 are of some my wife's purple orchids...
And this is a close up shot of her wedding ring...
It was either this or an iPad 64g 3g. I really want an iPad but decided to wait.
Here are some shots with the standard 18-55mm lens that it came with...
First 3 are of some my wife's purple orchids...
And this is a close up shot of her wedding ring...
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Almost finished plumbing the 57g frag tank. I am going to attempt to use a SCWD for each of the corner returns on this tank. Never have used one before and hope to have some decent flow out of this. Hope to add fresh water tomorrow to test it out and leak test it.
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Plumbing is finished.....
I even went as far as plumbing the 57g frag tank with a drain for easy water change access. No more siphoning water out of the tank. Now just a quick little twist of a knob and the water is poured into a 5g bucket and dumped down the toilet. Pretty slick! :) Also i took a picture of my dehumidifier that will be located in the fish room.
I even went as far as plumbing the 57g frag tank with a drain for easy water change access. No more siphoning water out of the tank. Now just a quick little twist of a knob and the water is poured into a 5g bucket and dumped down the toilet. Pretty slick! :) Also i took a picture of my dehumidifier that will be located in the fish room.
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