Xclusive's WaterBox 35.2

[Gumbies R Us]

A Little update to the live stock
I added a small very small clown, A very small Hippo and a Small Cardinal along with a Cleaner shrimp and some snails. I also have been adding copepods weekly since I culture them at the house

Are you planning on upgrading your tank soon? A hippo tang requires a much larger tank than a 35g

 

[xclusive252]

I know been in the hobby like 20+years. No I will be giving it to a friend who has a 450g system. Will take this tiny hippo maybe 1-2 years before I place it in his system. It’s about 3/4” large

 

[xclusive252]

So a huge update sorry been busy
I added some fish
6 line wrasse
2 longfin mocha storm clownfish ( put the OG Clown in his own tank with a mate in my 3 year olds room )
a few sticks to test the water and all is doing great
Still doing about 5-6 gallon bi-weekly water changes
added 2 AI Blades to help with par. Im at 350 high and 225 low and sand is about 185

 

[Daveph68]

How did you mount your nanomat in the Waterbox 35.2

 

[xclusive252]

How did you mount your nanomat in the Waterbox 35.2

I took measurements of the sock holder and had someone 3D print me holders for the nano reefmat. I can not be more happy with the out come and I ended up asking for a spare pair for the future if i decide to remove them and raise the water level.

 

[xclusive252]

A little update with the tank and the live stock
I added a few fish, I currently have;
A pair of Mocha Storm Longfin clownFish
1 yellow Coris Wrasse
1 6 Line Wrasse
1 Diamond goby
1 Banggai Cardinalfish
1 Hippo Tang ( 3/4" ) yes i know i will give him away later in life to a friend with a 450g tank
1 Conch
10 Turbo Snails
5 Hermit crabs
5 Nassarius Snails
1 Cleaner Shrimp

Corals SPS Heavy

24K Torch
Holy grail torch
RRC Grafted Goldenrod Anacropora
WWC Contraband Grafted Digitata
RRC Shazam
JF Fox Flame
WWC Budgie Smuggler
WWC Jello Shot
WWC Jawbreaker Grafted Montipora
ORA Red Planet
ORA Joe The Coral
TSA Fruity Pebbles
TSA Bill Murray
Pink Millie not sure from a friend

 

[hdrk2008]

So I have been planning this build for awhile now asking members for advice and help and looking everywhere for the correct equipment (maybe over kill) to help setup the perfect SPS dominant tank (Some shrooms). I've been in the hobby a long time and not new to having an sps tank as some of you might now me. I understand the time and quality of a system needed to keep the coral and will try and house only eye candy in the tank the road was long but this is what I have. On Saturday 3/29/2025 FedEx dropped off the tank and stand from WaterBox and I was excited to run with what I had in my head, so here we go.
Equipment
WaterBox 35.2 Tank and White Stand
Radion XR15 gen6 blue with diffuser
Sicce 1.5 Return pump
IM UV 10W
IM Reactor
RedSea ReefMat
BRS 100w Titanium Heater
Tunze ATO 5155 gen 3
Ecotech MP10 x 2 (Not sure if 2nd one is needed)
Apex A3 Pro all the bells and whistles
Apex DOS
Eshopps ato reservoir 5G (Custom Case to match stand)
Simplicity 6L Triple Dosing Container (I know DOS has 2 heads)
Skimmer ?????????? Need some advice from the nano community
Rocks MarcoRocks Coralline
CaribSea Pink Fiji (Back Order)

I will be adding shelves to under the Cabinet to help store everything to make a clean look as this is my man Cave.

Good evening. I bought the same tank and was wondering, does the tank just sit directly on aluminum frame? Thank you.

 

[xclusive252]

No sits on the stand wood but the aluminum stand is framed on the top. Just make sure that you tighten all the bolts no gaps