cbort Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Going to begin a new thread for this tank. 30g custom cube from the start........ THIS IS WHERE IT WILL GO AND THE BUILD.... Molding is almost done!!! almost done.... Doors on..... ok....one more set of pics with a better camera.... Link to comment
Kamao Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Looks good. What the dimensions of the tank? Link to comment
Kimberly63 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Looks great! What's the stain color? Exactly how I build my stand. In the kitchen with crappy tools. Link to comment
cbort Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Looks good. What the dimensions of the tank? Thanks! the dimensions are 24x24x12T shallow cube. The tank on the opposite side of the wall on the ebony stained stand is 24x24x15T Looks great! What's the stain color? Exactly how I build my stand. In the kitchen with crappy tools. Thanks! The color is American Walnut. The doors are actually stained Amber, but i could not find a stain called amber anywhere, so i had to color match as close as possible. That is not an easy task! My wife didn't get mad even once! I also used a hand saw to cut the pieces! Cool tank! Thanks a lot! You have a great looking tank also! Nice! Thanks DHaut! Link to comment
cbort Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 30g cubes final resting spot.... DIRTY!!! Plumbing almost done... ok...water filled, (a bit dirty from the sand) and almost ready to turn on the pump! And she's off..... Purple Tang #2 in her new home, and enjoying her first meal in her new home, some good ol nori seeweed. Both of my tangs will actually eat right from my fingers. They both go absolutely nuts when they see the nori package! Link to comment
cbort Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Temporary MH hung and all my LPS/SPS/CLAM added to the new 30g tank My pump is still a bit too strong for the tank. it is still throwing sand. But as the sand bed gets settled it will fix its self. Frags were also thrown in just because i don't quite have my frag tank finished. Let me know what ya think! Link to comment
JDigital Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Awesome tank... I've got a 24x24x12 build going as well.. Link to comment
cbort Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Awesome tank... I've got a 24x24x12 build going as well.. Thanks! Ya i have been watching your thread! I made a comment or two on it also! It looks to be coming along very nicely! I love the shape of these tanks! Shallow cubes Rock! Just about 1 week after the setup of this tank and putting it online with the 40g cube. The sand storm has been contained and my LPS are starting to come out and look nice! Link to comment
cbort Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Ok brought home probably my newest favorite coral today! Only 45.00, I would have paid double! It is sweet! New shots of the 30g cube before my new coral! Link to comment
JBM Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 that is sick! are they plumbed together? i wish my wife would let me do something like that Link to comment
cbort Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 ya my wife's only rule is no more than 1 tank per room. So i have 3 tanks now in 3 rooms! She's the BEST! Link to comment
cbort Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 Traded about 15 zoa frags for a new light. It is a PFO hood, 250w ballast, 2x28W PC actinics and a XM 250W 20k bulb! The colors really POP with this setup! I have just rigged it up there for right now as i am now getting ready to move yet again to Cherokee, IA! so here are some new pics! Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Looks awesome. I love that they are plumbed together. I was actually briefly excited about you moving to Iowa, but I just realized you'll be like 4-5 hours away. Link to comment
cbort Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Looks awesome. I love that they are plumbed together. I was actually briefly excited about you moving to Iowa, but I just realized you'll be like 4-5 hours away. thanks for looking! Your tanks look great as well! If you are ever over this way for any reason let me know and i can get ya some cool zoas! The plumbing together has helped out a lot! 1 chiller/heater/sump/dosing for 2 tanks! Much easier! Link to comment
cbort Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Wow! looks great! thanks envy! Link to comment
cbort Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 3 new additions within the last couple days! First off, i got a new wrasse not sure of its origin or type, but looks to be some sort of fairy wrasse. Great looking color! The second is a damsel with colorations i have never seen before. And last but not least is a flame angel! He was in my buddies SPS tank and was nipping, so I gave him a try! Link to comment
cbort Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 quick question for everyone with more knowledge than me! I have yet to get into buying a calcium reactor, nor have i kept corals that would need a calcium reactor, but lately as you can tell i am starting to keep LPS, Clams and some easy sps. I was wondering, how safe it was to put Mrs. Wages pickling lime into a water bottle with water and dose it once a week just like liquid calcium. I have been buying the kent liquid calcium and dosing it, but could i use this instead? I would start very slow with just a small amount in a water bottle. let me know your thoughts, as i know there are people out there that dose this at night with no problems. Link to comment
gregzbobo Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 quick question for everyone with more knowledge than me! I have yet to get into buying a calcium reactor, nor have i kept corals that would need a calcium reactor, but lately as you can tell i am starting to keep LPS, Clams and some easy sps. I was wondering, how safe it was to put Mrs. Wages pickling lime into a water bottle with water and dose it once a week just like liquid calcium. I have been buying the kent liquid calcium and dosing it, but could i use this instead? I would start very slow with just a small amount in a water bottle. let me know your thoughts, as i know there are people out there that dose this at night with no problems. From what I know, you shouldn't "dose" kalk, especially a large amount at once, its best to drip it in when the lights are out to help keep the PH swing in check. You could fairly easily set it up with a sort of ATO to your sump, plugged into a timer that comes on when the lights go out and have it added this way, although I think that MAY be too much added at once, depending on how much water evaporates throught the day. It'll probably take a fair amount of testing to figure out how much kalk to use if adding in this manner to keep your levels where they belong, but ought to be worth it. You'll need to keep an eye on your alkalinity also I believe while fine tuning your kalk regimen, its great for adding calcium, not so much for alk. And I've used Balls pickling lime (probably the same as Mrs. Wage) in my 65gal tank, works great. BTW, love your wife's tank, hope mine looks that good someday. Link to comment
nUgZ Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 How's the tank going? Did the Angel work out? Link to comment
cbort Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 angel did great until i got lazy and stopped feeding the tank. The angel then took it out on some corals. Link to comment
reefer123 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 oh man sick setup! where did u get that 45$ coral? that was a frikken steal!! Link to comment
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