cbort Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I just recieved my custom 40g acyrlic cube. Its dimensions are 24x24x15. Its made of 1/2" acrylic. The cube has a piece of black acrylic that forms a coast-coast (caflo) overflow with 2 3/4" returns. And a 2" drain. It is rimless open top. For the return pump i will be using a quiet-one 6000. Rated at 1506gph at 0 head. So this should be enough flow for now. The return plumbing will be 1/2 inch and then turn into 3/4" locline with flare nozzles. For lighting i will be using one of my 2 400W Reefstar HQI set-ups. Will not be putting it in a canopy. Will be using a 20g long for the sump and will be going skimmer shopping soon! Pics Link to comment
macjmc Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Sounds sweet can't wait to see some pics! Link to comment
cbort Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 prolly a stupid question but how do i downsize my pics to less than 1 MB all of the ones i took are like 1.9MB Link to comment
FateX9 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 i just open them with paint and resave or shrink and resave Link to comment
cbort Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 okay thanks pics added!! Link to comment
121a Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 FYI: quite one pumps are very strong and don't have much head loss. I have the 2200 (562gphis) and i am running it at 1" pvc with 4' of pvc, 4 elbow, and a union, it overflows my 27g with a 1" drain. I need to go and get a ball valve. Anyway cool tank, i like the big rock Link to comment
wav3form Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Who made it for you and how much? Link to comment
Professor Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Great looking tank! One question though: How are you going to get a 30" 20gal long to fit under a stand for a 24" tank? Looking at the pics I don't think you are going to have enough room. -Prof Link to comment
cbort Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 ya i just measured last night. Going either with a custom sump or only other option is a 15g Tall. Which would hardly fit my skimmer that i am planning on using. Think i should add one more return with this pump? Think it will be too powerfull? especially if i am going to be going from its 1" outlet down to a 1/2" plumbing? i am re-staining the stand tonite. "Ebony" and then will get to plumbing the tank after a "quick dry" coat of clear coat. Link to comment
kermitthedaniel Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 just use a 20H for a sump and if your using an insump skimming then it should fit and if your not you got some room in the back part. just an idea. Link to comment
cbort Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 FYI: quite one pumps are very strong and don't have much head loss. I have the 2200 (562gphis) and i am running it at 1" pvc with 4' of pvc, 4 elbow, and a union, it overflows my 27g with a 1" drain. I need to go and get a ball valve. Anyway cool tank, i like the big rock Thanks for the advice. Hopefully my tank will be able to stand it. I am going from the 1" outlet-1/2" plumbing-dual 3/4" loc-line returns with flare nozzles. This pump really flows a lot of water!! Link to comment
cbort Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 More pics!! Here is my plumbing behind the black acrylic coast-coast wall Last few pics of the stand before it goes ebony!! Another pic of the plumbing will have some more pics with new stained stand in a bit! Link to comment
cbort Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Who made it for you and how much? A guy from KC, MO name Scott it was originally $600.00 Link to comment
eddie29 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 A guy from KC, MO name Scott it was originally $600.00 I was just over at his house on Sat and he said he can't get a break with the demand. His stuff is top notch. I've used his skimmers and now his calcium reactors that he makes. He also made me a sump that you can see pics of in my build thread. Link to comment
cbort Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 More pics and up dates!!!! Made three trips to Menards today and here is what i built. Yes my tank is only 24" wide and the canopy houses 2 36" Actinic URI VHO's. Planning on upgrading soon to a 36" tank 36x24x24 to be exact. So i figured why build 2 canopies. I will also then add my other Reefstar Pendant. For now i will be using this for my new cube shown above. These pics are before it has been stained "Ebony" Link to comment
cbort Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 The "Ebony" stand dun dun dun!!! Just need to put a couple coats polyurethane on it and we are ready to put the cube back on and plumb her up! Link to comment
Monkeyrobb Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Are you going to use your existing cube for a sump when you get the new tank? Link to comment
cbort Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Are you going to use your existing cube for a sump when you get the new tank? No this tank will be a carpet/clown tank. Prolly try to get 2 small carpets in there blue and green, untill they get too big and will have to move one to the upgraded tank. Tho i do plan on plumbing the two together. Link to comment
cbort Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 okay pics with the canopy mounted. Not sure if i like it yet or not? But here are the pics. Link to comment
cbort Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 ok stained first coat of the canopy. here she is all matchin! Link to comment
cbort Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 here is my tank.....water, aquascaped, and lights on. Link to comment
Maeda Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Is that running just one of the 400w? Nice choice on the tank size. Very nice. Link to comment
cbort Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 yes this is just one of the 400W reefstars. Way more than enough for this tank! It sits about 14" off of the water. Thanks for the compliment! Link to comment
disaster999 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 why does your picture have all these white space and a small picture at the top left? Link to comment
jamesnmandy Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 hey bro, go to photobucket.com and sign up for a free account so you can post real sized pics and such and not worry about the limitations nano-reef puts on your file attachments, then you can post pics like this Link to comment
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