TheWAND Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I've started a 70 gallon cube, which has been up since Saturday, just today have gotten around to getting pictures of it. The stand is a DIY made of birch plywood and solid pine. Dimensions Display: 30x30x18 with 3/4" acrylic, 5x5 corner overflow Sump: 24x24x14, two chambers Stand: 34x34x40 Equipment Return: Tunze Silence 1073.05 Tunze 6045 Ecotech MP40 ESW Tunze Multicontroller 7095 Tunze Osmolator 5017 ATB Econo 840 with Mini Airstar Vertex Zeo Reactor offline Lighting: Aqua Illumination Maintenance Weekly waterchanges Clean Acrylic 2x/week Change carbon and GFO once a month 4-5 times daily feedings - Hikari Marine S pellets, sometimes Hikary Mysis and Spirulina Brine Shrimp soaked in Vitamarin C 2 Drops Iodine 2x/week And now... the pictures. Little black box on the left with the white knob is the flow control for the 1073.05 by the way. The return can be run on the 7095, but won't be used for this function. Pretty insane reflections, but you should get the general idea of what's going on in there. Link to comment
matt frizz Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Congrats. Can't wait to see it. Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Congrats. Can't wait to see it. Swanky! Thanks guys! Link to comment
GiantBen Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 With a sand bed that deep, is there any concern about the rocks sinking to the bottom over time? Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 With a sand bed that deep, is there any concern about the rocks sinking to the bottom over time? Nope. Only thing touching the sand will be conches, and rocks don't really sink into sandbeds. I've had plenty of tanks with a DSB and have never had issues like that. Link to comment
neuwave Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Nice tank. Can't wait to see it stocked. Link to comment
OscarMeyer Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 ooooo nice dimensions!! cant wait to see how this turns out! Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Nice tank. Can't wait to see it stocked. ooooo nice dimensions!! cant wait to see how this turns out! Thanks guys! Well no pictures of what I'm so excited about yet, but I can tell you a bit about it. Fishehs. Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Skimmer has to break in again. Just switched out the small PPW to the large PPW. Pump is pulling much more air, so much that I had to make a 1.5" platform for the skimmer to not overflow. Excited to see how the extra air performance pans out. On another note, all the added fish are eating and swimming about. Here's an updated stocklist: Regal Angel 4 Lyretail Anthias (Maldives) 3 Conches for sandbed The regal is quite a find, with it already eating pellets at the LFS. It also has a misbar, making it a pretty unique fish. LFS didn't have a male lyretail, so the females fought it out for a bit, but that has since subsided. Hopefully I'll have a male from one of the females in a month or two. Link to comment
fishez4alivin Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thats a sweet a$$ ^&*&) fish, nice man...great equipment too, who made your tank? This is going to be a sps dominant reef? Since the angel is an adult, so I'm sure he will love to eat LPS and softies... Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thats a sweet a$$ ^&*&) fish, nice man...great equipment too, who made your tank? This is going to be a sps dominant reef? Since the angel is an adult, so I'm sure he will love to eat LPS and softies... Yes, SPS dominant reef, although I will try to put a couple LPS in the tank. Only other thing going in the tank than that though will either be a haddoni, gigantea, or magnifica anemone with a pair of clowns. Still deciding on which, but I already know the exact spot where it will be put. The tank and sump was made by my buddy John at Advance Acrylics. I asked for the sticker to not be put on. Link to comment
fishez4alivin Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thats sweet, yeah, i'm going to order one of his all in one frag tanks for swaps...I saw a guy with a great magnifica that he had for like 10 years, it was surrounded by acro colonies, it was sweet. check it out... http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/large-aqua...arden-cube.html Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thats sweet, yeah, i'm going to order one of his all in one frag tanks for swaps...I saw a guy with a great magnifica that he had for like 10 years, it was surrounded by acro colonies, it was sweet. check it out... http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/large-aqua...arden-cube.html Nice. Thanks for the link. Sick tank. Link to comment
SiLkk Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Love the tank, great colors Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Love the tank, great colors Thanks bro! Your tank is looking good too. How's the temp holding with the 150 watt mh on the nc 12? I had an nc 12 before this tank, but I used LEDs, probably going to go with LEDs again on this tank. Link to comment
SiLkk Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 My temps are very stable doesn't get hotter than 79 and even in the summer it only increases a degree or two. Link to comment
TheWAND Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 My temps are very stable doesn't get hotter than 79 and even in the summer it only increases a degree or two. Very cool. For some reason, even will LEDs on my tank, I had to keep a fan going to keep the temp low. When I was cycling I didn't have a fan and the temp got to 95 one night. It must've been faulty equipment or the weather then. With news pertaining to the tank, The angel started feeding today more like it was at the LFS. Before it had only eaten a piece of jumbo mysis in the tank. But I put in some spirulina enriched brine and it ate it up. Link to comment
fishez4alivin Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congrats on getting it to feed, I know sometimes they can take a week to feed, especially the large adult angels. Bet he looks sweet under actinics. Link to comment
dtownkennel Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 What kind of sand did you ended up putting into the tank?? and did it become a problem with strong flow??? Link to comment
reef-luva Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 beeee-uuu-teee-ful DSB there.... Nice rock work, very sexy... Dig the sump... sweet Regal, they have been know to pick and stress out SPS as well IME. Link to comment
TheWAND Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 What kind of sand did you ended up putting into the tank?? and did it become a problem with strong flow??? I have a DSB in this tank 3.5"-4" deep. Not any issues with flow. beeee-uuu-teee-ful DSB there....Nice rock work, very sexy... Dig the sump... sweet Regal, they have been know to pick and stress out SPS as well IME. Thanks. I'll see how the regal behaves for me. Not really too worried about picking at SPS every once in a while. Also after treating for flukes with prazipro, one of my anthias had a weird intestinal parasite and died, so I'm down to 3 lyretails. Other than that everything is good and healthy. Link to comment
TheWAND Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Oops I lied... it's still alive and kicking. Just has a weird bulge in its stomach area. Looks like a lot of poop. Constipated anthias? Link to comment
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