15g cube from the start , pictures all the way

Today I got the rock, sand and set it all up. I had to get the rock from a store 1 hour from me because my local place is closed on Sunday, so I had less of a selection then I wanted. But I am happy with the rock. About 20 lbs. The bottom piece is one large piece , i like this piece alot, the other 3 pieces I need to arrange nicer, but the tank is in a temporary spot , for about 1 month till I am sure there is no cycle, then I will move it to my work office and reset it up there, I will add corals there and fish then. I think I will study the tank over the next 30 days and decide where I will want to place future corals and arange the rocks based on that.
The water flow is just the way I wanted . I hope it is sufficient.
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I just played witht he rocks some, I have them the way I like it now. I already had one slide onto the side and hit the acrylic side, I thought I was being really careful, cant be toooo careful with acrylic. I didnt see a scratch thow.
 
Thanks breaker4show
Here is the place to get them, I forget how much they were , I think $17.00
, the light bubl ballast plug are all in one .

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I really like those little cubes. Where can I get one made, exactly like yours? Also, do you like the way it's setup? Would you change anything if you had the chance?

Thanks
 
thanks avenger
spoon671 I love the setup of this cube , the size shape, canopy , stand, it was exactly what I was looking for. I did make changes to it, as described above with the additional bulkheads and baffles in the rear sump area. You can get one from acrylicman on ebay, that is where I got mine.He builds them himself, some people give him negative feedback for slow shipping, but I got mine right away because he had 8 of them made, if he doesnt have them made and has to build them of course it takes longer, but he really packs it professionally, and like I said , mine arrived right away. He is making me a molding now for the bottom of the outside of the tank so I can hide the sand line.
 
I just thought of a topoff idea. I can seal the bottom of the stand. Cut an access hole in the back of the acrylic stand, fill it with topoff water, it will hold at least 5 gallons, glue a shelf in the upper half of the stand to hold a litermeter pump, set the litermeter to does 1 cup of water per day, with the topoff module of the litermeter pluged in , and water level device set in the back of the sump area to turn the liter meter off if evap is less.
I believe 5 gallons of ro water would last for a few months on this tank. Maybe even add kalk to this topoff if I find the need for dosing kalk.
 
Very nice RJ, your tank looks great as always congradulations.
Have you started your larger tank? My wife just said I need bigger tank because she wants another tang, I did not even have to tell her I was already thinking of upgrading to a 180. But it will still be years before I can do it.
 
I just ordered the first corals for the nano from PhishyBusiness .
A green welsophilia, 2 Blasto wellsi , and a few differant color Acon lordhowensis with 4-7 acons on each piece. I will post picks as soon as they arrive, which will be Tuesday.
He put together a nice package for me. I cant wait , these will be my first Acans , I do not even have acans in my 75g.
This may be all the corals I put in the nano. Maybe some zoos yet or mushrooms.
 
Here are the pics from phisyBusiness sight of the ones I bought.
No pics of the acans, because he is selling me ones not on the sight with less polyps then the ones there with 10-20 polyps.
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yes, new pictures! I like the way you have the back setup... very nice.. and that micro chiller looks wicked where you put it.
 
Ok, I will take a pic the new rock layout. I really like the new rock layout. I will need to take pics of it anyway so I remember it when I take it apart it move it to my office in a month. I may put my corals when they arrive in my 75 for a month before putting them in the nano. I will decide that on tuesday. I put the clean up crew in today. I need to get something to clean the acrylic , the pad I have now is too wide and hits the rocks, guess I will do a search, any recomendations?
 
The room were this cube is in has a room temp of 77, the cube without the chiller running was 83.5 with no lights and 86 with lights. SO I pluged in the chiller and the tem dropped to 79 with no lights, and I will see later what the temps are with the lights on.
 
I really love the variation of color on your rocks. The layout looks good too, I've always been a fan of a few larger rocks then a lot of small ones.
 
Thanks, there are three rocks there. Its funny there are only three rocks, and yet it took me forever to set them the way I liked them.
 
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