240 Gallon Cube

[goat585]

I purchased this tank from a local reefer in July of this year. I remodeled part of my basement to incorporate this tank. The tank is located where our new home office will be.

Tanks Specs

Manufacturer: Envision Acrylics
Dimensions: 48”x48”x25”
Made From 3/4” thick acrylic panels except rear panel which is 1”

External overflow box which has a removable teeth for cleaning and two 1.5” drains

Four 1” bulkheads in Euro-bracing-currently using 2 for surges

In rear panel-two 1.5” and two 3/4” bulkheads. Currently using the 3/4” bulkheads for returns

Here is a picture of it the day I got it home.

 

[goat585]

System Specifications

Skimmer - ASM G4X
Return Pump - Reeflo Dart 3600gph
Surge Pump - Quiet One 4000
Sump - 120 gallon All-glass aquarium with custom baffles
Dual two little fishes phosphate reactors 1 for carbon, 1 for GFO
Auto top off - Reeftek Kalk reactor feed by reef filler pump
30 gallon breeder 36”x18”x13” Refugium
29 gallon surge tank divided into 2 surges
30 gallon frag tank
Reflector - Lumenbright Large Reflector
Ballast - 400 watt dimmable Coralvue
Bulb - 400 Watt 20K Reeflux


Eventually I will be adding a controller, moonlights and a couple of tunzes in the next month.

 

[goat585]

Here are some photos of the room under construction.

The finished fish room

 

[goat585]

I decided to refinish the stand. Here are a few pictures of the stand. Eventually I plan on adding a matching canopy.

 

[goat585]

Here are some pictures of the sump and plumbing. The sump is a 120 gallon glass tank. I added 1/4" glass baffles to divide the sump into different chambers. The skinny chamber on the left is for is the input to the sump. I also use it for probes and the heaters. There is a filter shock that is attached to the output of the main drain. The water then flows into the skimmer chamber. The skimmer is on a riser to so the skimmer sits in the right amount of water. From there it flows down the middle of the sump. Live rock sits on egg crate in the chamber. The water then flows around the corner to the return and surge pumps.

 

[Bax]

Look'n good goat585, is that 24 (twenty four) FW tanks in your sig?

 

[h2obaby]

nice!!! the stand looks great. tagging along

 

[goat585]

Look'n good goat585, is that 24 (twenty four) FW tanks in your sig?

Yes, I had that many running until I set this one up. You can see pictures of my old FW fishroom on my homepage. When I put in this tank I tore out most of the freshwater ones.


Thanks for the compliments

 

[goat585]

I always wanted to use a surge on one of my tanks and I finally was able to incorporate one on this tank. I used a 29 gallon tank that is divided into 2 chambers. This give me two 10 gallon surges. Here is a picture of the surge.

I used 1" spa flex to connect the surge to the display tank. A quiet one 4000 pump feeds the surges. I have individual ball valves on the return lines to the surge. I did this so I can control how often each surge fires. One surge take a minute to fill and the other one about 2 minutes. The surge last 45 seconds or so. Here are a couple of more pictures.

I vented the surge lines near the display to help with the bubbles. It seems to make a difference. I am thinking about adding another vent to each side to see what happens. Here is a pic.

 

[goat585]

The tank has a 30 breeder for refugium. I have put a small amount of cheato and some liverock to get it started. I have more rock that I need to move into it. It is lit by 2 36" T-5 6000K bulbs. Here are some pictures.

 

[goat585]

Finally to get this thread up to date. I filled the tank up and put in the base rock into the display. I am combining two tanks into this 1. The plan is to gradually move things over the next month or 2. I did not put in too much rock since a lot of the corals I have are attached to pretty good size pieces of live rock. Here are some photos.

 

[tikireefer]

Looks great Tom! I was out at your place a few years ago to buy some coral and was impressed with the fish room. Looks like you have made some big changes! The 240 looks awesome. I like the sump design and the surges!

 

[JRaquatics]

I posted on another forum, but wanted to show my appreciation of impressive work. Love the dimensions of the tank and liked what you did with the stand.

 

[stunreefer]

Looks awesome so far, great job! :thumbsup:

Will you be sticking with only the single LB pendent? I have a 48" x 36" footprint on a tank and was thinking of using something similar...

 

[robot2222]

can i ask what the benafits of a surge?

 

[goat585]

Looks awesome so far, great job! :thumbsup:

Will you be sticking with only the single LB pendent? I have a 48" x 36" footprint on a tank and was thinking of using something similar...

I am hoping to. I plan on keeping the corals and rock at least 6" away from the sides of the tank. I figure that I only need to light a 3'x3' area then. The tank looks bright enough. I plan on borrowing a friends PAR meter and seeing what I get in different spots. The light is sitting about 16" above the water surface. If I need a little more spread I will raise the light a little more and see what happens.

 

[goat585]

can i ask what the benafits of a surge?

The benefit of a surge is that it is an efficient way to create water movement. The water movement is more random than using the non controllable power head. It provides water movement that is similar to a wave crashing in on a reef.

 

[stunreefer]

I think it should work... I'll only be keeping a few SPS right below it and my "flowy" coral off ot the sides. I have plenty of NPS coral too, so if need be I'll just place them off to the side.

BTW, is that gorgeous queen in your avatar destined for the cube?

 

[UgoneBannas]

I'm not there but I love the location of the tank. It seems big and you can walk around to look at all 3 sides.

 

[goat585]

I think it should work... I'll only be keeping a few SPS right below it and my "flowy" coral off ot the sides. I have plenty of NPS coral too, so if need be I'll just place them off to the side.

BTW, is that gorgeous queen in your avatar destined for the cube?

I wish. I lost the queen in a disease outbreak that took out all the fish except two in my 125. I had a real bad week. Lost $300-$400 in fish in a couple of days.