3 month old 50g cube

[xrayz]

Hello everyone this is my 50g cube I started at the end of Febuary. This is what I have so far.

50g cadlights cube
24" remote led
18g sump with stock return pump
Bubble-magus nac 6 skimmer
two little fishies phosban/carbon reactor
RKL with temp and ph probe
2 koralia 1050 powerheads
Tunze ATO
50 lbs lr
60 lbs sand/crushed coral

Stocking list
1 clown fish
1 anthias
1 ywg
zoa
frogspawn
gsp
favia
brain
candy cane
mushroom
monti cap
acro

 

[fox2589]

looks very nice,those koralia's putting out enough flow for the sps?-Drew

 

[xrayz]

I think so between those (1050gph)x2 and the return pump (650gph). I made the mistake of sugar size sand at first and had a sand storm no matter how I pointed them.

 

[nkkm]

Looking nice! I just finished setting up the same setup this weekend.

How are you liking the LED? I have not set it up yet but was thinking of returning it and going for the AI SOL for more controllability.

 

[AaronM]

Watch out for the cute pensive leprechaun next to ya tank, randy says they can cause hair algae.

 

[Lorenz725]

Love the look of the cube. You did a good job keep us updated with pics.

 

[tqpolo]

Should it be 2 mths if started end of Feb?

 

[DaytonaJoe]

It looks good and I wish you the best, but a 2 month old tank + SPS probably won't end well for the SPS. The green algae on the rocks is a sign that it's still cycling. I made the same mistake with my first SPS too. Softies and LPS will probably be fine, though

 

[KidReefer]

I dont think that is green hair algae as it looks more like green coralline algae. Thats a good sign, keep up the good work on the tank, and keep us updated with pics as your tank matures.-Joe

 

[AaronM]

Hah def not green coraline, more like layers of micro algae, but most prob. caused by the little fella. Anyway, like the LEDs + tight looking settup.

 

[MarkL]

How do you like the LED setup? At that level above the tank, how much light is escaping from the tank at night? Being this will be in my living room this is one of my worries. I am still debating about the lighting and this may be the first time I actually seen a setup with it on this forum.

Also, how is the remote, does the setup/remote seem to be of good quality?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[xrayz]

Sorry for the late reply! Been working 12 hour shifts.

The LED setup seems to be supporting everything i have in there so far, but it seems cheaply built. Still need more time to see what kind of growth I will get from it. The remote is ok but you cant program the lights to do any kind of sunrise or sunset. I would probably not spend the extra on their light if I was to do it over again. I want do a DIY led in the future!

I will post more pics soon as I purchased some more frags at the WORC frag swap.

 

[xrayz]

Updated tank photos

Updated tank photos

Some updated photos of my tank.

 

[marinelife]

Nice looking tank!