312 gallon cube build

[Camps23]

First off.....Amazing tank. Perfect dimensions and natural looking aquascape.
Question for ya...the last pic in post #33. What kind of fish are those with the pink heads ?
Thanks

 

[vair]

When I first say the full tank pics I thought I was looking at a ocean diving shot, great job on making it look natural! Every thing looks to be doing really well.

 

[Stylaster]

Today looks like a good picture night... so here we go
gb sasquatch millepora turning pink with teal polyps should be interesting

mystic montipora

jf jackolatern is hungery!

orange psammacora

jf ppe cyphastrea

age of aquariums only at jareds cyphastrea

darth maul porites

atlantis strawberry cap

upscales microclades

astreopora

 

[Stylaster]

First off.....Amazing tank. Perfect dimensions and natural looking aquascape.
Question for ya...the last pic in post #33. What kind of fish are those with the pink heads ?
Thanks

one is an exquisite fairy wrasse the other is a naoko fairy wrasse

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Nice sticks you have in there. Might need to add a couple long tentacle plates on the bottom. lolol

 

[Stylaster]

ya i think i need a few more plate corals

 

[Stylaster]

New goodies today, several little frags to grow out


copps rainbow undata

Tridacna alley

This one i pee'd myself a little when i saw it in the store... had to have it!

 

[cgonser]

Beautiful set up! Corals and clams are amazing!

 

[.Marshall]

Beautiful tank!! How much do you feed!?

 

[Stylaster]

thank you! I feed twice a day for the fish a mix of mysis and nori

 

[Stylaster]

Been a while so i busted out the camera and took some shots tonight... The tank is really filling in fast!




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[Kayo2289]

whats the name of the coral in the last picture of post#51?

Also what is the reasoning of going BB? Nutrient control? How much do you think a tank benefits from going BB over DSB?

Beautiful tank BTW great dimensions.

 

[wireefman]

subscribed.... cant believe I missed this... love me some cube

 

[Stylaster]

Its a SPS deepwater, doesnt really have a name, but is developing a nice red base with blue tips and green polyps.
Im doing bb for nutrient control, its amazing the amount of detritus that collects at the end of a week! I think if you can keep up with the detritus removal you can keep on top of any nitrate issues. So far my nitrates are not being detected by my salifert test kit. Of course i have over 400g of total water volume too.

 

[RubberSideDown]

Wow, amazing build!

The polyps in second pic in post 51 really pop. I'm jealous.

 

[Stylaster]

Thank you those are rastas

 

[Drae]

I did a search on acrylic sheets and they're not that expensive so I'm thinking of building a sump. What did you use to cut your acrylic? Did you use weld on and if you did which number? Is it really as simple as lining up the sheets and applying weld on? Tia

 

[dahenley]

I did a search on acrylic sheets and they're not that expensive so I'm thinking of building a sump. What did you use to cut your acrylic? Did you use weld on and if you did which number? Is it really as simple as lining up the sheets and applying weld on? Tia

in the DIY section, there is an thread just for acrylic help.
i would suggest going through it. it tells you all you need to know.
floyd will probably answer your questions though.

you cut with a table saw using a high tooth blade. then you can use a straight edge and router to finish the edge before you weld it.
weldon works but its better to mix your own solvent because there is less crap in it.
hope that gets you started though.