60 Cube build

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It's a 300 Deep Dimension. 72" x 36" x 27" Tall

I love the deep dimension tanks. Is he just using 250w or is he using 400w bulbs for the tank that depth. One of the things about having this cube tank is that it is 24" deep, and I'm keeping stuff (mostly LPS) on the sandbed which is only 1" max, so I need to try to find a bulb (preferably 250w since I have a lot of stuff up high and don't want to bake it) that will give me good enough penetration.

 

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Some canopy shots:

and a few FTS now that I got some of the algea cleaned up:

 

[Tswifty]

I love the deep dimension tanks. Is he just using 250w or is he using 400w bulbs for the tank that depth.

He's only using 250's which is why I was so impressed with his values.

 

[somdinwong]

my friend has a 210 which is 29 inches deep and uses a 250 and his monti are growing like mad on the bottom of his tank. sick colors also. runs it bb

 

[somdinwong]

250s will definately reach that low

 

[somdinwong]

i think you just have to be on top of bulb changes like every 8 to 10 months and no longer

 

[NaClH2Opgh]

I have (2) 250w 14k phoenix on my 75 and with my ghetto canopy the lights are 28-29" off the bottom. I have no issues at all. As far as changing the bulbs, it depends how long you run them. I run mine 5 hours a day and these current bulbs are about 15 months old. I have not seen any drop off in growth or algae outbreaks. I have new bulbs coming that I will change out next month.

 

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New Pictures of everything. Picked up an RBTA (secondary tank below the display) from James and he threw in a 20k bulb. I'm much happier with the look of everything since this tank doesn't have actinic supplementation. We'll see how the growth and everything does and if it colors up. I'm hoping it will.

Tank and stand. This really shows the effect I was going for when I designed this system.

Full Tank Shot:

LPS:
War Coral won in the auction at the last meeting. Thanks so much to the guy who donated it, our club wouldn't be the same without so many dedicated and awesome members.

Frogspawn:

Hammer:

 

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LPS: Continued

Duncans: Acquired from Roland in a trade. Micromussa in the background.

Acans and Open Tiger Brain:

These are a rescue project from TJ...They're Rainbows that are finally starting to get their color back. You can see a few spots of green starting to come through. Really excited to see them once they make their full recovery.

Red stripe acans on bottom right started as 4 polyp frag about 4 months ago.

 

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SPS:

ATL Pink Sanddollar, and a frag of Garf Bonsai I got from Roland that's starting to recover colors.

Green Hydnophorna

ORA Green Pocillipora

Blue tipped green stag (sorta browning out) with my ATL Pink Lemonaid on the left (doing great) that I got as only the encrusted rock and a 1/4" nub when Jon took down his tank.

Tubbs Blues

 

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General shots:

 

[vr697getta]

wow looks great

 

[Mitsuko]

Nice man...an inspiration. I love the cube tanks.

 

[cloakerpoked]

Thanks guys. I'm really happy with how everything is looking, and am really excited to see it all grow out some.

 

[jamesd74]

glad to see that you like the bulb

 

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Got a lot better pictures using a much higher resolution camera...figured I'd share some of the best ones with you guys.

 

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[Misled]

Looking really good. Which Bobblehead is that in front of the tank?????

 

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I think its a Christmas Ornament actually...some porcelain Santa Clause from Germany in 1909 or something or other...I doubt me or my wife knows where it came from, but it sat there this Christmas.