60 gallon cube build

[ryanmell]

I picked up a 60 gallon cube complete setup, tank,stand,sump which I am not going to use. an eshopps psk-75 skimmer that I will run for a little while and apollo solarblast led fixture which I am also going to run for a while till I decide on a different fixture. I am going to try to remember to update this thread to see my progress overtime so here are some pics

 

[ryanmell]

So I didn't like the sump the baffles are acrylic with silicone that isn't even sealed so I am scrapping that so I bought a new 20 gallon tall tank at petco dollar a gallon I couldn't go wrong for now

 

[rams]

Good luck with your build. That is a fun tank to dial in. But once you do... one of my favorites to view.

 

[oshanickreef]

I used to have this tank. I loved it. you shoul dget a bunch of tonga and make the sickest scape ever! thats my regret with my last tank.

 

[ryanmell]

So Tonight I played around with some dryrock trying to figure out an aquascape I am still working on it though and I also started to repaint the stand

 

[mullin22]

Looking good. Really like the look of the cubes.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Rock scape looks good!

 

[ryanmell]

So the last few days I have been playing around with aquascape got that done, worked on painting the stand some more almost done with that, bought the plumbing but haven't done anything with that yet, so heres the scape then I gave it a 30 min acid wash cleaned up nice, Now I am trying to decide if I should spray paint the back or put window tint on it

 

[Pife]

I rolled on paint it was super easy. Way easier than spray painting imho.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Sprayed mine with epoxy paint. Black.

 

[ryanmell]

So tonight I listened to pife and just rolled paint on the back since it was such a small area it was super easy. I also got some glass cut today and started to build my sump, I am going to have 3 sections in chamber, skimmer chamber, and return section. It is going to be tight because I want to get a jebao return pump and am looking at the Skimz SN123 skimmer but I think it will work. need to finish sump and do plumbing but I would like to get this wet this weekend.

 

[ryanmell]

tonight I got my 29 gal nano moved by removing 5 gal of water and throwing some supersliders under it,seemed unsafe but it worked out alright. I brought the stand up and it looks like a good size for the corner. Got the sump done and water tested. I look to be on schdule for getting it wet this weekend. Tomorrow I am going to do the plumbing

 

[Pife]

Looks good. Keep it up.

 

[oshanickreef]

Be careful with that smart ATO. I had major issues with it. It kept beeping and it would drain all of my ATO into my tank repeatedly

 

[_E_]

Looking good and moving quick.

 

[ryanmell]

tonight I plumbed the tank and I like it I think it should be a quiet tank hopefully. Sump is done and I am starting to make ro to get this thing wet hopefully on Sat.

 

[Pife]

Is your plumbing supported in any way? (other than the Bulkhead)

 

[ryanmell]

No not yet I haven't got everything glued yet

 

[ryanmell]

alright I am totally thinking about a redo on the pluming because it is going to be to hard to put any type of pipe support on the pvc, so now I am thinking about using some pvc flex tubing or something else any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[Pife]

I would get rid of the check valve on the drain and put a union ball valve or gate valve on it instead of that really hard to turn one that you have on there.