60g frameless cube build

[Pdandy]

Got my power strips and temperature controller installed in the stand



Also cut some eggcrate for the base of my rock work when the time comes

 

[Pdandy]

Plumbing time! Just need a couple elbows, a gate valve, and a ball valve and she'll be alive!

 

[22engine]

Awesome. I just picked up a perfect condition SWC 160 locally for more than 100 off new. Sump arrives tomorrow. I just did some of my plumbing. I added a check valve for the return so no back siphon is power is lost.

11 bucks on amazon.

 

[Pdandy]

Awesome. I just picked up a perfect condition SWC 160 locally for more than 100 off new. Sump arrives tomorrow. I just did some of my plumbing. I added a check valve for the return so no back siphon is power is lost.
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11 bucks on amazon.

Nice. I just run a siphon break hole on my return. You'll love the swc160!

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Awesome. I just picked up a perfect condition SWC 160 locally for more than 100 off new. Sump arrives tomorrow. I just did some of my plumbing. I added a check valve for the return so no back siphon is power is lost.
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11 bucks on amazon.

remember on that check value you have to clean in often for it to work.

 

[Pdandy]

remember on that check value you have to clean in often for it to work.

^ That's why I don't use them.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

^ That's why I don't use them.

i think a lot of people are like that. usually they make sure they have enough room for all the water to drain into the sump.

 

[Pdandy]

Plumbing is all done!





She's alive!



Now to just let it run for a while.

 

[Pdandy]

The hard plumbed return was too noisy so I added a section of vinyl tubing. It helped a lot with vibration noise.



Here is the overflow. The bigger standpipe is the full siphon smaller is emergency drain. Still need some sort of cap for it to keep fish and snails out.

 

[Pdandy]

Let the cycling begin! Excuse the cloudy water, the sand hasn't quite settled yet.

 

[Wijnand]

Hello
I am from Holland
How thick is your cube tank
The say to me At least 12mm rimless , i want to build the Same size as you have

 

[Pdandy]

Hello
I am from Holland
How thick is your cube tank
The say to me At least 12mm rimless , i want to build the Same size as you have

3/8" (10mm I think)

 

[Pdandy]

2 weeks into the cycle. I've got hair algae. A small diatom bloom. Purple, red, and green coralline. Brittle and Astrea starfish. Colonista snails. Feather dusters. Amphipods and copepods all over the place. I've seen a couple bristle worms too.



Sump

 

[savageAJC]

Any updates? I just picked up the 45g frameless

 

[Pdandy]

 

[Pdandy]

 

[ClownsRCoo]

The hard plumbed return was too noisy so I added a section of vinyl tubing. It helped a lot with vibration noise.



Here is the overflow. The bigger standpipe is the full siphon smaller is emergency drain. Still need some sort of cap for it to keep fish and snails out.

I used these for my drain pipes. They work great.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulkhead-overflow-strainers-1.html

 

[Zacktosterone]

the rock work would be better if you used epoxy and took it off of the back wall. you could make some awesome structures

 

[terry4505]

I agree, I'd get the rocks away from the back wall.

 

[jh112]

Very nice tank.