d2mini's 130g Rimless Cube

[James404]

Tank is looking nice and mature Dennis, good job!

 

[jpatrician]

Really nice!!

 

[d2mini]

Thanks!

 

[thewire]

man that's a nice tank and nice house...you made me sad..looking at my rowhome....i hate Maryland!

 

[Hungriee]

those are some nice purple rocks! dose anything in particular to get that purple coraline?

great tank!!

 

[d2mini]

haha, thanks guys.

I haven't done anything special to get the coraline, not that I know of anyway. I do dose 2 part so the tank is getting calcium. Also, the new bulb i just put in, the Geismann Coral, seemed to bring out the purples a bit. Also, i think there is more purple along the outside of the tank where there is less light.

 

[nitr8]

glass

glass

I noticed your tank is made out of 1/2'' thick glass. I'm actually having the same tank built through Miracles Aquariums and they wouldn't build my tank with 1/2'' glass because I have (2) Vortech power heads. I see you also have (2) Vortech power heads. Any issue with the glass bowing? Not really a big deal though. Derek at Miracles said the clarity difference between 1/2'' and 3/4'' thick glass is only .5%. Only real major difference is the weight. Is the bottom of your tank tempered?

I also sent you a PM regarding your stand.

 

[d2mini]

I have 1/2" thick sides, and a 3/4" bottom.
Haven't noticed any issues. The vortechs are not creating any waves and they are not turned up high. As it is I already have trouble keeping sand in that front corner.

 

[sharks_heed]

Enjoyed reading through the thread, what a build! Think I'm going to copy a lot of your ideas! However couple of questions, you have mentioned in your thread that you had to disconnect the controls to get them down the dry wire pipe and I wondered why you didn't just drill a hole in the bottom of the dry dock using this for all wire as well? With 2 vortech pump at the same side can you still get enough flow around the tank, can you genarate a wave simplar to this clip? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvgboXqjvj4&NR=1 do you think a mp60 would be too much?

thanks

 

[d2mini]

Enjoyed reading through the thread, what a build!

Thanks!

you have mentioned in your thread that you had to disconnect the controls to get them down the dry wire pipe and I wondered why you didn't just drill a hole in the bottom of the dry dock using this for all wire as well?

Good question. Maybe the tank builder was worried about a possible leak into the dry dock emptying the tank. I'd rather have a burnt out Vortech than a flooded living room. Maybe there wasn't room/spacing for the additional hole. Or maybe he just didn't think about it. Not sure.

With 2 vortech pump at the same side can you still get enough flow around the tank, can you genarate a wave simplar to this clip?

Plenty of flow throughout the tank. I like that i have high flow in the center and less around the sides. Gives me lots of options for coral placement. I have not generated any waves.

do you think a mp60 would be too much?

I have my two MP40w's turned down quite a bit and still have my heavy gulf sand moving around in that front corner.

thanks

NP.

 

[theyammieguy]

I haven't been here in about 7-8 months.

Tank looks great.

 

[summitwynds]

Stand details

Stand details

Did you use any particular type of paint for the inside of the stand? I might have missed the answer in this thread.

 

[sclaussen]

Brilliant Shot

Brilliant Shot

Bravo Dennis, brilliant shot! Ricordea make great subjects don't they.

Thanks again for the detailed information on the water change system, it was very useful.

Shane

 

[sclaussen]

Nature at its best.

Shane

 

[d2mini]

Thanks guys!

Did you use any particular type of paint for the inside of the stand? I might have missed the answer in this thread.

My stand builder painted the inside. I don't know what he used.

 

[kgk]

Tank is looking great man.

 

[Corsec]

Beautiful tank! I am in the process of purchasing equipment to rebuild the tank I lost two years ago when we got hammered by ice and lost electric for two weeks. The tank was good then, bare bottomed with a very nice elevated reef that was just starting to mature. Took me two years to get the energy back to do it all again anyway I wil be making a bunch of changes to the system and I was curious if you would recommend the fuge again? Have you noticed much benefit, are you harvesting alot from the macro? My tank is a 150 with a 55g sump that I am going to rebuid and I am just going through the design process now. Thanks for your input and THANKS for all the great photos! Best of luck.

 

[d2mini]

Beautiful tank! I am in the process of purchasing equipment to rebuild the tank I lost two years ago when we got hammered by ice and lost electric for two weeks. The tank was good then, bare bottomed with a very nice elevated reef that was just starting to mature. Took me two years to get the energy back to do it all again anyway I wil be making a bunch of changes to the system and I was curious if you would recommend the fuge again? Have you noticed much benefit, are you harvesting alot from the macro? My tank is a 150 with a 55g sump that I am going to rebuid and I am just going through the design process now. Thanks for your input and THANKS for all the great photos! Best of luck.

Ya, I would totally do a fuge again. Great place for raising pods. My cheato grows pretty good. I trim it back every few months right now but it gets some red algae on top so i try to rotate it but may have to start trimming it back more often. Good luck with your new build!

 

[d2mini]

Ok, here's the new couple (she looks preggo)... and a few other random pics.
So far the clowns have not hosted my giant Ritteri Anemone which is a little disappointing. I'm hoping they come around to it soon. It's been almost a week, but it took my clown in my nano a couple weeks to decide to hose the torch coral i put in there for him.

 

[sahin]

Looking good. I like how your tank looks VERY natural. How about a FTS? Thanks.