DIY 45 gallon cube build

[cpt.]

45 gallon acrylic cube 21"wx21"wx25"t
work in progress
need to polish interior walls
bond top and base plates to 1/4" square heat formed acrylic walls
drill intake and outlet holes
assemble plumbing

 

[cpt.]

Its been a while but got things up and running.
center pillar overflow and return line with live and dry rock and assorted corals.
pretty pleased with the outcome

what you all think

 

[dc]

I removed your duplicates for you. You had 2 https:// in the links.

 

[ThisGuy12]

It's nice, concept looks good, if you covered up the plumbing a bit more personally I think it would only enhance the look of it. 4 side viewing is awesome! too bad you couldn't hide the powerhead cords down the central overflow or down a secondary "electrical" pipe of sort to really make it all hidden.

I like it! Great job.

 

[cpt.]

yea potentially I left room for addition possible colonized live rock or other but thanks its been a fun process

 

[cpt.]

tank lid and center overflow

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update shotss

 

[ThisGuy12]

Very nice! How long has your tank been up and running for?

 

[cpt.]

Very nice! How long has your tank been up and running for?

about 4 months, I upgraded from my 20 extra tall. most of the rock and corals came form the 20 gallon.

 

[ThisGuy12]

Cool! Keep the pictures coming. You should consider building tanks to order, the craftsmanship is almost flawless from what the pictures show.

 

[cpt.]

Cool! Keep the pictures coming. You should consider building tanks to order, the craftsmanship is almost flawless from what the pictures show.

well thanks, I really enjoy working with acrylic.

 

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snail cleaning floor

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snail cleaning lid

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[ThisGuy12]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing. I just introduced some snails to my system, those buggers are having a hayday!

 

[cpt.]

update pics, pleased with the progression of this setup

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[PeterHall]

What grit do you use to polish the inside with?

 

[ThisGuy12]

Great looking coralline already, wow.

 

[cpt.]

What grit do you use to polish the inside with?

a progression from 15mic, 9mic, 3mic, then slurry and buffing wheel final polish

 

[cpt.]

Great looking coralline already, wow.

thanks I actually noticed new coralline within a month or so of initial setup, now I have some spots that my mag-pad cant buff off, in the corners

 

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blue light fun

 

[ThisGuy12]

Nice looking polyps. I too had coralline blooming within my second month the tank was running.

Keep updating, tank looks great!