Fish's 2 gallon cube part 2

[deacon hemp]

I figured i should start a thread for this tank as its pretty unique.Fish sold me his 2 gal starphire cube months ago and it took me a while to come up with something cool for it.

A tank from nano-reef dot com truely inspired me with the design (i pretty much copied him LOL) but i had never seen a tank of this design.Its basically a top down clam tank that overflows itself,however mine will be BB and house sps only.The pics of pandabehrs clam tank are sweet,you can see perfectly through the waterfalling sides.

I want this tank to be as automated as possible as its gonna have terrible evaporation,and maybe heat issues aswell.I still need to spend a bunch of money for some cool gadgets.The livestock will be a mix of killer encrusting montis,acros,ect. and a little anemone shrimp.

The specs....
2 gallon starphire cube
mag 2 return (might throw a scwd on there)
coralife super skimmer 65
heater-doubt i'll need one,but i have plenty
5 gal rubbermaid sump,untill my custom acrylic is finished
175w 14k MH in a VHO mini pendant
I might run an ice probe chiller?
things i need are a double dosing pump,a tunze osmolater,american dj power strip,maybe a few more goodies.
my flow will be controlled but able to run 100x turnover,and lighting will be 88 watts per gallon! LOL and skimmer rated 35x bigger than my tank.

 

[duec22]

can I ask just where do you think you are going to attach this:
coralife super skimmer 65
I can't really tell if the drawer for the sump is big enough. The zero edge idea is really cool for a nano though. We have a vendor that is bring a larger zero edge tank to the WMC to show his stuff off in.

 

[deacon hemp]

Yup dude it fit inside the nightstand.

 

[Milleme]

THis is gonna be thug' dude.

 

[deacon hemp]

Hells Geah
EDIT: oh heres a pic of the check valve,im sure you can find one in TX. as im across the continent! LOL

 

[Milleme]

o didnt see that, cool.

 

[dmiles11]

deacon hemp where do you do most of your shopping for live stock? I live in white rock.

 

[deacon hemp]

Dmiles theres plenty of local reefers to trade/buy from,and of course the best local shop ocean aquatics in ladner/delta.If you havent been to OA i'd definetly go check it,its amazing!.

 

[duec22]

Wow, it fits....now that is going to be one clean tank...

 

[dmiles11]

I have been there many times. Do you work there?

 

[deacon hemp]

I got all the plumbing parts/adapters i need to fire this thing up.I am still waiting on my acrylic guy to bring over the inside peice to the tray and then i have to wait for it to dry,but all in all im ready.I am also going to get rid of the ugly rubbermaid sump and have him make an acrylic one so i can run baffles and have a filter sock holder.Please ppl critque this setup,i need input.Is anyone else running a zero edge tank out there?

Dmiles....No i dont work at OA,but ive known wendell since he went public and we are good friends.I support his shop.Do you keep sps?

 

[dmiles11]

No not im my tank. I only have lps and some softies under 96watts pc's.

 

[deacon hemp]

Ive got more work done on this project in the last 2 days as i have in the previous month.Boring quick shot of my return dry fitted.

 

[alien9168]

Looks cool. I cant wait to see the final result. This sort of resembles another tank I am reading, you may want to check it out. Look at the thread on the 11' nightstand cube