Jason's 29g Biocube.
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flyweed1970
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wow, awesome looking corals! I am just setting up my 12 gal nano tonight..and hope it looks like this one day!! Great job.
I need a place to grow frags and run my new skimmer. I decided to build a sump myself. This is my first acrylic build. My weld on 4 and supplies will be next week. Today I cut the acrylic and laid it out how I think I'm going have it.
The back left will be my skimmer chamber and the back right will be my return section and ATO. The large front section will be half fuge and half frag tank. I've got a rapid led par 38 for my grow bulb for the frags. More to come once some more stuff arrives.
I have to still decide if I'm going to drill the back of the BC or if I'm going to go HOB with aqua lifter pimp. I'm leaning towards drilling.
Cheers all
Jason.
The back left will be my skimmer chamber and the back right will be my return section and ATO. The large front section will be half fuge and half frag tank. I've got a rapid led par 38 for my grow bulb for the frags. More to come once some more stuff arrives.
I have to still decide if I'm going to drill the back of the BC or if I'm going to go HOB with aqua lifter pimp. I'm leaning towards drilling.
Cheers all
Jason.
New skimmer came in today. I'll get pictures of it up after work. It's a cone skimmer that was only $70 shipped to my door! The build on this thing is nice!
I ordered the nano overflow kit from glass-holes.com as well as some 1/2 lock like for the stock returne. I'll be drilling this tank without draining it so wish me luck. If i break it, i'll just buy another one. This one has a few scratches in the glass so i don't care if I have to buy another. While i'm drilling i'll be spraying with a spray bottle to keep things cool and lubed. That will take place this weekend. I can't wait to get the sump up and running so i can clean out my DT of frags and corals I grow out to frag.
Cheers
Jason
I ordered the nano overflow kit from glass-holes.com as well as some 1/2 lock like for the stock returne. I'll be drilling this tank without draining it so wish me luck. If i break it, i'll just buy another one. This one has a few scratches in the glass so i don't care if I have to buy another. While i'm drilling i'll be spraying with a spray bottle to keep things cool and lubed. That will take place this weekend. I can't wait to get the sump up and running so i can clean out my DT of frags and corals I grow out to frag.
Cheers
Jason
I just bought a new Dewalt cordless drill with a clutch for drilling. I slid the tank away from the wall, drained about 5g out of it, and drilled it while spraying the bit with a spray bottle filled with water. Took about 5 min tops.
Very easy to do. My class holes super nano overflow is installed and awaiting further plumbing. No Weldon yet so the sump is on standby. I may be able to get to it tomorrow.
Cheers
Jason
Oh, i'll get some pics up as soon as I can.
Very easy to do. My class holes super nano overflow is installed and awaiting further plumbing. No Weldon yet so the sump is on standby. I may be able to get to it tomorrow.
Cheers
Jason
Oh, i'll get some pics up as soon as I can.
Sump
Sump
Sump is coming along nicely. Worki g on plumbing tonight.
Corals came in from Pacific East Aquaculture. Very happy with them.
My elegance doing very well. Had him for three weeks so far
And some other acans of mine
FTS
The glass I removed for the overflow
Sump
Sump is coming along nicely. Worki g on plumbing tonight.
Corals came in from Pacific East Aquaculture. Very happy with them.
My elegance doing very well. Had him for three weeks so far
And some other acans of mine
FTS
The glass I removed for the overflow
clownfish14
New member
Very nice!
Updated pics from today
Quad ATO....that's right, quad switches. I dose Kalkwasser for top off water and I don't want it to over dose. I also have it controlled by PH. If PH gets abov 8.35 my top off pump is shut off.
Manifold to run reactors, help with water changes, or for flow in the sump.
This is the drain to the sump. The black bulbhead is tied into the gl*******s nano overflow.
This is the pressure plumbing.
Quad ATO....that's right, quad switches. I dose Kalkwasser for top off water and I don't want it to over dose. I also have it controlled by PH. If PH gets abov 8.35 my top off pump is shut off.
Manifold to run reactors, help with water changes, or for flow in the sump.
This is the drain to the sump. The black bulbhead is tied into the gl*******s nano overflow.
This is the pressure plumbing.
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Just an update. I'm goin to be running a calcium reactor on the BC soon. I miss the added strontium and trace elements you get with running one. I ordered a octopus 70CR reactor, aquariumPlant digital co2 regulator, arm extra course media, a bag of zeomag to add to the reaction chamber, a 5lb co2 tank, and an extra SL1 with pinpoint salinity probe to monitor the reaction chamber ph and controll if necessary.
My 29g nano gets more love than my 120g Sps tank ever did. Lol.
My 29g nano gets more love than my 120g Sps tank ever did. Lol.
