Mattyice 240G cube - Complete reef setup

[lilchris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10891629#post10891629 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clamdigr
GSMguy - here ya go...

I showed my wife this and told her that is the I want my setup to look when I retire. She really likes it, so that is a plus. Great tank sir. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[mattyice]

well after looking at things some more it looks like it will be fine and i can get it up and going

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10893164#post10893164 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattyice
well after looking at things some more it looks like it will be fine and i can get it up and going

good, i was going to get the whip out.:lol:

 

[mattyice]

haha yeah dont worry its getting setup now, but what i really need is either someone to buy my 125G, to buy fish from me, to buy coral from me, to buy frag plugs from me, or to buy metal halide spot lights off of me

 

[GSMguy]

sell your neon, i think i could get a trade organized your neon for a Gross of Cracker jacks.

 

[mattyice]

that is not even funny...i will just race people for money..."Come on its just a neon with a shiney grill" lol

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10893383#post10893383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattyice
that is not even funny...i will just race people for money..."Come on its just a neon with a shiney grill" lol

you should race some amish people im sure you will get their pink slips

you just remember to stay away from my wagon you know WRX is teh fast3r wit AWD from a dig.

 

[mattyice]

haha maybe but with slicks and two-step launch control going on the car my 0-60 will be close to 3.0-3.5 flat

 

[mattyice]

well i have update pics of the tank as its being made, here are some pics of just the side walls of the tank glued together with the overflow sitting in place showing how it will look

 

[clamdigr]

Sweet!! Glad to here the build can continue!!


And thanks for the compliments..

 

[lilchris]

Awesome. I talked to James @ envision acrylics today and he quoted me on a 150 tank. Pretty good price I think that will be my next project around summer 08 . I will be following yours closely.

 

[lilchris]

^^

 

[speedstar]

These are popping up everywhere. I'm building the same size aswell.

Can;t wait to yours progress.

 

[mattyice]

i love this shape, it give me a ton of room to work with aquascaping and i cant wait to show you guys what i have planned, its going to be amazing and i dont mean to brag but it might be the best and most natural i have seen in a tank lol, i have been studying reef scape pictures for the passed two months getting ready for this tank and with the amazing rock that mark picked out for me its going to turn out awesome

 

[mattyice]

updated pics

temporary skimmer setup

Skimate after only 5 minutes (not even through the break in period yet)

the GEO shelf

a close up of the GEO624 calcium reactor (thats over 16 lbs of media in there)

all i have left to do is fill the CO2 tank, move the frag tank and ACIII down to the tank room, waiting to get my bulk orders of carbon, phosphate media, kalkwasser powder, and magnesium suppliments, setup the litermeter, and plumb the tank

 

[mattyice]

here are tank pics

the tank will be here next week!

not too much left to do, just have to get the stand made and the the skin for it, also create the aquascaping, shouldnt be too hard

 

[FUA]

very interesting build. love the dimensions of the tank. should be fun when aquascaping to work with all that room!!!

 

[Bax]

I want a dart driven skimmer sooooo bad!

 

[mattyice]

its creating a head with nothing in the tank besides live rock, it is most likely the best purchase i have made so far

 

[FUA]

just a question on water flow in this type of tank. with the two islands one sps and one lps how do you balance the flow to keep both groups happy. Do you aim more flow at the sps island and hope it is not too much for the lps. Or is the flow pretty much the same for the whole tank.