My 112G Cube Build Thread. I'm baaaaaaack!!

[solitude127]

Let me help you out. For some reason, you can't see the pics in your post

What's inside the electrical panel.

Side shot with the side panels.

Other side.

 

[xxvietxjustinxx]

Looks good!!

 

[MrSandman]

Thanks Mike. Posted that one with Tapatalk on my phone.

 

[solitude127]

Thanks Mike. Posted that one with Tapatalk on my phone.

For some reason, tapatalk with pictures usually don't show when using a browser.

What kind of sand are you using? Is the Herbie pretty quiet for you?

 

[MrSandman]

For some reason, tapatalk with pictures usually don't show when using a browser.

What kind of sand are you using? Is the Herbie pretty quiet for you?

I'm using some caribsea sand I got from Jim's. It's a little smaller than uncooked rice.

Herbie is dead silent.

 

[Maximus]

Hey Ramon, nice setup dude! Mine is going to look very similar as I went with Cerameco Vida rocks too.

 

[cali_reef]

I like the cabinet, very modern looking.

 

[sahin]

What's inside the electrical panel.

Side shot with the side panels.

Other side.

Looking awesome!

 

[sahin]

Just a quick tip for you since we both have the exact same fixture:

To fix the sagging acrylic, i cooked up these contraptions:

Cut up battery cover.

And for the other side: I cut up an old Iphone 4 cover:

 

[reelfishy]

Hot dangit! Love the dimensions and aquascape.

 

[Leanan]

Awesome tank! I'm thinking of getting the same size tank, so it'll be interesting to see how this looks with fish and corals Are you going with a mixed reef?

 

[RileyLAFD]

Very nice

 

[MrSandman]

Just a quick tip for you since we both have the exact same fixture:

To fix the sagging acrylic, i cooked up these contraptions:

Cut up battery cover.

And for the other side: I cut up an old Iphone 4 cover:

Thanks for the tip. I have some acrylic sheet in the garage and a heat gun so I'll try to make these myself. This is obviously a design flaw that has been in existence for quite some time with these fixtures. Makes me wonder why ATI never fixes it. It's probably only pennies to fix for them.

 

[MrSandman]

Awesome tank! I'm thinking of getting the same size tank, so it'll be interesting to see how this looks with fish and corals Are you going with a mixed reef?

Thanks for the comments everyone. Yes I am going with a mixed reef but primarily SPS. I love the dimensions so far. Will be slowly stocking it over the next week or 2 starting with some stuff from Shirley.

 

[bullitr]

we get a lot of corals from shirley…lol

 

[MrSandman]

Short update. Slowly stocking the tank up with frags. Got a handful of SPS, LPS and zoa frags from both Shirley and Brian.

Also got a pair of percula clowns from Lawrence.

Thanks for hookin' me up!

Hooked up the 2-part dosers last weekend and everything has been testing spot on.

Now i'm in search of a rainbow BTA for the clowns. If anyone has one available, please let me know!!

 

[bullitr]

I did know your looking for rainbow anemone too, I could have send some too
But try to get one from Carl ( Reefski ) his OG rose is bright.
I got one my OG rose from my friend officer oscar, his was incredibly bright.

If you want true rainbow try Shirley, she might have a clone its very bright too.
It was a bright yellow with neon green based in my tank but morph in her tank to 5 colors
Yellow, orange, red and pinkish color with greenish base at least from the last time I saw it.

 

[ianmcalpin]

Look really nice beside the electrical lol so crammed in their and wires all over the place but besides that the build looks sweet

 

[MrSandman]

Ok. Another late update.

Last Saturday Pierce contacted me and asked if i wanted any frags. Not being one to refuse frags I told him i would be over later in the day. A couple hours later i found myself walking out of his house with 27 frags. :lol:
I spent the next hour at home gluing everything down.
Its been almost 1 week and everything is looking great. Amazing polyp extension and colors have not shifted one bit.

Oh yeah, I also happened to see an ATB 840 V2 skimmer in his garage not being used so i picked that up as well for an amazing deal.
The next morning i pulled out the new skimmer and began putting it together. When i fired it up, it seemed to chatter a little bit with the Sicce PSK1000 pump. I took apart the pump and noticed that one of the ceramic bearings was cracked and a piece missing. I promptly contacted ATB support (Chad) and he sent me out a replacement piece the same day for no charge. The next day the piece came in the mail (he is local to me, thankfully) and i'm happy to say that i'm a proud owner of an awesome ATB skimmer.
Thanks to Chad for the amazing ATB customer service. In case anyone doubted ATB's customer service in the last few months, I wouldn't. Sounds like their reputation for customer service will not skip a beat.

On Monday i also picked up a rainbow BTA from a local reefer. As soon as i placed him into the tank the clowns took to it immediately.

So far so good. The tank is slowly filling in and i know its just a matter of time before i have to start tossing or giving away frags again to return the good reefer karma.

I'll post some pics shortly.

 

[bullitr]

Very nice