My Shallow Cube Build Thread

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12930009#post12930009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dillagas
you can click on my red house for my build though hasnt been updated in a few months but you can get an idea of the build.........

Liam, that is off the hook.

Incredible dollars at work there!

WOW

 

[dillagas]

The most recent shot I have.................

 

[dillagas]

Pics as requested

Pics as requested

Here are some updated shots of the tank............

 

[cham]

Looks great Liam!

 

[dillagas]

Thanks.......have you used that Two-part from bulk reef supply before?

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12948467#post12948467 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dillagas
Thanks.......have you used that Two-part from bulk reef supply before?

Yeah, same set up as my last system. Being dosed by my aquamedic twin doser.

 

[lovetoreef]

awesome pictures - love the rock work

2 parter here as well

 

[cham]

Thanks!

The water is getting a little bit clearer

 

[dillagas]

looking great........., I have been dosing ESV on a tripple doser but it is so expensive, i think I will try the bulk reefsupply and see how it goes.........Yeah it is a pretty good mix of dry rock from Marco Rocks and a few cherry picked pieces of Tonga I have a real nice top flat area for SPS and then a lot of shelves low for lps, tank has been up for like 4-5 months now and doing great.......any ideas what you are going to pt in the fuge.....just chaeto? or are you going to get some cooler showier macros? I need to set up my fuge and I want to get some cool macros.

 

[spleify]

Awesome job!! I really like the look of the new tank.

Thanks for sharing

Spleify

 

[143gadgets]

Looking good Cham!

 

[IridescentLily]

Wow, it's looking great!

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12949070#post12949070 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dillagas
looking great........., I have been dosing ESV on a tripple doser but it is so expensive, i think I will try the bulk reefsupply and see how it goes.........Yeah it is a pretty good mix of dry rock from Marco Rocks and a few cherry picked pieces of Tonga I have a real nice top flat area for SPS and then a lot of shelves low for lps, tank has been up for like 4-5 months now and doing great.......any ideas what you are going to pt in the fuge.....just chaeto? or are you going to get some cooler showier macros? I need to set up my fuge and I want to get some cool macros.

I've got some different kind of macros from Marcye. I'll take some pics and show you.


Loving your rockwork Liam

 

[Chrisrush]

Cham, on that last picture of your sump, what keeps the purple flow from going down the drain (emergency drain - green line)?

 

[cham]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12951837#post12951837 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chrisrush
Cham, on that last picture of your sump, what keeps the purple flow from going down the drain (emergency drain - green line)?

Gravity.

The side that goes to the tank has water standing in it. I allow a small slow trickle from the tank down that line to keep the water from going nasty.

The new waterchange water cannot go uphill.
What you can't see is that the line goes vertical right after that bend.

 

[Chrisrush]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12928810#post12928810 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cham
Almost 2,000 gph not enought for a 40g display?????
What do you have on your tank, a Mercury?

Drains are working great. As I anticipated, micro bubbles are the biggest issue. Filter sock fixes it but I'd like to find a way without them to eliminate that added maintenance if I can.

My fuge has WAY more flow ability than I'd ever want it to have. I have to keep the ball valve 3/4 closed to slow the water down enough. Keep in mind, the fuge drain is just a bulkhead at the bottom of my overflow box. There is no stand pipe.

Are you sure you will be getting 2000 gph out of the snapper?

And sorry for not remembering, but are you running a OM on the tank for random flow or just static outputs from the pump/

I have around 5500 gph in my 60 g cube, and sometimes I think that is not enough.

 

[b16drag]

Love your tank buddy!

 

[cham]

lol.
An unseen side effect to having my sump in the garage is some unexpected company.

I walked out to my garage this morning and found this making a B line for the first chamber in my sump. Apparently he was attracted to the sound of falling water (I know nothing about crayfish) because he headed straight for it. I've never had one in my garage before.

I do live on a lake that is full of them.

He was deperately trying to get into my sump.

 

[dillagas]

Thats crazy............

 

[Reeftanks6]

LOL thats amazing.