show me your CUBE!!!

[Lunchbucket]

cheeks69 - sweet looking tank!!

Triterium - WOW that is some SERIOUS light!!!

Lunchbucket

 

[tstone]

cheeks69 - sweet looking tank!!

Triterium - WOW that is some SERIOUS light!!!

Lunchbucket

Lunch
You are in that same serious league.

58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (400w 20k XM and 400w 10k Ushio MH)

Sweet

 

[Lunchbucket]

yeah but i haven't run the 10k yet. my sps went to crap so i didn't get a chance to run it..once i get all straightened out i will run them both mostly the 10k for at MAX 4hrs for sort of a "high noon" effect

Lunchbucket

 

[Triterium]

Hey Lunch, I love the way you split the reflector so you could mount the bulbs near each other.

My 12,500k Helios is more like 8-10,000k and EXTREMELY bright. I have had 10k bulbs before, but this one blows them out of the water! The 250watt is pretty bright, but its hard to tell its even on when the 400watt is running.

 

[Lunchbucket]

Trit - thanks...it made it easy to "blend" lights w/out having a noticable difference in the tank.

Lunchbucket

 

[PaintGuru]

Update of mine:

 

[tstone]

Here is mine under construction. 24 x 24 x 30

Here it is just before water.

I'll take some more pics later now that is cycled and there are a couple frags

 

[tstone]

Gotta try that again they are to small.

 

[corro]

tstone: I like it ... Why did you decide to go so tall?

 

[tstone]

It was custom ordered by somebody and then never picked up from the builder so I got it pretty cheap. It is 3/4" acrylic.

I would have preferred it to be 30 X 30 X 30 It would not appear to be so tall then.

It originally had a center overflow that was never drilled. I removed the center overflow and then drilled the back for OM closed loop and two 1 1/2 overflows.

 

[corro]

what are you doing for lighting?

 

[tstone]

Right now it is just a single 400watt 20K pendant.

I want to add a couple T-5 for actinic to do the dawn and dusk effect.

I will probably have to build a canopy as the stray light in the living room is a little much right now.

 

[arcab4]

Here is my cube. 36x30x24 that i finally just set up. single 400watt 20K Radium.

aquascaping for a cube is much more difficult but alot more interesting to do.

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/7151IMG_7774.jpg">

 

[tstone]

arcab4
I like your canopy/pendant. Is it made of wood? I was going to make a canopy that sat on top of the tank but I like yours better.

Looks like easier access to the top of the tank for feeding fish etc.

 

[arcab4]

it's a wood canopy. i'm using a special reflector b/c i wanted to use only one bulb and wanted to make sure it had minimal dead spots. from the looks of it, there are no dead spots at all so i'm pretty stoked about that. i was a bit off on hooking up the canopy to the ceiling so right now i have to use those 3 bulkheads to balance it correctly. heh.

the tank plus stand is pretty tall so i have to use a stool to get up there. then i just wear those shoulder length gloves to reach down. stay nice and dry. but having an open top makes it sooo much easier to move and aquascape.

 

[tstone]

I am going to do the same thing less the bulkhead balance.

I also need a stool to reach the bottom.

 

[tstone]

I took a couple shots tonight with water and tank cycled.

There are more in my gallery

 

[this is me]

Hey marvin!
your tank is looking good!
here my 37 "cubish"

 

[Purple Haze]

Nice brewsky

 

[tstone]

Hey marvin!
your tank is looking good!
here my 37 "cubish"

Yours is looking shweet also!

Nice brewsky

Yeah and its mate is tasting pretty good also.

Heres to the cubers!