trueblackpercula
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One of the best I have seen tell us more please
show me your CUBE!!!
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One of the best I have seen tell us more please
_dilly
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thanks!
i know the pic quality isn't great - that was about 2 months ago, i need to take some new ones. it's a 60g cube...technically not a true cube...24x28x20h - it has a 4" full length overflow so the tank space is 24x24x20. anyway-
this is my second round with this tank. i had it up for a few years and then took about 2 years off, restarted last june so i just hit the 1 year mark. none of the corals are that old though (i think the pink cap is oldest at maybe 9 months), when i started the tank i had a 18"x16"x12" massive pipe organ in it for the first 6 months that i caught a crazy deal on the week after i started my tank and figured it would be a nice seeder being as old and 'cavernous' as it was. i did get a 3" crab in it that was a pita to remove, and a giant polyclad flatworm i eventually caught using a filter sock, but it brought tons of good life. i started adding sps frags and i ended up getting bored with the pipe organ taking up all the real estate so at the start of 2014 i sold it and decided to focus on converting to zeovit and going mostly sps while upgrading/adding equipment. this is prob too much info but i'm bored today - right now i'm running -
-giesemann pendant w 250w mogul radium running off a 250w/400w switchable lumatek ballast and 4-24w t5s (2 coral plus, 2 blue plus) - this was an upgrade at that 6month mark. found a used rusted fixture and brought it back to life with new wiring and a new paint job
-2 tunzes (i forget the model) on the 7095 controller
-reef octopus dcs200 (probably a bit big for my tank but it gives me options to upgrade tank size later) with the neck cleaner and connected to the avast marine davy jones' locker modified with a pump to auto drain around 15oz/day down the sink drain and an overflow protection relay. relay plugged into a timer that kills skimmer power and restarts it every 3 hours. (i have noticed this is necessary to keep this skimmer consistent for whatever reason). i literally haven't touched my skimmer in 3 months, i just look at it to make sure nothing is out of whack.
-marine color doser / avast marine dosing barrels using brs 2 part and running zeostart3 on the 3rd line
-avast marine vibe for zeo rocks. sort of priceless to never have to do the zeo pull
-brs reactor for carbon. i use the seachem matrix round carbon
-airgas soda lime in a giant avast marine air reactor running to the skimmer intake to deal with high indoor co2 levels and keep ph where it should be. i leave the 2nd intake fully open on the skimmer silencer to reduce the soda lime saturation rate - otherwise it gets crazy expensive and i only sacrifice about .2ph - i get 8.0/8.25 night/day this way vs 8.45 full time closing the other intake hole vs 7.6 not using it at all
-i run one of the lines from my 6 stage ro unit directly to a float valve drilled and mounted in my sump above the water line. been running it this way over 10 years, never had a single issue.
i like automation. i just keep an eye on things and am usually good about preventing problems. that said, this tank is still young and still needs time. i will say, zeovit has really shown results. a few small bumps in the road, i did lose one coral for mysterious reasons, but i'm definitely sticking with it.
i use red sea salt (regular not rscp), and my numbers are:
ph-8.25
po4-6ppb or about .018ppm (hanna ulr)
alk-7.3dkh
ca-400ppm
mg-1275ppm
temp-81
sg-1.026
k-400ppm
i don't test nitrates or much else really
here's a thread i started when i picked up zeovit. a few things have changed, but still rolling
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2386921
equipment shot-
i know the pic quality isn't great - that was about 2 months ago, i need to take some new ones. it's a 60g cube...technically not a true cube...24x28x20h - it has a 4" full length overflow so the tank space is 24x24x20. anyway-
this is my second round with this tank. i had it up for a few years and then took about 2 years off, restarted last june so i just hit the 1 year mark. none of the corals are that old though (i think the pink cap is oldest at maybe 9 months), when i started the tank i had a 18"x16"x12" massive pipe organ in it for the first 6 months that i caught a crazy deal on the week after i started my tank and figured it would be a nice seeder being as old and 'cavernous' as it was. i did get a 3" crab in it that was a pita to remove, and a giant polyclad flatworm i eventually caught using a filter sock, but it brought tons of good life. i started adding sps frags and i ended up getting bored with the pipe organ taking up all the real estate so at the start of 2014 i sold it and decided to focus on converting to zeovit and going mostly sps while upgrading/adding equipment. this is prob too much info but i'm bored today - right now i'm running -
-giesemann pendant w 250w mogul radium running off a 250w/400w switchable lumatek ballast and 4-24w t5s (2 coral plus, 2 blue plus) - this was an upgrade at that 6month mark. found a used rusted fixture and brought it back to life with new wiring and a new paint job
-2 tunzes (i forget the model) on the 7095 controller
-reef octopus dcs200 (probably a bit big for my tank but it gives me options to upgrade tank size later) with the neck cleaner and connected to the avast marine davy jones' locker modified with a pump to auto drain around 15oz/day down the sink drain and an overflow protection relay. relay plugged into a timer that kills skimmer power and restarts it every 3 hours. (i have noticed this is necessary to keep this skimmer consistent for whatever reason). i literally haven't touched my skimmer in 3 months, i just look at it to make sure nothing is out of whack.
-marine color doser / avast marine dosing barrels using brs 2 part and running zeostart3 on the 3rd line
-avast marine vibe for zeo rocks. sort of priceless to never have to do the zeo pull
-brs reactor for carbon. i use the seachem matrix round carbon
-airgas soda lime in a giant avast marine air reactor running to the skimmer intake to deal with high indoor co2 levels and keep ph where it should be. i leave the 2nd intake fully open on the skimmer silencer to reduce the soda lime saturation rate - otherwise it gets crazy expensive and i only sacrifice about .2ph - i get 8.0/8.25 night/day this way vs 8.45 full time closing the other intake hole vs 7.6 not using it at all
-i run one of the lines from my 6 stage ro unit directly to a float valve drilled and mounted in my sump above the water line. been running it this way over 10 years, never had a single issue.
i like automation. i just keep an eye on things and am usually good about preventing problems. that said, this tank is still young and still needs time. i will say, zeovit has really shown results. a few small bumps in the road, i did lose one coral for mysterious reasons, but i'm definitely sticking with it.
i use red sea salt (regular not rscp), and my numbers are:
ph-8.25
po4-6ppb or about .018ppm (hanna ulr)
alk-7.3dkh
ca-400ppm
mg-1275ppm
temp-81
sg-1.026
k-400ppm
i don't test nitrates or much else really
here's a thread i started when i picked up zeovit. a few things have changed, but still rolling
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2386921
equipment shot-
Pny
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My tank does not contain as nice corals (yet), but I wanted to share a few photos of my reef cube anyway... 
More details in my thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2415768
216 liter reef cube.
Tank details.
Sump details.
More details in my thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2415768216 liter reef cube.
Tank details.
Sump details.
FishSticks86
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Mine when it was at it's peak. Then I had to move
tommyboynj
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Some great cubes. Heres mine. Transferring my existing 75 into this 93 marine land today. 75 sits where my wife wanted to put a piano. I wanted a larger tank. Worked out for everybody. Spent last night pulling all the coral of the rock work.
ReefzLover
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My 1 month old cube tank.
reefanatik
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Here is mine. Still needs more coral but it's getting there.
MarksReef
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No they don't. I had to drill my own because I had to have a center overflow for 3 sided view.
liven learn
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jessp
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Yeah, I want same 3 sided view. I'm probably gonna go with a SC aquarium since they are quite economical
reefanatik
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Mine is viewable from 3 sides and I love it. It does have the corner overflow that I can see the drains from but it doesn't bother me at all. Easy to see back there to make sure no fish or snails leaped to overflow.
