Planning a 12'' ADA Cube

[erikharrison]

you could do the first mini calfo

[copperband]

whats a calfo

[lhoy]

An overflow that runs the entire length of the back and usually only a few inches deep depending on tank size.

Lee

[copperband]

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[versach000]

I have always wanted to do a 12" ADA cube, glad someone is doing one!
As Ross said, drilling it and adding a sump will make it a lot more stable and give you more options as to how you want to filter it.
Lighting is going to be the trickiest part since you only have 12" to work with.

I want see your ADA tank pic..


And want see nick021892 tank too.

[caferacermike]

If it were my tank I'd never use a clamp on halide. I'd instead find a very decorative 70w halide pendant that you could hang from the ceiling with very thin thin stainless steel wire. I've been running fixtures like that for years and it looks so much classier than a big hunk of plastic. Hello lights has been selling a very generic pendant for $29 that I think looks nicer than 90% of what is being sold for high dollar. The nice part is that you could find someone to make a custom cover for the pendant to change the look. Have an HVAC shop bend some copper sheets that will cover the outside of the pendant and just bolt the pendant directly to the cover. BAM artsy and classy. Easy to move, no bulk, raise and lower as needed. I've heard plenty of stories of clamp on lights being dropped into tanks.