60 Gallon Cube Build

[ReefCube]

another cube! hehe

[vman181]

How do you plan on keeping the foam from floating? I've seen others use LR set in the foam to help.

[vman181]

Never mind I just read the link you placed in the earlier post and noticed how you have it secured to the back glass.

[devonian]

wow, looks awesome, cant wait to see more pics!

[Mr_Cool]

I got water in the tank this past weekend. But, I caught the flu bug and have been out of commission since Monday morning. I'm feeling much better now, so I took some pics. I still have some work to do, but at least I got those Rubbermaid tubs out of the kitchen!

I had quite a bit of die-off from the zoas and Kenya tree that seemed to cover my rock in the old tank. I used all of the water from the two tubs, and added another 30 gallons or so of newly mixed saltwater. With that, my Nitrates are up at about 20-25 ppm. Certainly not good, but actually that's better than I thought. Ph is at 8.3 and there are no signs of ammonia at all.

The thing that's really got me is the water temp. It's sitting at 83 degrees right now. I don't have a heater running. The Mag 9.5 is running externally. I have the skimmer in the sump and two power heads in the main tank. I wouldn't think that submersed pumps would give off that much heat. The only light is just a cheap, normal output fluorescent lamp that you get when you buy a new 10 or 20 gallon tank. I only have it on there to hold off my anemone until I can get my t-5's running.

Of course, I have been thinking about picking up one of the many 150 watt halides that have been for sale lately. But, If I'm having heat issues now, what's going to happen then?

[Mr_Cool]

Here's a few more shots.

I've got a SCWD running on the return plumbing. It switches every 5-6 seconds. The plumbing runs behind the foam and under the sand. The left return line goes to the back of the tank where it then tee's off: one bounces off the back of the tank and goes to the left, the other bounces off the right side of the tank. The right return goes toward the front of the tank and it tee's off, too. One goes to the front left corner of the tank, and the other bounces off the right side toward the back. I think I'm going to put some type of nozzle to increase the water velocity coming out. (Would penductors do this?)

Any thoughts would be appreciated. (Just don't make me spend too much more on this!)

[rockmp]

would the Mag cause that much heat in there?

[Mr_Cool]

Even if the Mag was in the sump, I wouldn't think it would cause that much heat. But, it's plumbed externally. That little fluorescent light is running pretty hot, though. I'm going to turn it off now, and check the temp in the morning. This should tell me something.

[carlinsa]

tank looks good. i would like to have a cube too one day. just not sure when i wll do one