My 40 Cube Mixed Reef

[adolfo425]

Well I have finally come close to making this my final tank until i get a bigger place.


I found a 40 gallon cube tank with dimensions 24 by 24 by 16.

I will be lighting this tank with Nova Extreme 24" 4 bulb setup.

Livestock to be determined.

This setup will be plumbed into a 20 gallon sump and be running a Euroreef Skimmer and a couple of media reactors. return pump is a Quietone 4000 plumbed externally and using a 200 watt jager heater.


Here are pictures of the tank and stand. I still need to skin the stand so it looks nicer and start getting all the plumbing complete.

 

[A_Lee]

Can't wait to see how this project rolls out

 

[Elite]

Nice tank man..
Will 4 bulbs good enough for a 24"D?
Are you planning to make an overflow or just leave the pipe like that??

 

[adolfo425]

Its 16 inches deep with 2 inches of sand. I think it should be enough.

Sorry for the dimensions its 24 wide 24 front to back and 16 inches tall.

 

[Elite]

yeah I'm talking about the front to back.. You can use a lot more bulbs with 24".

 

[adolfo425]

If i need to i will get another nova extreme 24 inch and mount 2 of them making 8 bulbs total.


We will see.

 

[nanocube-guy]

Any new stuff on it?

 

[adolfo425]

Not yet still finishing the plumbing on it and after the Baymac i will have the T5 light fixture and start stocking this bad boy up.


Not sure what i am going to put in it.

 

[nanocube-guy]

Sounds good.

 

[beaupierce]

pics and an update???

 

[adolfo425]

Sorry for the lack of updates been working a lot and haven't had time to upsate this thread promise to add pictures by end of week. I have several fishes and some new corals in tank.

 

[adolfo425]

Well here you go by request.
Sorry for the dirty glass. I been really busy with work that i haven't had time to clean it.

 

[Erick]

I really like that open brain.

 

[adolfo425]

Well I managed to get some more pictures of my tank. Most are close ups and top down of coral and my clown hosting the Green Bubble tip Anemone.


Enjoy.

 

[adolfo425]

Well shut this tank down after a crash a few months ago. I started up a new tank which i will create a new tank thread for.

 

[JAR]

sorry to hear about your tank crash.
Do you know what caused it?

 

[adolfo425]

i ran out of CO2 and my alk and calcium went out of wack. Once those got off and some of the corals started RTNing it created a chain reaction. I did managed to thinned out what survived to local reefing friends who managed to save some of the pieces. I am now back online and working on my collection.

 

[eldiablosrt8]

if your near livermore stop on by i will help you out get started

 

[adolfo425]

Thank you for your kind help.

 

[eldiablosrt8]

drop me a pm if you wanna come by