30g Shallow Cube Build Questions

[am07f]

30g Shallow Cube Build Questions

So i picked up a 24x24x12'' shallow cube and im curious as to what lighting and what filtration i should do. I may want it to grow some chalice frags, but i also want it to be scaped like a reef, including live rock but wanna try to get away with no sand??

The tank is not drilled so my options are hang on the back units or building some sort of silicon AIO system in the back? Is that possible?

As for lighting.... i have no clue lol. Thinking an LED pannel, found a local guy who makes them.
I have a 24g Aquapod set up for years, and want to transfer the rock.

24g Aquapod 6x18watt HOT5

 

[revsgirl]

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[cdrewferd]

It really depends on how you want it to look. You could do an Aquamax HOB-1 skimmer and something like an AI SOL. Just about any LED light you get, that has a 24x24 coverage area, will let you grow anything in only probably 11" of water. No sand is called a bare bottom, BB, and shouldn't be a problem as long as you have some good flow with power heads to help keep the detrius suspended in the water column so it has a better chance of being sucked up and filtered out by the skimmer.