56 Rimless Cube Up and Going!!

Zoanuts · Dec 9, 2006

Corbin and Dad's 56 cube:

My dad and I have been planning a cube for a few months. We recieved the tank a month back and have acquired some equipment also over the last months. It is a Low iron 24x24x25 rimless cube. We have had live rock cooking for over 14 months. We added t5's and tunze nano streams also. We will keep an ongoing update as we go. The cycle has started and we have completed tow water changes in the last week. We look forward to filling this with some zoa/paly's soon.

Corbin

MarvinsReef · Dec 9, 2006

cool tank.. looking good Corbin..

143gadgets · Dec 9, 2006

That is an awesome tank!

Chelsey · Dec 10, 2006

VERY cool! I can't wait to see it once you get some frags in there!

Zoanuts · Dec 10, 2006

56 cube

Here are a few more pic's of the start up. We are collecting a few paly's and zoa's to go in here. We are also adding picasso clownfish. These will be the only fish we add in this tank. We were going to add some others but we were afraid that they would be carpet fish!

spartanfish · Dec 10, 2006

i like your aquascaping, always been a fan of the arch

Zoanuts · Dec 10, 2006

We use some flatter rock around the top to allow the frags to be mounted. We like the small cove which will allow us to place those frags that don't need as much light/flow to grow. We are very excited!!

Corbin

jessiesgrrl · Dec 10, 2006

Very nice! Are your parents saltwater enthusiasts as well? I know mine would never have been willing to pay for such a nice set up- you are so lucky!!!

Laurie

surfn · Dec 10, 2006

nice tank. where did you get it from? and how much did it cost?

i dont see any type of overflow or anything, do you have it set up with a sump?

a guy in my local club got a 120g cube that was rimless, it was quite expensive, but its pretty wicked cool.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=901659&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

Zoanuts · Dec 10, 2006

My dad has a few gallons in the house. He enjoys them also. He said he wanted me to have a hobbie that we both could enjoy together. I didn't know that he spent soooo much money keeping it going and starting it up. I checked the water quality on the cube:

Salinity 1.024
pH with lights off 8. or so
KH 9.5
Ca 410
Mg is 1300
Not too worried about Po4 and No3 at the moment when the tank is cycling. The only thing that is going in the tank is bionic 2 part, and Amino acids That's it. I want to try to see if this will work. I dose as needed on 2part and twice a week of Amino acids. Seems pretty good for the first two weeks. He is not going to allow me a sump yet. He got me a HOB filter first to get the cycle going. I removed those Bio-wheels too!

Corbin

twon8 · Dec 10, 2006

nice tank, i love cubes, i need to get one myself

JGoslee · Dec 10, 2006

Thats a cool tank. You have a nice setup there!

AngieN. · Dec 10, 2006

Very nice tank! I like the cube tanks.

Chelsey · Dec 10, 2006

Picasso clowns...I am sooooooo jealous!

Zoanuts · Dec 10, 2006

My dad is planning a 4x4x25" cube for the living room. I can't wait to see this. And it is RIMLESS. It is one inch low iron glass. I bet that will be neat. I love the picasso clowns. We lost a pair due to poor choice of shipping dates during the hard snow and freeze. They stayed out on the airport for 20hrs. So we have another pair in the works. I was very upset at the shipper but they will cover the loss. Just the loss of some beautiful animals.

da6d2003 · Dec 10, 2006

Gotta love cubes. That 4x4 will be a sight!

fishes2889 · Dec 10, 2006

Nice cube!

So, you have the biowheel on there now, do you plan on adding a sump later??

Steve

surfn · Dec 10, 2006

you definitely need a sump for that cube.

where are you and your dad getting these rimless cubes from?

Zoanuts · Dec 11, 2006

He is adding a big sump with fuge combined. I think this is going to be just a zoa/paly/ric tank with lots of fishies. He has bought the lights for it Only t-5's We have a 180 that is sps. He wants a big tank for fish and zoa's/paly's
I am not sure where he got or is getting the tanks from.

I have taken the bio-wheels out of the HOB!!! I am going to do a 4th water change today.

corbin

divecj5 · Dec 12, 2006

Great start Dustin....sounds like you and your Dad definitely have a hobby to share and enjoy. Looking forward to seeing pics of it as it progresses along.

Any pics of your dad's tanks?