60 Cube of Goodies

[ricenoodle]

Will @AquaSD hooked it up today with the box if goodies. Huge gold hammer colony, GSP, Fire and Ice colony, big ol freebie zoas and mushroom rock and a royal gramma =) Commence the dipping.

 

[dirt-nasty-510]

Hello there Mr. Noodle nice setup everything is looking nice, how is the selection of coral out in Seattle compared to San Diego?

 

[ricenoodle]

Hello there Mr. Noodle nice setup everything is looking nice, how is the selection of coral out in Seattle compared to San Diego?

What's up Dirt! long time no see. Glad you're still in the hobby. Selection out here is about the same on quality as it comes from the wholesalers in LA also but it is definately pricier and not as abundant.

 

[dirt-nasty-510]

What's up Dirt! long time no see. Glad you're still in the hobby. Selection out here is about the same on quality as it comes from the wholesalers in LA also but it is definately pricier and not as abundant.

Well keep up on the San Diego Boards Im sure boardies are willing to ship and you will find better prices. But glad to see your tank and running and yup I'm still at it

 

[ParagonCD]

I greatly enjoyed the pictures. Best of luck with the tank!

 

[ricenoodle]

Got a bunch of amazing livestock in yesterday from Will @ AquaSD, everything is opening up nicely today. Here's the latest FTS. At this point i believe i am done with adding livestock, but that's today, i'm sure i'll find space for something else down the road. Enjoy the update

 

[ricenoodle]

Totally happy with my placement of everything, best part about the Radion is everything pop no matter where it's located.

 

[ricenoodle]

Hope you guys enjoy, best part is just 10 percent water change every 2 weeks and no dosing, as always any questions let me know.

 

[FL_Reefer]

Great cube! Can you. Elaborate on your top off system? Gravity? Thanks and everything looks great!

 

[Chrisfish]

All I can say is WOW, really beautiful tank!!!

 

[ricenoodle]

Great cube! Can you. Elaborate on your top off system? Gravity? Thanks and everything looks great!

Yeah it's basically a 2.5 gallons Carboy container i bought off Amazon for $25. Drilled it and installed the parts listed above. Then there's a 1/4" tube connecting that to a Kent float valve on the right side of the sump. As water evaporates in the sump, the valve let's top off rodi water in until water reaches the the mark i set. There's 5 settings, adround 1" of adjustments. Then the valve close it itself once it hits the level. That's it. Lasts me 3 days. Hope that helps.

 

[FL_Reefer]

Thanks, I was thinking about building one of these myself. I have a 60 cube too.

 

[ricenoodle]

Found some pics of my old tanks, here's my first one, a JBJ 24g. I learned the most out of this tank on parameters.

 

[ricenoodle]

Somewhere in there i had this 12g JBJ briefly.

 

[ricenoodle]

Graduated to a 34 gallon Solana. Looking back i learned the most about parameters, aquascaping, and coral placement with this one.

 

[ricenoodle]

My next tank was another 34 gallon solana. This one used a sump and the lines ran into the guy's garage when i bought it. I modified it modified a heavy duty plastic container as a sump and it worked out just fine. Due to my hectic schedule and the lack of availability at that time this tank was not stocked to the levels of my previous tanks.

 

[ricenoodle]

Next one was my first 60 and was the most stable of all the tanks up to this point. The increased water volume really helped and i was finally able to stock it just the way i liked it.

 

[ifarmer]

great looking setup. very nice

 

[ricenoodle]

And then here's the current setup as it is today. Crazy seeing the transition from the first day i setup the tank years ago.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Gorgeous!