A 93gal Dream Cube, Well Worth the Wait!

renato120 · Dec 9, 2015

Very nice

Yakland · Dec 9, 2015

It's coming along beautifully..... I am planning to build a 95G peninsula tank and could take some inspiration from yours.

bknapp · Dec 9, 2015

Epic stand, can't wait to watch the rest of the build!

RandomReefer · Dec 9, 2015

renato120 said:
Very nice

Thanks!

Yakland said:
It's coming along beautifully..... I am planning to build a 95G peninsula tank and could take some inspiration from yours.

Thanks! A peninsula is another one of my dream builds. Man, just not enough room for everything I want. Ha! I'd definitely follow your build when you get it going!

bknapp said:
Epic stand, can't wait to watch the rest of the build!

Thanks! Working the sump issue now... Ughh..

RandomReefer · Dec 9, 2015

As mentioned above, I'm having issues finding the right sump.

As it stands now, I have a footprint of 18-1/4" X 28-3/4" for room. I thought I had found the perfect fit with the Trigger Systems Emerald-26. Everything would fit perfectly... Until I measured my Skimz-203 footprint.

The Emerald-26 has a skimmer section of 8.25"x 10" the Skimz-203, on the other hand, is 9.21" x 9.21" BUMMER!

The Trigger Crystal Cube-18 has a big enough footprint for the skimmer, but I lose a lot of nice features (probe holders/dosing line holders). Any recommendations are warmly welcomed and much appreciated!

BPiers · Dec 9, 2015

I'm starting a 93 gal build myself! For my sump I went with a zero edge series 7. Give Brett a call. He might be able to customize something for you. I had a few requests that were one-off and he accommodated them no problem.

bknapp · Dec 9, 2015

For my 93 I'm using a 34" sump and have it going out the back of the stand, which with the Synergy Overflow I had to have that room behind that tank anyways. You're most likely going to have to go custom. You could always check what Synergy has and see if they have something that fits your needs.

Scubafrog · Dec 9, 2015

RandomReefer said:
As mentioned above, I'm having issues finding the right sump.

As it stands now, I have a footprint of 18-1/4" X 28-3/4" for room. I thought I had found the perfect fit with the Trigger Systems Emerald-26. Everything would fit perfectly... Until I measured my Skimz-203 footprint.

The Emerald-26 has a skimmer section of 8.25"x 10" the Skimz-203, on the other hand, is 9.21" x 9.21" BUMMER!

The Trigger Crystal Cube-18 has a big enough footprint for the skimmer, but I lose a lot of nice features (probe holders/dosing line holders). Any recommendations are warmly welcomed and much appreciated!

That sucks. I really like the look of the the Trigger sumps. The Ruby CUBE has a bigger skimmer section but it is too wide. :-(

Have you checked out Elite Aquatic sumps?

http://www.elite-aquatics.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=55&product_id=40

RandomReefer · Dec 9, 2015

BPiers said:
I'm starting a 93 gal build myself! For my sump I went with a zero edge series 7. Give Brett a call. He might be able to customize something for you. I had a few requests that were one-off and he accommodated them no problem.

bknapp said:
For my 93 I'm using a 34" sump and have it going out the back of the stand, which with the Synergy Overflow I had to have that room behind that tank anyways. You're most likely going to have to go custom. You could always check what Synergy has and see if they have something that fits your needs.

Scubafrog said:
That sucks. I really like the look of the the Trigger sumps. The Ruby CUBE has a bigger skimmer section but it is too wide. :-(

Have you checked out Elite Aquatic sumps?

http://www.elite-aquatics.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=55&product_id=40

WOW! Great input guys, thank you!!

I'll definitely be looking at your suggestions.

Latinreefer · Dec 9, 2015

Great set up !! following along great planning !!!!

RandomReefer · Dec 10, 2015

Latinreefer said:
Great set up !! following along great planning !!!!

Thanks!

fredro · Dec 10, 2015

Nothing like a QUALITY build thread to remind people how it's supposed to be done

Looking really nice!!

s2nhle · Dec 10, 2015

Well, very well done. Thank you for sharing.

RandomReefer · Dec 10, 2015

fredro said:
Nothing like a QUALITY build thread to remind people how it's supposed to be done
Looking really nice!!

Very kind of you. Thanks!

s2nhle said:
Well, very well done. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks! Hopefully my aquascape, coral placement, and sump organization can come close to the beauty of @jlanger's stand work!

Tank2379 · Dec 10, 2015

That stand tho.. Nice job can't wait to see the tank up and running

RandomReefer · Dec 10, 2015

Tank2379 said:
That stand tho.. Nice job can't wait to see the tank up and running

Right! The man is an artist! Thanks. [emoji4]

RandomReefer · Dec 11, 2015

Big day today....

Tank is mounted!! Woo hoo! [emoji4][emoji106][emoji4]

Now the fun part begins.

fredro · Dec 11, 2015

Love everything about this so far!

RandomReefer · Dec 11, 2015

Thanks all! Such a warm welcome. [emoji6]

Still deciding on the sump route. In the meantime I'll mount the equipment and clean up the wires. I'm going to try and use as little zip ties as possible, because of previous experiences of having to tear it all apart to remove one thing. Not fun.

I'll also get the overflow plumbing done. I'm going to do an "adjustable" Durso drain by drilling a 1/2" hole through the cap and the standpipe. That way I can twist the cap to adjust the air intake. (My wife wasn't too happy with our last living room setup. Pretty loud!) This thing has to be absolutely silent. [emoji12]

More to come.....

fredro · Dec 11, 2015

It shouldn't be too hard to make this system very quiet, the way you have things planned out. I can say though, from experience, it is reassuring at times to be able to hear a little bit of something. I can't tell you how many times I have woken up at night and listened to make sure everything was still running