Bonomo53's 93 Sps Cube

bonomo53 · Feb 17, 2016

So after 5 years with my 57 gallon i finally upgraded to a marineland 93 frame less cube. The tank is going in the same spot as my old tank so i will be moving most of the live stock and rock right away. So far i only have the tank and sand but have ordered most of the equipment.
Here is a list of my equipment to start off some of the stuff is from my old tank and will be upgraded eventually.
-Marineland 93 framless cube
-Venture stand
-Trigger systems crystal cube sump
-2x mp10 1x mp40
-Skimz sm121
-2x radion xr15w pro
-Jebao DCT 6000
-Aquatrend doser
-TLF phos reactor

bonomo53 · Feb 17, 2016

Got it all plumbed tonight

bonomo53 · Feb 17, 2016

Tank is finally running. Now time for the fun part

bonomo53 · Feb 17, 2016

Got everything glued down last night. Also got pretty sick from handling zoas.

bonomo53 · Feb 17, 2016

Mirkus · Feb 17, 2016

Looks good, make sure that you thoroughly inspect the seams on that guy. I had bad luck with those tanks.

bonomo53 · Feb 17, 2016

Mirkus said:
Looks good, make sure that you thoroughly inspect the seams on that guy. I had bad luck with those tanks.

What kind of issues did you have? I do notice some microbubbles in the silicon on one seam.

Mirkus · Feb 17, 2016

Take a look at my thread for pics. I don't think a few micro bubbles are a big deal. With my first tank, I could actually see water in the seam. With my second tank, had bubbles/stress areas in all 4 corners of seams. It seemed to worsen over time. Marineland gave me a refund for second tank, ho hum.

revhtree · Feb 18, 2016

Nice tank!

bonomo53 · Feb 18, 2016

Mirkus said:
Take a look at my thread for pics. I don't think a few micro bubbles are a big deal. With my first tank, I could actually see water in the seam. With my second tank, had bubbles/stress areas in all 4 corners of seams. It seemed to worsen over time. Marineland gave me a refund for second tank, ho hum.

Thanks for the heads up i keep an eye out.

bonomo53 · Feb 18, 2016

revhtree said:
Nice tank!

Thank you Rev

bonomo53 · Feb 18, 2016

This beast arrived today. It wouldn't fit it my sump but i was set on getting it to fit so i ended up building it in the sump. Couple hours later and its already pulling some skimmate.

bonomo53 · Feb 22, 2016

Frags seems to be settling in. Hopefully ready to take off.

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bonomo53 · Jun 10, 2016

5 Month Update.
Well after 5 years of not quarantining it has finally got me. A few months ago i ended up losing all my fish over a 2 week period. I let the tank go fallow and recently added some new fish.
Here is a update video
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revhtree · Jun 10, 2016

Looks great!

bonomo53 · Jun 10, 2016

revhtree said:
Looks great!

Thanks Rev!

bonomo53 · Feb 8, 2017

Unfortunately these will be the last pictures of this tank. It made it to the one year mark but the bubbles the seams became a concern and marineland suggested it get replaced before it blows. I decided to go with a different tank. I will be creating a new thread once it gets here.

Daniel@R2R · Feb 9, 2017

bonomo53 said:
Unfortunately these will be the last pictures of this tank. It made it to the one year mark but the bubbles the seams became a concern and marineland suggested it get replaced before it blows. I decided to go with a different tank. I will be creating a new thread once it gets here.

Dang! Sorry you're having to make the switch, but it's definitely better to do it now than in an emergency situation.