Cad lights 18 gallon rimless build

ou12004 · May 29, 2012

I am new to reef2reef but my daughter and I have decided to try out this contest. The tank will be in her room and we are not sure what we are going to do with it. The tank is the Cad lights 18 gallon concept edition starfire glass tank. We plan on putting in purigen and some algae for filtration. The idea will be to keep it as simple as possible.

revhtree · May 29, 2012

Welcome to the contest and especially welcome to R2R! Great to have you here!

REEFKEEPER10 · May 30, 2012

Welcome to R2R. You could do some mushrooms, zoathids, maybe some soft corals that like a little dirty water so maintance is a little easier. Plus they are pretty hardy too.

BarbH · May 30, 2012

Hello and welcome to r2r :welcome: Sounds like a fun project for you and your daughter good luck with the competition

wysiwyg · May 30, 2012

welcome to r2r and goodluck in the contest. would love to see some pics of what you come up with

revsgirl · May 30, 2012

Awesome! Welcome to R2R!! Can't wait to see what you and your daughter put together!!

ou12004 · May 30, 2012

We are thinking about an island in the middle with sps at the top and some lps at the bottom. I will post pics to night when I get home. Thanks for all the welcomes. I have followed many great builds on this site an we are looking forward to the contest.

ou12004 · May 30, 2012

Here is the tank in the room and with the blue LED's on. This is the first time I have posted pics so i hope they show up.

revhtree · May 30, 2012

Wow I really like that tank!

AJreefs · May 31, 2012

No kidding; I hope she enjoys her awesome tank, come to think of it that tanks better looking than mine ... awww

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Welcome to R2R; following....

ou12004 · May 31, 2012

Thanks, I am looking for ideas for the rock that will go into it. Maybe a rock stack that comes all the way out of the water in the middle? I picked up a fiber glass rod, a concrete bit, and an impact drill so I am sort of committed to drilling something.

BarbH · May 31, 2012

Tank looks great, can't wait to see what you decide to do with the rock.

fishguy95 · Jun 1, 2012

I must say that I realy like the look of your tank. I like it a lot better than my nano that I am building for the contest. I like the look of rock going very high up in the tank, that is how my main reef tank does.

ou12004 · Jun 2, 2012

Thanks fish guy. I struggle with a 29 gallon tank with sps and only a hob filter, I would not even try to keep sps in a 5. Do you have an idea which sps you are going with.

REEFKEEPER10 · Jun 2, 2012

Man that tank is sweet and it doesn't have anything in it yet. Can't wait to see it come to life. Great pick for your daughter.

ou12004 · Jun 2, 2012

Do you think this I can get away with calling this minimalist or is the tank just empty?

sirevans reef · Jun 2, 2012

Welcome to R2R!! I really like the tank. Good luck in the contest.

fishguy95 · Jun 2, 2012

ou12004 said:
Thanks fish guy. I struggle with a 29 gallon tank with sps and only a hob filter, I would not even try to keep sps in a 5. Do you have an idea which sps you are going with.

Yeah, I'm a little nervous about putting SPS in this tank, my main method for keeping the water healthy will be staying on top of my water changes. I am wanting to put montipora caps and digis. I will have several zoas and maybe some acros. I am also considering some LPS such as an acan that I have.

I hope your tank turns out well.