Corey's 50 gallon cube build

cor4eyh · Nov 3, 2015

About a year ago my dad bought me a 50 gallon starphire cube from SC aquariums with a stand and sump. Such a nice beginner setup.

A week ago I woke to water in my living room and found out it came from the ATO, not so bad but it got the wood of the stand wet, low and behold it's made of mdf and began to swell.

So the decision was made to empty the tank store the fish and corals in this

So I started my research and found a couple of tank stands I liked.

Then decided I'd like to expand my tank stand to house more "stuff" so the search started again here's my inspiration thanks to Harry

Bought some lumber and began to build

Worked a bit more today and got quite a lot done

And some skin

So begins the long build of my tank stand and tank plumbing complete build!

Stay tuned

Equipment list

Apex Jr.
Kessil a360we
Reef octopus 110 skimmer
2 jebaos wp10's
Tunze ATO
BRS gfo and carbon reactor

cameronh · Nov 3, 2015

Nice! I'll subscribe

Daniel@R2R · Nov 4, 2015

Cool! Following!

cor4eyh · Nov 10, 2015

Finished the stand it's black outside and white inside, I personally think it looks like shut but my wife says it looks good. I really thought the painting wood would turn out better but now to wait for it to dry then to reinstall my tank! I miss the tank!

cameronh · Nov 10, 2015

Pictures?

cor4eyh · Nov 10, 2015

cameronh said:
Pictures?

Haha I'm an idiota I thought I took pics but I didn't will grab some in the morning!

cameronh · Nov 10, 2015

cor4eyh said:
Haha I'm an idiota I thought I took pics but I didn't will grab some in the morning!

Alright sounds good

cor4eyh · Nov 10, 2015

Here it is in its final resting

place

cameronh · Nov 10, 2015

That ain't bad man. Looks good

cor4eyh · Nov 10, 2015

cameronh said:
That ain't bad man. Looks good

Thank I appreciate it, it's my first wood build since high school lol

cameronh · Nov 10, 2015

Haha looks pretty good. Does it have doors

cor4eyh · Nov 10, 2015

Yes sir will install them tomorrow hopefully

cor4eyh · Nov 10, 2015

cameronh said:
Haha looks pretty good. Does it have doors

Those doors in the last photo are the doors I will use

cameronh · Nov 10, 2015

cor4eyh said:
Those doors in the last photo are the doors I will use

Ah alright man.

cor4eyh · Nov 14, 2015

Still have some plumbing to do and attach the doors but the fish are back in the tank with sand and corals.

soggytees · Nov 16, 2015

Looking good!

cor4eyh · Nov 18, 2015

Finished all my plumbing last night, it's so quiet and flows so well!
Before organization

After some organizing could probably still use a bit more organizing but for now it works.

Ordering 20 lbs of live sand and the rest pink Fiji sand. Hoping to find a local with some algae to grow in my fuge.

Plumbing it for a second time had me change a lot before it was all plumbed in a line this time the fuge is theoretically separate and I can control the flow of it.

I know refugiums don't necessarily export a lot of fish waste I'm more about creating natural food pods and such for the fish and corals.

Will have a plumbed gfo Carbon reactor as well. Going to begin my journey into some sps and hopefully keep them alive, my wife loves sps but only when their big.

Any suggestions of rust resistant door mounts?

Also I currently only have 3 fish so what's your favorite fishes?

Stock currently
1 blue hippo baby
2 blue green chromis

Crabs and snails of course

cor4eyh · Nov 30, 2015

Hey guys been a while since I started posted but I've got some great news, I've completed the plumbing, even finished putting on the doors, tank is quiet and beautiful once again,

The refugium currently is just a frag tank and has some rocks and sand, need to purchase some more hose for my carbon and gfo reactor other than that it's been smooth sailing.

Apex does nearly everything, I just let the feeder feed it, as well as I ad a bit of frozen daily or bi- daily, change the filter socks every 3-5 days, and empty the skimmer cup (yuck!).

All the rest of the corals are out and happy the only ones in waiting for are the GSP they've been dormant for about a week. After those come out I'll have a pretty good idea where the tank as a whole sits then to restock!

Plans for restocking,

2 clowns any type is probably good although I love the way maroons look but I also know they're vicious

3 more chromis that are yellow tailed and pinkish

3 more regular blue green chromis

1 Blenny that sifts sand

And hopefully another butterflyfish he did a great job at keeping the aptasia at bay.

Hopefully get a stick or two

And maybe some more zoos, I love them zoos, I'll be much more selective this time around.

Hope you all enjoy, year 3 in Reefing and loving it!

Now for pics

Doors on the cabinet

Fts

Right side

Left side