Dave's 93g cube

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I added a couple more peices of rock other than what is pictured. But nothing to much. Wanted to keep alot of negative space. A bit of a minimalist approach I think.
 
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Looking good, really like the minimalist look in a cube! if I may make a suggestion, how about moving the tall rock to the right side of tank to help provide more flow from powerhead while drawing the eye away from the overflow box?
 
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Looking good, really like the minimalist look in a cube! if I may make a suggestion, how about moving the tall rock to the right side of tank to help provide more flow from powerhead while drawing the eye away from the overflow box?
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I appreciate the feedback. Yea I wanted a minimalist sort of look. Trying to keep alot of that negative space. Tried following that aquascape thread on here with the rule of thirds, etc. And to be honest when I had first laid out the rocks on a cardboard footprint of the dimensions it seemed like alot more rock lol. Now in the tank and full it looks like alot less. Should fill out pretty good once I get some good coral growth though. And I'll be getting another powerhead for the other side of the tank as well, that way I can alternate the flow. You've got me thinking about the overflow box now lol.
 
I would leave that tall rock, doesn't look too little in the tank. Like u said, it'll fill out with corals and esp if u add softies it'll really get full.
 
Yeah so I ended up ordering another 15lbs of rock, the marco shelf rock. Just to fill in a little bit. Just didn't seem like enough rock to me now. Like won't mess with the left side, just a little tweaking on the right. Here it is after the water cleared up
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Update: tank finished cycling! Still not going to turn the lights on for another month or two. Also, I had to go ahead and swap the skimmer to the second compartment. Was sitting to deep and no way I could raise it where it was either. I'll just have to run my refugium in the first chamber with the drains. I might put a peice of grated light deflector to isolate the drains from the future chaeto that will be in there.
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also strongly considering building a reef pi controller. Really want the benefits of a controller without the price tag of an apex. Seems petty simple to do.
 
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Update: finally got fed up with the skimmer cup spilling when taking it out the 29g sump because the sump is too tall. Got a 20g long and got one of those ebay kits. Turned out really nice. Will be changing that out this weekend. Also, stayed building a small equipment cabinet.
 
I like the aquascape! Do you have it cemented together?
 
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revhtree said:
I like the aquascape! Do you have it cemented together?
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No it's not cemented. I used a fiberglass rod and lots of superglue gel. And where I put the superglue i sprinkled the tank sand in the joints. Ended up making a superglue paste like deal. Hold is very good.
 

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