Hoop's 60g cube build
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Thanks Jeff!
With your stand you could do two sliders and a removable center and left side piece.
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Thanks!
Thanks, I've made a bit more progress and need to update the thread.
I've been remodeling the house at the same time so the tank gets neglected lately, getting to a point where I can work on it more though.
Managed to copy this! Thanks! I had the bottom track on, but completely struggled with getting both on. Just decided to do the top. Thanks for this great idea. I'm thinking about cutting a window into the sheet and installing some glass to be able to watch my refugium
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So, its been a while since I posted on here! I have slowly but surely been working on the build. They say to reef slow, so I'm taking that advice to heart. I plumped the tank with pvc. (Just the plain white stuff nothing fancy, but with good valves). I converted the stock Durso overflow setup into a herbie. The return hole is now the main full siphon drain with the stock durso tower as the backup. The return just runs over the back of the tank. I set up the tank in the garage and tested the setup. The refugium and Dt drains both work great, and have backups.
Looks great can't wait to see it progress more 
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I thought about my aquascaping a lot! I mean A LOT! Probably more than is healthy, but a cube is a hard tank to aquascape. Not a lot of real estate but lots of height, so I decided to build up. That got me a big pile of rocks that would collect debris and wouldn't leave room on the sandbed , also not too much room for corals (see above). So I borrowed the idea to use acrylic rods to hold the rocks together from some other industrious reefers @thenissantech, and broke out the drill and hammer!
I decided to go all out and support the rods with 3 acrylic plates and a large acrylic base (formally my baffles). This combined with a couple sticks of jb waterweld allowed me to do it properly. The acrylic rods on their own felt unstable and i managed to break one try to remove a rock, but the waterweld made it rock steady
Stay tuned to see if it holds! It should, it's solid and extremely hard to tip over.
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I decided to go all out and support the rods with 3 acrylic plates and a large acrylic base (formally my baffles). This combined with a couple sticks of jb waterweld allowed me to do it properly. The acrylic rods on their own felt unstable and i managed to break one try to remove a rock, but the waterweld made it rock steady
Stay tuned to see if it holds! It should, it's solid and extremely hard to tip over.
I may see you there! System really looks awesome man. Once you're cycled, hit me up. I'd like to contribute a polyp or two.
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So... I had to empty the tank and brace my floor yesterday because the tank shook a little too much when I walked by. I have older hardwood floors and there is a lot of deflection. Got it done though and then filled it again- this time with saltwater! Added a couple cubes of mysis and some dr tim's to start the cycle. So now we wait... still have a lot to get done while I wait. Need to build a floating canopy and an electronics chest, set up the apex, and ato as well. I'm wet! 
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I haven’t done much updating on this thread to say the least, but I’ve been reefing away! A few hiccups here and there, but overall it’s been going very well. I had to do a fluconazole treatment to battle bryopsis, which worked really well (I’ll post some picks later). Add a bunch of money and time and:
The acros on the right and the clams are the newest additions. Everything is growing nicely
The acros on the right and the clams are the newest additions. Everything is growing nicely
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Well I haven’t been the best at updating this thread lol, but it’s still kicking. If fact I just moved into a new house and have finally moved the tank as well! I set up a 40 gallon breeder at the new house and moved rocks and coral a little bit at a time over the course of two weeks. Then I got the tank moved with the 2 large rock structures, and moved most of the stuff back into it over a weeks time. It gave me a chance to battle some bubble algae along the way. Here are the latest FTS as well as the “temporary” read: additional 40b. I just added the sand an hour b4 the pic but not too cloudy. I’m super excited to have a basement that is currently unfinished, but has plenty of space for a fish room!
