Hydrored's 300 Glass Cages Build

[Hydrored]

Definitely following! Where did you get your containers from for your water station?

Central Tractor, Norwesco tanks are also made right here in Texas but the price saving was negligible to buy them direct as a regular Joe

 

[Hydrored]

Not much of an update, new GNC lights will be here Friday, stand from Framing Tech is paid for, should be here in 6 weeks along with button fasteners-

I have also ordered 2 9780 XL Acroporock from Aquaroche that is in customs now, I will be replacing my existing caribsea rock and keeping all of the from ocean live rock. Don't let the picture fool you these are large! 30x18x18 x2-

https://www.aquariumpartners.com/product-page/acroporock-xl-kit-13pcs-30in-x-18in-x-18in

Elos has been great to work with so far on the lights and rock

 

[afrokobe]

Not much of an update, new GNC lights will be here Friday, stand from Framing Tech is paid for, should be here in 6 weeks along with button fasteners-

I have also ordered 2 9780 XL Acroporock from Aquaroche that is in customs now, I will be replacing my existing caribsea rock and keeping all of the from ocean live rock. Don't let the picture fool you these are large! 30x18x18 x2-

https://www.aquariumpartners.com/product-page/acroporock-xl-kit-13pcs-30in-x-18in-x-18in

Elos has been great to work with so far on the lights and rock

That rock is really interesting and the rest of their products look really cool. Definitely need to save for future reference.

 

[Mjl714]

Not much of an update, new GNC lights will be here Friday, stand from Framing Tech is paid for, should be here in 6 weeks along with button fasteners-

I have also ordered 2 9780 XL Acroporock from Aquaroche that is in customs now, I will be replacing my existing caribsea rock and keeping all of the from ocean live rock. Don't let the picture fool you these are large! 30x18x18 x2-

https://www.aquariumpartners.com/product-page/acroporock-xl-kit-13pcs-30in-x-18in-x-18in

Elos has been great to work with so far on the lights and rock

Awesome looking build, and that Acroporock looks really cool.

 

[Hydrored]

Awesome looking build, and that Acroporock looks really cool.

Thank you! This will be my last build until we move to another house in another 5 years, do not have any more room for a bigger tank. Next house I will definitely do a fish room and an in-wall

 

[Operator Wrasse]

Could you explain what the rock is? I found the website difficult to navigate. I'm excited to see how your new lights work

 

[Hydrored]

Could you explain what the rock is? I found the website difficult to navigate. I'm excited to see how your new lights work

It’s a ceramic type material that is very porous. Cool thing about it is it works on a peg system so you can add to it, change it up by making it shorter or longer, even add little cups on the ends to glue frags into. It’s almost completely modular. You can pull off a section and mount frags to it, put it back into the tank.

I decided to pick a pre designed structure but you can practically built anything starting with a base.

It’s not a replacement for my real live rock, I just hate the Caribsea rock and will never use it again so I have an opportunity to try something new and get rid of some concrete out of my tank.

@mxnutz used it in his build thread-

Build Thread - CDA 100g Acropora Journey

Hello fellow reefers. :) My reef tank hit the 1 year mark today of getting wet and what better way to celebrate than to have a belated build thread. =) I was initially going to start a build thread once my tank went through the cycle and ugly stage but I got busy with work in April and now that...

www.reef2reef.com

Here is the pre designed structure in a 6 foot tank-

FAQ – aquarium decorations | Aquaroche

aquaroche.fr

 

[t5Nitro]

Hydro! Nice build so far. Following.

 

[Operator Wrasse]

It’s a ceramic type material that is very porous. Cool think about it is the work on a peg system so you can add to it, change it up my making it shorter or longer, even add little cups on the ends to glue frags into. It’s almost completely modular. You can pull off a section and mount frags to it, put it back into the tank.

I decided to pick a pre designed structure but you can practically built anything starting with a base.

It’s not a replacement for my real live rock, I just hate the Caribsea rock and will never use it again so I have an opportunity to try something new and get rid of some concrete out of my tank.

@mxnutz used it in his build thread-

Build Thread - CDA 100g Acropora Journey

Hello fellow reefers. :) My reef tank hit the 1 year mark today of getting wet and what better way to celebrate than to have a belated build thread. =) I was initially going to start a build thread once my tank went through the cycle and ugly stage but I got busy with work in April and now that...

www.reef2reef.com

Here is the pre designed structure in a 6 foot tank-

FAQ – aquarium decorations | Aquaroche

aquaroche.fr

Very cool. I know ceramic is very porous, so I wonder if it's able to host anaerobic denitrifying bacteria. That would do wonders for a bioload without the worry of building a nuke of a deep sand bed.

 

[Hydrored]

Very cool. I know ceramic is very porous, so I wonder if it's able to host anaerobic denitrifying bacteria. That would do wonders for a bioload without the worry of building a nuke of a deep sand bed.

That’s part of my interest, my real live rock is so porous and crazy things grow all over it. The concrete has a few sponges but honestly my gut says if and when I smash it open it will be dry in the middle

 

[c_healy]

Going to be an awesome build! I’m sure you’ll love your tank, I got mine from glass cages a couple months ago and I am thrilled with it.

look forward to seeing yours come together.

 

[Operator Wrasse]

That’s part of my interest, my real live rock is so porous and crazy things grow all over it. The concrete has a few sponges but honestly my gut says if and when I smash it open it will be dry in the middle

I look forward to you smashing some of your rock in a few years for....

 

[Joe Glass Cages]

Going to be an awesome build! I’m sure you’ll love your tank, I got mine from glass cages a couple months ago and I am thrilled with it.

look forward to seeing yours come together.

Thanks so much @c_healy!

 

[Hydrored]

Going to be an awesome build! I’m sure you’ll love your tank, I got mine from glass cages a couple months ago and I am thrilled with it.

look forward to seeing yours come together.

What sold me on Glass Cages was @Joe Glass Cages acknowledged the issues they had in the past, put quality control in place, and through conversation I could tell his craft really excites him. I have nothing but great things to say about the customer service so far.

My expectations are very high from Glass Cages. I’m a person who puts quality, detail, and customer service over cost.

I’m excited!

 

[c_healy]

What sold me on Glass Cages was @Joe Glass Cages acknowledged the issues they had in the past, put quality control in place, and through conversation I could tell his craft really excites him. I have nothing but great things to say about the customer service so far.

My expectations are very high from Glass Cages. I’m a person who puts quality, detail, and customer service over cost.

I’m excited!

You will be very happy when you get your tank. They build top notch tanks.

 

[BigBoi5680]

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[Hydrored]

4 GNC Blue Ray Pros arrived today, I will note that they get 1 point already over the Stratons due to the hanging brackets being able to mount to just about anything-

 

[Jonathan Adams]

Beautiful!!!

 

[Hydrored]

Here is the lighting setup so far, the tape is the length of the tank. 4 Blue Ray Pros and 2 A360x Blues.

@Peppe thoughts on a 3rd A360x? Not really going for PAR here from the Kessil’s, just shimmer, but my OCD bothers me with the 2 lol, you sent me down this road due to your YouTube videos with this setup. Thanks for blazing the trail..

 

[Operator Wrasse]

Here is the lighting setup so far, the tape is the length of the tank. 4 Blue Ray Pros and 2 A360x Blues.

@Peppe thoughts on a 3rd A360x? Not really going for PAR here from the Kessil’s, just shimmer, but my OCD bothers me with the 2 lol, you sent me down this road due to your YouTube videos with this setup. Thanks for blazing the trail..

I contacted Kessil about this when their A500x came out. Kessil says that they literally mean the two systems are almost identical- the A360x is capable of spreading light on a 36" x 36" area, there just would not be much par. If you're going just for shimmer, two might be enough. It wouldn't be hard to find a third used one and set it up later.