JJORDAN 130.4 WATERBOX BUILD

[Jason Jordan]

So I decided to upgrade from my marine land cube to a new 130 gallon waterbox.
The cube was running for about a year but I’m kind of over it and miss the traditional shaped tanks.

I was shopping around for awhile and thought I had it pinned down to a Red Sea tank.
Started shopping around for best pricing when I stumbled across these waterbox tanks. The price seemed fair and the tank looked good so I took a leap of faith and placed the order.

I’m already a few days into it but I wanted to share the journey.

 

[dbl]

Well congratulations on the upgrade.

 

[Jason Jordan]

It seemed like several long anxious
Weeks but luckily the tank only took about a 1.5 weeks to arrive.

The tank and stand showed up well packaged and secured.

Thank you waterbox

 

[Geebs19]

Cant wait to see it up and running!

 

[NY_Caveman]

Nice upgrade! Welcome to the forum!

 

[Jason Jordan]

Some pre and post stand assembly pictures

 

[Jason Jordan]

So far really happy with the quality of this Wayerbox brand.

Got the sump brought in from the garage.
Happy to see the sump itself comes with a self leveling mat.

 

[Jason Jordan]

Happy to see the cabinet has a separate section for electrical outlets etc.
Down the road I do plan to set up some sort of wall to hide the plugs and hold my controllers etc.

 

[Jason Jordan]

Going to use a new skimmer as well

Decided to go with the
Nyos quantum 160

Going to run it a vinegar bath first.

 

[Jason Jordan]

And in the meantime...not the greatest pic but here’s the most recent pic of the old Cube.

 

[Reefcowboy]

Cool! Following!

 

[infinite0180]

Following along!

 

[Jason Jordan]

Found an extra hand and got the tank on the stand.

Leveled and on to the next step.

 

[Jason Jordan]

And of course the traditional picture with the kids in the tank. Just after she stole a cupcake.

 

[dbl]

And of course the traditional picture with the kids in the tank. Just after she stole a cupcake.

Adorable!!!

 

[Tripptastic]

following

 

[Jason Jordan]

Plumbing done
Super easy

 

[Jason Jordan]

Happy with the skimmer
Just took it apart to install the pump
Vinegar bath and just about ready to fill her up with water.

 

[Jason Jordan]

Not sure if this is a new common thing or not but pretty cool. This is the skimmers lid.

 

[LadyMac]

Lovely! It’s nice and bright and shiny!

Will follow along your journey.