luke5694's 28 Gallon Nano Cube

[luke5694]

Hello fellow reefers,

I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Luke, and this is my first (and only) reef tank and needless to say I've become addicted! Bought the nano cube used off craigslist and started it as a FOWLR a little over a year ago.

Started to get the coral itch a couple months later and got sick of the look of the stock nano cube hqi lighting so I took off the hood, added a d120 led light, and pried off the rim to make it rimless (and to help with oxygen exchange.)

The corals are absolutely loving it. I currently have a purple stylophora, green "medusa" montipora, red planet acro, 4 different seriatoporas, green star polyp, green toadstool leather, green ricordia, and a rainbow trachyphyllia. 2 clownfish.

Equipment: 3 hydor koralias, maxijet return pump, another circulation pump, and tunze 9001 protein skimmer. Got chemipure in my overflow filter along with purigen and phosguard. I do bi-monthly water changes with RO/DI water and Red Sea Coral Pro Salt. I don't dose anything besides a Seachem's 8.4 when my ph gets low.

I think that covers mostly everything! Got some pics below (although I'm not the best photographer)

Thanks for looking!

 

[cee]

I don't know, your photography skillz look pretty good to me. Tank ain't too shabby either!

Welcome BTW!

Dave

 

[Dtackett]

very nice. welcome.

 

[luke5694]

Thanks! It's still a work in progress but I am pleased with the results so far

 

[Chriscrna]

Welcome Luke. Tank looks great. Nice looking Trachy.

 

[Mark75]

Welcome Luke! Very nice tank and photography skills! What part of East Tenn. are you from and why are we not discussing how you can become one of the few, the select, the chosen, an ETRC member?[emoji16]

 

[CastAway]

Welcome!!

Beautiful tank. Love the ricordea!

Agreed @Mark75! [emoji4]

 

[luke5694]

Thank you all! @Mark75 I'm from Kingsport, TN bout an hour and a half from Knoxville. Would love to join ETRC but might wait till the end of the year and join at the beginning of next year. What must I do to apply to join such a prestigious club?

 

[Mark75]

@luke5694 ,..there is a secret hand shake followed by some hazing,..you are not allergic to rubber chickens or beagles by chance?

 

[luke5694]

@Mark75 Haha as long as ya'll aren't associated with that chugging frat in Knoxville... I think I'll be able handle it!

 

[Rob.D]

@Mark75 Haha as long as ya'll aren't associated with that chugging frat in Knoxville... I think I'll be able handle it!

Welcome to the prestigious club known as ETRC!!! Your tank is awesome, hope you get to make it to a meeting! If you're interested in joining the club, just shoot me a message and I'll fill you in on the details!

 

[KJ]

Welcome!!

 

[Jmcdaniel0]

Sweet we got another member out your way in kingsport. Sweet Nano! I wish my 14g Biocube looked as good.

 

[Jmcdaniel0]

Sweet we got another member out your way in kingsport. Sweet Nano! I wish my 14g Biocube looked as good.

Howd you get the rim off that Looks sweet! I would like to take it off of my 14g.

 

[luke5694]

Wow thanks @Jmcdaniel0 !

Howd you get the rim off that Looks sweet! I would like to take it off of my 14g.

First, I used an exacto knife to cut the silicone on both sides of the rim, then, used a heating gun to heat the whole rim before slowly prying off the rim, and finally, I used a sharp razor to scrape the remaining silicone off the glass.

It was scary at first, but not as difficult as you might think.