Mr. Microscope's 25 Gallon Cube

[Mr. Microscope]

Hello All,

I've been a long time reader of R2R and have been active in the Club Zoa and SPS Forums for a while, but haven't bothered to build a tank thread here yet. Today's the day!

My tank started back in Feburary of 2012.


Here it is today:


Equipment
DT: Mr. Aqua 18 inch cube
Sumpfugium: Mr. Aqua 12 inch cube
Return Pump: Mag Drive 3
Heater: 100 watt Aqueon Pro x2
Heater Controller: Finnex Max300
Filtration: TLF Phosban Reactor 150, BRS Phosban, BRS Carbon ROX 8.0
Skimmer: Bubble Magus NAC3
Circulation: MP10
Lighting: DIY LED with Boost LED Typhon Controller
CO2 Scrubber: BRS Air Filter + BRS Soda Lime media
Stand: Custom built with white acrylic

Reefcleaners Florida Reef Rock (pillar made with fiberglass rods and 1/2" acrylic base)
BRS Pukani and Tonga Branch
Tropic Eden Reef Flakes sand

CO2 Scrubber tied into the skimmer air intake keeps pH nice and high. Especially in the cold winter/hot summer months when the windows are closed all the time:

Livestock
SPS
Blue Iris
Purple and highlighter yellow tipped A. Valida
Tyree Satosa
Tierra Del Fuego
ORA Red Planet Acro
Rose Millepora
Palmer's Blue Millepora
Miyagi Tort Acro
Garf Bonsia
Red Cap Montipora
Pinkish-red Montipora Digitata
Vivid Rainbow Delight Acro
Rainbow Stylo
ORA Hawkins Echinata
Teal A. Saramentosa

Softies
Various Zoas
Papaya Cloves

LPS
Acans
Platygyra
Blastoma Wellsi
Yellow Torch
Orange Fungia

Inverts
Nassarius Vibex
Hermits (zebra, blue leg, purple left-handed, red leg)
Florida Ceriths
Sea Urchin

Fish
2x Clowns (percula)
Bangaii Cardinal



Palmer's Blue Milli

Satosa

Highlighter Tip Valida

Saramentosa

Acan Garden:

Fish Pics!

Inverts

 

[Chameleon]

nice tank!

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Thanks Chameleon!

 

[serpent]

Nice!!!

 

[spacetime]

What differences have you noticed with the CO2 scrubber? How much media do you go through a month and when do you know to change it? I suffer from low PH as well.

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Nice!!!

Thanks serpent!

What differences have you noticed with the CO2 scrubber? How much media do you go through a month and when do you know to change it? I suffer from low PH as well.

My pH went from a consistent 7.8-8.0 to 8.3 within a couple days. It seems to have really improved growth in my SPS. I have to change the media about every two months. It changes color as it's used up from white to purple and cascades from the bottom of the filter up to the top. I change it when it all turns purple. You can get the stuff from BRS. In my pictures at the top, you can see the color change. I increased the contrast on that pic to illustrate the color change. The purple color is a bit more subtle than that, but very apparent. Here's how I have it hooked up to my skimmer. The red stuff is a self sticking sealing tape used to make quick fixes for automotive hoses and such.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Wow look what we have been missing! Awesome!

 

[Duffam3434]

Thats a Sexy Tank!! Very Clean and Beautiful!! Is that a Gold Torch your Clowns have adopted? Beautiful Acans Too!!

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Wow look what we have been missing! Awesome!

Thanks revh! I feel I've reached reefing level 3. Too bad there's like 12 more levels to master. Now, if only there were some cheat codes for this game.

Thats a Sexy Tank!! Very Clean and Beautiful!! Is that a Gold Torch your Clowns have adopted? Beautiful Acans Too!!

Thanks Duffam! Yep. Gold Torch. Started out as one head. It's about three now. I planned this rockscape with the intention of putting a torch there for the clowns to host. Perhaps, I'll attempt a nem or two with the next tank.
The acans have been a lot of fun. They all stared as like two heads. It's amazing how fast they grow.

 

[Mr. Microscope]

The red stuff is a self sticking sealing tape used to make quick fixes for automotive hoses and such.

Correction: Self-Fusing Silicone Tape

 

[scottishreefer]

Gorgeous tank!

 

[ksanfranfan]

Very nice tank! i really like that highlighter tip valida, it's a nice looking piece.

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Gorgeous tank!

Thanks SR!

Very nice tank! i really like that highlighter tip valida, it's a nice looking piece.

Thanks ksanfran! It's my hardest SPS to keep happy. If it experiences any little disturbance the yellow tips go away.


Check it out all! My reef was just featured on PJReefs' Tumblr!

 

[ramona]

Do you still have this tank?