Ryan's 39g CAD Pro Cube

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Well I am pretty new to this site so I guess I will start from the beginning. I used to have a 95g wave tank that my roommates crashed one summer when they saved electricity by turning off the AC whenever I would go to work. That's why I downsized to the 39g tank that is now in my bedroom. Anyways here are the pics from day one. Ill try and post some dates if I can remember. I do know the tank first got water at the end of Oct. 2010 so it is just over a year old now.
Current Tank Equipment Info: 39g CAD Pro tank, CAD 120w LED pendant, (2) vortech MP10W ES, Tunze DOC 9006 skimmer, AC Jr., ATO with kalk.

*** Please excuse the pics. Most of them aren't great and were taken by a cell phone.

Pics are in Chronological order over the past year:

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Then my tank got more presentable and my buddy came over to test his new camera. I believe these are from early summer 2011:

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Couple Cell pics from the same time period:
Couple Phone pics

Now for some pics all within the last month. The Flower Petal Cap (left top corner) went from 3 broken pieces to 7" diameter and got too big so I sold it. Here is a before(upper left corner) and after, then some more pics:

This Forest Fire Monti was a couple nubs when I got it:

New Cap to grow out is a Chilli Pepper Cap

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Please excuse the phone pics, but just over the last week or so my Miami Hurricane finally sprouted some yellow/green eyes:

Over the last week I have added more corals due to an unfortunate tank leak my buddy had to deal with, and I glued and epoxied some more stuff around. Will be taking more pics to document growth this week. Thanks for reading if you've gotten this far!

Zoacoral · Nov 28, 2011

nice tank. Im currently looking at buying a cadlights tank, how would you rate there tank? build wise and such? Thanks.

revsgirl · Nov 28, 2011

Tank looks great! Love the clown and nem pic!!

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Zoacoral- I love the tank, I just wish I could have gone bigger. The new 70g and 100g artisan tanks are sexy! The only thing I would change about the construction of the CAD pro is the drain for the overflow is a bit low so I have to have filter floss in the overflow so it doesnt sound like a waterfall. The only other issue is the sump which I am going to redo. The way the baffles are in there the water level changes with evaporation ( I do have an ATO now anyways) which is kind of annoying.

revsgirl- Thanks! Its actually hosting an elegance coral, but dont tell her that lol

swannyson7 · Nov 28, 2011

Looks great Ryan! You'll have to cut me a frag of those mauls :wink:

gar732 · Nov 28, 2011

Looking good Ryan!

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Yeah the Mauls are sick! Theyve always been growing and spreading like crazy since I got them, but the last few days theyve been closing up more and more for some reason. Just hoping its nothing and they'll come back. Still have some at work (just cut a couple small frags too), but I will let you know when Im brave enough to cut a frag lol Im only hesitant because I hear theyre very touchy, sensitive, and like to melt for no reason.
Thanks Gabe! Still working on getting a fish trap for my GD mystery wrasse. Ill keep you updated it you still want him at this point lol

mylifeismyown66 · Nov 28, 2011

Because I got some new corals and repositioned a bunch of stuff I wanted to update the thread with pics to keep track of growth and whatnot. Here goes some more iphone pics:
Blue Milli & Bonsai Type Acro

Chili Pepper Cap, Green Acan, Yellow Tort

Acans, Orange Fungia, Elegance, Miami Hurricane

Orange Acan, Sympodium, ORA Ultra Gold Maxima

Tyree Pink Lemonade, Strawberry Shortcake, King Midas, Red Hornet, Spiderman

Cali Tort

ORA Fuzzy Yellow, ATL Forest Fire Monti, Candy Apple Reds