Waterbox 50.3 Build

[Jvanpelt89]

Started moving over some corals and over the past 2 weeks have added fish. I’ve got some higher end zoas on a ceramic island which will make for a cool zoa island. I went so far with a pair of Kaudern’s Cardinals and a pair of snowflake clowns, one orange and one black.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice frags!

 

[Jvanpelt89]

Thanks man!! Moved some torches over, suffering a pretty bad bacterial bloom right now, so everything else is on hold until that works itself out.

 

[Jvanpelt89]

Been a while. Added a few more fish to include a Royal Gramma and a Clown Goby. Also turned one of the back chambers into a fuge with Chaeto. I put a small acrylic box on the bottom of the chamber to keep the chaeto out of the baffles. I peeled some of the back off and I’m running the IM 18w Chaetomax light.

 

[Treecop]

Love your build post and the stand. I may build my own to replace the WB one. I have a WB 50.3 and have been following.

 

[commanderwho]

Any updates?!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

@Jvanpelt89 how's the reef going?

 

[Treecop]

Any updates?!

My aquarium is now approaching 4 months and seems stable. I added my first coral, a favia frag and it seems to be doing well. I will get some pictures soon.

 

[Treecop]

My nitrates are high at 5 mg/L. I added my first frag that I believe is a Favia. Took a photo but it came out too dark to post. Need to work on that! My CUC is doing a great job with algae and consist of 4 hermit crabs and 9 snails of various species including turbos.

 

[Edward Stocker]

Any updates, sorry if I’m reviving an older thread but really like the look of the water box

 

[Treecop]

Any updates, sorry if I’m reviving an older thread but really like the look of the water box

OK. My aquarium is 15 months old and seems to be stable. Moving along slow and steady. Currently have 2 clown fish, a fire fish,a yellow watchman gobie and a 2 spot signal gobie. Corals include a acan, a brain type coral a clove polyp and a cyphastrea. All are doing well.

 

[Treecop]

Any updates, sorry if I’m reviving an older thread but really like the look of the water box

Sorry for the late reply. I love my Waterbox. Quality aquarium.

 

[jackiemon]

The light bleed through shouldn't be and issue, assuming that you have rocks blocking the view of the false wall. Also you would be usually running the light at night while your display lights are off. Hope this helps! ~ Shaun K.

Hi! Would the refugium light bleeding to the display at night cause more algae growth in the display? My panels are tinted black so if I have the refugium light running at night (reverse schedule), the light will be visible in the display. Will this be an issue?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Any update on your tank?

 

[AlgaeBarn]

Hi! Would the refugium light bleeding to the display at night cause more algae growth in the display? My panels are tinted black so if I have the refugium light running at night (reverse schedule), the light will be visible in the display. Will this be an issue?

It depends on how much light will be visible in the display and a variety of other things such as nutrients and bioload. I would say if it's just a small amount like "moonlight" it shouldn't be a problem; however I would also allow nights where the refugium light is off so that there are periods of "night" in your aquarium.

I hope that kind of answers your question.
Sam

 

[jackiemon]

It depends on how much light will be visible in the display and a variety of other things such as nutrients and bioload. I would say if it's just a small amount like "moonlight" it shouldn't be a problem; however I would also allow nights where the refugium light is off so that there are periods of "night" in your aquarium.

I hope that kind of answers your question.
Sam

Thanks Sam!

Found a post where someone added a 1/16" black ABS around the media basket and that should solve it

 

[AlgaeBarn]

Thanks Sam!

Found a post where someone added a 1/16" black ABS around the media basket and that should solve it

That actually sounds like it will work really well! Let us know if you need anything else!
Sam