“ Turbulent Waters” sca cube build

[Jamal]

The Build:
Current equipment
sca 50 cube pnp (24x24x20)
Dual maxspect gyre xf230
Dual mp10 (1 WQD & 1 WES)
Kessil ap700
36 lbs of sand
42.4 lbs of dry rock
Sca 301 skimmer
Vertex omega 150 skimmer

Equioment wish list
Vectra s1
Pax bellum algae reactor
Apex classic
Cube sump to fit the vertex skimmer

This build is no were near my first n probably won’t be the last build in my future. But tech wise this system is probably going to the most coral focused system

 

[Bmasculine]

Nice I just got my 60 gal cube going, I’m also running dual xf 230’s I had to turn them down to about 40%, it’s a lot of flow. My tank is B.B. not sure what sand you are using but I would use a large grain sand so it doesn’t blow around so much.

 

[Jamal]

I’ve got the gyres dialed back to (gyre mode +10/-20) on the left side since cage b is directly above a mp10 on the back wall and the other gyre is on (+20/-20) both on 1 minute ramp up one minute ramp down the mp 10s both set to random at about 40%

 

[Jamal]

I aimed for a more full on gentle flow with the useage of the 4 in my honest opinion the mp10’s would have been sufficient or just the 2 gyres but I wanted to provide a very broad yet soft high turn over rate in tank thus allowing me to match my flow from the return to a 1:1 ratio with the skimmer thus allowing for maximum efficiency

Nice I just got my 60 gal cube going, I’m also running dual xf 230’s I had to turn them down to about 40%, it’s a lot of flow. My tank is B.B. not sure what sand you are using but I would use a large grain sand so it doesn’t blow around so much.

 

[Jamal]

Time for a update I had to divorce my stock sump skimmer & return from sca... for the sump I went with a emerald cube from TRIGGER SYSTEMS W| a vertex omega 130 skimmer for the return I’m using a current loop dc return I still want to use the vectra s1 so I can use the reeflink to control the return and both mp10s and seeing as how my sump has a dedicated fuge I no longer need a pax bellum only a kessil h160