50g Cube Build

[Jerzyray]

I'm running all of the equipment they provided. I think the sump great.

Cool I think I'll pull the trigger on it... Going to watch your video now

 

[Jimbo662]

Cool I think I'll pull the trigger on it... Going to watch your video now

I had this tank too. It's a great looking tank and all the equipment that comes with it does the job. I had moved and downsized to the 50g but ended up upsizing again. I'm moving to a smaller place and need to downsize again but this time decided to go with their 66g instead. Just a little larger footprint which now come drilled with 3 holes.

 

[Jerzyray]

I had this tank too. It's a great looking tank and all the equipment that comes with it does the job. I had moved and downsized to the 50g but ended up upsizing again. I'm moving to a smaller place and need to downsize again but this time decided to go with their 66g instead. Just a little larger footprint which now come drilled with 3 holes.

Does the 50 gal have 3 holes

 

[Jerzyray]

Does the 50 gal have 3 holes

I also was wondering what size is the drain. And what size is the return line?

 

[Jimbo662]

no, just two.

 

[Jimbo662]

I want to say the 50g has a 1" and a 3/4" hole.

 

[TheEngineer]

I want to say the 50g has a 1" and a 3/4" hole.

They're weird sizes. They're metric I believe.

 

[Jimbo662]

I'd asked them about the 66g and they said it has 3 - 1" holes.

 

[TheEngineer]

I have ten new berghia nudibranch friends in my crew and they don't take kindly to aiptasia. This one went to knock on one's door to let it know it was time to be shipping out.

 

[TheEngineer]

Picked up a bunch of frags this weekend from a fellow reefer breaking down his tank. I took a few cell phone pics.

Bam bams

Pink zoas (not fully open)

Pink kraks

Emeralds on fire

Vulcan blood (sorry, dirty glass)

 

[Jimbo662]

wow...love those vulcan bloods!

 

[xx0505xx]

wow your tank looks amazing. I bought the JBJ 45 AIO tank and I sort of regret it now. I should have bought a tank with a seperate sump rather than a AIO tank.

 

[TheEngineer]

wow your tank looks amazing. I bought the JBJ 45 AIO tank and I sort of regret it now. I should have bought a tank with a seperate sump rather than a AIO tank.

Depends on what you want to do. I like AIOs. Unless you want reactors and such in your sump you really don't need it.

 

[Chrisfish]

Very nice tank, those Zoas are a nice addition

 

[TheEngineer]

Very nice tank, those Zoas are a nice addition

Thanks. With the exception of my aiptasia issue (which I hope to soon be rid of) this is my favorite tank I've had.

 

[bassgod]

Nice tank!

 

[TheEngineer]

I bought a 90mm lens last week and had 10 minutes to myself this morning to try it out. I still need to get a better feel for it, but these didn't come out too bad

 

[TheEngineer]

In a new attempt to get my unknown aiptasia-like pest under control, I bought a pair of peppermint shrimp on Friday. I setup my old 5g AIO I built as a QT. I got a pair of emerald crabs to take care of my growing bubble algae problem too. They'll be in here until April 13 or until they molt.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking good! The berghias didn't get it done for you either, huh?

 

[TheEngineer]

Looking good! The berghias didn't get it done for you either, huh?

Thanks! I'm convinced they are not actually aiptasia, at the very least they are not the kind that berghias eat. The berghias completely ignored them. I'm assuming the berghias are all dead at this point. There were a few of these on the bubble algae a plopped into the QT to feed the emeralds and they are now gone. I'm realllllly hoping that the peppermint shrimp eat whatever these are.