93GAL rimless

impur · Jun 24, 2013

I finally have the cube I have always wanted up and running. Took me a few weeks to get everything setup and transferred. And dang was this a project. I upgraded from a 60gal cube that wasn't quite what I wanted, the internal overflow took up too much space and I just could not create the look I wanted with the aquascape. On top of this I have had hydroids in my tank for about 6 years and I was done with them. So here are some pics of the process of putting up this cube

The tank. I originally purchased the glass to build this exact size tank myself. I added a piece of 1/4" glass as a eurobrace on the bottom panel and glued the tank together. Unfortunately there was some air trapped somewhere between the bottom panel and the eurobrace and this emerged as bubbles in my seam. While we were taking the tank apart, 1" of the corner snapped on the front panel. So I put it all away for another day and bought this

The light. I won this from Aqua Medic on Facebook. This is a really great light!

Here you can see my tank area. The 60gal is where the 93 will go. The 27gal on the left is holding the last of my corals and rocks that still have hydroids, the 40B has all of my hydroid free corals and rocks as well as my 5 fish.

60 gone 93 in its place

Fill er up

Sand in

impur · Jun 24, 2013

Here is the manifold I build for the return. Allows the addition of a few media reactors or whatever might be needed.

Drain and inside the stand

I screwed my RKL to a board so it would mount nicer in the stand. Also going to add both vortech controllers to this

And I will also be using these instead of the bulky DJ power centers I have used in the past

impur · Jun 24, 2013

Water cleared up

I built the left side rock structure outside the tank using JB Weld Waterweld to hold everything together.

Also got the bulbs in the fixture and mounted the light

LisaD · Jun 24, 2013

Taggin' along for the view!!! Looks great!

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impur · Jun 24, 2013

So I moved the corals and fish out to tubs for acclimating and drained the 40

Rock from the 40 made up the rest of the aquascape. I just started stacking and it turned out pretty darn nice IMO

impur · Jun 24, 2013

My original plan for the acrylic sump did not work out. It was too tall, I could barely get my skimmer into it, and it also did not leave room for my return manifold. 20L to the rescue! I moved it to the other side of the sump, extended the drain a bit and tada! You can also see the fans I wired up for air movement and light