John's 60 gal Cube

[Mhumbach]

Love the tank! I bought the marineland 45g cube, I had to drill it myself because it wasnt drilled. I ended up using a similar setup with a 1" overflow with a mag 9.5 and its a perfect combination. Good luck!!

 

[JHiestand]

Well the rock work was driving me crazy, so I ripped it all out tonight and redid it. Not sure if I like it 100% because I can't completely see it right now. Here is a few shots of if from the three sides.

 

[JHiestand]

Here's one from today. I think I am going to leave it. It always looks better once its covered in coral. Sorry it's dark, my light is over my frag tank right now.

 

[jackson6745]

I have a 60 cube with a skimz 181 on it. It skims the heck out of this size tank As for the aquascaping, I think you should get your drill and some 1/2 or 3/4 PVC and create

 

[JHiestand]

I have a 60 cube with a skimz 181 on it. It skims the heck out of this size tank As for the aquascaping, I think you should get your drill and some 1/2 or 3/4 PVC and create

I would but I am not the patient.

 

[JHiestand]

Truthfully I am not a big fan of the "zen" , or whatever people are calling it, rock work. I like a more natural look and the foot print of this tank doesn't really allow me to do what I want. I like the idea of being to remove them separately also.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Looks great. Love your stand. I love my 181. Except when the pump stops working. Can't wait to see it filled.


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[tbryan]

Coral will eventually cover up all of that aquascaping crap anyway, good call on redoing the plumbing that overflow is terrible.

 

[that novice guy]

Thos corals on the top part of yoyr rock will be roasting!

 

[JHiestand]

So everything has been going pretty well. I finished the hood and got the light installed. I had to build a little stand for the skimmer because it was too deep in the sump. I fixed the drain setup and now can run the 9.5 wide open. I might change the outlets around so I can remove the power heads like my original plan. I have also picked up quite a bit of coral lately, I have been put on coral probation by the wifey for a few weeks lol. Well here's a bunch of pictures for you all. Sorry about the quality they are IPhone pictures and it gets washed out with the leds.

 

[JHiestand]

So does anyone know why I can't edit my posts? I would like to rotate a few of the pictures and the last one didn't upload because enter wasn't working.

 

[JHiestand]

Updates

Well I have a lot of updates here. I had a fish get into the overflow box and with the back drilled, not the bottom, I couldn't get it out. So that meant breaking the whole tank down and removing the overflow box. I managed to save the fish but it took a complete tear down. I decide to change everything up a bit. I drilled two more return holes at the bottom and two more drain holes for a bean overflow setup. I cut a new overflow box out of 1/2" acrylic and 1put that into place. As soon as I get a few bulkheads in the mail I will water test again.

 

[JHiestand]

 

[JHiestand]

Overflow box fixed

Back up and running now, the scwd is working great, I will be adding an MP10 to the back wall but that's about it, time for a massive picture update.

 

[Genesis Corals]

Tank looks great.