Salmonshutters' 30 Gallon Rimless Cube

salmonshutters · Jun 23, 2011

Heres the new tank and the one I will be keeping for a while hopefully. Finally sticking to one tank. lol It is 24" x 24" x 12" with 1/2" glass from glass cages with two 1.5" bulk heads offset from the center. One for the overflow and one for the output. Two rock towers will surround the two holes to hide the drain and the output. Tomorrow, I will be building my stand (25" x 25" x 36") and hopefully have it sprayed within a week or two. Once the stand is built I will be talking to an acrylic worker to build me a sump for this bad boy and then I will be going from there.

The main goal of this tank is to have a display completely empty of heaters, power heads and whatnot. That is why the bulk heads are so large. Please give me feedback and ideas of what size pump I should use and what else.

salmonshutters · Jun 23, 2011

I've been working on the stand already and heres a little teaser of it before completion and painting. I'm gonna have to find someone to build me a sump because I don't think a 20 gallon will fit inside it, and I would like a decent size sump for this tank.

lps1212 · Jun 23, 2011

That's a sweet lookin nano gl with settin it up

salmonshutters · Jun 24, 2011

Got the stand finish, now painting it. After i'm done with painting it i'll attached the front door and work on figuring out what I'm gonna use for a sump or finding someone to build me one.

LVREEFER · Jun 24, 2011

That will be nice great size. Any idea on how your going pipe your return?

CONSTANTNE · Jun 24, 2011

Great start! Seems like nice work from glass cages.

Troylee · Jun 25, 2011

You know you have to pipe the return and drain to the top correct???? What size sump you throwing under it?

salmonshutters · Jun 25, 2011

LVREEFER said:
That will be nice great size. Any idea on how your going pipe your return?

The return will be through one of the holes in the bottom of the tank and will have 5 half inch outlets.

Troylee said:
You know you have to pipe the return and drain to the top correct???? What size sump you throwing under it?

Yes, otherwise the display will siphon out and just cause a huge problem lol. I really have not looked into pumps yet, but I'm thinking it is gonna be large for the size of the tank because I do not want any powerheads in my display.

salmonshutters · Jun 25, 2011

This might be a little hard to read, but here is my design of my sump. I'm not sure on what height to make it yet, so feel free to comment to help me make improvements.

salmonshutters · Jun 30, 2011

Finally have the stand finished, hopefully my bulkheads will be here soon so I can start plumbing it. I've decided to do two 10 gallons side by side for my sump connected by a bulkhead to save on cost and it will be about the same volume.

R33 GTR · Jul 1, 2011

I love those dimmension

Alpha Aquaculture · Jul 1, 2011

Looks very clean. I love the stand. I think its gonna come out super nice. You planning for sand? I think the sump looks good. I would suggest a nice framed plastic screen top it wont affect your light that much but then no fish jumping. Just to have it on there at night and when your not home so you don't lose any jumpers. I'm getting all necessary materials for many tanks and I will have extra parts for you no prob bro!

salmonshutters · Jul 1, 2011

AlphaCorals said:
You planning for sand? I think the sump looks good. I would suggest a nice framed plastic screen top it wont affect your light that much but then no fish jumping. Just to have it on there at night and when your not home so you don't lose any jumpers. I'm getting all necessary materials for many tanks and I will have extra parts for you no prob bro!

I am planning on having like an inch of sand, and i was already looking at window screen kits to make a frame to screen the top. But if you have extras sweet!!!. I am so happy with how the stand looks, and with the white light fixture hanging over it it will look amazing. It matches almost perfectly. I orginally wanted to make a custom sump, but to save money I'm gonna do two ten gallons side by side connected with bulk heads. I'll draw that up and post a picture of how that works. How big of a pump should I use for my return with keeping in mind that I do not want any powerheads in the display.

salmonshutters · Jul 8, 2011

Got the light hanger all set up today, just need to sand them down once i get the chance. I still have been slacking on ordering the plumbing, I wish I could just drive somewhere to buy the parts in town. I like being able to picture it when I'm buying it.

revhtree · Jul 8, 2011

Looks great!

SunnyX · Jul 8, 2011

Looks like you're off to a great start!

Thanks,

Sonny

BigFeesh · Jul 8, 2011

What kind of lighting do you have there?

Alpha Aquaculture · Jul 8, 2011

salmonshutters said:
I am planning on having like an inch of sand, and i was already looking at window screen kits to make a frame to screen the top. But if you have extras sweet!!!. I am so happy with how the stand looks, and with the white light fixture hanging over it it will look amazing. It matches almost perfectly. I orginally wanted to make a custom sump, but to save money I'm gonna do two ten gallons side by side connected with bulk heads. I'll draw that up and post a picture of how that works. How big of a pump should I use for my return with keeping in mind that I do not want any powerheads in the display.

I see what you mean by the electrical tubing now. Did you bend it yourself? You planning for a internal or external recirc pump? I would think 500-1000 gph depending on what you wanna keep in there. Def looks really sweet can't wait to see it in person.

yoshii · Jul 8, 2011

Looks like a nice start! I bet you could hide a powerhead in one of those rock towers

salmonshutters · Jul 8, 2011

AlphaCorals said:
I see what you mean by the electrical tubing now. Did you bend it yourself? You planning for a internal or external recirc pump? I would think 500-1000 gph depending on what you wanna keep in there. Def looks really sweet can't wait to see it in person.

I bent it myself at homedepot with the pipe benders. I think I'm gonna have to go internal with the amount of space I have, and I'm thinking a complete mixed reef with sps, lps and bubble tips.