I rebooted my 34G Solana cube in January.
It's self drilled with a small internal overflow. A custom acrylic sump made by Advanced Acrylics and a custom steel stand made by an old co-worker.
I cured the same rock and have gone bare bottom this time. The Scape is elevated by short sections of pipe zip tied to the rock.
It keeps detritus from building up and the fish love swimming under it.
Equipment:
ATI Sunpower 6x24
Bubble Magnus Curve 5
Avast Ato
jebao powerhead
Aquatop return pump
Finnex heater
Kamoer X1 doser
An ato reservoir is located behind the aquarium in the garage along with a SW mixing station. I ultimately plan to plumb the cube to a remote sump area in the garage and have it connected with my Dream build, a 240G cube which I'm currently refurbishing.
I've called it the Algae cube because I have been plagued with pest Algae. Since starting I've had X2 outbreaks of brown hair algae, green hair algae, bubble Algae, some kind of pink hair algae, cyano brown and red. I have done one ICP test and I'm waiting on the results of a second. I personally attribute these woes to dry rock and bare bottom. If I did it again I'd go traditional with live rock and a sand bed. I also know that running a nano is very challenging because of the lack of stability inherent in a small water volume. Once new floors go in our dining room the tank will be relocated and plumbed to a larger remote sump.
Livestock:
Lawnmower blenny
Clownfish
Firefish
Royal gramma
6 line wrasse
X3 lemon damsels
Cleaner shrimp
Various CNC
Corals
Red red cyphastrea
Ribbon gorgoniann
Candalabra gorgonian
Holly's rainbow monti
Pink bird's-nest
Laker's scroll
Mind trick Monti
X2 favias
Green sinularia
Fuzzy green rodactis
Orange mushroom
Orange ricordia
It's self drilled with a small internal overflow. A custom acrylic sump made by Advanced Acrylics and a custom steel stand made by an old co-worker.
I cured the same rock and have gone bare bottom this time. The Scape is elevated by short sections of pipe zip tied to the rock.
It keeps detritus from building up and the fish love swimming under it.
Equipment:
ATI Sunpower 6x24
Bubble Magnus Curve 5
Avast Ato
jebao powerhead
Aquatop return pump
Finnex heater
Kamoer X1 doser
An ato reservoir is located behind the aquarium in the garage along with a SW mixing station. I ultimately plan to plumb the cube to a remote sump area in the garage and have it connected with my Dream build, a 240G cube which I'm currently refurbishing.
I've called it the Algae cube because I have been plagued with pest Algae. Since starting I've had X2 outbreaks of brown hair algae, green hair algae, bubble Algae, some kind of pink hair algae, cyano brown and red. I have done one ICP test and I'm waiting on the results of a second. I personally attribute these woes to dry rock and bare bottom. If I did it again I'd go traditional with live rock and a sand bed. I also know that running a nano is very challenging because of the lack of stability inherent in a small water volume. Once new floors go in our dining room the tank will be relocated and plumbed to a larger remote sump.
Livestock:
Lawnmower blenny
Clownfish
Firefish
Royal gramma
6 line wrasse
X3 lemon damsels
Cleaner shrimp
Various CNC
Corals
Red red cyphastrea
Ribbon gorgoniann
Candalabra gorgonian
Holly's rainbow monti
Pink bird's-nest
Laker's scroll
Mind trick Monti
X2 favias
Green sinularia
Fuzzy green rodactis
Orange mushroom
Orange ricordia
