crabs new 24" cube

[i have crabs]

first of all pump parts showed up a while ago and once the pump sits on the rubber pads i cant see how this pump could possibly make a sound,


finished putting the rock wall up finally, cutting the rock and letting it dry out so i could epoxy it was one of the worst smells ive ever had the pleasure of smelling in my house, it wasnt all that bad to do but added up quick, about $100-125 in rock $60 in epoxy and $30 in silicone(still have half a tube though) i could have saved on the epoxy by not coating the whole back of the rock and just putting it in a few area's but i wanted it to be best as possible,im shure 25lbs of stinking dead rock should start a cycle real good


i also changed out the eggcrate on the overflow to black and instead of a full glass top im gonna try the front half eggcrate for a bit of ventilation unless the light seems really cut down from it.


im gonna finish some plumbing tonight or tommorow and hopefully have water in the next day or 2, i already have 100g of heated and mixed water ready to go

[i have crabs]

on the rock wall i left an oval hole for the vortech so i can move it up or down a bit, the space on the overflow is for a future nanostream or korillia pump if needed and i also left space on the sides for the magnet to clean the glass

[JDigital]

That looks awesome!

[fishytime]

Ive said it before and I will say it again....Its alive......alive. Looks good bud. How much water do you think all that epoxy displaces

[bignose]

Wow your tank is really looking great. Looks like the rock wall hides wires when your looking in the tank..

[Rbacchiega]

Happy with the Vortech so far?

[i have crabs]

i have 2 on my other tank and am very happy,this one is making a slight noise but i havnt tried to hard to quiet it up, i did have a nice wave goin but the splashing into the overflow was too much to lisen to all day

[i have crabs]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

Happy with the Vortech so far?

changed my mind to no, works great creates nice flow but being in my living room whenever the tv is off or at night and in the morning all you can hear is the damb motor speeding up and down and it was making me a bit crazy.
so i broke down today and bought a tunze 6105 and a single controller, sorry doug couldnt justify another trip up thier.

[fishytime]

Looks like it worked out pretty good man. Water soon?

[i have crabs]

hopefully today, its already mixed and waiting just need a chunk of 3/4" hose