SeaHorse_Fanatic's new Dual RR Cube (2' & 30") Tanks Journal

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

So, finally got all the equipment and pieces for doing my dual teardown & new RR cube tank builds.

First of all, had to teardown my non-RR 2' cube that I've had going for about 6-7 years at least.



Replaced this with a RR 2' cube that I bought back from my friend Laurie "The Guy". This much traveled tank looks and works great. Fits exactly into the existing stand/setup but is Reef-Ready and now plumbed into the common sump (2' x 2' x 1' high) under the other cube tank.



My friend John giving me a hand plumbing the tanks together (usually I would do it but he volunteered and who am I to say No? )

At the same time, had to tear down my RSM 130 and tripled the volume by changing it over to a 30" x 30" x 24" semi-cube RR tank.




The stand is only 26" tall so I built a "stand" for the stand out of a 2x10 from RONA and painted black. You can see the 2x10 in the bottom right corner before I finished with the touchup painting job. Here's also the final plumbing job and it all works beautifully.



Here's the new bigger cube getting topped up with IO water.

[Tn23]

Nice setup Anthony! Time for more Coral

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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

So I pulled an all-nighter to get the tank setups finished and to transfer in all my livestock, live rock and newly washed sand bed (was outside in shorts & t-shirt washing sand with my garden hose at 4 in the morning) First pics of newly set up reef -



93g Starfire RR semi-cube (30" x 30" x 24")
Black stand with 2x10 "lift"
Custom DIY LED with 10w emitters (3 blues - 445nm & 460nm) & 3 whites (6500k; 10000k; 20000k) and a single center 1w blue LED moonlight. Its got built in timers and dimmer switches on each pendant controlling blues & whites separately.



Pic of 93g cube from the livingroom side



2' RR cube

These are pics taken on Thursday morning shortly after setup was completed. Started the teardown and new builds Wednesday afternoon. Finally got to sleep around 10:30 am Thursday.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

So it's now day 4 and I've had the skimmer running for a couple of days. Here's what 2 days of skimmate looks like with my Deltec Recirc skimmer using Aquabee 2000 pump:



Pic taken by Felicia

Here's a wider view of sump section:



Have an 18w Coralife UV sterilizer and a Jebao DC6000 return pump. Will be adding a couple of media reactors containing Hydroton bioballs and ROWA phos, as well as hanging a bag of Purigen in the sump.

Here's pics of the tanks on day 4:



From my work desk - 93g RR Starfire cube



From dining room



From living room

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Here's the new RR 2' cube - day 4



Seen from the loveseat - btw, exact same pendant as used over the 93g cube hung with SS DIY hanging kit.



Seen from the couch

And here is a view of both cubes from the living room area:



Both cubes have a single Jebao WP 25 for flow.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

And here's my main display reef (165g custom Starfire with external overflow on right side with custom DIY lights (28 x 10w emitters - blues 445nm & 460nm; whites are 6500k, 10000k, 20000k) and 90g wide sump utilizing a Deltec recirc skimmer and new Jebao DC6000 return pump.







Thanks for looking.

[Coral Hoarder]

looks great we need some close ups of the live stock !!

[straightrazorguy]

Originally Posted by scott tang

looks great we need some close ups of the live stock !!

Yeah, we want to see all those tangs up close...

[Madreefer]

Looks good Anthony.
Makes me want to get more fish

[STANKYfish]

Looks good! I really like the aquascape, the tall rocks, or it just one big one? and all the open area at the bottom