Max's "almost a cube" tank

kien · #1 01-19-2010, 01:53 AM

4 out of 5 stars! You can have that 5th star when you paint that strip of pink foam running around the tank/stand :-) hehe

looks really nice actually, what are your plans for the tank?

pelle31 · #2 01-19-2010, 01:55 AM

Nice lookin tank!! Can't wait to see it all filled up.

fishytime · #3 01-19-2010, 01:57 AM

Agreed.....tank and stand look "killer"

maxxxim · #4 01-19-2010, 02:33 AM

Thanks for all the kind comments.

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Originally Posted by kien

4 out of 5 stars! You can have that 5th star when you paint that strip of pink foam running around the tank/stand :-) hehe

looks really nice actually, what are your plans for the tank?

Hahaha I knew someone would mention that. Actually the pink is gone, these pictures were taken a few weeks ago during the test fitment of everything. It will all be silver in the next set of pictures.

As for plans, I would like to try out some SPS. My last tanks were mostly softies with a few LPS here and there. I don't want to clutter the display with a bunch of rock, so I was thinking of doing a few islands. A big one for the SPS and a little baby one to the side for the zoas and all the other good stuff.

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Originally Posted by the marine apprentice

that tank and stand looks awesome. where did ya get the tank from?

The tank was build by Elite. I build the sump myself, it was a bit scary but not as bad as I tought it would be. Turned out alright for my first DIY sump.

lorenz0 · #5 01-19-2010, 02:44 AM

Nice tank, very clean. lol once you mentioned the color it did look a tad bit familiar

what are you in school for?

maxxxim · #6 01-20-2010, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lorenz0

Nice tank, very clean. lol once you mentioned the color it did look a tad bit familiar

what are you in school for?

Thank you. I was hoping someone would recognize it...didn't want to look like a fool haha. I can now polish, wax and clay bar my stand

I am studying geophysics, here at the UofC.

I'll have a few more pictures up on Thursday.

lorenz0 · #7 01-20-2010, 02:51 AM

lol clay bar your stand. but could you take some shots of how you assembled your skinning. i'm just about to go mine (should have done it from the start) and i really like how yours turned out

Fish Head · #8 01-20-2010, 11:49 AM

i agree tank and stand are gonna be sweet when its done. Currently trying to skin my stand but work keeps getting in the way. Booo work

JDigital · #9 01-20-2010, 03:22 PM

Cube tanks are awesome. This one is no exception.

Looking forward to this.

maxxxim · #10 01-21-2010, 11:31 PM

Update: Here are some more pictures, as promised. The water is a bit cloudy still. I just threw in a few pieces of LR to see how the tank looks with some rock in it lol.

This is how the magnets are embeded. I just user a router to make a hole and glued in the magnets.

Four magnets per panel, holds nicely.

DIY polished glass edges. Took forever to do this.

Lighting setup.

The height is adjustable, and it rotates out of the way.

ReefKeeper.

Sump, still need to clean up the wires. The water is not yellow, just the lighting in the room.

As you can see, the pink is all gone

After taking these pictures I realized that this camera sucks hahah.

Thanks for looking everyone.