James's 60 Gallon Cube Reef

[sewerman45]

Long overdue update.

Here's where things stand right now:



As you can see, there have been some changes. I finished the little tank finally and and redid the main tank completely.

First the big tank:





I have been wanting to change the look of this tank for awhile now and had inherited all kinds of problems with the second hand rock that I started with and really wanted a clean start. Eli, at fijirock, was fantastic. I told him what I wanted and he mocked it up for me and then sent it out. Couldn't be happier. That fijicrete stuff is amazing for putting rock work together.

I am not 100% sure what I am going to do with the shelf. Right now I have a couple of acans from before and I might try to go that direction. Or maybe a bunch of different zoas? Anyone have some ideas for me?

I also traded my vertex illumina for a Kessil a360we. I'm really happy with the light. The vertex was great but was a bit too much for the tank and more than I needed.

I'm really excited to see it start filling in. Once I've made sure all my parameters are still dialed in and start to see some growth I will add some more corals to the shelf and to some of the outcroppings.




Last update I hadn't really started working on this one. I got the rock from Eli again and am super happy with how it turned out. There is another torch on the left side that you can't really see as it's retracted from me using the turkey baster to clean up a bit.

I really wanted it to look like a multi colored tree with some pseudo grass on the bottom. I'm hoping the GSP will grow to cover the bottom and stay there for the most part. I went without sand for this one as I've found sand to mostly just be a nuisance.

I have an AI Prime over it and I am really happy with it. It's a great little light and is the perfect size for this project.

My next step is to get a fish or two for it. And maybe a small clean up crew? I'm not really sure what I have to have for cleanup if anything... Anyone know? Also, I need to figure out a fish out two for this setup. It's 17 gallons and it'd be great to have something novel in here that I couldn't have in the big tank. I'd love any suggestions.

The overflow is an all glass mame overflow. I was a little leery at first about this but I really wanted something that wasn't a big eyesore and couldn't really find anything else that was as nice. I was planning on drilling the tank but all the overflows are big and black and that wasn't what I was going for. It's pretty dirty right now but cleans up really easily and works like a charm. It self starts with no problem after being turned on and is pretty quiet.




Here is the whole corner of life and such that I have going on in my apartment. I really happy about the place that the tanks are in. For the first time in a long time, everything is stable and hunky dory.

Thanks for looking.

[Skimmer Juice]

wow new scape looks great , what fixture would you prefer now that you have used the Kessil ?
For clean up crew for that tank I would recommend some Halloween hermits , nice color and great cleaners very underrated IMO.

[miuYH]

OOooo..
Can you please do a post on your other corner? I want to see your details on your plants!!! pleaseeeeeeeee

[sewerman45]

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice

wow new scape looks great , what fixture would you prefer now that you have used the Kessil ?
For clean up crew for that tank I would recommend some Halloween hermits , nice color and great cleaners very underrated IMO.

Thanks! I'm really happy with the rescape. I haven't had the Kessil for long but so far I really like it. The only down side to it so far is a lack of a moonlight. I'm going to look into Halloween hermits. They sounds great and it's the perfect time of year.

Originally Posted by miuYH

OOooo..
Can you please do a post on your other corner? I want to see your details on your plants!!! pleaseeeeeeeee

I took a quick snap. Here you go.



The one in the yellow pot is a coffee plant that I've had for a few years.. the rest is a pretty random assortment of things that I've picked up. The white rectangle one is a succulent garden. The big one on the left you can't see well is a big pitcher plant. Very cool plant.

[Skimmer Juice]

this is similar to what I did with mine , scroll down near the bottom of the page

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...382680&page=36

[sewerman45]

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice

this is similar to what I did with mine , scroll down near the bottom of the page

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...382680&page=36

That is a super clever way to put in moonlights. I really like that. Where did you get the moonlights?

[Skimmer Juice]

I got mine at piesces in calgary but you can look up hamilton led strips and see if anywhere near you sells them