Doug,s 180g Reef Cube

Doug · #1 12-31-2005, 12:35 AM

Tank is a cube shaped 180g. 4ft.H...3ft.W...2ft.H. All 1/2in. glass with two 4in. braces. Tank has a starfire front, that we have somehow scratched, {see scratched glass thread}.

Filtration includes a turf scrubber, dumping direct into the aquarium and a beckett skimmer, running from the sump. Mag 12 return pump, ATS dump and a Tunze 6080 stream pump provide the current.

Doug · #2 12-31-2005, 12:42 AM

It has a large single corner overflow with a 1.5in. drain.

Its a bare bottom, except for the 3ft. by 2ft. aragonite coated piece of acrylic form my 90g. Most of the rock sits on this. I used several pvc pipes again to provide homes and tunnels for the fish, especially my clowns.

Doug · #3 12-31-2005, 12:58 AM

Some of the stock is from my 90g. Still have a 3+year old mandarin, 3,one

Yr. old PJ cardinals, 3, Ora Percs,which have now formed a female, male and it group. And of course my adult copperband.

I sold the Kole tang so I could make new additions at the same time.

Added a baby sailfin tang, baby scopas tang and a juvie Foxface. All have been fine

together. The Foxface has already cleaned up most of the bubble algae.

Eat like a bunch of pigs already but thats fine with me and I have planned my filtration to handle it.

Here they seen me working near the tank and are having a general "where the food" meeting.

Doug · #4 01-10-2006, 06:03 PM

I will add some pics soon now that the other lighting is in place. Besides supplement actinics and normal outputs, I,m experimenting with a single 400w Iwasaki. The pendant is fairly high to give it spread and the Iwasaki still has the punch to cover it or at least thats the idea.

Aquattro · #5 01-10-2006, 06:08 PM

Looks great Doug!!!

christyf5 · #6 01-10-2006, 06:11 PM

Doug! I found it! The tank looks great. I like the PVC tube idea. Just wondering, are clowns more likely to lay eggs on a smoother surface (ie. PVC) than bare rock??

Also how is the aragonite coated bottom faring?

Christy

muck · #7 01-10-2006, 06:13 PM

Neat idea with the PVC tubes under the rock for tunnels..
Looking Good Dougie!!

muck · #8 01-10-2006, 06:14 PM

How bout some closeups of those Clams..

fakename · #9 01-10-2006, 06:38 PM

Nice tank!! I bet those PVC tunnels really open it up for swimming room vs. a big pile o' rocks!
Cheers,
Aaron

Doug · #10 01-10-2006, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christyf5

Doug! I found it! The tank looks great. I like the PVC tube idea. Just wondering, are clowns more likely to lay eggs on a smoother surface (ie. PVC) than bare rock??

PVC home from my 225g and its Cinnamon clown residents.

Also how is the aragonite coated bottom faring?
Christy

It seems fine. Had some red turf algae on the front portions in the 90g, hoping that does not happen here. A little current cleans the detritus fine.