My 75G Cube

[1UCKY]

I was finally able to get my bare-bottom 75G Cube (Starfire Euro Braced) up and running last weekend. I intially purchased this set-up on Craigslist several weeks ago; it came with the stand, tank, sump, and canopy with built-in 250W MH, two 96W Power Compact lights and moonlights. The stand and canopy were white b4, so I went ahead and painted it black to match my dinning room furniture which includes my 180 FOWLR. Wife is not too happy with two tanks running in the dinning room, but, oh well, life goes on :biggrinpa......Right now the tank is cycling with about 75LBS of live rock. I will be adding two Seio Powerheads next week when they arrive in the mail. I will be transferring everything from my 24G AP in there once it's fully cycled.

15G Sump: Life Reef SVS2-24 Skimmer driven my a mag 9 (works like a horse!) and a Mag 12 return.

 

[crox99]

Nice cube and BTW you did the right thing!!! Never lissen to your wife. lol

 

[1UCKY]

Nice cube and BTW you did the right thing!!! Never lissen your wife. lol

LoL, Crox it took a lot of convincing; tank was almost sold last weekend!

 

[ellebelle]

My rule is never more than one tank per room. You better have given your wife something good her letting you have the second tank.

 

[1UCKY]

This weekend I transferred everything from my nano to the 75G :groupflip. Attached are a few pics of what it looks like now. Only problem I'm having is the damn micro-bubbles :banghead:. I've already put a filter sock on the drain and it helped a bit. I guess I'll try putting one on the skimmer return.

 

[Dmitry]

Looks great. Are you concerned about the dimensions of the tank not being idealf or a Hippo??

I had a lot of bubbles until I put a pair of regular media bags on the drain in the sump. They tamper the force of the flow and cut down on the bubbles. Baffles in the sump take care of the rest. Filter socks are so difficult to work with! And how do you wash them? You can't turn them inside out!

 

[1UCKY]

Looks great. Are you concerned about the dimensions of the tank not being idealf or a Hippo??

I had a lot of bubbles until I put a pair of regular media bags on the drain in the sump. They tamper the force of the flow and cut down on the bubbles. Baffles in the sump take care of the rest. Filter socks are so difficult to work with! And how do you wash them? You can't turn them inside out!

I've had the Hippo since he/she was the size of a dime in my nano. Once it grows too big, I will place him/her in my 180. Baffles in my sump is out of the question (too tight in their with the skimmer and all-unless I place the skimmer outside). Filter socks get replaced weekly.

 

[1UCKY]

Some updated pics.....

 

[NYreefNoob]

looks good, whats the dimensions on it ? and the clowns ought to be happy with choice of things to host

 

[1UCKY]

looks good, whats the dimensions on it ? and the clowns ought to be happy with choice of things to host

Thanks! The dimensions of the tank are 24X24X30. About the clowns, they don't host none of the anemones ....I hope they will move into one of them eventually.

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

awesome maxima

 

[1UCKY]

awesome maxima

Thanks my wife actually surprised me today; she bought it at New World in Manhattan.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Tanks lookin good!

If thats one of the maximas I saw yesterday, they're really small. I think you might have to target feed that clam phyto. How small is it?

 

[1UCKY]

Tanks lookin good!

If thats one of the maximas I saw yesterday, they're really small. I think you might have to target feed that clam phyto. How small is it?

Thanks Kris! She picked out the biggest one that they had together; It's about 2". I've just feed it some Marine Snow.

 

[jejton]

Nice setup. If you dont mind me asking, how much was it ?

 

[1UCKY]

Nice setup. If you dont mind me asking, how much was it ?

Thanks! Paid $350 for the set-up on CraigsList! I think it was a steal:thrash:....

 

[marki24]

tank looks great but i am not a big fan of bb. I believe it would look better with sand but that is just my opinion.

 

[1UCKY]

tank looks great but i am not a big fan of bb. I believe it would look better with sand but that is just my opinion.

I just thought I'd give it a try; it looks so much cleaner without all that sand, lol.....

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Looks great dude!

 

[1UCKY]

Looks great dude!

Thanks! I still need to add some more corals, but till then this is all that I have.....