60 gallon cube blog

 

 

 

I installed foam underneath the tank on the stand as well as underneath the stand.

 

 

 

 

 

The question is, are these going to be the best option for me, or should I install some type of overflow around the bulkheads to getting better skimming surface area? 

My second question is: Will the white background that the back of the tank came painted with will be any good, or will it be too reflective?

 

I've seen elbows used before and didn't see any real problems. I agree with John, I would consider putting some kind of strainer on them to prevent them getting clogged by snails. I also would paint the back of the tank something other than white. My preference is black.

 

Mike

 

Installed cooling fans in hood:

 

I ran a water line from my RO+ DI filter in the basement up into the attic under the insulation and back down the wall to my aquarium.  The following pictures show how I located the spot where I needed to drill in the attic by using my mag-float stuck to the ceiling.  I then brought it out of the wall with a cover to make it look a little more "professional".  I had some good advice from an electrician friend on it:

 

Here's a picture of the back of my aquarium after painting it blue.  I had a black background on my last tank, so I wanted to go with something new:

 

 

Here's some pictures of my sump setup and plumbing.  I had an old 20g and 10g I wanted to use, but couldn't fit them in the stand side by side so I built a small stand for the 10g and had it hang out a few inches over the 20g.  I have 2 overflows, one going into the refugium (10g) and one going into the 20g (sump).  The right hand overflow runs directly into my sump, the second into my refugium.  I slowed the flow into the refugium using a ball valve.  The water flows out of the 10g refugium via. a bulkhead near the top with some piping down into the 20g, then through some baffles and into the pump chamber.  I ran my mag 9.5 externally out the side and back up into the tank.  Here's some pics:

 

 

Here's a pic from the front after set up:

 

 

Here's some pics after I set up the tank.  I used mostly figi rock from my old 65g long with some caribsea reef bones mixed in.  I just have the 2 actinic t5's that I retrofitted into the hood on.  I also have a 250w metal halide pendant but no pics yet:

 

I am getting a LumenBright mini MH pendant this Friday that I will run my 250W 10,000K MH on.  I've heard that it's supposed to put off more light at a greater distance off the water.  Anyone with experience with these?  Well, that's all for now.