Thoughts on a 30 cube

[Jcurry@wesketch]

Work is slow...again

So I decided to throw caution to the wind and setup one of the empty tanks I have laying around. It's a 30 gallon cube "ish" 20x18x18 tank that's been drilled in the upper corners. I've cut some glass I had laying around to make overflow boxes similar to the glassholes design. One will feed an airstone skimmer and the other will go straight to the sump.

I've rebuilt the stand to be 4" deeper than the tank to hide the plumbing and wires. Now I just need to skin it with the leftover wood from the kitchen renovation. and design a canopy.

I aquired a 15 high tank in a trade with Jim Roth but alas it's to tall. So I'm the quest for a small sump (preferably drilled). Something like a 10 gallon max dimensions 22Lx18W.

I'll use the Eshine light I got off Brandon and possibly add some exocotic stunner strips to adjust the color and be able to mimic the dawn to dusk effect.

They only piece of equipment that has me stumped is what kind of pump to use. I haven't had a tank this small in a long time. 20 years ago there wasn't much of a choice for small tank circulation. It was Hagen powerheads or nothing. I still have them and they work, but I don't want equipment showing in the tank. So I'm considering either a Quiet One or the Sicce Syncra and leaning towards the Syncra. But what size 1.5 or 2.0?

[mnat]

When we ran our 30g cube (I think it is the same dimension, old oceanic cub that is not built anymore with real think glass) we tried koralia's but they were way too big. If you can find a used mp10 that is what worked best for us.

[Jcurry@wesketch]

I think it's an Oceanic tank as well, I got it from Mike Bodell. The mp10 pushes 200 -1500 gph. Do you remember what gph you ran your mp10 at?

[mnat]

Full blast IIRC, I will ask Nikki when we get home. We had a lot of SPS in that tank so we were going for increased flow. With the wierd dimensions is worked pretty well because they don't fire in a straigh line so we were able to get really good flow throughout the tank with just the one head. The footprint is miniscule as well. When we had the two Koralia 2s in there they took up a ton of room and were very narrow with their flow.

[Jcurry@wesketch]

I picked up a small sump from Dover Pet tonight for a decent price.

[reefsandrotts]

This is eerie Jeff
A tank thread after all this time....
cant wait to see it up and running

[Jcurry@wesketch]

Yeah it's kind of wierd for me as well. It's been 4 years since I sold my 125, man how time flies.

The build is coming along slowly because I'm trying not buy any new equipment and just reuse what I have. The only problem is trying to find what I need & sifting through all piles of equipment I have squirreled away in my basent, attic and garage. LOL

This is eerie Jeff
A tank thread after all this time....
cant wait to see it up and running

[reefsandrotts]

sent u pm

[Edwardw771]

I'm pretty sure I gave that tank to Mike B. Post up some pics.

[Jcurry@wesketch]

Well I finally got the rock into the tank (thanks Magic) and the sand in (thanks Reefs&rotts). I just need to glue up the plumbing tonight. and then I can make some water and get the cycle going. Pics tonight after I get a new battery for my camera.