Jay's 44 Gallon Cube Display

[jaygalindo]

So I have been reefing for a couple of years now and I have never really had a Display quality tank until now. So after making all of the newb mistakes in the book I have built a display tank. Shortly after getting into this hobby I was instantly attracted to cube aquariums and decided that I would own one or more some day. Even though this tank isn't a true cube it is close enough for me. So enough rambling and on to the tank.

Dimensions are 30"x24"x14" built out of acrylic. I went with a simple overflow style box mounted at the center of the aquarium with 1" bulkhead. I have about 20lbs of tongan branch with about 30lbs of various other rock and 30lbs of live sand. The stand is DIY and its the second one I have ever made. I will keep an updated equipment and stock list below. Thanks for checking me out.


Equipment

30x24x14 acrylic 44 gallon almost cube
DIY Rubbermaid sump
mag 5 return with loc-line.
Skimmer is TBD
Internal flow is a K1 and MJ1200 soon to be MP-20
200w heater
Lighting for now is 2 39Wx4 t5 units. Thinking about 250W MH though...
Rena XP1 running Chemipure Elite

 

[jaygalindo]

Oh and the door is going on tomorrow...

 

[FreakinReefin]

Cool tank dude...can't wait to see it develope!

 

[luisse25]

14 tall?shallow?very nice!

 

[jaygalindo]

Yup and still this tank l
ooks huge

 

[jaygalindo]

So I have moved a bunch of LR in and have slowly moved over some frags and mini colonies. The is the first aquascape and I am pretty happy with it except for the big pyramid shaped rock with the pom pom xenia and several other zoas on it. Just seems out of place and I wanted an open sand bed in the right fron area of the tank. So here are some pics...

Full Tank Shot


Left Side


Right Side

 

[Chichas01]

looking good!

 

[jaygalindo]

New Full tank shot with new lighting.

 

[mwalker0420]

Your last picture didnt come through. Other pictures look great. Very sharp looking tank.

Matt

 

[jaygalindo]

pics are working fine for me from several different computers/phones...

 

[jaygalindo]

 

[Chingon]

Great looking tank, lots of potential and great dimensions.

 

[jaygalindo]

Thanks. I am in South Hill too. Lot of reefers in this area..

 

[jaygalindo]

I was able to catch a decent shot of one of my Bangaii's

One of my favorite coral...

 

[ryansreef]

Very nice looking setup!