The only problem with T5's is that the shortest you can get are still longer the 29g biocube. I was thinking of going that rought at first.

All the stuff I need, well almost


Getting the sides together


Almost ready to stand on its own.


Not time to sand and paint/stain


Will have some more pic this weekend

very cool man. using glue with screws (using pipe clamps)?

Very nice setup Troy - the stone wall is awesome - very good use of space. And...I didn't know you could use expanding foam like that. No chem-leaching in the water? And, nice job on the stand...not a trivial job ! What do you plan to do for getting into the hood? ..is it hinged? ..door on front?

Posted By bobsfish on 04/16/2010 01:44 PM
  No chem-leaching in the water? And, nice job on the stand...not a trivial job ! What do you plan to do for getting into the hood? ..is it hinged? ..door on front?

Between the dry rock and the rock wall.   There is alot of leaching, right now my param's are way out of wack.   But is only been a little over a week with water.   I figured that I would have a bad cycle.   I plan on doing another 100% water change this weekend.  

For the stand.  It will have double doors in the front, on top and bottom.  I would like to get the top to swing up and out of the way, but I am not that great of a carpenter so I will settle for the doors.   Shouldn't be to much of a problem since there isn't a hood on the biocube.

Got some more work done on the stand today.   It is starting to look like something now. 








Updated shot of the tank.  Ammonia, Nitrates, and Nitrites are still really high.   I will be doing a 100% water change again in the next few days.   Plus I have ordered a new ballast for the Sunpod cause is went to shit on me.  

Update
Got the front panel on and the outside stained.   Still need to cut out for the doors on top and bottom.  But its starting to come around.  

Posted By Troy on 04/14/2010 08:35 PM
The only problem with T5's is that the shortest you can get are still longer the 29g biocube. I was thinking of going that rought at first.

Wrong my freind check Nanotuners out, they are pre ordering 12in and 18in t5, should be released very soon by UVL, they are already working on retro hood fixtures.

Finally finished with the stand.   Thank God!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im not going to be able to move the tank into the stand intil this weekend when I do the next water change.   But its getting closer to getting completed.   Here a few pics





Here is the tank from a few days ago,   Starting to get throw the cycle.   Cant wait in til its completely ready for coral.



Let me know what you think, give any ideas, cause I still have time to change things before the tank goes in the stand. 

looks awesome personally

now that i've met you troy......it looks like CRAP!!

Hope the cycle goes quick and you can get stuff in there soon.

-Justin

Hey thanks Strong, coming from you that really means alot. LOL

Finally this bad boy is done.  Here is the first pictures of a monthly set to show the progress.  In the tank currently is one Yellowtail Damsel, two Yellow Clown, one Green Clown Goby, and a Six Line Wrasse.  I have one frag of Blue Steel Zoas. 







The bottom, the bucket is the RO for the ATO

Pretty cool setup Troy! Never seen a Biocube done like that!

--AJ

I'll bet that it feels pretty good to finally be done. Looks good man, now its time to fill r' up!

Your nice and tidy wiring makes me want to redo mine. I've got soooo many things plugged in it's almost impossible to not have a mess.

Don't let the peg board fool you, there is a mess of cords behind it. It just has the appears clean and neat. I want it to run for another month or so, before I really start moving my corals over. Plus I still need to redo my rockwork into its final place, because I want to glue all the plugs down so they don't move. I have a turbo snail that likes to knock stuff over.

Great looking setup Troy. I'm sure it's good to be done...that's a big project. I might have missed the detail about your cycle...how long did it take to completely cycle? Was it a "normal" cycle, or a little different?... given the out-gassing from the insulation material for the wall. I need to stop over to see the final product now.

Bob the cycle was terrible all the param's were off the chart for over a month.   Started to get back to normal now, buts its been running for a while, I filled it up on April 7.  Just give me a call when you are free if you want to come and look at it.
Still having some affects of the rockwall I think.   I have a small amount of cloudiness for the past few weeks.  Not sure what that is coming from yet for sure, just amusing its the rockwall.  

Here is my June pic

July update.  Not much progress, but the param are getting a little more stable. 

Started moving everything over to the BioCube.   Nothing is looking great just yet, cause I just got the stuffed moved last night.  
Here is a couple of pic's
Definitely starting to look more like a reef tank