A new beginning...

[drksthr]

So I just picked up this 29g rimless biocube last night... I know it's a mess and I'm damn excited to start cleaning it up..

Here are some pics as is.

 

[Hozer]

keep it up! i was thinking of doing this to my 14g! i would like to see more picts when its up and running!

 

[Poseidon]

wahhooo! welcome back!, that will teach you for trying to quit

 

[curiousphil]

wahhooo! welcome back!, that will teach you for trying to quit

lol

hope it goes well for you dude, post lots of pics

 

[drksthr]

Just put in about 30mins in and I can feel it being set up sooner.  LoL

I know it's on.y 2 sides so far but curved tanks are a pain to clean

 

[drksthr]

This is far as I got.  Bed time now. LoL

 

[ricklalonde]

Looks good! Welcome back 

 

[drksthr]

thanks everyone... hope this one goes well
filling it now with RODI water... its about 1/4 full at the moment..

 

[Reef Hero]

Hey Joey! Glad to see you back.
Best of luck! Good choice with the rodi!


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[drksthr]

So here is the tank now.  I was up u til 2am last night frustrated with this damn tank and I don't know when to quit until I remembered my alarm was set for 4am for work. LoL
So I tinkered around with it tonight and this is the best it's going to get. 

My problem was that when I turned it on the water would just hit the edge and every ten mins a little trickle over.  Repositioned everything and tinkered some more and best I can get is 1/8" from the top.  It now has a slight lean and I've tipped the tank back to slide thick pieces of cardboard under to balance and its not quite there yet.
Reason why the tank is a little foggy cuz of me tipping it alone.

 

[pulpfiction1]

turn your camera sideways maybe pics would be easier to view

 

[unibob]

turn your camera sideways maybe pics would be easier to view

I click on photo and it flips on its own.

 

[pulpfiction1]

not here

 

[drksthr]

It flips on its own for me as well.  I'm taking pics with the iPad.  Can't control how it uploads them. Sorry

 

[drksthr]

Now it's waiting time for the cycle to start..

 

[pulpfiction1]

Now it's waiting time for the cycle to start..

  looks upright now here,nice look with that cave in the bottom

 

[Poseidon]

Now it's waiting time for the cycle to start..

Patience is key my friend 

 

[drksthr]

Tested tank tonight.
Used only RODI in this tank.
Ammonia 2.0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 20ppm

Only a pound or so was live rock and the rest was dried rock. 

Also got a new light and loving how it looks. Picked up a 18" Zoomed aquasun HO LED fixture. Here are 3 pics. One with just the white light, one with white and blue and one with just blue.  Taken with an iPhone, ill have to take some with the gopro later.

 

[drksthr]

Update:

Test tank last night.
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - under 10ppm

Found a Nassarius snail in the tank that survived the cycle. Also I thought I cleaned out the back chambers well but apparently not. There are at least 11 tubes in the chamber just before the return pump input with white feather dusters and a piece of live rock with 5 on it.

 

[drksthr]

Update: cube has been running well.  Everything testing out great as well.  I ended up adding a pair of clowns to the tank earlier than I wanted to. Rescued them from a buddy that hasn't been maintaining his tank due to other priorities. Salinity was at 1.049 and they took 13-14hrs to drip to 1.024.  Also added in some corals thanks Ben and Jerry (not the ice cream). Added a strawberry dottyback, some peppermint shrimp, snails, pink tip anemone and a cleaner shrimp.  Also temp holding my juvenile blue face angel.