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04/06/2009, 12:56 AM | #1 |
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Scary's 60gal Starphire Rimless Cube!
This is a build that may take a while.
This tank's inspiration will come mainly from Leonardo's Formosa Forest BB cube and Elos. The Aquarium: 26"x24"x22"tall (59.4 Gallons) Front/sides Starphire Central overflow with two returns. Protein Skimmer Octopus Skimmers DNW-150 Meshmoded Return pump Blueline Velocity T4 External Pump Barbed fittings Waterflow Ecotech Vortech MP40w 3200GPH Return ~700gph total ~3900 GPH ~66X turnover Lighting Lumen Bright 3 Mogul Base Reflector Radium 250 Watt SE Mogul 20K IceCap 250 Watt Electronic Metal Halide/ HQI Ballast Aquarium Stand DIY Custom Stand made of 3/4" Plywood from Home Depot. All wood pieces are rabbited together to insure The sump area is elevated off of the bottom 2 1/2" and rabbited into the walls. There are cutouts on the bottom for airflow in the event that water may get down there. The stand will be finished with High-Gloss automotive paint. (suggestions on color would be great!!) Sump 21"X12"X15"tall (16.4 Gallons) It will contain a Return/auto topoff compartment and a compartment for the return. I have so much done, yet I have a million things to do!! |
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the stand looks awesome!! i'm in the process of building a plywood stand for a 40 breeder... i was originally going to do the inset door like you did, but then i thought it might be better to have panels below all 4 sides of the tank and the doors on top of that to still get the 'euro' look... i'd post pics of my sketchup but my baby's crawling all over me..
it looks like your tank is flat on the bottom also, where mine has the trim and the raised bottom.. anyways, thanks for the pics!
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04/07/2009, 08:39 AM | #4 |
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Looks like a nice Setup.... I curently have a lumenbright 3 on my 24x24 cube. I am running a reeflux 12k, but thinking about running a radium also. I have always run 400w radiums in the past with HQI ballasts, so not real sure how the 250w was going to look (I know they can be Blue) without the HQI ballast. I love Radium's and the growth you get from them.
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Awesome, awesome, awesome
Did you build the tank too? Custom order? |
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cutstom ordered glass.
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04/07/2009, 07:13 PM | #7 |
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WOW that is some nice looking gear. Cant wait to see it come together.
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I am excited to see it the light running. It has been sitting in my tank for around six months. I just ordered an Icecap ballast from Marine depot along with a few other things. Quote:
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04/07/2009, 07:37 PM | #9 |
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woah
this is almost identical to the tank I just built from scratch Mine just needs a finished stand and then it will be ready for water (and a thread.) I'm gonna follow this one too though.
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You may be in California, but our minds are binded tight, like a baby tiger.
Good choice in dimensions |
04/07/2009, 08:51 PM | #11 |
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like that stand. giving me ideas for mine.
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I just made an order from Savko for all of the plumbing parts in black!! I think it might have came out cheaper than a trip to Home Depot.
I forgot to get two 90 degree fittings going to the barbs that runs to the returns from the manifold coming off of the Return pump... !!! Quote:
You might have to ship freight regardless of them assembling it or not. The thing weighs a ton. It's ~100# The most important advise that I could give to you is to take your time. Being 1/16" of on one measurement could really bother you down the road... Last edited by scaryperson27; 04/08/2009 at 01:03 PM. |
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Hey Mike, your tank looks spectacular. I look forward to seeing it plumbed up, the overflow is very neat. With the returns and vortech it'll make some awesome current.
Im in the middle of making room for marco's 30x30x13, a few days away from buying it. All I need is a DNW now. See ya around the shop
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Hey Kyle. Thanks for the compliments! |
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Well, I got my savko order in and I plumbed the tank with all black tubing. Savko sent me white bulkheads on accident, when I called about it, they told me to keep them, and kindly sent me the new grey ones free of charge!! Great company to deal with. I was so impressed that I didn't even have to say anything, just kindly told them my situation and they said "okay we'll take care of everything and have them hopefully shipped off today."
I will be sure to make my future online orders from them and I recommend people reading this do the same. I also got my order from Marine Depot: Two filter socks 4" $39 Refractometer IceCap Ballast 250 watt poly tubing clamps well, enough talking. Here are more pictures of my progress! I am impressed with the build quality on the ballast. |
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I'm still battling it out in my own head as to what color I am going to paint it. Still don't know yet. I might even finish it. I don't know.
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04/14/2009, 08:24 AM | #20 |
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Im going to match my kitchen cabinets with my stand however black is always classic and easy.
funny thing is that your tank closely resembles mine, right down to the reflector. The only thing is that I have a coast to coast OverFlow on my tank. Ill have to post some pics of my stand and tank soon to show you.
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04/14/2009, 08:49 AM | #21 |
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That would be awesome. post some pictures.
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Looking good! Are you going to paint the back of the tank? How do you like the clor of the radium so far? Is it really blue on that ballast? it looks good n the photo, not too blue.
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sweet...thinking about a radium myself
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Looks nice. I love cubes and have one myself.
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