60 Gallon “Lazy Cube” Build

[Wolf8895]

aquascape looks good!

Thanks! I tried to make it interesting from the front and from the side facing my desk, since that's the side I'll be looking at all day.

 

[Wolf8895]

"the waiting is the hardest part" -- Tom Petty

Still cycling. Ammonia is 0, but still have plenty of nitrites.

 

[Wolf8895]

Small clean up crew has been added to start on the algae. Hopefully I’ll be adding the first fish when I get back from my backpacking trip next week.

 

[Wolf8895]

Made it back from backpacking. Tank fully cycled while I was gone. My SBB corals arrived the day after I returned! Got them in the tank and they seem to be doing well so far. Also added a royal gramma that stays hidden right now.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Made it back from backpacking. Tank fully cycled while I was gone. My SBB corals arrived the day after I returned! Got them in the tank and they seem to be doing well so far. Also added a royal gramma that stays hidden right now.

Love the aquascape design!!

 

[Wolf8895]

Thanks!

Love the aquascape design!!

 

[Wolf8895]

Meet Inky and Stinky!

 

[Lebowski_]

You did a nice job with those rocks. I like the little islands.

 

[Wolf8895]

You did a nice job with those rocks. I like the little islands.

Thanks! Added another small island to give the second Goni a landing spot.

 

[Wolf8895]

Friday FTS. It’s in one of its ugly phases right now. Additional cleanup crew is arriving today.

My corals from SBB seem to be doing well. Well except for the Acro I knew I shouldn’t have bid on but I got carried away.

 

[Wolf8895]

New cleanup crew did the trick, however now I've got a bloom of some kind clouding the water. Did a 10% water change last night and woke up to a dead return pump. I have another one coming tomorrow morning. Critters will have to survive on the wavemaker circulation for a day or so. I have a pump from a skimmer I'm not using, but i have nothing to fit the outlet to my return plumbing, so I took that opportunity to upgrade to a DC pump. Heater is temporarily in the display also as i usually hide my heaters in the sump.

 

[Wolf8895]

Not much to update. New pump installed, DC so much quieter than the old Mag12 I had on it. Bloom is clearing up slowly.

Got my GSP rock seeded. I m know it’s a weed but I love having a little grassy meadow in one corner.

 

[Wolf8895]

Bloom was still hanging on so I added a cheap uv from Petco to finish clearing it up before my coral shipment comes Wednesday.

 

[Wolf8895]

Added a random flow generator from VCA at lunch time, upped the flow on my return pump a little to take advantage, and now I'm twisting valves and adjusting the pump controller like some kind of mad scientist trying to rebalance my return and drain flow.

 

[Wolf8895]

Couple of DIY projects the last few days.
Seaweed holder. Fish won’t touch it though.

Frozen food thawer and distributor. Don’t mind the extra holes on the top. Forgot which end was up before I glued it together.

 

[Wolf8895]

Double post

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Couple of DIY projects the last few days.
Seaweed holder. Fish won’t touch it though.

Frozen food thawer and distributor. Don’t mind the extra holes on the top. Forgot which end was up before I glued it together.

I like the little seaweed holder you made

 

[Wolf8895]

I like the little seaweed holder you made

Thanks! Now i just need Mr Fraidy Pants to eat from it. Won't even swim to that side of the tank. Feeder has only been in there 2 days though.

 

[Wolf8895]

Happy Father’s Day to me! Changed my light out to a ReefLed knockoff.

 

[Wolf8895]

Starting a fallow period. Something spread through the tank and killed all four fish. Will be making sure to QT from now on. Expensive lesson. All fish I added had been at the LFS for at least a month showing no signs of illness. Live and learn. Never had a tank wiped out like this.