Show off those great CUBE TANK AQUASCAPES!

Travis Stewart · Jan 7, 2017

Here is my 30 cube. Wish I would have done a better scape

Richard Schmidt · Feb 8, 2017

Here is mine.
It's a 93 gallon cube.
Obviously it is a new set up.

Right Side:

Left side:

Front:

Several people on other post's/forums say they don't think my rock is high enough.
I'm looking for opinions, in my minds eye I see several SPS growing huge reaching for the light.
If opinions from the cube world agree then I will scape higher.
Right side viewed from the front pic is 6.5 inches from the top of the water.
Left side viewed from the front pic is 10 inches from top of water.
Lights hang 6 inches above water level.
First try at LED's so I went with DsunY (yes Chinese) but they have gotten good reviews, and are programmable.
Just looking for input.
Thanks for any responses:
Rick

Yoda0311 · Feb 11, 2017

Just set this up for my mother. 93g cube lit by a 400w 20k radium 35g cube sump

bsagea · Feb 11, 2017

It took years for my husband to agree to yet another tank. Custom 67 gal which will predominantly be a clam tank. Long story with this one. Currently up about 1 1/2 yrs now. Second pic is a side view of the rock. I am one of those people who love a lot of rock in a tank.

Jofiel · Feb 11, 2017

Here is what I have in the works for my new 93 gallon cube build.

Jofiel · Feb 11, 2017

And these builds are where I got my inspiration.

Desmond · Feb 12, 2017

Unfortunately my tank had a crash but back up and running now. Still some cyano but hoping it will burn itself out eventually.

It did give me the chance to do a rescape with a nice big plate to fill with zoa [emoji3]

Desmond · Feb 12, 2017

Jofiel said:
And these builds are where I got my inspiration.

Thats a beautiful tank you have there [emoji3]

Travis Stewart · Feb 12, 2017

Jofiel said:
Here is what I have in the works for my new 93 gallon cube build.

Are these live? And what do you use to mount them together? Do they stay live while this process takes place?

Jofiel · Feb 12, 2017

Travis Stewart said:
Are these live? And what do you use to mount them together? Do they stay live while this process takes place?

These were not live. I bought the rock on craigslist. It was wet in the garage but no heat or circulation so I am curing it.

I think you could do this with live rock as long as you cycled it outside of the tank.

I used marine epoxy and also hydraulic cement on two of them. Both of these set pretty darned fast and the rock can be wet so you could do it with minimal time out of the water if you planned well.

Jofiel · Feb 12, 2017

Desmond said:
Thats a beautiful tank you have there [emoji3]

Not my tank! I wish! It was the main inspiration for my current build though.

Travis Stewart · Feb 12, 2017

Jofiel said:
These were not live. I bought the rock on craigslist. It was wet in the garage but no heat or circulation so I am curing it.

I think you could do this with live rock as long as you cycled it outside of the tank.

I used marine epoxy and also hydraulic cement on two of them. Both of these set pretty darned fast and the rock can be wet so you could do it with minimal time out of the water if you planned well.

Do you buy the epoxy and hydraulic cement at a local store or did you order it?

Jofiel · Feb 12, 2017

Travis Stewart said:
Do you buy the epoxy and hydraulic cement at a local store or did you order it?

I bought them at Ace hardware.

Richard Schmidt · Feb 13, 2017

For those of you out there that are building scapes with dry rock I would try "FUZE*IT", it is a hybrid Liquid Nails.
Friend of mine works for NASA and is into reefing.
He told me this stuff is a commercially available version of the stuff that the reentry tiles on the space shuttle were attached with.
Keep in mind he is a friend that would tell me that just so I would say this on some post.

He is a Reef to Reef member, and I'm sure he would love to see me say that when it is not true just for the fun of it.
I don't care if it held the tiles on or not, it sure holds rock together.
I built my dry scape with this and could not be happier with it's grip.
Day one I put small amount on where I knew the rocks were in contact with each other. Once those points set (about 24 hours) I filled in gaps with a liberal amount. I let it dry for another 24 hours and it held "Like a Rock"

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Did a test try on two small pieces. after 24 they held, then filled the gap with a bunch of the stuff. I mean a bunch like 2X what it required. After 24 hours I took the pieces apart (with great effort) and about 1/4 of the big glob was still wet but cured part was really like a rock.
I need more live rock in my tank and the tube said it sets faster with a wet surface.
Going to go to my LFS, buy some live rock and build a structure and see how it goes. I will wrap the structure with salt water wetted news paper (just like live rock is shipped in when buying online) while the stuff dry's.
I'll let you know how that goes. If the stuff kills the live rock I'll let you know.
So far my new tank setup chemistry is fine (it's been running for about 6 weeks) with only one piece of live rock to seed the tank.
I have two softies and two fish in the tank and they are quite happy.
The stuff is gray but I figure coralline algae will cover that.
Just thought you dry rock builders should know about this option.

Rick