it's finally UP! 40g CUBE

[ninhsavestheday]

Water is cloudy, glass is still dirty after vinager (HELP?), but here she is. Everything sorta lost it's color after being in the QT tank under PCs for about a week. But hopefully everything will brighten up under the t5s. And the carpet is sort of pissed off.

[FishRFrndsNtFud]

looks good! def post more pics when water clears up..

[phishphood]

so what kinda equip you running on that cube?

[lucubrator]

Nice work with the foam on two sides.
What are the dimensions?

[Nick_Kun]

Join the cube tank club!

[chilly05willy]

dude, your tank looks sweeeeet

[ninhsavestheday]

thanks guys this is what im running:
tank is 24x24x16
4x24w T5s
Ehiem return (sooo quiet)
1 Sieo
and i should be getting my ASM in next week.

lucubator, I only foamed one side of the tank. It's in the corner.

p.s. joining the cube club! I love Cubes!

[lucubrator]

Oh, I thought you'd foamed around the overflow as well.

[evol]

good job cousin! hey ur tank is the same dimensions as mine...but wider by 2". dang thats a nice monti cap! dant that foam wall looks cool! hmm...wonder if i can construct one out of the tank...then add it in...think there would be a prob with water chemistry if i do that?

[ninhsavestheday]

thanks! once it's cured you should be ok... but how are you going to mount it?

[SDFISHMAN]

Is 4-24W T-5's enough light for that tank??

[ninhsavestheday]

http://www.dropshots.com/photos/1362/20060303/231857.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/videolink.php?userid=1362&cdate=20060303&ctime=231857&showVideo=1)
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sdfish, it should be... if you're not aware, t5s are almost as good as MH... the only thing is they can't penetrate as deep into the water.

[SDFISHMAN]

I have a few T-5's laying around the question was about sps don't you need more for them?? 96W if thats all I need time to can the 250 MH's..

[ninhsavestheday]

my tank is shallow, so it should be no problem. But there's a bunch of tanks that are just T5s with SPS. check out dananos

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/totm/index.php

the thing with T5s is you need INDIVDUALS reflectors inorder for it work hard enough for SPS.

[ninhsavestheday]

if you haven't seen.. these tanks really inspired me to use t5s

http://www.miniriff.org/reisencj.html
http://www.miniriff.org/reisenneufeld.html
http://www.miniriff.org/beckenbeschreibung.html

[SDFISHMAN]

So the Tek reflectors are the way to go.

[ninhsavestheday]

well... there was a study over @ RC that said that aqualux and IC reflectors has 10% greater PAR than Tek's. But then again, TEK reflectors already increase the output of the lighting by 300%. HTH

[ninhsavestheday]

i just read blue + (actnic i use in my tank) has the same PAR as 10k bulbs. :cool:

[GAD]

Has the tank cleared yet? I want to see some more pics!

[SoMoney]

Water should be clear by now. Lets see the FTS!

[SanDiegoReefs]

Pictures!!

[motoservdog]

great looking tank. please post pics when water clears. cubes rock!

[WanaLeime]

Nice job NINH! Lets see more PICs....! Im running T5 also...FOWLR with a few shrooms, for now...til I get back from WEST PAC...then its on!

[lucubrator]

How do the colors look now? Is the foam still holding up, or have you noticed deterioration?

[WanaLeime]

nin- what model ehiem did you end up using? 1260 or 1262

[gemini]

update please!