UXDesigners 50 Starphire Cube

[uxdesigner]

Now that we are settled (after a couple of crazy months) and relocating to the Bay Area, it was time to get another tank setup. I'm back in with a 50 Rimless Starphire Cube and custom DIY LED inspired by the new Radion XR30w Pro. I'm really loving this tank, I really liked my RSM 250 but wanted to try something with a sump. I was concerned about the noise (stock pump is really loud), I replaced it and suggest the Eheim Compact+ 3000, dead silent! The durso was also an issue but after asking a few 50 cube owners (thanks Duncan) I was able to build a custom durso that with a bit of tweaking is now silent also. For the lights, I decided to run 8 LEDs per dimmable channel to have complete control of the Blue , White & Color Matrix. I'm getting some crazy color combinations but for now I'm running each at 50% with 2 hour ramp up per channel.

Specs:
50 Starphire Cube
Eheim Compact+ 3000
TLF 150 Reactor running NPX Bio-Plastics
Stock skimmer (works surprisingly well)
BRS Filter Socks (this is key to keeping the sump output silent)
Rapid LED 24 LED DIY kit (inspired by Radion XR30w Pro) in a custom industrial style pendant

Channel 1 (Blue / 8am - 8pm) - 8 Royal Blue Cree XT-E
Channel 2 (Color Matrix / 10am - 6pm) - 2 Blue Cree XP-E, 2 Red-Orange Cree XP-E, 2 Cree UV, 2 Green Cree XP-E
Channel 3 (White / 12pm - 4 pm) - 1 Warm White Cree XP-G, 4 Cool White Cree XM-L, 3 Royal Blue Cree XT-E



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This thing is dead silent!
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[jessegarcia28]

welcome back to d game!
& great start
I love the those 50 cubes, and your lights/pendent look sick
how's the bay area treating yah?

[50 cube]

Wow, very nice! Glad I could be of help & enjoy your new tank!


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[rodbuster229]

Welcome back!!
Tank looks sweet

[paulyboy18]

Awesome Tank Frankie! Same as mine woohoo :bounce:

[cardiff_reefer]

Frankie! Glad to see you back with a new tank!

[bne]

Looking good Frankie!
Bill.

[uxdesigner]

Thanks guys!

Jesse, Bay Area is treating me just fine although everything reef related is a lot more expensive.

[goody]

Very nice! Frankie. So are you starting all over from scratch or did you keep some of your nice zoas?

[uxdesigner]

Very nice! Frankie. So are you starting all over from scratch or did you keep some of your nice zoas?

Unfortunately starting all over from scratch. I sold off everything when I left because of the uncertainty of when I would be able to setup a tank once again. Looking back I'm glad I did since it's been 5 months till now and I'm still cycling. It's all part of the fun, right? :)

[Esco reef]

Welcome back frankie , great looking tank and couldn't help to notice the nice house brotha !!! Congrats

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[bbandu]

Very Nice setup Frankie.

[uxdesigner]

Welcome back frankie , great looking tank and couldn't help to notice the nice house brotha !!! Congrats

Thanks brotha!


Very Nice setup Frankie.

Thanks Larry!

[uxdesigner]

Update:

Cycle seems to have completed and the biopellets have really begun to produce bacteria. First time using biopellets and I can't believe how bad the skim smells. Skimmer is working great! (Note how I have the output of the reactor next to the skimmer intake)

A few requests for photos...

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[nanoreef1]

I got the same tank.Great set up love your led build.Looks real nice.Cant wait to see it with corals Frankie:cool:

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