My JBJ Nano Cube 28 LED - First reef tank

Hello, here I will document the life of my first reef tank. Here are some pictures

I will keep the most recent picture here:

Most recent 8/27/2022
https://i.imgur.com/NdCQPXI.jpg

old pic
http://i.imgur.com/cTF3jEv.jpg

When I brought it home

http://i.imgur.com/zbb99kN.jpg

Cleaned up!

http://i.imgur.com/iD7I868.jpg

Cleaned all the coral out of the back chamber too

http://i.imgur.com/znnk8rd.jpg

Leak test

http://i.imgur.com/DJvwci6.jpg

Next step is ATO and temp control

Cleaned up nice!

Very nice Mike! I'm glad to see the tank went to a good home!

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Originally Posted by LotsaFishies

Very nice Mike! I'm glad to see the tank went to a good home!

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Thanks for the tank! It is great, I am excited to get it going. I will keep this thread updated as I do things.

Looks good man

This light fixture is non-dimmable so I bought some LDD-1000HW drivers and wired them inline so I can dim the LED strips. I also replaced the burned out LEDs.

starting to wire

http://i.imgur.com/3wBkfil.jpg

all LDDs wired in

http://i.imgur.com/Z75xwTp.jpg

testing dimmed to 1/255 - success!

http://i.imgur.com/bwfW4Ej.jpg

once my raspberry pi gets here i'll make sure it works how it should then tidy it up.

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Originally Posted by sushi

This light fixture is non-dimmable so I bought some LDD-1000HW drivers and wired them inline so I can dim the LED strips. I also replaced the burned out LEDs.

starting to wire

http://i.imgur.com/3wBkfil.jpg

all LDDs wired in

http://i.imgur.com/Z75xwTp.jpg

testing dimmed to 1/255 - success!

http://i.imgur.com/bwfW4Ej.jpg

once my raspberry pi gets here i'll make sure it works how it should then tidy it up.

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Looking real good!

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Nice DIY!

Added live sand and scripps water

http://i.imgur.com/53iymdc.jpg

Now, u need some rocks!

getting clearer!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/RBNu1lf.jpg

Looking good man can't wait to see your aquascape


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I put some rocks in just now, water is still cloudy

http://i.imgur.com/0eNFeCM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xBhwj9n.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RfnyB9T.jpg

Keep it up man! I remembered when I set up my first tank and also my first biocube and I was super stoked. At first it looks empty and before you know it,it's a masterpiece. Now your in for a ride!
Enjoy it!!

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wow your tank looks nice, what size is that? I don't know how people follow the guideline of 2lbs rock per gallon. There is no way I could fit 60 pounds of rock in here. My tank doesn't have much open sand, if I want more I need to get some smaller rocks I think. I have a few huge pieces. I like how it looks now, I'll leave it this way because I just want to get it going first. I can change it to a more open layout later if I want.