Jason's Mr Aqua 25g cube

[jasonp87]

Thanks. As far as aquascaping goes I think I will do a pillar of LR. I'll get an acrylic rod and base plate and stack everything up. That way it isn't just a plain pile of rocks and I will still have lots of space around the outside of the tank for fish to swim.

[DaveMorris]

Nice work on that overflow. Nice and clean.

[jasonp87]

I think this is where I'll put the tank. I have a power outlet on that wall that doesn't get used by anything else.

That's the LED fixture sitting in the tank. I was testing to make sure I wouldn't get to much light spillage toward the couch and tv. The fixture does a really good job of containing the light to the tank area and not just lighting the whole room. Very happy so far. Can't wait to put water and corals in!



Stand still needs some work but I plan to knock out a good portion this weekend.

[jasonp87]

Any suggestions on return pump size? Tank is 25 gallons and sump I'm hoping will be 10-15 gallons. I figured I would have additional flow via a small powerhead in the tank so all my flow won't have to come from the return. Livestock plan is small fish and soft and LPS corals. Not looking to do any SPS in the near future.

[Esco reef]

Im running a rio model 14HF 840 gph on my 25g mr aqua cube

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[jasonp87]

Wow, that's turning over 30 times an hour. Do you have a valve on it slowing it down at all?

[Esco reef]

Nah, but I do have a 18g sump as well. Awesome flow

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[jasonp87]

Ok cool. Thanks. I wasn't looking for something quite that big but I'll expand my search. What do you have as far as drains? I have a single 1" drain. I don't want to exceed the capacity on that or things could get messy.

[Esco reef]

You know what I might be wrong lol ill check the size of pump once im home..

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[Esco reef]

Yup I was wrong im running a rio hf12 750 gph

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[jasonp87]

Ok, still the same range of turning over the tank 30 times an hour.

[Esco reef]

Yeah my original plan was sps but that changed. But for the past 4 months so far so good. Check out my built thread for more details bro. Happy reefing

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[VW REEFS]

tagging along looks great

[frostee]

Eheim 1250 pump should work nicely.

[jasonp87]

Progress!! Well I started my DIY acrylic sump project today. Picked up the acrylic pieces from notorious here on the forum and grabbed some weld on from Ridout over on ruffin. The finished product is a cube sump a little over 12" in each dimension.








I'm hoping to finish up the stand shortly after I'm done with the sump.