Another 50G Cube by Naso Tang

[naso tang]

Ok, it's been a tough few days but finally starting to get things dialed in on this upgrade. This thread will replace this one

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/...christmas+2011

All the livestock from my red sea max 130 went into this new cube, from clear diamond aquariums. They are selling plug and play systems (tank, stand, sump, skimmer, return, plumbing) for really affordable pricing. Thanks to my bro Brian for hooking me up!

Lights are apollo LEDs that I purchased recently, and I'm running an MP10ES on this guy. So far doesn't seem like I'll need extra flow for this softy/LPS tank. Poor quality iphone pics under moonlights follow:





Got a number of frag racks in here still, but there is some space for mounting. Aquascaping at this point was pretty random, cause I'm pretty sure I'll have to reposition the tank relative to the wall.

It's got a zoa/paly garden


And a chalice garden


And a center stage favia garden. Other LPS are hanging out in the rockwork

[naso tang]

clearly need some better pics once the dust settles. Had some trouble figuring out a good plumbing plan on this project, so this is 3 days after transfer. Think I lost my lawnmower blenny, he went carpet diving this am and I'm not sure he recovered, but I can't find him either.

Sump setup. You may have seen this sump type before, Aaron has one, so does rdetune, probably others as well.

[jessegarcia28]

nice clean set up, I almost picked one up today

[KorL]

Nice. Full of corals. Looks like it's time to upgrade to a larger tank.

[rdetune]

Looking good looks like a couple of will have similar build threads

[naso tang]

jesse, we need to talk before you set up. We've learned some things between the 3 of us so far about how to manage the plumbing on these suckers...

[naso tang]

Nice. Full of corals. Looks like it's time to upgrade to a larger tank.

ha ha, you know it. All my upgrades are that way, I always go just a little bit bigger...

[jessegarcia28]

Sorry but my fat fingers typed wrong Lol
Ment to say I "almost" picked one up
But def. Beautiful tanks
Gl & have fun
Jesse

[naso tang]

Time for an update. Still trying to decide whether to rescape this thing or not, I built some foam walls for the back, but not sure if I'll put em in.

FTS


left side


center


right side


frag rack 1


gobstopper


frag rack 2


random frag rack

[naso tang]

zoa garden extreme photoshop


chalice garden


acan and chalice


LPS and zoa garden


another left side shot


freaky colored LPS on top


more palys


ring of fires

[XO PRESENTS]

Holy Smokes.. that tank is loaded with goodies.... wow.. super nice John... hope all is well bud....

[naso tang]

thanks Ron, yeah, I'm kindof stocked up. Need to make some space somehow, I've only been in this tank for about 2 months...

[jessegarcia28]

beautiful set up dude, I love how everything opens up real nice.
have fun
jesse

[naso tang]

does anyone else make lists of their named zoas/palys for no obvious reason? I know I have OCD (I am a reefer after all), but thought it was strange I felt compelled to do that...

[Jhuneke]

Looks GREAT John .. I can help ya out with the space issue!.. lmk when ya wanna sell some gobstopper and those GOW I so CRAVE! Do you have Cat's Eyes in there too? btw.. u goin to MAX?