mr9iron's custom 60 cube build

[mr9iron]

Candycanes



More Candycanes and a green Goniopora


Red Goniopora with blue eyes.


Full tank shot



I need a professional with a good camera to come take some pictures for me. Now it's time to start filling this bad boy up with some colored sticks.

[johnike]

Awesome Vince! I have a red Goni like that, they are quite nice looking.

[Misled]

Get the air fare for the wife and me and I'll take some pics for ya!!!!

[johnike]

Originally Posted by Misled

Get the air fare for the wife and me and I'll take some pics for ya!!!!

Get out of my head, I thought the same thing earlier.

[mr9iron]

I got a buck fiddy for the both of ya. Lol.

[Kingoftheisland]

looking good!

[mr9iron]

All right, it's time for a couple of updates. School, work, and the boys sporting events, and school functions keep me pretty busy, but here ya go.

I am starting to get the electronics organized.



FTS





Green Hammer, Orange Plate coral, and my Red Goniopora with blue centers.



Green Pagoda, Red Dragon, Purple Stylo, Duncans, Meteor Shower Cyphestra,



Side shot

[mr9iron]

Frag Rack



more frags



Top shot



ReefBreeders Nova A4 and Neptune AFS.



Another FTS

[Misled]

I see that bag of pickling lime!!!! Looking good Vince!!!

[mr9iron]

Originally Posted by Misled

I see that bag of pickling lime!!!! Looking good Vince!!!

Thanks Jesse. I am running Kalk as my topoff in conjunction with my calcium reactor and I think my corals are liking it. I still need to work on getting everything put together. I finally was able to stain the doors last week, but I still need to put the poly on them, and find the glass I want. This tank is still a work in progress.

[Misled]

Yea, they are kinda always a work in process. I gotta do a WC today and figure out how my power heads were before I took them out to clean them last week.

[johnike]

Coming along real nice Vince.
I'm a Pickling Lime kinda guy as well.

[hijinks]

Love the nova a4 I use the se light on my 60 cube

[sahin]

Looking very nice! Cool rockscape too.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Looks great Vince!

[mr9iron]

Thanks again everyone for all of the nice comments. The wife took me frag shopping today and I ended up with 12 new frags. Let me see if I can remember them all.

Purple Monti Cap
Pocillopora (sp)?
Ora Borealis
Pink Lemonade
Gold Torch coral
Some crazy look blue Zoas
Pink birdsnest
Tri color Acro
Blue Tort
Hawkins Blue Enchinata
Possible Rainbow Millieopora
Red blastos

I will get pics later after they have had time to settle in.

[davidadelp]

looks great I love the stand. I'm not the biggest fan of the aquascape but maybe its just me. Cant wait to see it all grown in!

[johnike]

Nice frag expedition!!

[mr9iron]

It's been a while since I have done an update. Class, work, family and life have kept me away for a while. The tank is doing fine, although, I did have a SPS bleaching event. I think it was because I ramped my LEDs up way to fast. I guess you live and you learn. Next thing I learned is that a stand is great, but I would rather have my sump in a remote location, like behind the wall. I am in the process of getting that done. Here is my new sump which is built by Inky.







I am considering painting the back and bottom black. What do you think?

[mr9iron]

Well, here is a quick update. School has kept me super busy, and in my spare time I have reconfigured things a bit. I had a spare room behind my tank and figured I should do something with it so I turned it into a fish room. This is just a quick video of things, and I did my first brine hatch and feeding this morning. If I get some time I will detail things a bit better.