d2mini's 130g Rimless Cube - Page 15

d2mini · 02/12/2010, 08:51 AM

I've been crazy busy lately but finally got a chance to take a couple more pics.

My emerald crab from my old tank made the move to the cube and my serpent star from TBS came out to eat.

And a pic of what's been keeping me so freakin busy!

theyammieguy · 02/12/2010, 08:52 AM

Cute dog man

timdam · 02/12/2010, 08:54 AM

you must have a nice expensive camera b/c those pics look better than even real life.

d2mini · 02/12/2010, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theyammieguy

Cute dog man

Thanks. They definitely make puppies cute for a reason.

Quote:

Originally Posted by timdam

you must have a nice expensive camera b/c those pics look better than even real life.

Ya, well... my camera stuff pays for itself, so it's job is to take good pics.

mnml · 02/12/2010, 10:13 AM

The serpent star pic looks pretty cool, looks like something out of a tim burton movie.

adddo · 02/12/2010, 03:08 PM

Agree with the others.. Awsome quality on your pics.

rafa316 · 02/12/2010, 03:12 PM

Love the emerald

usefulidiot213 · 02/12/2010, 03:42 PM

I have 3 dogs, and I am pretty sure they consume most of my life. The rest is taking care of my tank..

map95003 · 02/12/2010, 03:47 PM

Very nice setup. The only thing I don't like is the power cord on the floor running along the bottom of the wall....Assuming you have access under the floor, can't you bring power directly up into the stand, through the floor? Not trying to be a pain, but the rest of the system is so damn cool it would be nice if you could hide that power cord.

d2mini · 02/12/2010, 03:56 PM

Thanks guys!

map, I am still working on disguising the cord, but no... i do not have under-floor access. Concrete slabs here in houston. I just had to lift up all the FLOR tiles and send them back to FLOR because they were not perfectly square. One side was 1/16" longer than the other which creates a problem when you are laying them down in the criss cross pattern against a straight object. New ones are on the way. I tried running the cord under the rug but the tiles are pretty stiff and thin so it buldges. I will most likely cover it in something red. There was no way i was going to trench the floor. And most of the viewing is from the other side of the tank, making the wire not too much of an eyesore in person.

Also, i'll be running my ato line behind the baseboard molding from the other direction and entering the tank in the same spot. So the portion of wire that runs along the wall, I'll most likely stick behind the molding at the same time.

ChadTheSpike · 02/12/2010, 04:01 PM

d2mini, I am in envy of your picture taking ability!!
Few of us are able to do our systems justice with our cameras, but I think your system and house is enhanced by yours!!
Great thread and outstanding job on your tank!

hoffy02 · 02/12/2010, 04:50 PM

I have seen it in person... the wire really isnt that noticeable... especially when seeing that incredible tank for the first time... and its whisper quiet... really impressive... I would have stolen the pup but didnt wear a big coat....

Bigjoe2531 · 02/12/2010, 09:09 PM

So inspirational, read the thread from beginning to present....what can I say that others haven't said already...simply wonderful, maybe..

Blitzburggirl · 02/16/2010, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d2mini

So far the water level in the overflow is holding steady.
And it's still DEAD SILENT!!!
If you didn't hear the low hum of the skimmers or vortechs you wouldn't know the tank was even running. The Eheim pump is silent as well.

Wow- ok, amazing build and soooo doggone well thought out!! I love it. Oddly enough, I couldn't live with a silent tank now

LMAO I've had the rush and gurgle of water in my house for so long, I'd have heart failure if I woke up at 2 and didn't hear it coming from downstairs..... I'd think I had return failure

I am jealous of the stand though..... ENJOY!!!

ChadTheSpike · 02/16/2010, 03:40 PM

^haha thats really funny, I am the same way there. To me, no noise means something is wrong!

d2mini · 02/16/2010, 08:07 PM

LOL, yeah... i guess i could see that.

nl146 · 02/17/2010, 11:27 AM

Great tank, cool pics!!

d2mini · 02/18/2010, 11:46 AM

Thanks, nl146! Good luck with your TBS order. You won't be disappointed!

UPDATE:
This morning I just ordered some of SpectraPure's LiterMeter III products so I can implement a continuous water change system like some other RC members have done. I'm excited! Going to try to go pick up second 65g storage tank today.

BTW, Scott at Aquarium Specialty was helping me out with the LiterMeter stuff. He was a huge help, and when he didn't have an answer he went straight to SpectraPure and found out for me. Now that's good service.

d2mini · 02/19/2010, 11:51 AM

HOBrien · 02/19/2010, 12:52 PM

I am still having fun trying to sell my current tank to have the expense to build the cube. That is what my WIFE states has to happen....

theyammieguy · 02/19/2010, 05:14 PM

If you couldnt see the glass in the picture looking up into the tank, you would think it was a picture of the ocean.

d2mini · 02/21/2010, 02:14 PM

Got some shots of one of my many porcelain crabs. These guys are so cool to watch, and they all came from TBS!

This guy was hard to see, haning upside down in my rocks, but it's another decorator crab. Not as cool as the red one though.

And another FTS

timdam · 02/21/2010, 06:13 PM

hi, i didn't read the whole thread so maybe this has been answered. why is that one corner bare bottom? is that intentional?

Fishfreak218 · 02/21/2010, 06:30 PM

i think thats just the flow from the vortechs pushing the sand back

d2mini · 02/21/2010, 07:20 PM

Yup, that's my own little under-ocean beach, created by the vortechs.
I'm thinking about getting some doll sized beach chairs to put there.

02/12/2010, 08:51 AM	#351
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	I've been crazy busy lately but finally got a chance to take a couple more pics. My emerald crab from my old tank made the move to the cube and my serpent star from TBS came out to eat. And a pic of what's been keeping me so freakin busy! __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

02/12/2010, 08:52 AM	#352
theyammieguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 1,691	Cute dog man __________________ "Ya'll can go to hell, I'm going to Texas". David Crockett. 12g JBJ deluxe JBJ viper 70w, maxi jet 900, Koralia nano, two false percs, softies, LPS, and SPS, about 25# LR and 2"-3" SB. Running since 3/22/07. Soon to add sump with skimmer Click my home page for pictures. 40g breeder upgrade in progress. Planning a 60g cube FOWLR.

02/12/2010, 10:13 AM	#355
mnml Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ladera Ranch, CA Posts: 2,383	The serpent star pic looks pretty cool, looks like something out of a tim burton movie. __________________ Tran Current Tank Info: Waterbox 130.4

02/12/2010, 03:08 PM	#356
adddo “Goodnight, tiny humans.” Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 1,008	Agree with the others.. Awsome quality on your pics. __________________ If Pacman had affected us as kids, then we'd all be running around in a dark room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music //Bjarne

02/12/2010, 03:12 PM	#357
rafa316 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 411	Love the emerald __________________ "if I asked the general public what they wanted they would have said they wanted a faster horse" Henry Ford Current Tank Info: 75g. - Rena xP4 Canister Filter - 65w T5 -2 inch sandbed - 60lbs live rock - 2 Ocellaris Clownfish - 1 Yellow Watchman Gobie - 6 Nassaiurs Snails - 1 Bumblebee Snail - 2 Emerald Crabs - 1 Red Legged Hermit Crab

02/12/2010, 08:54 AM	#353
timdam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 815	you must have a nice expensive camera b/c those pics look better than even real life.

02/12/2010, 03:42 PM	#358
usefulidiot213 Bryan H. Join Date: May 2007 Location: 40th St. & Thunderbird Posts: 1,348	I have 3 dogs, and I am pretty sure they consume most of my life. The rest is taking care of my tank.. __________________ "I would rather be lucky then good." Bryan H. Current Tank Info: 120 AGA- 4x2x2 Mixed Reef. 2 MP40s, Vertex IN-180 Skimmer, RKL Controller for temp control and light timing. 8x 54 Watt T5 lighting.

02/12/2010, 03:47 PM	#359
map95003 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 276	Very nice setup. The only thing I don't like is the power cord on the floor running along the bottom of the wall....Assuming you have access under the floor, can't you bring power directly up into the stand, through the floor? Not trying to be a pain, but the rest of the system is so damn cool it would be nice if you could hide that power cord.

02/12/2010, 03:56 PM	#360
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Thanks guys! map, I am still working on disguising the cord, but no... i do not have under-floor access. Concrete slabs here in houston. I just had to lift up all the FLOR tiles and send them back to FLOR because they were not perfectly square. One side was 1/16" longer than the other which creates a problem when you are laying them down in the criss cross pattern against a straight object. New ones are on the way. I tried running the cord under the rug but the tiles are pretty stiff and thin so it buldges. I will most likely cover it in something red. There was no way i was going to trench the floor. And most of the viewing is from the other side of the tank, making the wire not too much of an eyesore in person. Also, i'll be running my ato line behind the baseboard molding from the other direction and entering the tank in the same spot. So the portion of wire that runs along the wall, I'll most likely stick behind the molding at the same time. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

02/12/2010, 04:01 PM	#361
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	d2mini, I am in envy of your picture taking ability!! Few of us are able to do our systems justice with our cameras, but I think your system and house is enhanced by yours!! Great thread and outstanding job on your tank! __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

02/12/2010, 04:50 PM	#362
hoffy02 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Crosby, TX. Posts: 399	I have seen it in person... the wire really isnt that noticeable... especially when seeing that incredible tank for the first time... and its whisper quiet... really impressive... I would have stolen the pup but didnt wear a big coat....

02/12/2010, 09:09 PM	#363
Bigjoe2531 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Wakefield, Rhode Island Posts: 275	So inspirational, read the thread from beginning to present....what can I say that others haven't said already...simply wonderful, maybe.. __________________ Do or do not, there is no try ! Current Tank Info: Transition.....

02/16/2010, 03:40 PM	#365
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	^haha thats really funny, I am the same way there. To me, no noise means something is wrong! __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

02/16/2010, 08:07 PM	#366
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	LOL, yeah... i guess i could see that. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

02/17/2010, 11:27 AM	#367
nl146 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 100	Great tank, cool pics!!

02/18/2010, 11:46 AM	#368
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Thanks, nl146! Good luck with your TBS order. You won't be disappointed! UPDATE: This morning I just ordered some of SpectraPure's LiterMeter III products so I can implement a continuous water change system like some other RC members have done. I'm excited! Going to try to go pick up second 65g storage tank today. BTW, Scott at Aquarium Specialty was helping me out with the LiterMeter stuff. He was a huge help, and when he didn't have an answer he went straight to SpectraPure and found out for me. Now that's good service. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

02/19/2010, 11:51 AM	#369
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	__________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

02/19/2010, 12:52 PM	#370
HOBrien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Abilene, TX Posts: 1,439	I am still having fun trying to sell my current tank to have the expense to build the cube. That is what my WIFE states has to happen.... __________________ Heath Disabled Vet Current Tank Info: Have a Neo Nano just set up.

02/19/2010, 05:14 PM	#371
theyammieguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 1,691	If you couldnt see the glass in the picture looking up into the tank, you would think it was a picture of the ocean. __________________ "Ya'll can go to hell, I'm going to Texas". David Crockett. 12g JBJ deluxe JBJ viper 70w, maxi jet 900, Koralia nano, two false percs, softies, LPS, and SPS, about 25# LR and 2"-3" SB. Running since 3/22/07. Soon to add sump with skimmer Click my home page for pictures. 40g breeder upgrade in progress. Planning a 60g cube FOWLR.

02/21/2010, 02:14 PM	#372
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Got some shots of one of my many porcelain crabs. These guys are so cool to watch, and they all came from TBS! This guy was hard to see, haning upside down in my rocks, but it's another decorator crab. Not as cool as the red one though. And another FTS __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

02/21/2010, 06:13 PM	#373
timdam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 815	hi, i didn't read the whole thread so maybe this has been answered. why is that one corner bare bottom? is that intentional?

02/21/2010, 06:30 PM	#374
Fishfreak218 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Palm Beach Florida Posts: 1,412	i think thats just the flow from the vortechs pushing the sand back __________________ -30g. Oceanic Cube Cuttlefish Reef -90g. Mixed Reef -14g Biocube FW planted tank -10g. frag tank (soon) Current Tank Info: 90g. Reef, 30g. Cube cuttlefish reef

02/21/2010, 07:20 PM	#375
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Yup, that's my own little under-ocean beach, created by the vortechs. I'm thinking about getting some doll sized beach chairs to put there. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.