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Poseidon
03-20-2009, 05:29 AM
Well I've been lurking around this forum for four or five years now. Last fall I purchased a biocube 14-my first saltwater excursion after over a decade in freshwater. Anyway, I was bitten by the saltwater bug and I have now upgraded to a tank that I purchased from fellow canreef member Canadian. The tank measures 24x24x18, with a false acrylic wall in the back. The viewing/display area is more like 24x18x18. Currently there is no skimmer, will definitely be adding that down the road. For the lights I've got a 24" Sunlight Supply Tek T5 fixture 4x24watt.
I set the tank up this past Monday and transferred the livestock over the following night. On Thursday I added 20lbs or so of great live rock that I purchased from Buddyboy. Anyway, without any further ado, my tank:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/Poseidon123/Cubetank/IMG_2335.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/Poseidon123/Cubetank/IMG_2333.jpg

Note the old Biocube and the size difference:)
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/Poseidon123/Cubetank/IMG_2339.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/Poseidon123/Cubetank/IMG_2343.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/Poseidon123/Cubetank/IMG_2342.jpg

Anyway, I'll post more pictures in the future once the dust has settled down... Thanks for looking.

mseepman
03-20-2009, 04:05 PM
Looking good. Cubes are great tanks...they always look sharp!

Poseidon
03-23-2009, 12:15 AM
I'm trying to put together a wish list of fish and corals that I would like to add to the tank yet. So far I'm considering a dwarf flame angel, some more lps and some hardier sps down the road once I've upped the flow in the tank. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

Pazil
03-23-2009, 12:18 AM
Looking great!!

Boomboy
03-23-2009, 01:26 AM
looks great, cant wait to see more pictures.

Poseidon
03-25-2009, 05:20 AM
i have to beef up my cuc. I'm wondering if there are any suggestions for numbers of astrea snails, cerith, nassarius, hermits etc.