Nano's 35g Cube

[Nano]

Hey Guy's its that time of year, where I get the itch to do something.
So I bought a use 35 gallon cube tank! I am hoping to do something truly
elegant, and different with the aquascape, but I need some suggestions.
its 24x24x15 so my height is a bit limited, but I am thinking 2 pillar
structures, one larger one in the back corner, and a smaller on middle
or front corner area. Both would have some shelves coming out of them.
Again open to suggestions

Equipment

Lighting
AI SOL super blue
AI controller
Still thinking of refugium light, most likely small t5/CFL supplemented with my old nano leds strips

Skimmer
Tunze 9002

Powerheads
2 Koralia 240

Custom Oak Stand built by yours truly (had some wild cherry I was going to trim it with, but decided against it), Custom AI mounting Arm being built By Greg(Thanks So much!!), not sure if I'll paint it white to match the SOL or black to match the eurobracing. (again open to suggestions)

Still figuring out the sump/fuge (will update)

The DT will be all Dry rock for aquascaping reasons, and all my live rock
will go in the sump, all though I might put one or 2 small chunks in the DT
temporarily.

I have 2 ocellaris, one bangai, one scooter blenny, that I plan on putting
in, and am looking at maybe 2 more fish, so suggest some! I want some
nice color but also functional fish (i.e. pest eaters)

Current CUC consists of
1 emerald crab
4 Hermits
2 Astrea snails
2 Turbos

Will update with pictures this weekend! But for now help me out with some aquascaping suggestions please!

[gregzz4]

Well, finally out of the 16g. It's about time
Ha, honestly that didn't take you long. I kinda had a feeling this was going to happen when you found out your 20 was only a 16 or so.
Good upgrade.
You could ask Carrera75 if he'd send you some pics of his old Solana 34. I saw it before x-mas and thought it was nicely done.

[Nano]

thanks greg I will do that, yeah this tank is just too small,
its starting to come together only to get torn apart but
I secretly love cube tanks, and I think if they are done just
right they can be more appealing then long tanks. but it all
comes down to the rock work. I want it to be open, but have
the pillars for them to swim around, the main thing is creating
or the illusion of it. I just have a few more things to work out
i.e. sump, return pump, and plumbing, and I'm glad I'm getting
so much help fro all of you on here, cause I honestly would
what to do for mos of it!

[gregzz4]

If you don't already have this link Head Loss Calculator, you do now. There are some other calculators too on the lower left. Site is finicky though. I just tried it and it won't load. Happens from time to time. The site is deathly slow, so I never chat there

[Nano]

lol wow it is slow! I have 60mbps and its like a friggen snail! I have had time to type this whole message and its still not loaded. lol

[gregzz4]

It's up now

[Nano]

lol they try to make it easy for idiots like me for making a calculator, yet, I still dont know what I'm looking at. lol i'll figure it out. I cant believe it has all those pumps loaded in to the program to! thats neat thanks gregzz

[The Grizz]

That looks Sweet Ken, looks like you might have to shorten the bottom of the light arm a bit once you have it all dialed in.


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[Nano]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

That looks Sweet Ken, looks like you might have to shorten the bottom of the light arm a bit once you have it all dialed in.


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Yeah I'm thinking so, dont want it to be to close to the sump lol, get a bunch of salt creep in there and that would suck!
The wife's digging it, I got the nod of approval lol so this is a bonus as well, cant wait to get into the living room, and junk the old nano

[Nano]

Aqua scaping started! I went for an open look with lots of swimming room, and shelf work on the rocks, a few hidden tunnels built in! Very happy with the result so far
Full tank shot

One Island

Side view, including other structure

corner shot

View from other side

Top View

corner shot