30 gallon Oceanic Cube

dwdenny · 01-03-2005, 05:17 PM

I have changed my mind on the Nano Cube DX and I am going with something bigger. What I was wondering was about filtration and lighting. I would like to keep mostly soft corals. I am putting this tank in my office so a pendant type is probably out of the question. any suggestions would be great and thanks in advance.

Geoff · 01-03-2005, 07:20 PM

for doing something at the office those small nano cubes are hard to beat. i do like the look and shape of those 30 cubes though. H.O.T is prolly be easiest and the best way to go. keeps the flooding risk to a minimum.

lighting will prolly need to be a canopy. lots of PC's or VHO will be the way to go. it should keep the heat down if you have a couple of fans in their with them.

HTH,

G~

dwdenny · 01-06-2005, 11:48 AM

This is my plan for the hood all DIY 2X96power quads 5050 then possibly an additional 1X24 or 1X36 Actinic 03 for dusk/dawn effect. Two fans for cooling with a hinged top for easy maintenance. Not 100% on filtration yet but I am leaning towards the HOT Magnum and/or a CPR Bak Pak 2R or something like that. If there is something better let me know please. In my old 45 long I had a seaclone and it worked well. But I want to do everything just right. I am moving slow but patience is a virtue with SW I know. I learned that the hard way with my FOWLR tank. Well I will stop here as I could probably write butt load of questions. Any suggestions modification ect. are welcome construtive critisium what ever you want to call it. Thank you.

wanareef · 01-06-2005, 01:16 PM

I would go with T-5's instead of the PC's, Workhorse ballasts work great here - less $$ and you can use 2-3 of them for dusk/dawn.