Tonyscoots84's very long 60 gallon cube tank thread

[rkaragozler]

It looks horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just joking

 

[masterswimmer]

T, somehow you've got to protect your electrical components from splashes. Nice job with cord management, I just don't want to hear of anything getting fried because of water seepage. Even when you do typical tank maintenance you're going to have water drip off your arm.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.......

R

 

[jerl77]

you cant hide the the apex boxes and vortech boxes in the stand?

All i did tonite :tired:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Thanks rich . All i can do for now. And russ theres no way at all to do that and keep its appearance.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I dont want to jerl i like the way it looks there

 

[twan]

I would not put those inside the stand like someone else suggested.

Short of building a panel located away from the tank you are stuck with tacking all that stuff onto the side or rear of the cabinet like you did. It came out pretty good though, far better then I expected or if I had to add all those things to the outside of my cabinet.

I would however do some brainstorming on how to extend a lip over that side and rear to prevent splashes or creep from getting on anything.

Great thread, very excited for you, sent you a PM on hysteresis that I do not personally use on my Apex.

 

[strgazr27]

Tony your dad built the stand right? If so have him build you a small box w a nice door you can mount to the side to keep the electronics in. It could easily be made to blend in with the stand. No way I would want that stuff on the side exposed like that, especially below tank level unprotected. You would be amazed how much water drips while performing regular maintenance and a rimless is worse.


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[Tonyscoots84]

Thanks guys eventually i will figure something out with that but for now ill stay away from that side but my hands are out of the tank for a while.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Does anyone know if i need to feed the tank while using special blend. Its the 4th day n i havent seen ammonia yet i will check again tonite. Any suggestions are welcome. My 1st dose was 120ml/1 cup

 

[NewfiDog]

Yes special bled is the bacteria you need to feed it.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Fed the tank tonite some flakes after seeing this

Heres a few tank shots

 

[Tonyscoots84]

does anyone know how to setup the neptune apex to be remotely accessed through the internet that could give me a hand possibly tom. night. or possibly saturday.

 

[mbg75]

Call Neptune and a tech will do it for you via remote desktop.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ammonia still 0

3rd day feeding the tank flakes. im thinking i should be using pure ammonia :idea:

 

[Exotic Reef]

How many gallons is this tank -_-

 

[Tonyscoots84]

60 gallons

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

How many gallons is this tank -_-

60G cube

 

[Exotic Reef]

I thought this build was going to be bigger .since he got is own place. -_-_-_-_-_-

 

[Tonyscoots84]

one day exotic. i have to get the wifey accustomed to the everything and adjusted

 

[Exotic Reef]

Lol yea just messing it took me 1 year to put water in my tank not 6 months. So i no how it feels