My JBJ Nano Cube 28 LED - First reef tank

[sushi]

Hello, here I will document the life of my first reef tank. Here are some pictures

I will keep the most recent picture here:

Most recent 8/27/2022

old pic

When I brought it home

Cleaned up!

Cleaned all the coral out of the back chamber too

Leak test

Next step is ATO and temp control

 

[nanoreef1]

Cleaned up nice!

 

[LotsaFishies]

Very nice Mike! I'm glad to see the tank went to a good home!

 

[sushi]

Very nice Mike! I'm glad to see the tank went to a good home!

Thanks for the tank! It is great, I am excited to get it going. I will keep this thread updated as I do things.

 

[A.M]

Looks good man

 

[sushi]

This light fixture is non-dimmable so I bought some LDD-1000HW drivers and wired them inline so I can dim the LED strips. I also replaced the burned out LEDs.

starting to wire

all LDDs wired in

testing dimmed to 1/255 - success!

once my raspberry pi gets here i'll make sure it works how it should then tidy it up.

 

[nanoreef1]

This light fixture is non-dimmable so I bought some LDD-1000HW drivers and wired them inline so I can dim the LED strips. I also replaced the burned out LEDs.

starting to wire

all LDDs wired in

testing dimmed to 1/255 - success!

once my raspberry pi gets here i'll make sure it works how it should then tidy it up.

Looking real good!

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[leonel619]

Nice DIY!

 

[sushi]

Added live sand and scripps water

 

[jetli1969]

Now, u need some rocks!

 

[sushi]

getting clearer!!!!

 

[chireef]

Looking good man can't wait to see your aquascape


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[sushi]

I put some rocks in just now, water is still cloudy

 

[chireef]

Keep it up man! I remembered when I set up my first tank and also my first biocube and I was super stoked. At first it looks empty and before you know it,it's a masterpiece. Now your in for a ride!
Enjoy it!!

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[sushi]

wow your tank looks nice, what size is that? I don't know how people follow the guideline of 2lbs rock per gallon. There is no way I could fit 60 pounds of rock in here. My tank doesn't have much open sand, if I want more I need to get some smaller rocks I think. I have a few huge pieces. I like how it looks now, I'll leave it this way because I just want to get it going first. I can change it to a more open layout later if I want.

 

[chireef]

Well my first tank was 10 gallon but my biocube is 29 gallon and I just did 1lb per gallon and I have been running it great! Yea you can break piece of the rock with a hammer to make them less bulking


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[crabbysd]

Oh Hell ya dude.looks good.

 

[sushi]

new rock arrangement!!!!!

 

[leonel619]

new rock arrangement!!!!!

Nice! I like this one the best.

 

[chireef]

I yea I like this one a lot bro can't wait to see the corals in there!


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