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My 70 cube!


matt

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So almost a year ago I bought Randle's old 70 cube from a member on here or Facebook, I don't remember! Haha any who I got it home and it was in rough shape. By no fault of the person I got it from it was neglected and needed a good scrubbing. So I got it all cleaned up. Before

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After

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It still has the plumbing for a closed loop. I didn't want one so I sealed off the bottom holes. Then made a new manifold for the returns.

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I than had wanareef build me a sump. I feel that he did an amazing job on it!

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And there is the lights..... I went with 3 AI sole blues, 3 AI primes and finally settled on a ati 24"x8 bulb dimmable t5. This light is amazing! I really doubt I will ever go back to led again.

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Now that I have the room to do it. I am putting the sump in my garage. First I had to pull the wires through the wall. I do plan on making the hole look better.

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All clean!!

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Muly new sump is a rubbermaid 100 gal. I plan on putting a 20 long as a frag tank and more things down the road. As of right now this is my mess. Time is hard to find with 4 kids but it will get there.ee937f6769569cd09f8f1fdc058fe5e9.jpgff2f0339ff3c867634754eceb4a0288a.jpg

 

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I plan on putting it back under the tank and putting the sides back on. That way later down the road I can sell the tank as a setup. That is after I upgrade! ;) I got 10 galons of water in the new sump tonight! About 80 more to go. I still have a bunch of plumbing to do.

 

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So I have been slowly working on the sump. I got it filled and mixed. I got the frag tank stand built and now I am working on plumbing part. I am hopping to have it done tonight but we will seeadbb34bda47cdf0141d142110a439ed6.jpg I got these on line. You drill a hole in the sheet rock and they thread in to it. They are super slick and cheap!

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Everything is panning out really well, no future sump upgrades just max it out form the get go. I wish I had that kinda room to fiddle around in my sump. I would say that is half of the reason that sump maintenance is daunting is that it is a tight fit...For most people.

Things look real good man.

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