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This set of pages is dedicated to the documentation
of my latest Reef adventure.
THE
MeGaNaNo
CUBE
After moving to our "new" home in which was
originally constructed in 1860
I decided the flooring and the electrical wiring
would be stretched to the limits by my 110 gallon reef.
I have been planning a comeback with a tank of lesser
proportions
to fit into our new home and still keep the saltwater
flowing in my vicinity
The Show Tank
The show tank section of the system is an Oceanic Cube
33+ all glass with black silicone and Cherry trim
Modifications began almost immediately
see THE TANK
I have an Iwaki MD40XR pump moving water
from the basement sump up through 1.25" PVC to a OM sea
Squirt to two
distribution manifolds under the live rock buried in the
DSB
the water will fill the tank and spill over into the rear
mounted external
overflow chamber where it will enter again 1" PVC and drop
to the
40 gallon sump in the basement
The Sump / Refugium
I constructed this sump refugium
starting with a 40 gallon AGA breeder tank and adding the
custom cut .25" glass divisions with silicone
The first chamber on the right side is where the 1"
overflow deposits the surface skim water from the show
tank into the skimmer chamber
The water then goes under the first wall of the bubble
trap and travels up the 1" chamber and falls over the
middle wall and then back down the
second 1" chamber eliminating almost all skimmer chamber
bubbles
Water then travels under the 3rd wall and enters the
refugium chamber
a short angled divider keeps the water from churning
up the sandbed while directing water up to the macro algae
refugium area
The water then falls over the 4th divider and enters a
passive media shelf area constructed from light grid
plastic where I put bagged media or floss if required and
then passes over the stainless steel 300 watt heater in
the bottom of the chamber then the water goes under the
5th divider and enters the pump pickup area to be returned
to the show tank
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