200 gallon cube

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Hey everybody! I just got a 200 gallon cube a few days ago (48x40x24). Got a great deal from a local reefer on some sand and rocks. Reused my knock off photon 32 and some rock I had in the 45 gallon aio to seed the new cube.

A little back story. Bought a house in northern Rialto back in July. Moving from montclair is a 30 drive. Needless to say when I broke down the 45 the stand wouldn’t fit in my car along with the tank so I had to make two trips. A lot of the gap and Xenia that were growing on the back wall were out of water for too long. When I set the 45 back up the tank crashed a week later. So the tank sat with a few fish and invertebrates and the dreaded hair algae came along. So rather than get depressed and quit reefing again I decide to go bigger like my old 225. Sorry there isn’t a build thread but there wasn’t really wasn’t much to show. Here is my full equipment list and specs:

Tank: Visio glass 48x40x24
Lights: LED photon 32 knock off
Sump: 60 gallon with sock holder
Return: Jebao dcp 4000
Flow: Jebao cp 150
Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 9
200 lbs of sand
200 lbs of rocks
A bunch of green chromes a few damsels and a tomato clown. I would post a picture but I keep getting file too big so I’ll have to try and figure something out when I get to a computer. So if y’all got any frags (softies) you want to donate or want to sell me a frag pack starter kit for a good price let me know so I can’t start getting this tank to grow out!
 
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Nice size tank. Have you considered removing some of the rock at the back to create more of an island feel in the middle? I think you could really create an amazing center area with lots of swim throughs and open space around the edge. It would also help eliminate a lot of dead spots you're going to experience with that much rock and only 1 gyre pump.
 
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The only problem i see with an island is the limited visibility and space wasted behind the island? Anybody have any suggestions about this?

Thank you,
 
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The only problem i see with an island is the limited visibility and space wasted behind the island? Anybody have any suggestions about this?

Thank you,
You would have visibility on the sand bed, lots of LPS would look good around the island, assuming you have good light coverage. If you can access the tank from 3 sides, you'll get a good view of the "back"


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You have 3 sided viewing so i dont think you'll lose too much behind the island.

It's tough though. I love the look of a more minimal rockscape but my tanks never seem to end up that way.....i just love collection coral too much for that ;)

I will say you have much more rock than you need to have the same surface area for coral. You could remove a lot and make a more hollowed structure similar in hieght and looks to what you have now. More flow and adds more shadows/depth to the look of the tank.
 
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Short video of the tank. Diatom bloom officially ended 5 days ago. Added a few new critters, 300 mix of snails and hermits for clean up, red sea tang, kole tang, blue hippo tang, flasher fairy wrasse, and a purple pseudachromis. Got a canister filter up with UV and a bunch of ruble rock instead of media and will have ozone running off an orp soon. Currently running my skimmer on a 12 on 12 off cycle and I have another photon 48 v1 coming in the mail to properly light the whole tank. Enjoy!
 

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