KarL's 125 gallon cube

[KarL]

Recently broke down my 150 gallon (60Lx24Wx24H) and now starting my next project. It's a 125 gallon acrylic cube/square tank (40Lx40Wx18H). Just brought it home the other day.

 

[KarL]

Yesterday, I wet sanded and buffed out the tank to get any scratches off before adding water so I don't regret it later. I sanded with 600, 800, 1500, and then 2000 grit wet sand paper. Then finished with novus 1,2,3 kit.

 

[BeanMachine]

Very nice. New house or floor also?

 

[KarL]

Just in case I get any scratches later... Mighty Magnet underwater scratch removal kit

 

[KarL]

Very nice. New house or floor also?

Moved to this house from SD about 2 years ago. It's my empty dining room. Always wanted a pool table but the room is too small. Well the next best thing, turn it into a fish room!

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Looks good. Gunna be a cool build


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[KarL]

I purchased a used sfiligoi mh/t5/led fixture. The original paint was flaking off in some places and it was a dull gray color. Just finished prepping the fixture panels by removing the old powder coat with some aircraft paint remover and a little bit of sanding. Now off to get painted.

 

[lowbudget]

very nice they going to do some prepping before paint goes on. very very nice

 

[KarL]

 

[El Dude]

This tank is going to be sweet when it's up and running!

 

[Factorybacking_05]

Stand turned out so nice Karl!

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[pgr11]

Looking great. Tank should be sweet when fully complete. Keep the updates coming

 

[wickedfish]

Love the dimensions on that. Gonna be interesting to see the scape on this.

 

[Reeftime99]

Following along.... love the dims ... how tall is the stand?

 

[KarL]

Following along.... love the dims ... how tall is the stand?

I believe the stand is 36" tall

 

[KarL]

Did my aquascaping this morning. Initially I wanted to do exclusively all tonga branch, but I realized it would take me forever to find enough branch to fill the tank. I decided to aquascape with partial branch and shelves/overhangs. Luckily I had some nice rock to work with. With a little drilling and acrylic rods I came up with this. Just need to find a sm-med flat shelf rock to thread through the center drain pipe.

 

[victorhe]

awesome!

 

[wickedfish]

Looking good, time to get wet.

 

[ryanroehl]

Sorry to be a downer, because your tank/stand looks gorgeous, but how does your plumbing work? With the returns so low, won't half the water drain out if the pump shuts off? Are you going to be relying on a check valve?

 

[ryanroehl]

Also what's the thickness of the acrylic? Haven't seen too many rimless acrylics...