30g cube build thread

[aquaworld75]

Creating a build thread for my 30g cube. This tank was started after breaking down my 180g back in 2022. Tank has been running for 3yrs and has gone through 3 phases.
1. Holding tank w/ remains of 180g (~1yr). 1st photo.
2. poor maintenance / lost most corals (~1yr). Middle photo.
3. Rebuild / sustain to thriving reef (1.5yrs / present). Last photo.

Posting, 3 pictures of how it progressed and later share major changes / tank setup.

 

[aquaworld75]

Tank & Stand:
- 20x20x20 glass aquarium w/ corner overflow and return plumbing.
- Acrylic tank top / wood light canopy
- In stand sump: Eshopps Cube Nano sump
- Stand is pre-fabricated stand with bar top glaze on inside bottom to make it water proof.
- 6in extension shelf was built on left side of stand to hold power equipment and doser.

Water flow:
- SICCE return pump
- MP10 (Reef Crest 50%)
- Eshopps Skimmer
- 3in filter sock (Cleaned weekly)

Lighting:
- Legacy light: Aquaray Aquabeam 1500 Reef LED
- Supplemental Light: Pawfly 12w Reef LED
- Future Light: 2x NICREW 20w Reef LED

Dosing, Salt, Control:
- Red Sea Pro Salt (1.026). 2x month water change 10g.
- Red Sea Reef Dose 4 (Alk, Ca, Mg, Iron, etc.). Daily dosing based on usage
- Red Sea Reef Coral Nutrition / Energy. 2x week feeding.
- Skimmer run 1/2 of the time
- APEX legacy, EB8

Inhabitants:
- limited live sand (shifted to bare bottom)
- 25lbs live rock (from previous tanks 15-20yrs old)
- Percula clown
- Blue chromis
- Yellow goby
- Soft Corals: Kenya tree, flower leather coral, zoas, branching gorgonian
- LPS: encrusting LPS mix, Alveopora, Goniopora
- SPS: Pocillipora, red & green branching monti, red monti cap, Australian Delicate (thin branching acropora)