Mr. Microscope's 25 Gallon Cube

[MizTanks]

Wow looks like your inlaw dad should go into business very nice looking/working stand!

[Badfish]

That is a great looking stand, how did he finish the edges with a router? After looking at your frag tank thread I know this i going to be an awesome tank. Are you still planning on drilling?

[Mr. Microscope]

Wow looks like your inlaw dad should go into business very nice looking/working stand!

Hmm...good idea! I'll mention it to him.. Seems like the kind of thing he'd be interested in.

Thanks MizTanks!

That is a great looking stand, how did he finish the edges with a router? After looking at your frag tank thread I know this i going to be an awesome tank. Are you still planning on drilling?

Thanks Badfish. Nope, no routering. I wanted a clean, straight-edged look. What you may be seeing it the wood which was painted white in addition to the white acrylic which covers three sides and the top. I don't have the top piece on yet since I need to drill holes in it and it still has it's protective coating.
Yup! Still planning to drill. Two holes for the Herbie and one for the return. Wish me luck!

[Mr. Microscope]

POLL!!!

Black Moon Sand or Regular Sandy Colored Sand?

[2pairs]

I am a white - regular sand person, but have seen some tanks that look sweet with black.

[MizTanks]

Personally I don't like the black look. It's white for me

[Mr. Microscope]

I pulled the trigger on my BRS order today. I'm still not 100% sure about everything, but I couldn't pass up the Cyber Monday discounts. Here's the design. I decided to attach the image rather than post them in the thread. The images large and text inside them is kinda small. So, you really need to zoom in to see the details.

Plumbing soon!!!

[Mr. Microscope]

So, I placed my order with BRS for plumbing and ReefCleaners for the rock.

As usual, John from ReefCleaners helped me out and found exactly what I was looking for. Rock and Roll ReefCleaners! Seriously, why would anyone order snails, rock, and macros from anywhere else?

BRS customer service was also pretty good. They responded to my emails. I ordered on Cyber Monday and got the discounts. BONUS!

[2pairs]

Looks like you are off to a great start!

[Mr. Microscope]

Hey there Captive Reefers!

My dry rock came in the mail today from ReefCleaners. In addition to the 15 or so pounds, I also purchased a box of dry rock rubble to use as filler pieces. Here's what I got. John Maloney hand picked these pieces for me and I couldn't be happier!



I'm really impressed with how clean and porus these rocks are. They fit together very well. I was playing around with them here. As you can see, they are standing on their own quite well. Though, I'm still planning to use some acrylic rod to keep everything in place.



After I have the pillar built, I'm going to put it in the frag tank to stew until I'm finished with all the plumbing and ready to get the tank wet.