Rabid's 45C

**Sir Patrick** · 11-13-2010, 12:10 AM

Royal grammas are cool fish!

I like the aussi elegance idea for the void in the center!

**John** · 11-13-2010, 07:11 PM

Do you have specific Zs and Ps in mind for this?

**Rabidgoose** · 11-13-2010, 10:35 PM

Yes, I have some favorites that will definitely be going in and some others I will decide on as the tank matures. It won't be heavily stocked with a lot of different ones as i prefer to let them grow in. I really like to see them in mass. Their will also be a couple must have (to me anyway) chalices and favia.

Originally Posted by John

Do you have specific Zs and Ps in mind for this?

**Sir Patrick** · 11-13-2010, 11:21 PM

^ That post got me drooling!! Cant wait to watch a nice zoa tank fill in, with some chalice/favias in the mix!

This tank is going to be sweet!

**Rabidgoose** · 11-20-2010, 10:30 AM

lol.......not really much to see yet. Still dealing with some algae but it's getting better, so besides the RG their is only a couple small frags of z/p in their and a CUC. I will be doing some fragging here soon and get some pics then........heres one pic I took though....

picturephp?albumid93&amppictureid1126 - Rabid's 45C

picturephp?albumid93&amppictureid1126 - Rabid's 45C

Originally Posted by chort55

I think I speak for everyone when I say...

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**Rabidgoose** · 11-20-2010, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by chort55

You say not much to look at I say those are darn nice to look at. Great little frag to get the color spree rolling, keep em comin

Thanks, I have some plans in mind...just taking it slowly

Now for a couple questions....

how do you like the cube so far?

I really like the cube so far. I went with the 45c instead of the 60c because I wasn't sure how I would like reaching into the back corners. Lighting is nice and straight forward with a 2 foot square tank, whichever lighting scheme one desires. I really like the footprint.

Do you find you have any trouble areas with flow/ are you having flow issues because of the dimensions of this tank?

Flow has been very good. I have about 300 gph from the return on the top left and an MP10 on the middle/top right of the tank. No dead spot that I have noticed, the vortech is in the reef crest mode (not sure, haven't played with it that much) so it ramps up and down to keep things stirred up. From what i've seen so far.....IMO cubes were made for the vortechs....or vice versa

I'm not sold on my overflow tube/pipe, but I've set it up so I can drain enough water to install a box or slotted PVC pipe if I decide to.....