30g "Themed" Cube - What Theme Would YOU Choose?

[trockafella]

The razor nano is supernice.! I have a 27" and love it, although I haven't grown any SPS under it. But halides are tried and true, cant go wrong. IMO the best looking light by far.

[epleeds]

The razor nano is supernice.! I have a 27" and love it, although I haven't grown any SPS under it. But halides are tried and true, cant go wrong. IMO the best looking light by far.

YUP...but for the 30 gallon cube...you need at least a 400 MH to really grow anything

[matt]

photosynthetic gorgonian tank and macro-algae...but steal that idea about a gsp carpet and use that too. then get yourself a blue spot jawfish and a blue spotted toby puffer. rotate in some cheap hermits and snails as they get eaten.

[swimmatte]

Zoas/palys with wrasses!

 

Yeah right...... you'll never stop keeping Chalices!

[kjamaya]

YUP...but for the 30 gallon cube...you need at least a 400 MH to really grow anything

Would I need a 400w for a depth of 18"?

Edited September 20, 2013 by kjamaya

[trockafella]

Would I need a 400w for a depth of 18?

NO. Not at all. He is being funny... A 150w would do fine. Id go with a 150w DE Radium or a 250w SE radium in a nice reflector, with some LED actinics.

[Ryan S]

I've always thought of MH's like this:

 

<12"=150w

12-24"=250w

24-36"=400w

>36"=1000w

 

But for a small nano or cube, I'd probably just go LEDs. Cheap and easy.

[BowieReefer84]

Small cube = nano razor.  Join Travis and I in the cool kids club.

[trockafella]

Small cube = nano razor.  Join Travis and I in the cool kids club.

Well said good sir.

[ctenophore]

Definitely cuttlefish.

[kjamaya]

You guys convinced me.... lets start a razor led fund and everyone that contributes gets a free frag when the tank grows out

[tomtom2245]

You know the simple solution to the lighting issue? Make it a non-photosynthetic tank!

[Coral Hind]

I would do a caribbean biotope.  A fish only tank with a several mated pairs of yellow head jawfish, a super deep sandbed, and sea grasses.

I saw a tank at the Philly Zoo that had that exact setup with about 20 jawfish in it. It was pretty cool as they hovered right over their holes. 

[zygote2k]

How about a huge Puffer that can just turn around in the tank.

When you want to do a water change, just make him puff and displace a few gallons.