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 Feb 11 2008, 07:21 PM
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 ^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553  |
Current FTS(June)
 My Biocube 14 Mixed reef w/o SPS ------------------------------------------------- Equipment/Setup: Biocube 14 Mighty Mite RO/DI Marine Depot Refractometer 10lbs OceanDirect Live Sand 15lbs Fiji Liverock 9 Watt Compact Puck Light(Fuge) Purigen Chemipure Floss 25 watt Theo heater(Not in use in summer) Hydor Koralia Nano ------------------------------------------------- Inverts 1 Scarlet Hermit 2 Astrea Snails 1 Nassarius snail 3 Cerith Snails 1 Emerald Crab -------------------------------------------------- Filter Configuration: Chamber 1- Heater Chamber 2- Floss, Chemi-pure, Chaeto Fuge Chamber 3- Pump, Purigen, Thermometer Probe Widened Chamber 1-2 passage -------------------------------------------------- Livestock: 1 Wild Caught True Percula 1 Yellow Watchman Goby Green Striped Mushrooms Orange and Blue Ricordea Zoanthids- Watermelon, Radioactive Dragon Eyes Frogspawn/Hammer Xenia-Small babies of huge colony --------------------------------------------------- Parameters/Water Changes 2 Gallon Water changes every week w/ Seachem Reef Top off- 1-2 cup every day Temperature- 80-82 PH-8.1-8.3 Salinity-1.0255 Ammonia-0 Nitrites-0 Nitrates-0 ---------------------------------------------------- Pictures          Tell me what you think! Thanks This post has been edited by GioReef: Jun 25 2009, 05:05 PM -------------------- |
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Feb 12 2008, 09:55 AM
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 Nano Reefer Posts: 348 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Lewisville, Texas Member No.: 34,027 |
Man looks great! your tank is a day older than mine
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Feb 12 2008, 10:15 AM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Ya it's turning out great. Yours is great as well. I am planning to add my first fish over the weekend.
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Feb 12 2008, 10:44 AM
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 Nano Reefer Posts: 2,576 Joined: 3-December 07 From: NOR*CAL Member No.: 32,717 |
Omg dude! Awesome! My BC 14 is getting started up TODAY!!! Your off to a better start however.
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Feb 12 2008, 10:54 AM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Thanks for all the nice comments. This is my first saltwater tank and i am really enjoying the new adventure. I have been doing freshwater for 12 years and so i decided to start marine. Smurf, good luck on yours.
BTW Smurf, are your Biocube fans loud? Mine are really loud. That's the only disappointment i am having with my tank. -------------------- |
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Feb 12 2008, 11:05 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 2,576 Joined: 3-December 07 From: NOR*CAL Member No.: 32,717 |
Well they are loud to begin with. But I noticed they need to warm up first. I also though tthe same thing. Lol
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Feb 12 2008, 11:10 AM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Ok cause i wanted to make sure it wasn't just mine.
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Feb 12 2008, 11:27 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 348 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Lewisville, Texas Member No.: 34,027 |
QUOTE (Nano-Reef-Man @ Feb 12 2008, 09:15 AM)  Ya it's turning out great. Yours is great as well. I am planning to add my first fish over the weekend. I like your aquascape with the cave. Thanks man, it took a lot of fiddling with the rock to get it setup like that and sturdy but i knew i wanted some kind of cave or something so i just kept at it till i got it. What fish are you planning on adding? Im planning on adding my first coral over the weekend just not sure what yet... -------------------- |
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Feb 12 2008, 11:48 AM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
I will probably get a pair of perculas. Maybe a goby...maybe. Then i will get a skunk shrimp. I am planning on getting shrooms, zoos, hammers, and frogspawn. I will be adding 2 more snails, nassarius.
I would love a xenia too. The pulsing makes the tank more interesting. -------------------- |
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Feb 12 2008, 11:56 AM
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 Nano Reefer Old Fart  Posts: 3,128 Joined: 28-July 06 Member No.: 21,570 |
Tanks is coming along real nice! Your first pic had me going, I thought you were going with a bare bottom set-up. Believe it or not, there are some that do. Enjoy your tank, I know I've enjoyed mine!
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Feb 12 2008, 12:15 PM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Ya ive seen bare bottom but i don't like it... looks un natural. I put the sand after the rocks to not cause avalanches if i get digging fish.
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Feb 25 2008, 09:12 AM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Update...
Got 3 nassarius snails... went to sand bed really fast! Got my first coral... blue xenia. Coralline algae starting to grow all over the rocks and glass. Will be getting maybe 2 percs or 1 perc and a 6 line. Or just 1 6 line.... we'll see.
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Feb 25 2008, 09:23 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 348 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Lewisville, Texas Member No.: 34,027 |
looking good! nice xenia, are you dosing anything to speed up the coralline growth?
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Feb 25 2008, 09:29 AM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
No not dosing anything. I want to keep it as stable as possible. My rocks were full of coralline when i got them... they also had little die off cause the store is 15 mins away. Don't worry... the coralline will show up... just be a little patient.
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Feb 25 2008, 09:35 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 348 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Lewisville, Texas Member No.: 34,027 |
oh im not worried, just curious
most of my rock didn't have much coralline on it to begin with unfortunately but i just added 2 pieces of LR that are covered in it while changing my rockwork, so that might help it along a bit...
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Feb 25 2008, 09:54 AM
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 Hai. Posts: 727 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 31,328 |
I really like that xenia! I wish mine would open up that fast! It spent a couple days under a 1.5 foot giga clam...they didnt notice it had somehow gotten under there...and none of them were pulsing due to (so they said) the fact that their PH was slightly lower than they like and they were in an area of higher flow (which they apparently dont like)
 
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Feb 25 2008, 05:49 PM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Thanks for the compliment... i cant believe i found such a cool looking one. Luck i guess.
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Feb 28 2008, 11:07 AM
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Looking good!
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Feb 29 2008, 09:55 PM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
I am from Tucson, AZ
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Mar 3 2008, 06:50 PM
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^^^Trust me^^^ Posts: 2,171 Joined: 8-January 08 From: Tucson,AZ Member No.: 33,553 |
Two Clowns- They are soo sweet and they are not fighting.
 
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