GioReef Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Took the tank down and now im ready to start my pico. It has been a great experience and eventually I will get it up and running again... Last FTS(June 2011) 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 Link to comment
dekand Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Man looks great! your tank is a day older than mine Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 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. Link to comment
Smurf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Omg dude! Awesome! My BC 14 is getting started up TODAY!!! Your off to a better start however. Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 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. Link to comment
Smurf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Well they are loud to begin with. But I noticed they need to warm up first. I also though tthe same thing. Lol Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Ok cause i wanted to make sure it wasn't just mine. Link to comment
dekand Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 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... Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 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, zoas, hammers, and frogspawn. I will be adding 2 more snails, nassarius. I would love a xenia too. The pulsing makes the tank more interesting. Link to comment
basser1 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 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! Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 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. Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 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. Link to comment
dekand Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 looking good! nice xenia, are you dosing anything to speed up the coralline growth? Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 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. Link to comment
dekand Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 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... Link to comment
tubatime1010 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 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) Link to comment
GioReef Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks for the compliment... i cant believe i found such a cool looking one. Luck i guess. Link to comment
rbrusletto Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Looking good! Where are you from btw? Link to comment
GioReef Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Two Clowns- They are soo sweet and they are not fighting. Link to comment
Bigwavedave Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Looking great! I like the clown. Did you buy local or online. Just set up my bio14 this weekend. Link to comment
GioReef Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 I bought it local... $20 each for the ocellaris. Pretty good considering fish here are expensive. Link to comment
GioReef Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 I just got my zoos and mushroom. The mushroom is green striped... when the actinics are on it is fluorescent.Cool The zoos are way more red but the picture kind of fades color. And finally my cleaner shrimp. Link to comment
JULIES Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Great Biocube!!! Question - Why did you take the bioballs out? i still have the original in there, should i take them out? What’s the purpose? Link to comment
GioReef Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 I took the bioballs out cause they usually store nitrates that can lead to very high nitrate build up in the tank. They get very dirty over time and debris gets stuck in them causing nitrates. Link to comment
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