jojoe972 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Well in October I upgraded my 14g biocube to the 29g biocube. Below is a list of what was placed in the tank. I decided to change from mainly hard corals to softies and macros for this tank. Equipment: 29 gallon biocube Custom stand 100 watt heater RW-4 AquaticLife 4 bulb 24" T-5 fixture with ATI bulbs (3 B+ & 1 Coral+) Rock: LFS Dry Rock BRS Dry Tonga Substrate: 20 lbs. of CaribSea Flamingo Pink Fish: 1 Ocellaris Clown, Watchman Goby, Cryptic Six-Line Wrasse Inverts: Various Snails (Nerites, Ceriths, Trochus, Astreas & some Hermits) Corals: Frogspawn, Hammer, Various Ricordias, Various Zoas, & Various Acans Mods: MP1200 in chamber 3, StevieT's MediaBasket & Fuge Basket, JNS Cyclone HOB Skimmer FTS 10-23-12 1 Link to comment
BoCoMo Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I like that piece of tonga tucked in there. Where are the corals and fishes hiding? Link to comment
Rain24 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 You need more pics with the bicolor blenny! Following! Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 I like that piece of tonga tucked in there. Where are the corals and fishes hiding? Wait until you see the other Tonga branch that is about 13 inches that is in the front now. LMAO about the coral and fishes. I will post some more pics today. You need more pics with the bicolor blenny! Following! Yea I know and you know those guys are jerks. He likes to nip me when I clean the tank. So you want more pictures well here we go. Not great though b/c they are from the phone!!!! The first round is the stand being built Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Next is the final aquascape for the tank. (It has been changed twice since in the tank) Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks for the support guys Link to comment
Rain24 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Looks like you did a nice job on the stand, Jojoe! Aww, your bicolor blenny bites? The one I "had" (it lived in someone else's tank) a long time ago was so sweet. Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Looks like you did a nice job on the stand, Jojoe! Aww, your bicolor blenny bites? The one I "had" (it lived in someone else's tank) a long time ago was so sweet. Thanks, someone on the local forum made it for me and it is nice but he took forever and pissed me off. I also had to repaint it so wasnt happy with all the issue. Also, had a friend place a granite top on it for me. Yea he is a little fiesty. The one I had in a 20 high I had a while ago didnt nip but he would slammed the glass if you put your finger next to his home, lol. Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Man thats nice! ! Thank you Link to comment
Lalani Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That rockwork looks like a man crawling out of a cave. 1 Link to comment
Rain24 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That rockwork looks like a man crawling out of a cave. Oh my gosh - Lalani is totally right! I can see it now too! Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 I thought of a claw but I like a man crawling out of the cave, lol Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 So here is the tank cycling with rock and sand. Had the rock cycling for almost two months in water from my 14g bio before placing it in the tank. Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Here are pics of corals. All of the SPS STN'ed on me and the clam bit the big one. The only hard corals I have now are the plate, hammer, frogspawn and wellso. Traded everything else. Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Forgot to add a current picture of the gorgonian I picked up. It was called a Spiney Purple Gorg at the store but I dont believe that is its true name. Can anyone ID it for me? Link to comment
BoCoMo Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Sorry to hear about the livestock loss! Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 It was upsetting at first but then I decided to go another route and It lifted my spirits. What was really upsetting was the clam! Thanks Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 http://www.aquascapers.com/store/13-eco-gorgs That gorgonian I have looks like a Purple Plume but am not sure. What do you guys think? Link to comment
Rain24 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Kinda hard to tell from the pic, Jojoe. Take another one so I can compare? Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Ok I will try and get some better pics this weekend. Just got a shipment in last night from rafastank727. Great seller and gave me larger size macros then I would have thought. I received violet flame macro, blue ochtodes macro, red palm macro, and dragons breath macro. Also got two zoas from him; blue hornets and green stardust PE. Will try to get some pics of those as well. They are all pissed though from the 3 day ship from Cali. Just need some blue scroll macro and I think the macro collection is done 1 Link to comment
got2envy Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I haz your blue scroll JoJoe Found your thread and the tank looks great! 1 Link to comment
jojoe972 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Hey Everyone So I rarely get on here but felt that I should update my little build thread. I was tired with my LED set up had a friend change out some of the LED's and still fed up with the color. So I went back to T-5 but now I am messing with all the different bulb selections. Still cant seem to find a set up I really like yet. Also, I am going to be adding a skimmer soon to the tank. I think I'm going with the Aquamaxx HOB. Well that is it for now. If anyone has any info on the bulb selection that they have on their system I would love to hear it. I am running the Aquaticlife 4 bulb set up. Link to comment
Marine Depot Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hey Everyone So I rarely get on here but felt that I should update my little build thread. I was tired with my LED set up had a friend change out some of the LED's and still fed up with the color. So I went back to T-5 but now I am messing with all the different bulb selections. Still cant seem to find a set up I really like yet. Also, I am going to be adding a skimmer soon to the tank. I think I'm going with the Aquamaxx HOB. Well that is it for now. If anyone has any info on the bulb selection that they have on their system I would love to hear it. I am running the Aquaticlife 4 bulb set up. We put together some reference charts for our popular T5 bulb brands so you can get an idea for how you might mix-and-match. If your light has multiple plugs to simulate dawn/dusk, put actinics and blues all on one plug to create the best effect. Giesemann T5 Bulb Combinations Red Sea T5 Bulb Combinations UV Lighting T5 Bulb Combinations ATI T5 Bulb Combinations AquaticLife T5 Bulb Combinations Here's another chart you may find useful: Link to comment
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