EquinsuOcha Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 CoraLife 29 Gallon Biocube.Current Picture 1 July 16 top down by SMLeckemby, on FlickrCurrent Equipment BioCube 29 Gallon Coralife 29 Gallon Stand ProLEDsupply LED lighting Full Spectrum - StevesLEDs - Fully loaded InTank Media Basket InTank Fuge basket 100 watt heater MP10wES QD upgrade surface skimmer amazon basics aquarium temp sensors x 3 (1 in tank, 1 in fuge, 1 in lighting area) JBJ fuge light magnetic 30 pounds of fiji pink SeaChem Ammonia Alert badge ReefLink Micro ATO Chemicals used Seachem Stability Purple Up Current Livestock 2 Clowns 1 Royal Gramma 1 Cleaner shrimp 1 Emerald Crab 10 snails Purple Firefish Dwarf Pink feather duster Corals Frogspawn (front left) Pulsing Blue Xenia (front right middle) Zoas various Bright Watermelon zoa GSP Premium Metallic GSP Rasta Zoas Pink Pom Pom Xenia Ultra Green and Blue eye Favia Liams Clove Polyps Radioactive Dragon Eyes zoa Soon to be added MP10wQD upgrade StevesLEDs light ATO ReefLink for MP10 Question about the purple rock? Project Reef Rock 2.1Wife gave the go ahead to save for Red Sea Reefer 350/450Goal is $6,000.00Tank/standEcotech Radio XR30W G3 proReef Octopus Classic 202-s 8" / d700Vectra M1 DC return pump100w Cobalt easy therm x 2Vortech MP40wQD x280LB Fiji pink LS$5,333.93Goal is to move everything from BC to big tank... Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thats some real purple rock, very pretty. What corals do you plan on having? I would think about breaking some of the large pieces of rock and opening up the rockscape a bit. It can be hard to place corals if there isn't enough vertical space. What did you add to the water to get the cycle going? You will need some sort of ammonia source, if you don't that may be one reason why you arent getting algae. After two weeks of cycling you most certainly should have seen an increase in nitrites and nitrates. However, without adding an ammonia source you wouldn't have started a cycle. I have the tank sitting at 80°Fall levels are very low to none at allno algae growth yet Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 I did put biospira in right away and then I put fish food in daily. As for corals I don't have a specific goal yet. Just a few fish planned at this time. But if I had to get some id get a frogspawn and some zoos and maybe a few shrooms that's about it haha Link to comment
Aurortpa Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Wow, that is some reaaally purple rock, nice find lol. I was excited when I saw a spec of coralline on a rock the other day haha. I'm curious about your in-tank refugium, as I have a JBJ 28--is it DIY or did you purchase it? BTW, I always bring a cooler when I go to the LFS, jic and to keep the temp stable and them in the dark. Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Aurortpa - that rock is man made . I bought my JBJ light from amazon. I have yet to put any chaeto in the tank yet. I have not put anything living in the tank yet. Not in a rush haha.Project reef rock 2.1 just my part of saving real reef rock Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Tonight's picture -fixed the power heads -moved some sand -have not decided if I am going to keep the rock this way or not. It has a pretty nice area of real-estate in the front. Ill take a side shot tonight. -tested water still good -still feeding the water with fish food. Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 I just received my LED kit from Kyle at ProLEDSupply.com I am going to install it tonight and I will post before and after pictures. 60W kit! Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Installed Noctua Fans. ultra quite and much more airflow. New LEDs in. picture doesn't show much but they are extremely bright. I also redid my aquascape last night after the LED install... Will take pictures tonight, finished pretty late and then had screaming babies. ha Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Moved the rock around and fixed my aquascape for more coral land. My underwater cave Left side of tank Right side of tank Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Bluezoo delivery came today. Skunk cleaner shrimp and an emerald crab. I'll buy more cleaners once I have more to clean. I did this ghetto acclimation and it worked well. Did 1 hour each. 30 minute float for temp. @30 min remove 1/3 water in bag add 1/3 tank water to bag. @40 min remove 1/3 water add 1/3 tank water. @50 min remove and add. @1hr remove most of the water without letting touch air and fill bag with tank water. The I release the beast. Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Following along I started with a biocube 29 and was really happy with it! The rockscape looks great! Link to comment
jamescstein Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 any pictures of the new lights? Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 I will post up a picture of the new lights today when I get home from work. 1 week review so far... I have them at about 40% power. pros Way bright lower heat then stock great shimmer cons the drivers don't quite fit in hood, so I had to finagle it in could be cooler with proper ventilation and more thought put into that... wish it had more controllability - IE typhoon or something I will be switching to StevesLED... Thank you for the compliments on the rockscape! I am very nervous that I wont have enough biological filtration because the rock is fake.. though it porous, its not near as porous as LR. I ordered 2 pounds of LR to throw in once I get it cured. Another update I have started to build a Mixing station/pumping station Thoughts is this 5 Gal bucket for waste water - marked for the same level as new water 5 Gal bucket for RO/DI water 50 W heater built into bucket (silicone) and screws 83 GPH submersible pump Thursday night before bed fill clean bucket Thursday night fill with salt plug everything in Friday when I get home from work test new water - add a .5ML of prime and 1ML of stability syphon out dirty water to marked level in tank bring syphon line from other tank plug into pump pump new water into tank. turn back on main pumps/lights/Power heads I figured this would have the least impact on time pumps are off in the tank... I attempted this last Thursday and drain and fill took about 4 minutes. Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 I lied I forgot I took a picture already haha. here are the lights from ProLEDSupply by Kyle 64 Watts - and im not kidding they are freaking bright, they could be executed better but I do like them... BUT I do not want to run a chiller thus changing them in the end. picture of in the hood coming soon! I am also very excited to say that my MP10wES will be here around Monday or Tuesday!!! Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Installed lights... not a fan of the LED driver. they also were recommended to be installed with double sided crap... I JB welded them in, the JB weld ran a little Link to comment
xenia30 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Awesome tank! Love the rock scape! Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Awesome tank! Love the rock scape! Thank you! I was struggling with the rockscape for a bit, still not 100% on it. Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Quick question. Any reason why I can't keep my temp probe in chamber 3 or 1? 1 I have my heater but if I put closer to the slats Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Quick question. Any reason why I can't keep my temp probe in chamber 3 or 1? 1 I have my heater but if I put closer to the slats I'd not put it in chamber 3 with the return pump as the return pump will put off some heat. But then I guess you'll have the same problem with putting it in chamber 1. You want to put it somewhere where you can accurately measure the tank temp - not to close to a heat source. IMO Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'd not put it in chamber 3 with the return pump as the return pump will put off some heat. But then I guess you'll have the same problem with putting it in chamber 1. You want to put it somewhere where you can accurately measure the tank temp - not to close to a heat source. IMO This is what I did. Out one in chamber 1 one in chamber 3 and one in display. Let the results tell us . I'm guessing because of the amount of water flow it won't really matter as long as it's not within an inch or so. I starting going back to my PC build. My computer is liquid cooled, the liquid moves so fast over the hot parts that the temps is even everywhere at all 5 test spots. 34 degrees Celcius Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Well look who is photogenic Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Well look who is photogenic Cool pics! Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Update: Day 1 I added BioSpira Day 2-8 I added recommended dose of Stability to the tank Like the directions say its ok to stock your tank with biospira and stability. shrimp and a crab in the tank doing great. 2 days ago had some diatom on my powerheads... and 1 or 2 spots maybe the size of a nickel on the sand... this morning woke up and it was gone... I am pretty sure that means im fully cycled and ready to go. I have had a few spikes in ammonia but nothing crazy, all other levels are great and have been great! I test water every other day. I have done 3 water changes at 20% (5ish gallons each time) Going to toss in new chemipure blue, purigen, and matrixcarbon on sunday. water is crystal clear, sand is clean, critters are happy! Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Giving this a shot. I put it on top of an ammonia bottle and it pegged so I assume it works. Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 A lot of folks who raise seahorse fry swear by those ammonia badges. I guess when you have 200 baby seahorses in a 10 gallon tank ammonia must be monitored closely. Link to comment
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