Qwank Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 24g stuff starts at post 63 well its been 2 months since I got into this wonderful hobby. i was going to start a thread a while ago but didnt want to put any boring empty tank shots in so i'll start it now since theres life in it. heres the pics: full tank shot the fish cleaner shrimp fuge light I swapped the pump out for a MJ900 with a hydor-flo. 10 lbs of live rock 20 lbs live sand 2-false percs 1-yellow clown goby 4-astrea snails 5-nassarius snails 1-turbo 6-scarlet hermits 1-skunk cleaner ph 8.4 ammonia 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 0 temp 78*F added the fuge with cheato this week in the second chamber, first chamber has a half of one of the stock sponges to catch floaties. next on the list is to upgrade the lighting, i'm throwing a few ideas around but will probably go with a 70w MH in the hood. Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Nice looking tank. Corals anytime soon? Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 thanks. yeah maybe in a few months i should hopefully be ready for corals. i want the new lights first and i havnt even though about testing the calcium and all that yet. I'm still a noob and still researching. Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Patience is a virtue. Good job Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 moonlights. not using the stock ones. i bought a kit at a LFS for $14 and installed them into the hood facing the reflectior to avoid the 'projector' look. the pic dosent do them justice (i'm horrible at taking pics) moonlights Link to comment
el_vulture619 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Looks good! I see the clown gobie..I need another! Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Looks good! I see the clown gobie..I need another! So does he Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 yeah, tweety the clown goby passed away yesterday. he got caught in the surface skimmer and when i found him was near death. the shrimp had no probem finishing him off and the nass snails had a nice feast on his body. Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 the death of the clown goby caused an ammonia spike. i also found out my hydrometer is way off and my salinity is at 1.030. so these 2 things combined caused an ich breakout in the clownfish. at least i know the cause and i'm working on it now. Link to comment
chrisoppie Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hey Qwank, Looking good. Sorry to hear that you lost a mate. Been to Sea Word lately? Seems they are pumping up the inventory. I have been going there for almost 20 years, and I have never seen so many goodies. I am like a kid in a candy store ...with no $$$. Good Luck Link to comment
BigAl2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Awesome CUBE! I just ordered mine today and it should be here in 48 hrs (yeah that's FAST). Would you get another one again? Anything you would have done differently? You gotta tell me more about that fuge & fuge light? Did you get rid of the "bio-balls"? Do you like the Hydor unit? Sorry so many questions but you have some PRIME first hand experience with the exact unit I have on it's way. Allen Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Awesome CUBE! I just ordered mine today and it should be here in 48 hrs (yeah that's FAST). Would you get another one again? Anything you would have done differently? You gotta tell me more about that fuge & fuge light? Did you get rid of the "bio-balls"? Do you like the Hydor unit? Sorry so many questions but you have some PRIME first hand experience with the exact unit I have on it's way. Allen I'll bump this for Qwank and answer your questions based on my experience with NC 12 just for the sake of you having as much info as possible. Hopefully he will comment also. Yes I would get another one if I given the chance. No complaints but I would change the pump. There are quite a few instructional threads about that type of fuge light. A search should turn up quite a few results. Bioballs suck, use LR rubble. Sorry no hydor. Hope your cube goes well. Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Awesome CUBE! I just ordered mine today and it should be here in 48 hrs (yeah that's FAST). Would you get another one again? Anything you would have done differently? You gotta tell me more about that fuge & fuge light? Did you get rid of the "bio-balls"? Do you like the Hydor unit? Sorry so many questions but you have some PRIME first hand experience with the exact unit I have on it's way. Allen hey allen thanks for your interest. i would get one again i think its a well made product and a nice clean setup compared to other all in ones i've seen thing i would have done diferently is get the 24g aquapod with the 150MH. but since the tank was a present from my gf i had no choice, and its still a hell of a present so i'm not going to complain or say what if. more on the fuge light: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;hl=fuge+light http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;hl=fuge+light http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;hl=fuge+light the bio-balls and ceramic rings were never put in. i had some live rock back there insead but it was collecting detrius(spelling?) big time so i got rid of it and just have the cheato in there now. i like the hydor unit. some people don't. its chaep enough to try it out. hope this help. Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 well, one of my clowns died today from the ich. i thought he was doing good all week. he was eating and everything but i guess that dosnet matter. my other clown deveoped more ich spots today also so it dosnt look god for him either. Link to comment
crazinezz978 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 hang in ther...take him into a quarantine...copper-treatment? Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 my second clown died this morning from the ich Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 my second clown died this morning from the ich Damn that's 0 for 3. I hope the refractometer can help you keep on top of things and have better luck in the future. Maybe a MH light would make everything better . Link to comment
BioCube Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 sweet fuge! RICK JAMES ######! Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 sweet fuge! RICK JAMES ######! I smoke rocks! Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 Update: started my metal halide retro heres a couple of pics of what i got so far: Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 About damn time. JK. Hey I recognize that light, it's from Texas Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 got the retro done heres some more pics: scroll fan: vents for scroll fan: tank shot: Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Nice. The hood vent looks really good, mine looks like shiznit. Did you se something as a pattern? Link to comment
Qwank Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 yeah i used bath tub hair strainer i got at walmart Link to comment
hanknmorgan Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Nice work on the MH mod. Which bulb did you go with? Link to comment
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