ihatesears18 Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Well I finally got around to ordering a media basket from Stevie-T, can't wait to get it in the mail! Link to comment
amored Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 i'm waiting on a media basket too! the tank looks great, if only i could just let things grow and QUIT SPENDIN ALL MY MONEY! alas, reef-dom. btw your zoa collection is SWEEET. Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 i'm waiting on a media basket too! the tank looks great, if only i could just let things grow and QUIT SPENDIN ALL MY MONEY! alas, reef-dom. btw your zoa collection is SWEEET. Thanks for the kind words! I haven't bought any coral for this tank in months, I need to do some fragging, trimming, etc. I'd really like to get some LPS in there, but the BC8 footprint is limiting. Link to comment
Poodges Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Nice Biocube. You have a lot of the same corals I plan on adding, just started a 29 a few weeks ago. I'm also in Jacksonville. Which LFS do you get your stuff from? Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Nice Biocube. You have a lot of the same corals I plan on adding, just started a 29 a few weeks ago. I'm also in Jacksonville. Which LFS do you get your stuff from? Well, since I live near the West Side I usually go to Jolly's or Reef Fanatics. Bio-reef is quite a drive but they are the best IMO. They have a huge selection and fair prices. Link to comment
bamfcolorado Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Great looking bc8. Hows the YWG? Any pics? Youve got an awesome nano reef going my friend. Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Thanks for the kind words! The tank looks a little depressing, I stole most of the mushrooms and a couple of zoas from it. The YWG is doing great, but still has absolutely no interest in the pistol. Also my damn GSP is overtaking my zoas, which will be dealt with during my next water change....Anyways, here's some new pics. Updated FTS And for fun, my crown-tail Betta in his Fluval Edge mansion (must.get.tripod) Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 damn GSP is killing my nice red zoas...time to rip some out at the next water change oh and thanks for the comment. I'd probably have more if i dosed calcium, but since there's only softies in there I don't feel the need to. Link to comment
tazer Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I see that you are running a koralia nano in your setup. Are you happy with it and do you notice it helping much? Also are you running the stock pump or have you upgraded it? Just curios as I might be purchasing a nano powerhead for my bc8. Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 I like the nano, it helps keep detritus from settling too much. It's proably overkill for softies but my rock work creates dead spots if I were only running a pump in the rear chamber. I upgraded the stock pump to a mini jet 600 and am running a media basket from StevieT. Oh and to nano-reef Link to comment
tazer Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Thanks for the welcoming, and ya I have the same setup as you with the media basket and minijet 600 with a deflector connected to it. I have a pretty big dead spot on the right side of the take and having some slime algae problems so was looking at the nano series to create a little more flow. I was kinda skeptical about it for the reason like you said "overkill". But I'm sure if positioned safely the corals will get used to it. Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 yeah I aim it a little towards the surface to create agitation and to slow down the flow a little. You can also trim the impeller (just take it easy and don't cut off a bunch) if the flow is too great. Oh and START A TANK THREAD!! Link to comment
tazer Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Ya I think I'm gonna start a thread up this weekend when I have some time to work on it and do some pictures . But much appreciated on the advice. I think I will purchase it and give it a try. Link to comment
thermosts Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 What happened to Sparky? After having two firefish jump out of my other tank I thought it might be a good fish for my BC8 since it has a full lid. Is this not the case? Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 What happened to Sparky? After having two firefish jump out of my other tank I thought it might be a good fish for my BC8 since it has a full lid. Is this not the case? My tank runs hot with the lid shut. I had it cracked just a hair and it was enough for him to go carpet surfing Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 so a long over due update: heater got stuck on and killed everything except the goby. he's still living happily in his tiny piece of ocean. Link to comment
Clarinet_Reefer Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Wow. Any plans for recovery? Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Wow. Any plans for recovery? Ok so update time: Algae went sexual prompting me to do my 1st water change in probably 2 years. Tank is looking good, took the top off of the biocube and put my 24" t5 over it. It looks goofy but the tank is upstairs and is really just for my amusement. I bought an ATI Aquablue special and am trying to find an ATI blue plus to go with it. With the tank being cleaned up with better lighting I finally bought some coral again. Starsky right after the algae went sexual Clavularia under new lighting http://s34.photobucket.com/user/ihatesears18/media/image_zps10aca32a.jpg.html'> Hammer FTS coming soon, i'll probably snap one at lunch Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 http://s34.photobucket.com/user/ihatesears18/media/305_zps8093c3de.jpg.html'> current FTS. so sad compared to what it used to be. oh well, to new beginnings! Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Ok so i found an ATI blue plus at Coral Logic (new to me, probably now my favorite). They also have a very impressive frag collection for sale. I picked up some nice red and green zoas for $10. I'll post a pic after it opens up. Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Did some rearranging, found a bunch of tiny anemones. New FTS Neat pic of the new additions Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Not bad for $10 Looking good Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 proof that I have a fish in here http://s34.photobucket.com/user/ihatesears18/media/image_zpsd0b020f0.jpg.html'> Link to comment
BeardedReeferLLC Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Nice looking goby yah got there. Link to comment
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