bubba17311 Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 just added 10 new corals. 7 sps, 1 lps, 2 zoas. will post pics here in a little bit. almost done stocking just need you find a nice small clam any ideas? Link to comment
ceelston Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 wish i could do something like this but my diamond goby might not like it too much when i come home and find him on the floor... looks awesome though! Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Here are some pic of the new additions. What do you think? Link to comment
drakkor Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Very nice, two thumbs up. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 thanks for the reviews. Link to comment
Marine1 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 That looks sweet! I wish I could do it to my BC29, but I worry about the kids with the open tank and the fish jumping out. Really looks great, nice job! Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 thanks marine1 i see you are from d.c. where do you get your livestock from? Link to comment
cfuller Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Man that looks awesom rimless. I might have to see if I can get the nerve up to do mine. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 since new lights have had some outstanding growth in just 2 weeks. Thanks to the guys at Blue Ribbon Kio for the advice. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 what kind of dosing do you people do? i have been using a 2 part by brightwell and just started using reef plus by sea chem. any ideas or advice on those products? Link to comment
Marine1 Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 thanks marine1 i see you are from d.c. where do you get your livestock from? I'm actually in Rockville, Maryland. I get a lot of my stuff from Aquarium One on Rockville Pike in the Bloom shopping center (its just before downtown Rockville). They are really good people there- real helpful. The store could use a good cleaning though Aquarium Co. (in VA) was the best place, especially for coral. Unfortunately, I don't think they're in business anymore. Congressional Aquarium is close to me as well, but their service is horrible IMO. They don't even great you at the door; they just kind of stare at you and then continue to do nothing behind the registers. The store is clean and they have a decent selection, but overpriced. Oh yah, Blue Ribbon Koi is great, but its out of the way for me. What about you? Where do you go? Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 My favorite place is The Marine Scene in Herndon, VA. They have the best and healthiest fish. A little on the high side for price but well worth it. Also have Aquatic Obsession in Manassas, Va. Kind of like the last store you mentioned. They really dont care if you by something or not and cant answer any real questions. One of my other favorite places is Pet Plus in Stafford, Va. They have great frags for good prices. I also get some stuff from Atlantic Sea Farms online. They have nice cheap frags and free shipping for MD, Va, and NC if you spend over 50 bones (which is easy to do in this hobby). I just found Blue Ribbon Koi, great guys, might just be my new go to store. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 just found a suprise two zoa eating nudibranchs in my my purple patch. Sucked them out right away i hope they did not lay eggs. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 just picked up a mandrin today (manny) i think for now my tank is complete Link to comment
Marine1 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hey Bubba. Do you have any worries about the legs to your light harming the glass (cracking and such)?How do you feel about the light overhang on the sides of the tank? The reason I'm asking is that I'm thinking of going rimless on my biocube and I ordering a 24" T5HO fixture to go on top. Any insight would help me decide whether to go rimless or not. My other option would be to have the tank set up like this with a mesh top: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...3125&st=100 Do you think a Viper HQI 150w would be better on a rimless BC29? Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hey Bubba. Do you have any worries about the legs to your light harming the glass (cracking and such)?How do you feel about the light overhang on the sides of the tank? The reason I'm asking is that I'm thinking of going rimless on my biocube and I ordering a 24" T5HO fixture to go on top. Any insight would help me decide whether to go rimless or not. My other option would be to have the tank set up like this with a mesh top: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...3125&st=100 Do you think a Viper HQI 150w would be better on a rimless BC29? The legs are plastic and the fixture does not weight that much so no worry of cracking. I think on the first page of this tread i put the directions to remove the rim. The hardest part is getting the nerve to do it. I run the nova extreme and have a clam, sps, and lps. with outstanding growth. i hope this helps ask any questions i hope i can help. Link to comment
jonny5er Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 The legs are plastic and the fixture does not weight that much so no worry of cracking. I think on the first page of this tread i put the directions to remove the rim. The hardest part is getting the nerve to do it. I run the nova extreme and have a clam, sps, and lps. with outstanding growth. i hope this helps ask any questions i hope i can help. since seeing your thread i cannot stop thinking about doing that to mine,im starting to sack up,i felt for silicone along the trim on the inner side of it and i only feel silicone on the edges where it curves on the front.is there any way you could elaborate further on the way u did yours?i would really appreciate it,thx again. Link to comment
jonny5er Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Here is my newest mod to my biocube 29. I went rimless as you can see. The hardest part of it was commiting to doing it. Enjoy the pic's. Happy to answer any questions. check mine out,thanx for the inspiration.it looks very attractive now. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=261107 Link to comment
JDK Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Good job. Your rimless is what made me decide on a BC. Gonna remove the rim this week and get water in it. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Well I have not been here in a while. Here is an update, my tank crashed during the summer power outage so the rebuild is under way. Starting to get some coral going. Have added a ecoxotic panorama pro 18" fixture suspended over it with a one touch controller. Great light with great shimmer in the tank. If you have any questions just left me know. Link to comment
Dnanoreefer Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 i liked the t-5s. cool you have it back up and stable after the crash. looks nice. Link to comment
TOURING Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 how did the crash happen? also just a tip cutting the lip, just run a dremal on the whole top lip cutting it in half. Link to comment
bubba17311 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Touring I lost power for 5 days tank over heated. No longer an issue I have a generator now. Link to comment
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