14000K'd Cube-O-Sea

[Ecospire]

Greetings!

 

After having "been" in the hobby for a little over a year and survived countless beginner mistakes,a tank crash, cyano battles, and tank casualties, I feel that I have reached the point at which I would like to keep a running journal about the progress and experience of my tank. My goal for this tank is to take in as much experience that I can on a small scale before I tread into deeper waters (pun intended) and move into a larger and more satisfying reefing experience.

 

The current setup was restarted at the end of May '12 after breaking it down from a long battle with cyano bacteria. The tank is a Oceanic Biocube 14 with few modifications.

 

• Equipment
   
  
• Oceanic Biocube 14 from 2011
  
• 150w Fish Need It Metal Halide with Phoenix 14000k
  
• Oceanic Mini Protein Skimmer
  
• Hydor Koralia Nano
  
• Hydor Flo Deflector
  
• Aqueon 50w heater (looking to replace)
  
• Stock return pump (for now)
  
• DIY Media Rack
  
• Instant Ocean Salt (Soon switching to Red Sea Coral Pro)
  
• Approximately 14lbs of reefcleaners.org Florida Reef Rock
  
• 10lbs of Nature's Ocean Aragonite sand
   
  Modifications:
   
  
• Topless: Replaced hood with Metal Halide fixture
  
• Removed all false bottoms
  
• Removed Bio-balls
  
• Removed the tab restricting flow into Chamber 2
  
• DIY Media Rack:
  Filter Floss Shelf 1
  Purigen Shelf 2
  Chemi-pure Elite Shelf 3
   
  Fish:
   
  
• Bangaii Cardinal
  
• Australian Two Spot Goby
   
  Inverts:
   
  
• Blue Legged Hermit
  
• Left-handed Hermit
  
• Various Snails
  
• A few brittle stars
   
  Corals:
   
  
• SPS:
  None yet
   
  
• LPS:
  Two Headed Branching Hammer
  Duncan
  Unknown Favia (LFS owner gave it to me since it wasn't looking too hot)
   
  
• Softies:
  Armor of Gods Zoas
  Xenia
  Green Star Polyps
   
  Schedule:
  
• Weekly 3 gallon water changes
  
• Weekly wipe down of salt creep
  
• Bi-daily dosing of Kent's Nano Part A and B
  
• Daily filter floss change
  
• Daily glass cleaning
   
  To Purchase List:
  
  1. RO/DI Setup (Next major purchase)
     
  2. APEX Jr
     
  3. MP10ES
     
  4. Maxi-jet 900
     
  5. LED moonlights for MH fixture
     
  6. ATO setup
     

This is a personal thank you for anyone who has taken the time to look at my build, and to those whom I have borrowed much information from. I appreciate you!

 

Current FTS:

Coming Soon!