Rudolf Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 This thread is for my 32 gal BioCube LED reef that was established on April 29th, 2018 Hello everyone, I just purchased a nearly new Biocube 32 gal LED all in one reef tank plus extras off of craigslist. This is my second reef tank. I still have my 8 gal BioCube up and running for the past 8 years. Equipment Coralife BioCube 32 gal LED In the display Hydor Koralia 600 gph In the 1st chamber Skimmer - Innovative Marine AUQA Gadget Ghost In the 2nd chamber 1.5 inches of live rock rubble (planned) Cheato (planned) Drip Tray Seachem phosguard (planned) Seachem purigen (planned) Seachem carbon matrix (planned) 1” Polyfill In the 3rd chamber Return pump: Hydor Centrifugal 300gph Heater: Marineland 150w Planned InhabitantsCoral Candy Cane (Caulastrea furcata) Branching Hammer (Euphyllia ancora) Frogspawn (Euphyllia yaeyamaensis) Torch (Euphyllia glabrescens) Birdsnest Micro Lords (Micromussa lordhowensis) Zoanthid Ricordea Fish Roughly in order of planned introduction to the tank Yellowtail Damselfish Banggai Cardinal Neon Goby Percula Clownfish Saddle Valintini Pufferfish Green Mandarin Dragonet Invertebrates Halloween Hermit Electric Blue Hermit Scarlet Hermit Emerald Crab Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp Peppermint Shrimp Trochus Snail Cerith Snail Nassarius Snail Quote Link to comment
Rudolf Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 5/1/18 Was cleaning the old tank, found a 12 head colony of candy cane that was getting damaged by a green mushroom. Moved him into the new tank even though it had not yet cycled. Took a few hours, and opened up again. 5/2/18 Dosed 8.45oz BioSpira (that finally came in the mail) to kick start the biological filter - even though I had live sand, I wanted an extra kick. Added 48 drops of Dr Tim’s ammonia. Ran water quality tests… Ammonia 2.0 Nitrite 0.25 Nitrate 10 Salinity 1.020 pH 7.89 Alk 14 Ca 500 Mg 1200 Phosphate 0 5/3/18 Checked water quality again, the bio filter is clearly already working. Added Algae Barn Pioneer Pods (3 species) 4000+ pods. Turned off the filtration, only left the powerhead on. Ammonia 0.25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20 5/4/18 Before the lights came on in the morning, moved a few zoa and paly frags over from the old tank. Once the lights came on and the polyps started to open, I was very impressed with their color under the new tank’s lights. Quote Link to comment
Rudolf Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Bad cyano outbreak. Never had this happen on previous tanks so soon. Dosed the tank with chemiclean. Quote Link to comment
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