ReefGuy77 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Hi Everyone, I'm starting up a pico reef in an old Marina Cubus I had lying around. I'm still letting the tank settle, but I did use liverock and sand from another system, so I shouldn't have much of a cycle if any. It has a wooden top I made for the lights and a fan and it has an in-tank refugium that I can hide my equipment and have a little chaeto growing. I also have a makeshift chiller using a mini Cooluli peltier fridge attached to a temperature controller which keeps the tank temperature between 77 and 78. Still trying to figure out what I'll be stocking this tank with for corals. Equipment Tank: 0.9 gallon Marina Cubus Temperature Controller: Inkbird Dual Stage Temperature Controller "Chiller": Cooluli Mini Fridge Lighting: Fluval C.O.B. & GloFish Blue LED Pump: Rio+ 50 Heater: Aqueon Heater 3 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, ReefGuy77 said: Hi Everyone, I'm starting up a pico reef in an old Marina Cubus I had lying around. I'm still letting the tank settle, but I did use liverock and sand from another system, so I shouldn't have much of a cycle if any. It has a wooden top I made for the lights and a fan and it has an in-tank refugium that I can hide my equipment and have a little chaeto growing. I also have a makeshift chiller using a mini Cooluli peltier fridge attached to a temperature controller which keeps the tank temperature between 77 and 78. Still trying to figure out what I'll be stocking this tank with for corals. Equipment Tank: 0.9 gallon Marina Cubus Temperature Controller: Inkbird Dual Stage Temperature Controller "Chiller": Cooluli Mini Fridge Lighting: Fluval C.O.B. & GloFish Blue LED Pump: Rio+ 50 Heater: Aqueon Heater very cute! what are the dimensions? 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefGuy77 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 It's a 6 inch cube, but the built-in refugium part takes up about 1-1.5 inches in the back. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefGuy77 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 The itch to start stocking was too much to resist. I took a frag from a candy cane coral I have in another tank, a few small zoas, and a piece of pavona coral, also put some chaeto in the refugium in the back. I've never run a tank without a clean up crew, I don't want to add any snails or hermits until some of the corals have a chance to get a little established, so hopefully I don't start seeing any algae issues. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefGuy77 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 I've added a couple new corals over the past month, some mushrooms, and a montipora. I also added some inverts and a small Trimma Goby. The goby will be moved to my 20 reef when it gets a bit bigger, but for now he's doing well in the tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefGuy77 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Added some more coral and changed around some rockwork. Candy cane coral has already split a head. Quote Link to comment
I'm Batman Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Love the tank! Any new updates? What’s your water change schedule? Quote Link to comment
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