Rowena's WB Cube 20

[Rowena]

Overview

 

Start Date: Oct 2nd, 2021

 

Tank: Waterbox Cube 20

Light: AI Prime HD 16

Chamber 1:

• Stock Filter Sock (Oct 12, 2021)
• Media Basket (Oct 12, 2021)
• Filter Floss * 2 (Oct 12, 2021)
• 50mL Aqua Forest Activated Carbon
• 10mL Seachem Phosguard (Nov 25, 2021)

Chamber 2: 

• Aquael Ultra Heater 100W
• MarinePure Biofilter Media Cubes * 6

Chamber 3: 

• Sicce 1.0 Pump (Nov 18, 2021 had enough with the buzz noise. The pump runs silently on its own, but i guess the chamber size made the vibration noise unbearable. Nothing helped)
• Inkbirk IBS-TH1 Wireless Thermometer 
• Jebato-150 ATO (Oct 12, 2021)
• Stock pump (Nov 18, 2021)

Display: 

• 8.5kg Macro Rock
• 2.5kg Coral Sand
• Red Sea Coral Pro Salt
• Hangon Thermometer
• Unbranded USB Peristaltic Pump to suck water out as part of semi-auto WC (Oct 12, 2021)
• Jebato-150 ATO for salter water top up as part of semi-auto WC (Oct 12, 2021)
• Acrylic + Mesh Lid (Oct 12, 2021)
• Seneye Reef Monitor (Oct 24, 2021)
• AI Nero 3 (Nov 13, 2021)
• 3D printed nem guard (Nov 29, 2021)

 

Fish: 

• Fullband ocellaris clownfish (Nov 06, 2021)
• Misbar ocellaris clownfish (Nov 06, 2021)

 

CUC: 

• Nassarius snail (Nov 13, 2021)
• Trochus snail * 3 (Nov 13, 2021; +2 Nov 25, 2021)
• Turbo snail * 3 (Noc 25, 2021)

 

Coral: 

• GSP - toxic green (Nov 13, 2021)
• Toadstool leather coral (Nov 13, 2021)

 

Anemone

• Frosted rose bubble tip anemone (Nov 20, 2021)

 

Other

• Chaeto (Dec 3, 2021)

 

Plan: 

• Zoa rock (the piece in the front)
• Fungia
• Pipe organ coral
• Alveopora
• Hammer
• Torch

 

 

[Rowena]

The tank has been cycled with Aquarium Systems Start Your Tank dose for a week now. The readings with Salifert test kits (Oct 9th) are 

• Tempurature: 25.8°C/78.5°F
• Salinity: 1.024SG
• Alk: 8.4dKH
• pH: 8.25
• Nitrate: 0.2ppm
• Phosphate: 0.03ppm
• Ammonia: 0.25ppm
• Nitrite: 0.02ppm

It looks like the bacteria is doing something, but still far away from cycled. Hope the cycling process would finish in the programmed 30 days 🤞

[debbeach13]

Hi Rowena welcome to NR. I like your scape. Is this your first reef tank?

[Rowena]

47 minutes ago, debbeach13 said:

Hi Rowena welcome to NR. I like your scape. Is this your first reef tank?

Thanks. It's my first tank, so I'm trying to do it slowly. 

[debbeach13]

That is the best way to approach reefing.

[Rowena]

Equipments added: 

• Jebota-150 ATO for RODI water
• Semi-auto water change
  • Unbranded usb peristaltic pump to suck water out of display (need to somehow break siphon as my waste water bucket is under the table. A tube divider might do the treak but if anyone has better solution pls lemme know)
  • Jebota-150 ATO for salt water top up
• Lid (custom cut acrylic frame and mesh)
• Chamber 1 media basket with a floss on top layer and bottom layer replaced the filter sock (carbon is in the middle layer)

 

Readings: 

• Ammonia: 0.15ppm or 0? Its very hard to tell in low range
• Nitrite: 0.01ppm

Bacteria is doing its job 😃

 

[Rowena]

The tank is finally cycle and had a large water change last night to reduce nitrate to 5ppm. 

 

The parameters look okay and I added two ocellaris clownfish. The bigger one is full band and the smaller one is a misbar. The bigger one seem to be a bit aggressive towards the other one but I heard that's normal. I will watch them for a week and decide if its time for some easy softies. 

 

[Rowena]

The clowns are doing great so i brought home a gsp frag, a toadstool leather, a nassarius snail and a trochus snail. I added a AI nero 3 blowing through the space behind the rocks trying to reduce dead spots. 

 

The leather is firmly attached to a rubble, so i placed it on the sand bed. GSP also cant be detached... so i tried to glue it to the back wall but it doesn’t stay... its now left on the sand lean against the wall... hope it will grow onto the glass

[Rowena]

Ok i know ppl might be pointing fingers at me but i have added a BTA 2 wks ago and shes doing great so far. She only moved down a bit in the cave i put her in, so i think she’s pretty happy with where she is. I feed her occasionally with a tiny piece of clam or a bit of mysis/brine shrimp when i feed the clowns. 

 

 

 

I have also added 2 more trochus snails and 3 turbo snails and have gone thru a diatom bloom. Despite im seeing minimal algae in the tank, my nutrient level remains close to 0 with aggressive feeding and no water change 😞

Also, im starting to see rocks gaining a green tint and purple dots….dont think its time for coralline algae yet but idk what else it can be …..

 

 

[Rowena]

New addition is in today. A orange fungia with yellow frill. It looks so cute. I also put in a burnt sausage sea cucumber. It stuck between a base rock and the main rock structure….so its off the sand and not moving…… dont know what it wanna do