fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Starting my 2nd tank. Got a used Biocube 29. Setting it up in my office. It comes with stock lights and one Blue LED strip. Not planning for any upgrade as of now. Have not decided on the livestock either. Will take it slow. WIll let the tank cycle for 2 weeks now. Planning to add some water from current tank to start seeding. Livestock: 09/19/2022: Neon Dottyback 10/02/2022: Clarkii Clownfish 11/4/22: Coral Beauty from old tank 09/20/2022: Jason Fox Insane Rainbow Zoa 09/20/2022: Superman Mushroom (from other tank) 09/20/2022: Candy Cane (from other tank) 10/28/2022: Hammer Coral single head 11/13/22: Forest Fire mushroom 12/16/22: Frogspawn 12/16/22: Green Mushroom 08/23/2023: Avatar Chalice - Single Head Lighting: Bought the new LED hood. I was thinking on the following aquascape: But, I had overestimated the space within the tank. I had to take off one of the arch. FTS: 02/03/2023 FTS: 08/23/2023 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 These are the lights it came with Quote Link to comment
LazyFish Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Congrats on the new tank! I had a tank like ths years back. Mine had those lights its best to change them every 6 months even with softies and lps. Watch the temp in the summer mine sometimes ran hot. Raising up the hood with a block of wood helped. Also if the fans in the hood get noisy they are easy to replace with pc fans. I used a hole saw on the vents to open them up more directly over the fans that also helped with heat. Then again I live in the southern us. Very long very hot very humid summers. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 I was thinking of either replacing the hood with the new LED hood or use one of the black LED bars that I have if the current lights go off. I am just very excited to get my first AIO 🙂 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 The fan on this lid is LOUD. I cannot sit for 5 mins next to it. DOes anyone have any experience with the fan on the new LED hood? Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 If anyone has the 32G LED hood that you are not using, please let me know. Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 New additions: 1 Quote Link to comment
BubbleTrouble Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Good luck this one looks like it'll be very fun! 1 Quote Link to comment
Bolo156 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I believe there are some companies out there that have fan mods for the bio cube hoods. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 I got the LED hood. The fan is so much silent and the colors are better too. I am just thinking if I should add another strip of blue LEDs or not. 1 Quote Link to comment
LazyFish Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I had to change the fans on the stock hood mine had every 2 years it seemed. Not surprised it was loud Hope theres not the same issue with the led one. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Roomies: Quote Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 25 minutes ago, fishkeepersaltnfresh said: Roomies: Their aggressiveness cancels out pretty much? Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 I hope so.... That is why I chose a Clarki over other species.... Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 5:16 PM, Looselyhuman said: Their aggressiveness cancels out pretty much? Update: I have not seen them fight or even take a bite at each other even once so far. I did try to introduce a molly and the Dottyback went at it right away. So, I am fairly confident that these roomies will learn to live together. I have re-homed the molly. Will post if anything changes. Quote Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Sounds like they're off to a good start 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 My new acquisition: Hammer coral.... I need to learn how to take better reef photos. I tried using Pro mode on Samsung S21 as well as cheap orange lens... Not happy with the results. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 I wanted another tankmate for this tank. But was hesitant because of Neon DT. reefers cautioned me against any new fish before removing the DT. Since I had a coral beauty in my other tank, I went ahead with the experiment. If DT went after CB, I can just put it back to its old tank. Well, its been over a week now since I have mote CB. there is no aggression among them. The link for the video is: Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Newest addition. Trying to shield it from high flow. Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Some Coral shots with white light. Finally able to snap true color of Hammer coral. No Filter. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Tank Shot 1 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 Some Coral shots Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 FTS: 02/13/2023 Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 Frogspawn doing well Quote Link to comment
fishkeepersaltnfresh Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Avatar Chalice: New add after a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment
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