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oh yeah i originally thought of adding a piece of a cocktail shrimp but was told the live rock and sand would have enough die off to start the cycle? i will add a piece of shrimp aswell as this is how i have cycled my tanks before.

ah that makes sense so as of right now those steps are correct? i have all the right equipment listed there? i will be updating this forum very often haha

alright so.... 8 gallon biocube comes with filtration, basic lighting and cooling fans 10lbs live rock not sure how much live sand... heater test kits powerhead thermometer joes juice aqua vitro salt (if i can get it) fill the tank with 1.023 salinity reverse osmosis water add live sand and...

ok so no to instant ocean?? thats what i use for my brackish but clearly the a nano reef requires a lot more attention to detail.. i will not get an anemone then at all if you wouldn't recommend anything under a 55g thats a huge difference in size... doesn't bother me that i wont have one so no...

oh haha i mixed those up! but yes i have read in many places that an anemone can only be added to a mature tank no problems there i can be patient and will definitely dedicate much more time to researching them. the bicube actually comes with cooling fans which is pretty cool im just hoping they...

woah my bad on posting that link i was thinking that might be an issue... anyways im sure it is 8 gallons but i will look into the possibility of upgrading lighting now if i can i should get these T5HO? will these be powerful enough to affect temperatures? I'm also wondering if i need a chilling...

all good stuff thank you guys! so for the main chemicals of calcium magnesium and alkalinity will i have to buy products to add or lower these things or will it be balanced with frequent water changes? i have the link for the info on the tank if you want to check it out.. it might be that the...

far from windows and far from vents, plus it'll look great there haha do you think the dimensions from the site are the tank in the box?

also i went into my LFS today its a big al's and has lots of merchandise and livestock, this was the first time i've seen sexy shrimp and they are very cool looking and extremely small haha im wondering if i could also keep a small fish in the tank? i've been told a single ocellaris clownfish...

alright sounds good i will definitely be getting some algae then. im on a website that has the owners manual for the 8 gallon biocube and on the SITE it says the dimensions are 13x14.6x12.4 inches opposed to the owners MANUAL download which says 12.5x13x15 inches... i imagine the dimensions...

vie read that the shaving brushes are good for the overall chemistry of the tank so i imagine i will get some of those! do i need special lighting? and will they fit in this tank? vie also been reading that an iodine supplement isn't completely necessary... what are your thoughts?

Wow! thank you for posting all of those! some of those are amazing will they grow to a point where they are dominating? do they need special lighting? you have no idea how much i appreciate the help

what exactly is macralgae? will it take over my tank walls? what does it look like.... sorry if this is a stupid question lol and i will definitely research the amount of iodine i will need for the volume of water, unless someone here has any ideas! thanks for all the help travelerjp98

oh im also wondering about iodine supplementation for the shrimp? is this a necessity??

oh alright good to know, i will make sure to get more details on the filtration and when i do i will post on here to get your opinions on it! also wondering what a refugium is, not saying im going to have one but im just curious...

alright sounds good i will definitely be getting test kits traveler, thanks for the link to the cycle information ill give that a good read right now and thanks for the link DB ill give that a read however i only plan on having the peppermint shrimp for a small about of time and they will not be...

nevermind i have been told by my LFS that im more than likely going to get an aiptasia with my live rock... so i plan on getting an 8 gallon biocube which i am told has a very good filter included with the system obviously a good heater still wondering if i need a protein skimmer.. 10 lbs of...

okay so i have read about this joe's juice stuff in many articles online and it seems to be a good product considering every review says it works amazingly haha so im wondering if i should buy this before i even begin to cycle the tank just in case... but im still wondering what the chance of...

Thank you for clearing that up for me! Now it being so small would those products make the tank toxic to my livestock? And what are the odds of getting aptasia from my live rock? Is there less of a chance depending on the quality of live rock?

yes i have heard of this aphasia, still not 100% sure what it is but reading through many articles i have seen it mentioned multiple times however i did see that there are certain species of shrimp that actually eat it.. does the biocube come equipped to be a saltwater? i thought they were maybe...