mustangcaleb
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I finally got the biocube I have always wanted. I got it in a local deal(along with a new digital camera
) so figured Id take a few pics and start a thread. I actually got the tank about 2 weeks ago and put in some dead sand I had from my friends old tank. The sand sat with the pump running, an extra mj1200, and a heater for about a week. Then I pulled probably 15 lbs of LR out of my display tank, and a plastic solo cup full of LS from my display. I put the cup of sand in the biocube and spread the sand out across the sandbed, then added the LR, and the tank has been running like this for another week. The local trade that I got the biocube in was for the t5s from my current display. So while the cube cycles, my 25l only has the biocube hood over it. It is pretty ghetto but seems to be working for the time being. The only light I have had over the cube is a coralife led nightlight. With the top off and the night light on this is how it looks...
But tonight when the lights turned off over the 25l, i took the hood off of it and put it on the biocube. I think its looking good so far, but this week it will get a koralia 2 powerhead and another 10-15 of LR. I hope it is all cycled and ready to go by next weekend bc the folowing Tuesday, my reefclub is having a frag meeting. So I hope to have it cycled, and my fish in it next weekend so itll be ready for a few zoas/rics. I think I am going to keep the hood stock for now and just get some softies. At the meeting I will probably try to trade off some of my livestock to make it alittle easier in the biocube. I will be keeping my pair of clowns, and pair of skunk shrimp. I will get rid of my serpent star, sand sifting star, hermit, and royal gamma. Do you guys think I could add a diamond goby or something of the sort with a pair of clown and pair of skunk? Or do you guys have a better suggestion? Oh yea, another thing about the frag meeting, Im going to grab some chaeto to run in the middle chamber of the biocube. I also looked into the cpr hob fuge with skimmer, but Im just going to put it in the middle section for now. But, heres a few pics of the tank with the hood finally on it...
But tonight when the lights turned off over the 25l, i took the hood off of it and put it on the biocube. I think its looking good so far, but this week it will get a koralia 2 powerhead and another 10-15 of LR. I hope it is all cycled and ready to go by next weekend bc the folowing Tuesday, my reefclub is having a frag meeting. So I hope to have it cycled, and my fish in it next weekend so itll be ready for a few zoas/rics. I think I am going to keep the hood stock for now and just get some softies. At the meeting I will probably try to trade off some of my livestock to make it alittle easier in the biocube. I will be keeping my pair of clowns, and pair of skunk shrimp. I will get rid of my serpent star, sand sifting star, hermit, and royal gamma. Do you guys think I could add a diamond goby or something of the sort with a pair of clown and pair of skunk? Or do you guys have a better suggestion? Oh yea, another thing about the frag meeting, Im going to grab some chaeto to run in the middle chamber of the biocube. I also looked into the cpr hob fuge with skimmer, but Im just going to put it in the middle section for now. But, heres a few pics of the tank with the hood finally on it...
