Bio Cube Diary

[socalcog]

hey guys this is my 30gal bio cube about 3 months old but i got some kind rocks from my lfs and its doing well so here are some pics of some corals and stuff more to come the last one is of the food and chems that use let my know what you think

 

[cafero702]

cool polyps

like how they are almost growing up lol

 

[socalcog]

thanks bro do you thimk i have enough live rock in the tank

 

[cafero702]

Originally Posted by SoCaLCoG
http:///forum/post/2582516
thanks bro do you thimk i have enough live rock in the tank
how many pounds do you have??

 

[cafero702]

all together. like including the rock rubble in the back.
i just got a 14g biocube and i have 17p of LR in it but i might take a little out the whole tank is full of rock lol i posted a thread on it

 

[socalcog]

srry i was talking about the second chamber its like half way full but the main tank has like 35 pounds

 

[cafero702]

Originally Posted by SoCaLCoG
http:///forum/post/2582530
srry i was talking about the second chamber its like half way full but the main tank has like 35 pounds
o ya i would say thats fine and you have plenty of room left for other things. They say you should have about 1 pound of LR for every 1 gallon id say your setup is perfect

 

[socalcog]

Hey Do You Guys Think My Rock Work Is Ok I Kinda Want To Lay It Flat

 

[socalcog]

hey guys i have about a year old bio cube 29 gal and for the past to days my water has been cloudy all of my levels are fine any reason why this is happening

 

[subielover]

Can you post a picture. Have you done anything recently? What are your calcium test results? Are you still dosing?

 

[socalcog]

hey thanks for the response no i only dose once a month and i only did a water change i am at work so when i get home i will post a pic but i am freaked out because none of my zoas shrooms or frogspawns will open

 

[subielover]

Do you have any macro-algae in the tank?

 

[socalcog]

like cheato

 

[subielover]

I was thinking that maybe if you had calupera or some others that are known to go s-e-x-u-a-l, they will release their spores into the water and it will be very cloudy, almost milky. Reason I asked how your calcium was, is because if your calcium is abnormally high you could have some precipitate. Which, again, will be a white cloudy tank.
Can you think of anything out of the ordinary that you did? When did you last do a water change?

 

[socalcog]

well i guess its time to come clean i did a wter change 3 days ago and when i went outside to get my salt and waterjug to do it i noticed that i had no salt so i wnt to my lfs and i was looking around and i found this 5 gal jug of pre mixed saltwater by caribsea i used some of there things in the past and i got it i took it home and did all my saltwter checks to the water before i put it in and it all came up clean so i used it i dont know if that did it but thats the only thing i did diff in the last 3 days

 

[subielover]

Hmm, I wouldn't think that would be a problem. Have you tested the water since the water change? Did you stir up the sand a lot? Has the water been cloudy since the change?

 

[socalcog]

no i put the water in fine my bio cube is almost a year old so the live sand is not moving it just sucks i dont want to do a full water change to save my corals i always thought caribsea was a good company

 

[subielover]

That's your safest bet, IMO, mix up some new water and do a 25% change. It definitely won't hurt

 

[socalcog]

i was reading some of your other posts and i go a few good ideas from u and i was wondering how you grow cheato in your bio cube

 

[subielover]

I removed the bioballs that were in chamber 2. I simply put a big clump of chaeto(full of pods) back there, and run a 10 watt submersible light on a reverse schedule of my display lights.