Nissan new 29 bio cube Diary

[nissan577]

lol

yea looking at your tank genius made me wanna buy one. and no i didnt draw the illustration they were all ready drawn. i just edit them to make it a refugium for my 2nd chamber in the back of my biocube. really a refugium is isolation area for aquatic life, as well as an environment providing ideal growth conditions for aquarium food like copepods and amphipods. It can also serve as a controlled growing area for the macroalgae that help reduce nuisance microalgae in your primary aquarium.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

I wouldnt add the flame angel. Id get the other 4 fish u mentioned.
Also like the aquascape. that long rock in th front woudld be a sweet spot for zoas!!!

 

[nissan577]

why are they to much of a problem? thanks also, and yea the long rock in the middle is for the zoas. im mostly going for many types of soft corals. since i dont have that much light.

 

[nissan577]

i believe 72 watts isnt enough for the tank. i would get mh's but then i would need a chiller, etc. so i guess i will stick with the stock but as i said i am planning to upgrade my light to a 108 or 144 watt. dont know yet. its gonna be a DIY project and i really suck at those.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Might need a chiller for the tank. Never know until u try it

 

[nissan577]

yea i know. well my room is always cold. many people tell me you dont need one since your room is like freezing but i dont know. even though my lfs is selling me a sunpod 20" 150w used for $200. i wanna get it but having the chiller if i need it is gonna kill me. i really dont have that much room. i have a 30 fowlr, a 29 biocube future reef tank, a 3 nano reef and my new addition a 75 gallon fowlr tank. and all those four tanks are in my room. i had to take out my bed and computer to make thema ll fit in. im sleeping in a sofa bed

. i will do anything for my fish tank. my gf thinks im crazy but what can i do. fish are my life

 

[rebelprettyboy]

U could just use a fan to blow across. I seriosuly doubt ud needa chiller. Those coral sure would love that SUnpod!

 

[nissan577]

I think I am gonna put that light since I would like to put sps

 

[nissan577]

rebel, why shouldn't I get the flame angel?

 

[subielover]

Two reasons: the first being that they are known to eat or at least eventually start to pick at corals. The other and more important is that they need a much bigger tank than a 29 gallon. Swf.com has there minimum tank size at 55 gallons. The rest of your fish stocklist looks good though

 

[spanko]

Not rebel, but the flame or any angelfish are potential, more often than not, coral nippers. So you will be taking a very high risk that the angelfish will be irritating your coral or outright killing it.

 

[nissan577]

the only reason I wanted the flame angel Is because I wanted it to be my show fish. I really had my eye on it. So what other beautiful fish can I get so it can be my show fish? I also had in mind a carpenter flasher wrasse or a McCoskers flasher wrasse

 

[nissan577]

well its almost been a full week with the water cycling. and i check my water.
ph 7.8
nitrate .10 ppm
nitrite 0 ppm
ammonia 0 ppm
SG 1.020-1.021

 

[rebelprettyboy]

McCoskers flasher wrasse that would be a good choice.

 

[nissan577]

finally a beautiful fish i can get. lol. i wanna buy fish already but i still got wait for the cycle to finish. i think my refugium in the back and my lr that came out of my 30g help my water.

 

[nissan577]

First pic is of my refugium. chaeto is in the cup and floating around. also with the mangrove. and the next pic is how things look like now.

 

[donpachino]

hey nissan were is my wet dry and also that looks like my rocks

 

[nissan577]

well donpachino your wet/dry is still at the lfs. they said is repair so i guess you can get it tomorrow. and those rocks are not yours

they came from my 30g.

 

[nissan577]

almost a full week pass. and my level are thses. it remain the same i believe.
ph 7.8
nitrate .10 ppm
nitrite 0 ppm
ammonia 0 ppm
SG 1.020-1.021 do i have to wait more weeks?

 

[fcatch76]

Your pH should be higher and I run a 1.024/25 sG. I know your water temp will affect both pH and SG, at least mine does. This is what I see so far.
Temp 80F- pH sits at 8.1, SG -1.024/25
Temp 78F- pH sits at 8.2/3, SG- 1.025
Temp 76F- pH is at 8.2, SG- 1.027
This has happened to me over the past three weeks as we keep leaving windows open at night where the tank is..

. Normally the heater would stop the drop down to 76 (I like the 78-80 mark) but my heater hasn't been functioning very well lately..

HTH