NoobtoSalt Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Well for those of you that have seen my many tanks over the past few years I have officially decided that a biocube is where I'm going to focus my time in this hobby for awhile. These big tanks just took way too much of my time and money and never really set the tank up the right way to begin with. So with that being said I'm getting a 29 gallon biocube (yes I've had one in the past) I'm going to outfit it with rapidled's 29 gallon nano kit along with using a reefkeeper lite and alc module to allow for sun up and sun down features. I'm going to redo most of what's inside the tank but I plan on keeping the two fish that are inside which are a mated pair of wild caught true percs. Other than that I plan on adding a Ecotech Vortech MP10 ES powerhead to the tank. I want this to be a fairly simple tank but with some amazing color. I will plan on being able to have just about anything in the tank which is why I decided to go with LED's (plus the half life of LED's is amazing) Wish me luck as I do yet another build. The 240 gallon tank will be taken down I'm hoping by this weekend at the latest. I only have the rock in the fuge and all of the sand left to deal with. Just a quick run down of tanks I've had since I started this hobby: 75 gallon TruVu 75 gallon standard 29 gallon biocube 14 gallon JBJ cube 10 gallon tank 120 gallon 6ft tank 27 gallon cube tank 240 gallon tank and now this 29 gallon biocube. This hobby consumed way too much of my time and although I love the hobby and all of the people I have met over the past few years, my family is much more important than an oversized fish tank..(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Well the tank is home. Thanks again to Steve for helping me tear the tank apart. Just before I got a mouth full of water I was telling him the story of when I was helping Robert (Reefit) tear down his frag system in his garage a year ago and was eating snails and all sorts of dead stuff. Boy it brings back memories now that i was driniking saltwater again tonight...(laugh) Pictures will be up when the tank clears up and I decide which rocks I'm going to go with. For the time being the clowns get the penthouse suite in the 240 gallon tank since it's still up and running. I also have a bunch of corals and rock that came with the tank and I'm going to decide what stays and what goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hmmm... Tank has cleared up but still no pictures.... Does this tank really exist??? Noob always posts pictures of his tanks right away. Well Still no pictures, not sure why but I have it packed full of rock as well as two frag racks that were in the 240. I ordered my LED's tonight too but they won't be in till next week at the earliest and with the holiday I'm figuring Thursday or Friday. I need to go pickup my Reefkeeper from OIAB tomorrow and I'm waiting for the ALC module that I ordered from Barrierreef to come in so I still have a few things in the works. I started to research out the MP10's and even with my reefkeeper it will not work exactly the way I wanted to with storm mode etc. so I may hold off on the powerhead for the time being. I have a ton of cleanup crew in the tank since it all came from the 240 gallon I previously had setup. I sent my mom home with a bunch of stuff for her tank as well. At some point I will get a picture of her tank and post it up too. Lots of softies but looks really good. The fish are happy in this tank and are hanging out in the frogspawn. At some point I should probably get a nem but I think it's just too small of a tank to do a nem and they move too much anyways. Anyhow nothing really special at the moment since it's just running the compact florecents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Won my first auction tonight from a new place!!! Wahoo!!! Can't wait to get this into the cube. Love the color on it. I couldn't help myself and honnestly I didn't think I would have won it but hey I'm super happy I did!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Now how in the hell you going to put that big thing in that little tank? Start fragging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Now how in the hell you going to put that big thing in that little tank? Start fragging. Not sure yet.. (scratch) Looks like you might have some acans in your future Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Alright here's some pictures. I still need to get the aptasia out of the tank along with some mojano's that came from the other tank but all in all not a bad start. I pulled one frag rack out and I think I'm going to get one of those frag trees from THRIVE to make the tank look a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Looking good buddy. Did you have a problem with a mini cycle after moving the tank with the critters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Looking good buddy. Did you have a problem with a mini cycle after moving the tank with the critters? Nope no issues with a cycle that I'm aware of so far. I did turn off the heater in the tank and it keeps steady at around 75.6 degrees. I also just got in my Digital Aquatics ALC module thanks to BarrierReef Aquariums. Cy hooked it up and shipped it down overnight. Even with the bad weather it made it here before my lighting has even arrived..LOL Hoping to see my lighting tomorrow or Friday so I can start the new build in lighting. Can't wait to get sun up/sun down feature working on the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 The clowns still hosting the frogspawn? You sure you want them evil shrooms in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 The clowns still hosting the frogspawn? You sure you want them evil shrooms in there? I still haven't decided on the shrooms or not. I do like the color of them but we will see. And as far as the clowns go yes they are hosting the frogspawn and the female is very protective of it to say the least. I'm still not sure if I plan on keeping them. I always wanted a pair of picassos but these two have such great personalities I'm still undecided. Every time I go up to the tank they seem to think they are going to be fed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yea, I'm not a clown person but them two will make someone happy. They where neglected in the garage and really only seen me when it was feeding time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well I'm really hoping my lighting comes in the mail tomorrow. He sent it out on Wednesday from California. Plus I'm adding an MP10 to the mix finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wahoo!!! Not going to be at the meeting long today. Got my led kit in the mail. Going to be working on them the rest of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Got the led's in the hood and working right now. Took a few hours to work it all out but they look great so far. Also picked up an MP10 for flow. that's going to need a little more tweaking as well. In the next few days I will get a DIY thread for the lighting. I didn't take any pictures of what it looked like installed in the hood but it was pretty easy all together. I have 24 3watt Cree led's 15 blue's and 9 whites I wanted more of a 20k look. I only have the lights setup at 75% and will probably be turning it down some more. Just amazing so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 This just shows how much light these things really have. I will see about getting some better pictures in the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Any ideas on how to acclimate my corals to the new lights? I'm only running them for about four hours right now but my digi looks like it's not happy with white tips possibly bleaching? Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Its tough in a tank like the biocube. Can you only run like half of them for a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Its tough in a tank like the biocube. Can you only run like half of them for a week? I will try that. I have fourteen blues on one driver and nine whites and one blue on the other driver. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 So for the past week or so I was thinking I had sundial snails. Thank god I don't. I'm pretty sure they tank was covered in them before I got it but it's just the Collonista snails. From reading online it doesn't appear to be much of a pest but was getting worried when I saw some of them on my frag plugs...DOH! The freaking out is over now that I know what they are...(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hey Jesse I used to have Nassarius Snails laying eggs in that tank all the time when i had it, I wonder if it is those? Tank is looking good BTW. Nice lights!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hey Jesse I used to have Nassarius Snails laying eggs in that tank all the time when i had it, I wonder if it is those? Tank is looking good BTW. Nice lights!! Thanks. Your welcome to come check it out any time. I'm pretty sure it's the ones I researched out. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Snagged some nice stuff at OIAB the other day will post pictures when I can get a decent picture of them. I really need a nice macro lense so I can get good pics. Anyways I snagged a nice blue/green acro colony with an acro crab as well as a yellow/green yuma. Also just got back from helping Steve (Saltfinsax) with his new reefkeeper (hope it's still working)(whistle) and he hooked me up with a ric, pink chalice, blue digi, orange setosa, and sunset monti frag. Always great doing trades with you Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Derbird Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Where did you find that frag rack. It looks really nice in your tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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