29 biocube

[wharris]

My tank is a 29 biocube hqi. I upgraded the light to an Ecotech Radion gen 2. the tank seems to love it. Other equipment is:

mp10 power head
inovative marine AuqaGadget midsized skimmer
Poly Filter
macro algae in the second chamber
two little fishies 150 reactor running phosban

as far as fish i have a pair of black clowns and a watchman gobie. I think the clowns may be bonded, but i cant tell. anyone know how i can tell? i have had them for about 3 months and boy have they grown. I have been feeding the tank rods original and the tank seems to love it. I just picked up a pectinia frag from manhattan aquariums. and a rainbow acan from pets warehouse. pictures are below and im loving them.

sorry for the bad pics. i used my phone. my sister has a real nice cannon that im trying to get my hands on. Ill up load those as soon as i get a chance

 

[wharris]

an update of my rainbow honey acan that i got from pets warehouse. hes look pretty sick.

 

[tonysreef]

Nice tank...I like the acan

 

[danager]

Nice!!!!!

 

[wharris]

Nice tank...I like the acan

Thanks. I've had some great growth on the acan. the one on the right i picked up from pets warehouse one of there rainbow honeys the day before thanksgiving it was a single head. Now it has 3 more little ones growing off of it. Im really happy with the growth.

 

[Koyfam16]

That's quick growth. Nice looking setup.
I'm in the process of setting up a 5 gallon. Nanos can be tricky but worth it. It really teaches you to stay on top of maintenance.

 

[wharris]

That's quick growth. Nice looking setup.
I'm in the process of setting up a 5 gallon. Nanos can be tricky but worth it. It really teaches you to stay on top of maintenance.

yea i was originally using reef crystal and then recently started to switched over to red sea salt. since i switched the growth has been amazing. even the coraline on the glass started to blow up.

 

[wharris]

here are some up date pics. Taken around Easter. I also picked up a new little guy. I believe it is a GARF Bonsai coral. you can correct me if im wrong but I believe thats what it is.

 

[wharris]

here is the bonsai. the first picture is about 10 min after i put it in. the second picture is from the next day. he seems to really like where he is. since then hes even more open. sorry for the poor quality I used my phone. ill try and get some better ones with the good camera.

 

[Oholic]

Can you share on how you nodded the hood for the radion?

 

[wharris]

Can you share on how you nodded the hood for the radion?

The model of biocube I have is the HQI. So my tank didnt really have a cover per say. All it had was a glass cover that the metal halide light was suspended over. All I simply did was hang the radion from the ceiling with some nice looking chain that I bought from home depot. So if you want to consider that modding, that is all I did.

Also I have been battling a pretty severe algae outbreak for since September. At first I thought it was hair algae but after a bunch of methods to get rid of it. Many including critters to eat it. I believe it is Bryopsis so today I added a mangrove to the display tank. One because it looks kinda cool imo and two to help to lower my nitrates even more. If anyone has any suggestions to help eliminate it. I am all ears.

 

[Jenna X]

Nice tank, got any updated fts?

 

[wharris]

Nice tank, got any updated fts?

none at the moment. been in the process of moving right now. I should have some next thursday or friday. the guys over at manhattan aquarims are moving it for me. I dont want to risk loosing all my live stock and with the work has been i just dont have the time.

 

[Jenna X]

Good luck with the move, let me know how it goes. I'll probably need the same service when we move.
I have a 29 biocube as well but as of late having trouble keeping the temperature under 83. How are you dealing with the heat this summer?

 

[Lybrik]

nice tank mate

 

[wharris]

nice tank mate

Thanks for complement. Unfortunately during the move I lost all of my corals. They will be replaced soon. I am just waiting for the water to stabilize. I will post some updates once everything is in there.

 

[wharris]

Good luck with the move, let me know how it goes. I'll probably need the same service when we move.
I have a 29 biocube as well but as of late having trouble keeping the temperature under 83. How are you dealing with the heat this summer?

After the move this summer I suffered a huge tank crash. I lost everything except a few zoas, my clowns, my gobie and about half my duncan. However the movers were really good about it. They said they would replace everything to the best of their ability. So to all those people that I had message and talked with about corals. I apologize for not getting back to you. Between the tank crash and the move and school work thing have been a little crazy.

Though the best news of today is after letting the tank settle and thing start to calm down. This weekend is the weekend that I will begin to restock the tank. Hopefully by sunday I will have some updated pics.

 

[ReefWreak]

Thanks for updating the thread. I set up a 29g recently with LEDs (bought the setup used, LEDs were aftermarket but installed by them), so it's nice to see what you did with your tank, and your thoughts as you went through the process.

Sorry to hear that it didn't work out well during the move. I used to have a 24g nanocube in college, and I moved it more times than I care to think (maybe 6 times?) but I was fortunate to never lose anything in the moves.

Best of luck with the new setup, and if you ever want to talk with someone who just went through the setup phase and is (probably) finished with the stocking phase in the same/similar tank, I'd be happy to help out!

 

[wharris]

Teaser pics

So I decided to post some teaser pics. My sister is home and has with her the good camera. As soon as she can snap off the pics and load them up I will load them here. Attached is a semi full tank shot. Still have some corals on the sand but will be starting to move them up and glue them down shortly. The second is my favorite coral Garf Purple Bonsai. Have to thank Rob&Gab for that one. He had a lotta nice stuff unfortunately I didn't have alot to spend.

 

[wharris]

Finally got the camera. But it took me about a week to figure out how to use it. Who thought that would be the hard part. I was able to snap off a few pics. I personally dont think the camera does the acros justice. But thats just me. Ill have to work on my camera skills.