28 Jbj Nano cube build

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Which light would be better..or should I use both. I'm wanting to do some soft corals
1 stock jbj mt 601 led hood
2 current orbit marine pro

 

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I'm on a limited budget so I will be trying to use equipment from previous setups. I've got 2 koralia nano 425 for movement and will be using stock return pumps..will that be to much flow

 

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This is my ammonia reading. Just waiting on the bacteria ....patiently

 

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Which light would be better..or should I use both. I'm wanting to do some soft corals
1 stock jbj mt 601 led hood
2 current orbit marine pro

Or is there a "cost effective" light that I should look into purchasing

 

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Day 41 ...starting to see lime green and purple on dry rock..added 3 hermits...seeing a lot of small white pods..im guessing...on the glass

 

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....crickets chirping...lol

 

[Phil D.]

I had the JBJ 28g with the Professional LED hood (27 3w LEDs) and had great results on growing corals, upgraded it to the WiFi Hood and got the day/night control I wanted. SOld the JBJ but still have the Professional hood in garage.

 

[reef r madness]

I had the JBJ 28g with the Professional LED hood (27 3w LEDs) and had great results on growing corals, upgraded it to the WiFi Hood and got the day/night control I wanted. SOld the JBJ but still have the Professional hood in garage.

I want to upgrade my lighting...one day...I currently have the mt601 LED hood on timers...

 

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I ended up getting an A I prime hd...Couldn't deal with the orbit marine pro ....the controller clock malfunctioned..I had to manually ramp it off and on...so I dug out another orbit fixture that had 2 40 watt 50/50 cfl bulbs and used it for A week...on a timer..one of the koralia went bad about a week ago the other last night...

 

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Latest pic

 

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Picked up a mp 10 from a forum member to replace the hydors that went bad..also picked up a jeabo ow 25 for a back up..

 

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Added a coralife super skimmer about a week ago. Getting good skimmate with it. Its huge...takes up one whole side of the tank... I'm thinking about buying or building one that will fit in the back chamber. Might add a sump/refugium..another 5 or 10 gallons..Then I could use one of my other skimmers that I have in my arsenal of outdated equipment...

 

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The tank is 97 days old today...dealing with a hair algae outbreak in the sandbed.I'm going to try and vacuum it out this weekend.

 

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Livestock in my tank
A pair if mated clowns
Pulsing zenia
Toadstool
Green plays
Kenya tree
Yellow star polyps
Green star polyps
Hammer
Green Plating montipora* my first sps*
Hairy mushrooms
1 Peppermint shrimp
4 hermits

 

[jk_s124]

Like your rock scape! Good luck with the monti. How are you managing calcium and alkalinity?

 

[Lazydayz]

Looking good any updated pictures?

 

[PerplexyHexy]

Added a coralife super skimmer about a week ago. Getting good skimmate with it. Its huge...takes up one whole side of the tank... I'm thinking about buying or building one that will fit in the back chamber. Might add a sump/refugium..another 5 or 10 gallons..Then I could use one of my other skimmers that I have in my arsenal of outdated equipment...

Where did you end up putting that skimmer? Im having a rough time trying to figure out how im gonna configure the whole back area... the radion rms mount is completely stopping this build for right now... I cant remove the media basket without removing the rms mount... so that sucks... every chambers has something in it besides one... so im trying to figure out where a skimmer would go if I even need on at all...

 

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I had it hanging off the side...it was so hideous I took it off..I recently put chemi pure elite in my top chamber of my basket..that way I won't have to remove the basket to change it out