paulhinrichsen
Active Member
Hi Everyone,
I posted over in the welcome section but didnt get too much response, so i wanted to make a proper build thread. New to the hobby, I used to have a pond and a freshwater aquarium growing up in NJ...but living in Florida now in a townhouse I decided to get into saltwater fun! Here's a list of the stuff I have going so far.
Brand new Coralife Biocube 32g
Lighting:
Biocube's Stock Pump 264GPH
Hydor Slim Skim Nano Internal Protein Skimmer, 23-35 gal (Inserted into Chamber 1)
35 pounds of Fiji-Live Rock
35 pounds of Caribsea Live sand
Chamber 2 = Completely Empty
Currently, I am still cycling the tank, I am going to put Copepods (Tisbe/Tiger mix) in on Wednesday to give them a bit of a start to culture in the tank. That being said, I'm currently working on trying to figure out how to maximize the use of chamber 2. I currently have a Hydor Skimmer running in Chamber 1, so I have some leeway with what i can do there. My current thinking was to buy the inTank Fuge and the inTank media basket for the Biocube, and put both in Chamber 2 next to each other. Has anyone done this? What do you recommend? I assume if you did this you grew chaeto in the refugium, what light did you buy? How is it working? Also what do you guys recommend for putting in the media basket if i go this route, besides chemipure elite...what are the best products out there?
Anyone have any recommendations on how i can improve? I was wondering if there are any very easy, blue led lights that fit the biocube 32 to give off the flourescent look. I am definitely planning on growing a heavy amount of coral and rock anemones. The only fish im for sure grabbing is a snowflake clownfish. For cleanup crew, if i have rock anemones...what is my best option? I was hoping to get a starfish in there, wasnt sure if that would cause conflicts. Another question..will the copepods have any issues making it through the thick sponge that filters between chamber 2 and chamber 3 which push them back into the tank?
Money isnt a huge deal, i would definitely prefer doing this right rather trying to cut corners...so if there is anything else people have found that works really well for dosing with corals, or if another small pump would help...let me know!
I posted over in the welcome section but didnt get too much response, so i wanted to make a proper build thread. New to the hobby, I used to have a pond and a freshwater aquarium growing up in NJ...but living in Florida now in a townhouse I decided to get into saltwater fun! Here's a list of the stuff I have going so far.
Brand new Coralife Biocube 32g
Lighting:
- PAR* 53
- Peak PAR* 81
- LUX* 2200
- Peak LUX* 3430
Biocube's Stock Pump 264GPH
Hydor Slim Skim Nano Internal Protein Skimmer, 23-35 gal (Inserted into Chamber 1)
35 pounds of Fiji-Live Rock
35 pounds of Caribsea Live sand
Chamber 2 = Completely Empty
Currently, I am still cycling the tank, I am going to put Copepods (Tisbe/Tiger mix) in on Wednesday to give them a bit of a start to culture in the tank. That being said, I'm currently working on trying to figure out how to maximize the use of chamber 2. I currently have a Hydor Skimmer running in Chamber 1, so I have some leeway with what i can do there. My current thinking was to buy the inTank Fuge and the inTank media basket for the Biocube, and put both in Chamber 2 next to each other. Has anyone done this? What do you recommend? I assume if you did this you grew chaeto in the refugium, what light did you buy? How is it working? Also what do you guys recommend for putting in the media basket if i go this route, besides chemipure elite...what are the best products out there?
Anyone have any recommendations on how i can improve? I was wondering if there are any very easy, blue led lights that fit the biocube 32 to give off the flourescent look. I am definitely planning on growing a heavy amount of coral and rock anemones. The only fish im for sure grabbing is a snowflake clownfish. For cleanup crew, if i have rock anemones...what is my best option? I was hoping to get a starfish in there, wasnt sure if that would cause conflicts. Another question..will the copepods have any issues making it through the thick sponge that filters between chamber 2 and chamber 3 which push them back into the tank?
Money isnt a huge deal, i would definitely prefer doing this right rather trying to cut corners...so if there is anything else people have found that works really well for dosing with corals, or if another small pump would help...let me know!
