Stellywags
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Just wanted to show what I have done to my Biocube 32. These are great little tanks if you do not have a lot of room. Although they definetly have room for improvement with some of the equipment.
I started off with a completly stock biocube 32.
After the inital cycle, and first fish, I decided to add a Protien Skimmer. I was going to go with the Tunze 9001, but then found that Coral Life released a new Version of the skimmer made for the biocube. (No more Wood Air stone, its now a needle wheel)
After I added my last fish, i decided to try a refugium. I really hated the Stock filter tray any ways, so i got the Intank media and refugium basket. I also went the the Acke Grow light that intank suggested. This has been a great choice as my chaeto needs to be trimmed almost weekly now, and i now have no sign of algae in the DT.
Now that my tank had all the fish stocked, I really wanted to start getting into Coral, and quickly realized after losing a Duncan coral, that i needed to get a par meter and test the biocube Light. Well, i was shocked, with the lights on full blast, the highest par reading i registered in my tank was a poor 98par. right near the top of my live rock, in the center of the tank. Par towards the bottom and sides of the tank averaged at about 30-40 par. So i started searching for different light alternatives. Just as i was about to spend the money on a steves Led upgrade kit, i found a used Radion Xr15 pro g4 used, on Facebook, for $100 bucks. I decided to chance it, and get the radion. With all intentions of going rimless now, I decided to hack up my Biocubes hood to see if i could make the light work. I know that radion suggests that the light be atleast 7 inches above the water, but i just wanted to test it. To my surprise, I was able to tune the Radion to where im getting a good even par through out the tank, an average of 200-300 par near the top ( plenty for sps) and 130-200 in the lower half. So for now, i have decided to keep the Radion mounted to the Stock hood. Its been like this for about a month, so far no issues with coral health, algae, and the temp has not had any problems, never leaves the 77degree range. (apex controlled, and temp prob calibrated with a Digi-Sense Thermometer.
I will try and keep this updated with new pics every week or so, and let you all know if there are any more changes made. I will also get pictures of the Refugium and skimmer set up tonight, as well as some better pictures of the corals, unfortunetly my phone magnifies the blue spectrum of these radions.
I started off with a completly stock biocube 32.
After the inital cycle, and first fish, I decided to add a Protien Skimmer. I was going to go with the Tunze 9001, but then found that Coral Life released a new Version of the skimmer made for the biocube. (No more Wood Air stone, its now a needle wheel)
After I added my last fish, i decided to try a refugium. I really hated the Stock filter tray any ways, so i got the Intank media and refugium basket. I also went the the Acke Grow light that intank suggested. This has been a great choice as my chaeto needs to be trimmed almost weekly now, and i now have no sign of algae in the DT.
Now that my tank had all the fish stocked, I really wanted to start getting into Coral, and quickly realized after losing a Duncan coral, that i needed to get a par meter and test the biocube Light. Well, i was shocked, with the lights on full blast, the highest par reading i registered in my tank was a poor 98par. right near the top of my live rock, in the center of the tank. Par towards the bottom and sides of the tank averaged at about 30-40 par. So i started searching for different light alternatives. Just as i was about to spend the money on a steves Led upgrade kit, i found a used Radion Xr15 pro g4 used, on Facebook, for $100 bucks. I decided to chance it, and get the radion. With all intentions of going rimless now, I decided to hack up my Biocubes hood to see if i could make the light work. I know that radion suggests that the light be atleast 7 inches above the water, but i just wanted to test it. To my surprise, I was able to tune the Radion to where im getting a good even par through out the tank, an average of 200-300 par near the top ( plenty for sps) and 130-200 in the lower half. So for now, i have decided to keep the Radion mounted to the Stock hood. Its been like this for about a month, so far no issues with coral health, algae, and the temp has not had any problems, never leaves the 77degree range. (apex controlled, and temp prob calibrated with a Digi-Sense Thermometer.
I will try and keep this updated with new pics every week or so, and let you all know if there are any more changes made. I will also get pictures of the Refugium and skimmer set up tonight, as well as some better pictures of the corals, unfortunetly my phone magnifies the blue spectrum of these radions.
