I’m looking into setting up a bio cube 32, what’s the best ATO I could order for it and heater, and what all would I need to know for lighting schedules like I’m jus getting into reefing what would be recommended
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I don’t know what these dudes are talking about with the lights. If you have one of the new LED biocubes you won’t need a light upgrade IMO. Mine uses stock lights and everything I have is exploding it’s growing so fast.I’m looking into setting up a bio cube 32, what’s the best ATO I could order for it and heater, and what all would I need to know for lighting schedules like I’m jus getting into reefing what would be recommended
Exact problem i'm having i think. They look great under the blues and beauties but the white is just too white.Tunze Osmolator set to nano has worked awesome for me... i did find the stock lighting to be meh. Too white in order to get the corals the light they need. When the blues and beauties are on, the color was amazing, but I believe PAR was low. My corals started really looking terrible running no whites. I upgraded to Steve’s LED’s. Also Jager TruTemp 150watt with an InkBird controller.
Exact problem i'm having i think. They look great under the blues and beauties but the white is just too white.
How much does that run? Price wise. I'm thinking about either ai prime or the maxspect jump ledThis is with Steve’s LED... This is blues at around 30% and whites around 18%...
I did do the hyper violet upgrade. This light can get way brighter.
Also that looks so good.This is with Steve’s LED... This is blues at around 30% and whites around 18%...
I did do the hyper violet upgrade. This light can get way brighter.
Also that looks so good.
That's not too bad to be able to keep the stock hood. I like the top off rimless look but not sure if I like hood off with rim still attached. Taking the rim off seems like a chore for sure.Was around $400, that included a temp probe, hyper violet upgrade, and HurricaneX controller (which is awesome).
Not the cheapest solution but I wanted the stock hood on, and install was easy.
Fink - I have a related question for you - I bought some used Steve's LEDs to replace the stock ones on the BC32 I am just setting up - any advice for programming with these? Thanks!This is definitely not an emergency... but I have a biocube 32 and they are super simple. You don't really need an ATO unless you are removing the top, they lose very little water to evaporation. As far as heaters, a decent quality 150w water heater should work fine.
The lighting schedule on these things is tricky (i replaced mine with the steve's LEDs so memory may not be perfect) but basically you want to set the blue channel to be on the longest (i think i did about 12 hours for my blue channel), your sparkle whites for about 10, and your bright whites for about 8. So like 10am-10pm the blues are on, 11am-9pm for the sparkles and like noon to 8pm for your pure (bright) whites. I can't remember which channel is which because it's been a while since I used the stock lighting.
Fink - I have a related question for you - I bought some used Steve's LEDs to replace the stock ones on the BC32 I am just setting up - any advice for programming with these? Thanks!