Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Lowell Lemon]

Just a little over one week to go for my Andrews wedding....did I mention he asked me to officiate the wedding? I am not sure which one of us is more nervous at this point!

 

[PanchoG]

Heaters can fail, there are some thermometers that will emit an alert when the temp goes off the indicated range. That is one way to place a safe. A controller would be another one way to have redundancy.

 

[Why-Me]

I had a Finnex titanium heater burn up yesterday inside of my 50-gallon barrel of saltwater. Lots of smoke. My Inkbird temp controller's audio alarm went off and alerted me to it. Glad I was home. I didn't have a GFCI on that outlet. So, I lost 50 gallons of reserve saltwater and a heater. Never had one do that before. I had another Finnex go out, but less dramatically than the one yesterday. Guess I will move on from those heaters, since that is two now that went bad and I don't think either was two years old.

What brand are you guys using? I had a titanium heater in my 140 for 12 years and it was still working when I tore the tank down. I threw it out when I broke the tank down and now I don't remember what brand it was. It wasn't Finnex though.

I'm using Eheim Jager, I have a second hanging in my SW closet for backup incase the current one goes out.
My 20 gal I transferred from was using a 100Watt Finnex Titanium Digital,
That thing is made for 20-30 gallon tanks and I had to have the thing set at 82 to keep the 20gal tank at 77.8-78.4
I wouldn't get another one of those again!

ALL equipment can and will fail. Regardless of pedigree or price.
I buy what I can afford and do proper maintenance on it. This doesn't guarantee protection, but, it does make me very familiar with my equipment and I can head off most issues before they become a problem.

THIS^^

They did at one point have an issue with one specific size but they rectified that.

From what I've read they fixed the issue with the 150/200 watt units. The neotherm is nice but expensive.

 

[Why-Me]

Also if you have a backup sitting around you don't need to replace them every year.
I do like the suggestion from BRS to replace every year to keep from having headaches but it's not necessary.

 

[Why-Me]

Hey y'all don't forget @revhtree is going to be on #AskBRSTV in a little over an hour!!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i...-askbrstv-and-i-need-you.648939/#post-6510213

 

[dantimdad]

It's kind of funny that the three of them will talk about the cost of a dream tank when none of them probably pay for anything they use.

Not bitter at all. If I could get in that position I would.

But, it just seems ironic to me.

 

[Why-Me]

Right?
But it wasn't always that way.
In the past episode Ryan says how he spent like $20k on a basement setup to propagate and sell corals, says it wasn't profitable.
Also that being said I hope you @dantimdad do get to that position in the industry.

 

[dantimdad]

Right?
But it wasn't always that way.
In the past episode Ryan says how he spent like $20k on a basement setup to propagate and sell corals, says it wasn't profitable.
Also that being said I hope you @dantimdad do get to that position in the industry.

Problem with me is, if I ever do get into that position, I probably will just give it away what was given to me.

:)

 

[Why-Me]

@dantimdad The Robin Hood of reefing!!

 

[sfin52]

It's kind of funny that the three of them will talk about the cost of a dream tank when none of them probably pay for anything they use.

Not bitter at all. If I could get in that position I would.

But, it just seems ironic to me.

My dream tank is sitting in the basement. Never thought i would have a sw tank let alone a reef

 

[Why-Me]

My dream tank is in wall dividing 2 rooms.
I have the wall and the space just need the tank....:rolleyes:

 

[dantimdad]

In all honesty, the store is allowing me to have a few dream setups. So, after it's up and running, it's time to help others. That's Tim and my goal.

That will be another dream come true.

 

[PanchoG]

My dream tank is nowhere near to be found, a big floor to ceiling system. It may never come true so I am happy with what I have.

 

[Hogdaddy]

I'd go with live sand... aragonite is a good brand. For small fish, you could go with a fire fish, barnacle blenny, hectors goby, green banded goby, or Catalina goby. I'd only go with 1 shrimp, and start it off as small as possible.. you could go with a peppermint or scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp. Just know that the more fish you add, the more macro algae you should add to help you keep nitrates within a safe range. You'll still want to do weekly water changes. For other clean up crew members, I'd go with 2 cerith snails, 2 trochus snails, and 4 assorted (small) hermit crabs

I have a turbo, a nassarius, 2 nerrite, 2 small hermits, and a small emerald crab....emerald is active and fun to watch. My tank is 5 gallons.

 

[sfin52]

I have a turbo, a nassarius, 2 nerrite, 2 small hermits, and a small emerald crab....emerald is active and fun to watch. My tank is 5 gallons.

Got any pics

 

[Hogdaddy]

My dream tank is nowhere near to be found, a big floor to ceiling system. It may never come true so I am happy with what I have.

I have realized I love my little 5 gallon pico WAYYYY more than the 60 gallon I have at home....Think I will downsize the home tank to a 32 biocube...less is more

 

[Katrina71]

Just a little over one week to go for my Andrews wedding....did I mention he asked me to officiate the wedding? I am not sure which one of us is more nervous at this point!

You know you are the right person for this!

 

[Katrina71]

I've been stressed all day worried about the tank. Andrew has worried and didn't have an opportunity to check it out on the Wyze. He ran in and before I could get out of the car, he ran back out and hugged the crap out of me! I wasn't sure at first what it meant. The frogspawn is GOOD!!!

 

[Katrina71]

 

[Hogdaddy]

Got any pics

Got any pics