Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[living_tribunal]

Oh, remember when I said my trachy was 6" diameter inflated... I lied. It's closer to 8" diameter.

You cant see here, but a good bit of it is behind that arch on the left.

View from left side of tank

Really bad top down, but I didnt feel like sticking the phone underwater and have it ***** at me about the charging port being wet for the rest of the day. Here you can see the biggest visual difference in the radiata and geoffroy. Radiata are perfectly rounded.

Some people want to be like Mike, I want my trachy to be like yours.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Lol the skimmer?

Yes!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I also snagged me a great picture of Ahi the tomini tang... he's hard to photograph.

Here he is in April of 18... he's grown a LOT.

 

[living_tribunal]

Yes!

I don’t have one on my frag tank.

I like having one on my display because the water gets ugly without it, want to kill bad stuff.

 

[anon9896]

Here is what im working on

Any thoughts ?

 

[living_tribunal]

Here is what im working on

Any thoughts ?

They look like daquiris with straws hanging out on a bar table.

 

[living_tribunal]

Here is what im working on

Any thoughts ?

Are you going to drip the cultures out slowly yet continuously into the system?

 

[anon9896]

They look like daquiris with straws hanging out on a bar table.

They are party pods

 

[Magellan]

I don’t have one on my frag tank.

I like having one on my display because the water gets ugly without it, want to kill bad stuff.

What’s your filtration like @Robin Haselden?

I always assumed when I got a larger tank I would be forced to run a skimmer, good to know it’s not mandatory :)

@living_tribunal I think that’s why my corals grow so much. To skim or not to skim is the question I put the most time into researching, it seemed like it would take out good stuff as well as bad stuff, and there are other ways of taking out bad stuff.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Lol the skimmer?

Yes!

Small caveat... I have a decent sized fuge lit by a Kessil H80(wanna upgrade to a H160) 24/7 and run a filter sock amd replace it every 2 days. I do remove gunk from the water, just not stripped like a protein skimmer would. All the teeny tiny small coral foods get to keep circulating and the chaeto absorbs any extra nutrients. That with carbon and water changes to remove any toxins from internal or external sources is how I run my tank.

I mean, that's how it's supposed to work when you dont ignore obvious signs of distress for months at a time and allow it to become overrun with nuisance algae.

 

[anon9896]

Are you going to drip the cultures out slowly yet continuously into the system?

Thats the main goal actually.
Im starting slowly into making a 'continuous system'
And trying to figure problems before hooking it to my system. Btw It does not require a dosing pump , only an air pump

 

[SashimiTurtle]

What’s your filtration like @Robin Haselden?

I always assumed when I got a larger tank I would be forced to run a skimmer, good to know it’s not mandatory :)

You gotta have some way of excess nutrient removal. As mentioned above, I like water changes and a fuge. Fuge works 24/7 to absorb nutrients and water changes correct any thing I screw up dosing(or not dosing) and anything I cant test for.

Heres a pic of my sump. Filter sock, fuge, rock chamber, bubble trap, return chamber with carbon reactor.

And display, looking a lot better since I got rid of that toxic water in there.

 

[Magellan]

Small caveat... I have a decent sized fuge lit by a Kessil H80(wanna upgrade to a H160) 24/7 and run a filter sock amd replace it every 2 days. I do remove gunk from the water, just not stripped like a protein skimmer would. All the teeny tiny small coral foods get to keep circulating and the chaeto absorbs any extra nutrients. That with carbon and water changes to remove any toxins from internal or external sources is how I run my tank.

I mean, that's how it's supposed to work when you dont ignore obvious signs of distress for months at a time and allow it to become overrun with nuisance algae.

I clean my filter floss about every 2 days as well, a sock sounds even better. I’ve thought about setting up a sump for the sole purpose of running some sort of multiple sock system to minimize flow issues and allow me to not have to clean stuff so often.

I also run carbon, purigen, and leave a bag of phosguard in the back as well. (I clean the purigen and phosguard when I clean the floss) and have as much biomedia as I can fit. My water stays pristine.

 

[anon9896]

You gotta have some way of excess nutrient removal. As mentioned above, I like water changes and a fuge. Fuge works 24/7 to absorb nutrients and water changes correct any thing I screw up dosing(or not dosing) and anything I cant test for.

Heres a pic of my sump. Filter sock, fuge, rock chamber, bubble trap, return chamber with carbon reactor.

And display, looking a lot better since I got rid of that toxic water in there.

looks like your sump has been machined through a solid block of acrylic
fap fap

 

[najer]

I guess it is about how much protein you have available, two days skimate, super dry skim, the neck of the cup will be getting really grubby, I know I produce more than the corals need so I do skim!

 

[Magellan]

Thats the main goal actually.
Im starting slowly into making a 'continuous system'
And trying to figure problems before hooking it to my system. Btw It does not require a dosing pump , only an air pump

I feel like with a bit of tweaking and some improved aesthetics, you could patent this...maybe one day this will be the go-to method for keeping mandarins?!

 

[Magellan]

You gotta have some way of excess nutrient removal. As mentioned above, I like water changes and a fuge. Fuge works 24/7 to absorb nutrients and water changes correct any thing I screw up dosing(or not dosing) and anything I cant test for.

Heres a pic of my sump. Filter sock, fuge, rock chamber, bubble trap, return chamber with carbon reactor.

And display, looking a lot better since I got rid of that toxic water in there.

How many gallons is that?

I am already a firm believer in WC, just gotta figure out a plan for a fuge!

 

[anon9896]

I feel like with a bit of tweaking and some improved aesthetics, you could patent this...maybe one day this will be the go-to method for keeping mandarins?!

that's my goal , my gf wants one so bad lol.
right now it does 'work' I actually think I could have mandarins but it is not automated, good thing I'm an 15 years of experience farm mechanics used to install hydraulics automated GPS systems, I might actually pull this thing off LOL.
But i'm lazy , so lazy.
I'm starting my flying lessons in march so I have until then to completely automate my tank so it survives me going away for a long period of time ... creeps me out honestly.

 

[living_tribunal]

Small caveat... I have a decent sized fuge lit by a Kessil H80(wanna upgrade to a H160) 24/7 and run a filter sock amd replace it every 2 days. I do remove gunk from the water, just not stripped like a protein skimmer would. All the teeny tiny small coral foods get to keep circulating and the chaeto absorbs any extra nutrients. That with carbon and water changes to remove any toxins from internal or external sources is how I run my tank.

I mean, that's how it's supposed to work when you dont ignore obvious signs of distress for months at a time and allow it to become overrun with nuisance algae.

I see things inversely. A skimmer won’t export nutrients, it just prevents gunk from breaking down into them. I keep my fuge light off at all times to ensure I keep good phosphates and nitrates.

If you dry skim, and feed often, you’re keeping things at a fantastic level.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I see things inversely. A skimmer won’t export nutrients, it just prevents gunk from breaking down into them. I keep my fuge light off at all times to ensure I keep good phosphates and nitrates.

If you dry skim, and feed often, you’re keeping things at a fantastic level.

Several ways to skin a cat.