Carlo's 16 Gallon Biocube LED

[Skarniqo]

Tank Specs​

Display: Coralife BioCube 16 LED, 15" L x 16.75" W x 17.5" H
Stand: None
Rock: Dry rock from local fish store
Sand: Bought with the tank not sure
Lighting: Stock Biocube LED
Heater: Eheim Jager 100 Watt
Circulation: Maxi Jet 900 pump
Skimmer: None
Filtration: Stock
Filter Media: In the top section of the media basket, I have a biomax media. The second section has little Seachem Purigen and another bag of biomax media, and the lowest/bottom section has Chemipure Elite.
Top Off: None
Light Schedule: LC1 (Daylights):11:00-21:00 | LC2 (Sunrise / Sunset):10:00-21:30 | LC3 (Moon Lights): 6:00-24:00

Maintenance & Feeding​

I feed once a day (flake and frozen) and I do a 2.5g water change every 2 weeks
Livestock

• 2 Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
• Firefish Goby (Nemateleotris Magnifica)
• Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
• 2 Peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)
• Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab (Paguristes cadenati)
• 5 Blue-Legged Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor)
• 2 Nassarius Snail (Nassarius)

Coral

• Kenya tree (Capnella)
• Pulsing Xenia (Heteroxenia fuscescens)
• Green Star Polyps (Pachyclavularia violacea)
• Devils Hand (Lobophytum pauciflorum)
• Toad Stool (Sarcophyton glaucum)
• Candy Cane (Caulastrea furcata)
• Hammer (Euphyilla Parancora)
• Green Fuzzy Mushroom (Rhodactis howesi)
• Leopard Mushroom (Discosoma neglecta)
• Purple Mushroom (Actinodiscus nummiformis)
• Blue Mushroom (Actinodiscus coerulea)
• Red Mushroom (Actinodiscus cardinalis)

History​

01/1/2024

01/1/2023

12/1/2022
11/1/2022
10/1/2022
09/1/2022

 

[pshootr]

Tank looks great, I looked at the history of the tank but I'm wondering when it was initially started?

 

[Skarniqo]

Tank looks great, I looked at the history of the tank but I'm wondering when it was initially started?

i waited a 2 weeks before i put anything in the tank. i put some bottled bacteria as soon as i set it up

 

[pshootr]

i waited a 2 weeks before i put anything in the tank. i put some bottled bacteria as soon as i set it up

I am wondering how long the tank was set up before your first picture?

 

[Skarniqo]

I am wondering how long the tank was set up before your first picture?

2 weeks

 

[Jesse Sunday]

That's beautiful! I love all the corals! Would you mind sharing which you'd recommend if you were to do it all again? (and approximately how much you spent on Corals) Thank you!

 

[Skarniqo]

That's beautiful! I love all the corals! Would you mind sharing which you'd recommend if you were to do it all again? (and approximately how much you spent on Corals) Thank you!

i would have gotten my wave maker way sooner, created more flow in the tank and more corals started to open up and grow faster. also i wish i left it alone more, i would always mess with coral placements and at the end it doesnt really matter that much

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Tank looks great so far!!